This virtual book on CD is a Golden Age reprint of a fascinating work on the history of shoes and shoe making: The Romance of the Shoe; Being the history of Shoemaking In All Ages, and Especially in England and Scotland. London, C. J.Farncombe & sons, ltd., 1922 xvi, 323 p. front.plates, ports., facsims. CD loads automatically on a PC. Mac users must start disc manually by clicking on open icon. Runs in Netscape or Internet explorer 4.0 or greater. (on or off line) No other special viewing software or plugins required. Pages load instantly, are searchable by string and can be viewed in different resolutions. A great reference for the collector, scholar and fashion historian. The are many quality plates representing the topics discussed.