Lowell, MA: C.I. HOOD & Co., c. 1900. Staplebound. When the hucksters and grifters led the way in advertising and promoting their wares - this pamphlet is filled with falsehoods but also some "Good Bread" recipes. Laid in: a "Spring" pamphlet for PEOPLE of VERMONT - testimonies of cures from..... More
![Item #4200 [PHARMACY] [MANUSCRIPT] Pharmacist Notebook. Fred U. Cobb](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4200.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715720965)
1888. Hardcover. 110 pages. 20 x 13 cm. A well ordered, indexed, hand written receipt book filled with remedies such as Bed Bug Poison, Tooth Ache Drops (Chloroform & Oil of Clove), Coca Wine, Ginger Ale, Colored Inks, Gonorrhea Mixture, and Fireworks (Red Fire & Green Fire). Includes the original..... More
![Item #4185 [QUACKERY] RANSOM'S FAMILY RECEIPT BOOK. Son D. Ransom, Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4185.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715288296)
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1901. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
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Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1883. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
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Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1894. Sewn binding. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all..... More
Paris: Chez Corbet Ainé, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. 696 pages. 17 x 10.5 cm. César Gardeton's New Dictionary of Households, Health, Cooking, and Economy reflects the growing interest in domestic science and public health during the early 19th century. It combines traditional knowledge with emerging (at the time) scientific understanding..... More
![Item #4230 [PHARMACY] [QUACKERY] [LABEL] DR. LORENZO'S Golden Oil; The Great Scientific Remedy...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4230.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1717075657)
Lowell, Mass. HAVEN, BLAIR & CO., 1906. 14 x 5 cm. Three pristine labels for Dr. Lorenzo's Golden Oil along with one very small (5.5 cm. x 2) "Miner's Artificial Pistachio Flavor" label. This fraudulent remedy claimed to relieve pain in humans and animals. Perfect condition. More
Taos, NM: Wendy Whiteman, 2020. Staplebound. 29 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Written to honor the spirit of the sagebrush. Created in two parts: first - the physical uses in healing, second - ceremonial uses. Pristine copy. More
![Item #4482 [QUACKERY] STUART'S ADHESIVE HERNIAL PLASTER-PADS CURE RUPTURE. Stuart Plaster-Pad Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4482.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735589039)
St. Louis: Stuart Plaster-Pad Co., c.1908. Staplebound. 32 pages. This company, Stuart's, gave an extensive treatise on every type of hernia, and all the complications that come with this ailment in this pamphlet. Illustrated throughout, the company proclaimed to cure all hernias with their Plaster-Pads. In 1910, the company was..... More
Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., 1895. Staplebound. 32 pages. 18 x 12 cm. The High-Street Cook Book was originally prepared and published by the ladies of High-Street Congregational Church, Lowell, Mass., for the purpose of being sold at their Annual Fair. This edition is published by the proprietors of..... More
New York: Bell's Homeopathic Pharmacy, 1888. Wraps. 64 pages. 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Scarce New York Homeopathic pamphlet produced by Bell's Homeopathic Pharmacy located at 3 Vesey Street, New York, NY. This address, associated with the Astor House, opened in 1836 and was financed by John Jacob Astor. Regarded as..... More
New York: H. Dayton, 1860. Hardcover. 136 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Truly an indispensable companion, this guide has tips and tricks to work through everything from nosebleeds to scarlet fever, applesauce to roast lobsters, making clothing dye to pickling cucumbers. As well as diagnoses, remedies, and recipes - guides..... More
![Item #4520 [REPURPOSED] Book of Handwritten Farming and Health Recipes; Book written in:...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4520.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1738105822)
London: W. MARSHALL, c. 1910-1945. Leather_bound. 216 pages. (78 pages repurposed) 16 x 11 cm. This pocket book is a fine example of how everyday notebooks were reused or “repurposed” throughout the 19th century. In this instance, a determined hand filled its blank pages with practical knowledge essential to life..... More
![Item #3448 [GERMAN COOKBOOK] Neues Bürgerlides Kochbuch. Hedwig Albrecht](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3448.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674570771)
Dresden: Max Fisher's Berlagsbuchhandlung, 1898. Hardcover. 333 pages. 18.5 x 14 cm. Translation: New Home Cookbook Recipes and remedies from Eastern Central Germany. Noted recipes for special occasions and holidays. Featuring a year-long menu, broken down by month. Home apothecary cures contain three to four different options for each ailment..... More
London: John Murray, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. A comprehensive household manual, filled with what seems to be very helpful receipts and some of a dubious nature. Chapters filled with constructive advise on rearing livestock, making butter, brewing and the management of malt liquors, the..... More
London: The Adelphi, 1925. Hardcover. 60 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Limited edition 1 of 650 copies, #619. Elizabeth David's oval bookplate at verso of front cover. Annotated in pencil. Introduction by George Saintsbury. Recipes and remedies compiled from one manuscript, kept within the family for many generations. Recipes include..... More
Vancouver, CA: Free Childbirth Education Center, 1975. Second Printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. 27 x 20 cm. A booklet that explores childbirth in depth with photos, diagrams, and written explanations. Written during the mid 1970's, this pamphlet takes an uncensored approach to anatomical details (names, locations, and purposes), along with guides on..... More
![Item #3689 [WOMEN] Witches, Midwives, and Nurses - A History of Women Healers. Barbara...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3689.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1687919823)
New York: The Feminist Press, 1973. First Edition - Tenth Printing. Staplebound. 45 pages. Introduction: "Women have always been healers. They were the unlicensed doctors and anatomists of western history. They were abortionists, nurses and counselors. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They..... More
New York: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1979. Seventh edition. Hardcover. 48 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Beautifully illustrated with eighty-five different herbs - handsome reproductions of woodcuts from the fifteenth and sixteenth century herbals. Fascinating information about herbs - herbs for cooking, herbs for healing, sweet-smelling herbs for laying..... More
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Books Inc., 1955. Staplebound. 63 pages. "The housewife who prepares food in aluminum or plastic kitchenware may be slowly poisoning her family," reads the blurb on the back of Rodale's work. This book is a harsh and unwielding in his expose of the aluminum cookware fad taking..... More
![Item #4439 [COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] HOME COOKERY; COLLECTION OF TRIED RECIPES from Many Households....](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4439.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731430186)
Newton, MA: NEWTON JOURNAL PRESS, 1899. Third Edition. Hardcover. 245 pages. 18 x 13.5 cm. Cover photo illustration of the church. Recipes and remedies furnished by the Ladies of the Newton Universalist Church. Numerous local advertisements. Includes recipes fro Breads, Soups, Fish, meats, Vegetables, Salads, Pickles, Puddings, Fancy Dishes, Pudding..... More
![Item #4193 [REMEDIES] [DOMESTIC SCIENCE] Come into the KITCHEN; A Collection of Tested Recipes...](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4193.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715634666)
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb Medicine, Pills for Constipation, and Sanative Wash. Lydia Estes Pinkham..... More
![Item #3670 [REMEDIES] [DOMESTIC SCIENCE] Neighborly Advice. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3670.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686224016)
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching household cleaning and advice while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb..... More
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching household cleaning and advice while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb..... More
![Item #3668 [REMEDIES] [SEWING] Simplified Sewing. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co](https://lizzyoungbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3668.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686224016)
Lynn, MA: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1928. Staplebound. 32 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Advertising booklet from the Lydia E. Pinkham Co. utilizing the concept of teaching sewing techniques while targeting women to convince them of the merits of their products: Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Herb Medicine, Pills..... More