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
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
![HEALTH] Which is Mother?; Kellogg's ALL-BRAN](/pictures/thumb/558.jpg?v=1550349426)
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
Freeport, Ill: W. T. Rawleigh, 1938. Staplebound wraps. 8 x 5 in. 23 pages. Maid order catalog. Items include: Medicines, Toilet Preparations, Soaps, Extracts, Spices, Nectars, Food Products, and Stock & Poultry Supplies. Color illustrations. Owner's address on rear cover with stamp. 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
![NUTRITION] [HERBS] Herbs for First-Aid and Minor Ailments; Drawing by Alison Ross. CERES](/pictures/thumb/1975.jpg?v=1564348383)
Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1972. Paperback. 64 pages. 17 x 11 cm. A brief history of herbs and their uses from the Dark Ages, through the Middle Ages, to modern times. Contains discourse on many individual herbs and their uses, including culinary and medicinal applications. Covers rubbed. More
![MEDICINE] [REMEDIES] [QUACKERY] Short Account of Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative,; the Only...](/pictures/thumb/1992.jpg?v=1568918795)
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
Nestle S. A., 1985. Second edition. Wraps. 20 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Nestle’s response to the controversy over their infant feeding products sold in Third World countries. In 1973 the New Internationalist published a critical article of Nestle and its practice of marketing baby formula as a healthy alternative..... More
![MEDICAL] [HOME BREWING] The New Improved THERMAL VAPOR BATH CABINET; Turkish, Russian and Mineral...](/pictures/thumb/1667.jpg?v=1548707490)
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
![NUTRITION] [HEALTH] Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital; New York City. NA](/pictures/thumb/1960.jpg?v=1564348342)
New York: 1919. Cloth. 87 pages. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. Presbyterian Hospital's recommended diet plans for each of many specified diseases or conditions. Includes specific foods, portion sizes, and day-by-day menus, as applicable. Handwritten index as well as handwritten menu planning. Stamped "PROPERTY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL HOUSE STAFF" on..... More
![NUTRITION] Food and Nutrition. The American Red Cross](/pictures/thumb/1976.jpg?v=1564348385)
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
![ALMANAC] [QUACKERY] Barker's Illustrated Almanac; Farmers Guide and Household Cook Book. Moore...](/pictures/thumb/2006.jpg?v=1568669108)
Philadelphia: The Barker, Moore & Mien Medicine Co., Inc., 1902. Staplebound. 32 pages. A collection of testimonials, illustrations, recipes, along with the 1902 Almanac. Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment was established in 1859 to promote their patent medicine which was sold as a cure-all for both "Man & Beast". Heavily..... More