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c.1885 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK BOOK FICTION ADVERTISING
c.1885 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK BOOK FICTION ADVERTISING
c.1885 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK BOOK FICTION ADVERTISING
c.1885 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK BOOK FICTION ADVERTISING

c.1885 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK BOOK FICTION ADVERTISING

$ 25.6

Availability: 85 in stock
  • Personalized: No
  • Author: Anonymous
  • Language: English
  • Modified Item: No
  • Region: North America
  • Signed: No
  • Publisher: Anonymous
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Miniature
  • Year Printed: 1885
  • Place of Publication: Washington, DC
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Topic: Medicine
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Condition: Good condition for such a fragile, ephemeral item, with moderate wear, small chip on rear cover, lower spine separated.
  • Binding: Softcover, Wraps
  • Subject: Science & Medicine

    Description

    c.1885 CHILDREN’S CHAPBOOK PROMOTING QUACK MEDICINE CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
    “CLUMPS.” By Sophie Swett. (Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh sold by J. Snider Noel)
    . [Washington, DC]: (J. Snider Noel), [c.1885]. First edition.
    Miniature book; child’s chapbook in original pictorial wrappers (c.3.75 x 2.25 inches), [16] pages (plus covers). Miniature book advertising "Piso's Cure for Consumption" and "Piso's Remedy for Catarrh". A short story, incorporating testimonials for advertised remedies dated 1885. Good condition for such a fragile, ephemeral item, with moderate wear, small chip on rear cover, lower spine separated.
    A rare quack medicine juvenile chapbook.
    Keywords: Juvenile fiction; short story; chapbook; chap-book; quack medicine; patent medicine; 19th century fiction; consumption; tuberculosis; epidemic; woman author, children’s books; toy books; miniature books
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