New York: 1895. Staplebound. 17 x 12 cm. 20 pages. Advertising pamphlet for Brandreth's Pills featuring cartoons, riddles, tales and puzzles. Benjamin Brandreth (1809-1880) - an innovative marketer using mass advertising to build brand awareness for his "purifying" pills. The prevailing sentiment at the time was that the cleansing of... More about Brandreth's Pills; Purely Vegetable - Absolutely Harmless - Always Beneficial

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 evaporated milk. Crisp and clean. More about Eating For Efficiency

London: Harvey & Co., 1864. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. "The Guide to Manly Vigour." A promotional treatise which suggested 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 a.... More about Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative,; the Only Acknowledged Successful Remedy...

Toledo, Ohio: 1897. Pamphlet. 14.5 x 9 cm. (34 x 9 fully opened). Illustrated, threefold, thermal bath pamphlet. Application information along with testimonials, with one from the "Home Brewing Co." which leads us to believe these were not just used for medical treatments. Some toning with owners signature on cover. More about MEDICAL] [HOME BREWING] The New Improved THERMAL VAPOR BATH CABINET; Turkish, Russian and Mineral...