![Item #2442 [ADVERTISING] HINDS' Honey and Almond Cream; For the Face, Hands, Skin and Complexion....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2442.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613594764)
Portland, ME: A. S. Hinds, 1907. Staplebound. Unpaginated. [16 pp.] 15 x 8.5 cm. Hinds' Honey and Almond Cream was formulated in the late 1870's by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine while working in a drugstore - it was a huge success and was bought out in 1907 by..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 186 pages. 28.5 x 21 cm. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper - "Hey Lynne, Going my Weigh? Goldberg 11/11/77. A humorous look at the world of dieting by "Pizza baron Larry 'Fats' Goldberg, professed foodaholic, perpetual..... More
![Item #1992 [MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1992.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1580414856)
London: Harvey & Co., 1864. Hardcover. 48 pages, (4). 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise advocating a remedy for "the forms of Indigestion and Consumption in all their varieties, resulting from secret inadvertency in youth, or from sensual excesses." Readers were advised to send..... More
![Item #1980 [NUTRITION] A Quick Story about Instant Postum. Ltd Postum Cereal Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1980.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1564348413)
Battle Creek, Michigan: Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., c. 1912. Pamphlet. 13 x 8 cm. Color illustrated, folded pamphlet extolling "A BIG NEED" for the beverage - Instant Postum. Charles William Post (1854-1914) invented Postum, a cereal beverage, in 1895. Blaming various ailments on caffeinated beverages, Post heavily advertised this product..... More
![Item #1976 [NUTRITION] Food and Nutrition. The American Red Cross](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1976.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1564348382)
Washington DC: The American Red Cross, 1942. Staplebound. 87 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The simple story of what foods to eat, why we should eat them, and how best to provide them at a reasonable cost. Consolidation of broad research contributions in the fields of food and nutrition translated..... More
![Item #2056 [REMEDIES] [SONG BOOK] A Few Old Favorites. The J. R. Watkins Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2056.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1578157850)
Newark, NJ: The J.R. Watkins Co., c. 1930. Staplebound wraps. 9 x 5 1/2 in. 24 pages. Song book/promotional advertisement for Watkins Liniment. Filled with customer reviews and testimonials. Black and white illustrations. Spine lightly rubbed. More
Wallace, 1942. Staplebound wraps. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. 17 pages. Privately printed. "Wallace" pictured in black and white, must have been an early exercise enthusiast. Here he is trying to sell his "Keep Fit to Music" exercise program which employs buying his records to play and dance to..... More
Los Angeles: Dina-Mite Food Company of California, 1935. Staplebound wraps. 6 1/2 x 4 in. 23 pages. Advertisement for Dina-Mite's Oat Bran and Wheat Bran Flax. Some recipes include; Breakfast Porridge, Hot Cakes, Raisin Rocks, Prune Bread, and Meat Timbale. Laxative, nourishing, and economical. More
![Item #950 [MILK] [HEALTH] Eating For Efficiency; Revised. Evaporated Milk Association](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/950.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1579560607)
Chicago: Evaporated Milk Association, 1932. Revised Edition. Staplebound. 63 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Home Economics and Nutritionists guide to balanced meals for specific age groups: Pre-School (2-5 years), School Children (6-8 years), School Children (12 years), Adolescent Girls and Boys, and Adults. Menus for Spring, Autumn, Winter. Recipes highlight..... More
![Item #1027 [FOOD HISTORY] RELIABLE Household Remedies. McCormick, Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1027.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612547524)
Baltimore, MD: McCormick & Co., 1933. Staplebound. 12 pages. 15 x 11 cm. Bringing the laboratory into the home - What we think of today as a spice company, McCormick & Co. started out selling door-to-door - with an array of products. Descriptions of composition and use of Reliable Brand..... More
c. 1920. Loose_leaf. 28 x 20 cm. Illustrated broadside put forward in the summer of 1920 to urge their Policyholders to be proactive about the dangers of flies. Crease to center, otherwise clean. More
Chicago: Northwestern Yeast Co., c. 1920. Staplebound. 12 pages. 15 x 10 cm. As food production was starting to be taken out of the home, yeast producers needed a way to sell more of their product and began to heavily advertise their product as an "Aid to Health" Yeast was..... More
![Item #2858 [HEALTH] [CHILDREN] Know Thyself!; Primary Lessons in Physiology for Children (First...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2858.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642633870)
New York: George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1858. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 65 pages. 19 x 12 cm. [Wouldst Know Thyself, Or, The Outlines of Human Physiology : Designed for the Your of Both Sexes] Profusely illustrated with a series of lessons on anatomy and physiology for children..... More
![Item #2944 [HEALTH] [CHILDREN] Know Thyself!; Primary Lessons in Physiology for Children (First...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2944.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1654800564)
New York: George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1858. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. 65 pages. 19 x 12 cm. [Wouldst Know Thyself, Or, The Outlines of Human Physiology : Designed for the Your of Both Sexes] Profusely illustrated with a series of lessons on anatomy and physiology for children..... More
New York: The Borden Company, c. 1923. Staplebound. 24 pages. 16.5 x 11 cm. A comprehensive pamphlet extolling the virtues of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk as the solution for malnutrition in young children. Description of malnutrition and it's causes, children's food requirements, sample menus, recipes, analysis of growing boys, and..... More