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

Battle Creek, Michigan: Kellogg's, 1930's. Paper. 15.5 x 8 cm. Illustrated tri-fold advertising brochure. Anxiety based marketing: "a neglect condition - slowly robs you of life's most cherished possessions." Includes recipe for Bran Muffins. Color illustrated. Lightly toned. More about HEALTH] Which is Mother?; Kellogg's ALL-BRAN

Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1921. Hardcover. 298 pages. 22 x 15 cm. Written by a dietitian who advocated vegetarianism in post W.W.II America - "propagating a principle that tends essentially to true civilization, to universal humanness, and to health and happiness generally" - known today as a.... More about The Science of Food and Cookery

London: Harvey & Co., 1864. Hardcover. 48 pages, (4). 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... More about MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative,; the Only...

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...

c. 1918. Staplebound. 32 pages. 14 x 10 cm. A remnant of Dr. Pierce's vast, but fraudulent empire, based in Buffalo, NY. This pamphlet opens with two methods of interpreting tea leaves to capture the audiences attention, and then weaves in ads for his mail-order "medicines", primarily focused on "female... More about DREAM BOOK] [QUACKERY] [MARKETING] Your Fortune In a Tea Cup

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1936. First Edition. 124 pages. Produced by the Office of Indian Affairs under Harold L. Ickes, United States Secretary of the Interior under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Primarily concerned with the dietary and nutritional health of children housed in Indian boarding schools and Indian... More about Manual for Cooks in the Indian Service