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Dr. Walker's California Bitters, Illustrated by: Engraved Portrait
1871 Newspaper Ad for Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Publisher: Salem Gazette Massachusettes 1871.
Original newspaper ad from the Salem Gazette (Mass.), Jan 27, 1871 for Dr.Walker's California Vinegar Bitters. The ad measures 10 x 2.5 inches and lists a great many ailments which the product claims to be beneficial in treating, from rheumatism and gout to skin diseases and tape worms. Very good clean condition on superior paper, clipped from the newspaper. EPHEMERA 5215 Very Good Condition Ephemera
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AUD 10.42 | CAD 10.36 | EUR 7.69 | GBP 6.58 | JPY 1,000.00 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 100.00 |
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Item number: 5215.
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Eberhart, Noble M.
A Working Manual of High Frequency Currents
Publisher: New Medicine Pub. Co., Chicago, 1919.
Handbook advocates high frequency current therapy for everything from acne to warts. G cloth hardback, no DJ. Cover with wear on spine and corners, some discoloration , water stained on back. Binding tight. End papers and pp are G++, lightly tanned, a few with dark spots. 12mo, 319 pp with illustrations and index.
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AUD 30.99 | CAD 30.83 | EUR 22.88 | GBP 19.57 | JPY 2,975.00 | MXN 330.56 | ZAR 297.50 |
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Item number: 3851.
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Johnson Smith
Mesmerism, Mind Reading, Hypnotism and Spiritualism, How to Hypnotize : (Lot of 3 Books)
Publisher: Johnson Smith & Company; Detroit: 1914.
Very Good+ Softcover 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; This is a lot of 3 books on hypnotism published in Detroit Michigan, Windsor Canada and Racine Wisconsin by Johnson Smith & Company, 1914-1940. All are identical size, use the same b/w line illustrations and have no author listed. ; Books are: 1) Mesmerism, Mind Reading, Hypnotism and Spiritualism: How to Hypnotize, orange covers, 64 pages of text + 64 pages of ads for novelty products. 2) Book on Practical Hypnotism: A Complete Treatise on Hypnotism, tan covers, 31p text + 34p ads. 3) 25 Lessons in Hypnotism: Magnetic Healing and Personal Magnetism, gray covers, 32p text + 32p ads. ; All books show light sunning to covers, pages tanned from age, but almost no wear. No marks. All bindings tight. Books like these were not made to last and usually fall apart on their own but these specimens are in remarkably good condition. Quite scarce.
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AUD 37.50 | CAD 37.31 | EUR 27.69 | GBP 23.68 | JPY 3,600.00 | MXN 400.00 | ZAR 360.00 |
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Item number: 12299.
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Johnson, Albert
Biodynamics : The Science of Human Energy or Divine Power
Publisher: Published by Author; St Louis, Mo: 1923.
Good Softcover 103 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Softcover with stiff green covers, black cloth over spine, 2 b/w portrait photos, index. ; Explains 'biodynamics' (also known as animal magnetism, electro-biology, hypnotism), gives brief history of its greatest exemplars (starting with Frederick Anton Mesmer), instructions on how to perform 'operations' or 'experiments' on willing subjects, how to cure individuals of numerous ailments, etc. ; Heavily edgeworn. Covers have many chips and small edge tears. Everything present and readable. Ends of spine frayed. Pages a bit yellowed from age. No marks. Binding tight and square. Quite scarce.
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AUD 31.25 | CAD 31.09 | EUR 23.08 | GBP 19.74 | JPY 3,000.00 | MXN 333.33 | ZAR 300.00 |
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Item number: 9863.
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801 / Moreau, J. L. (Jacques Louis), 1771-1826.
L'Art de Connaitre les Hommes par la Physionomie par Gaspar Lavater. Nouvelle Edition....Tome Huitieme
Publisher: Paris: Depelafol, Libraire-Éditeur, 1835..
Vol. 8 only of ten. 2 p.l., 288 p.,68 plates (i fold.), front. (port.). 25 cm. "Nouvelle edition. Corrigée et disposée dans un ordre plus méthodique, augmentée d’une exposition des recherches ou des opinions de La Chambre, de Porta, de Camper, de Gall, sur la physionomie; d’une histoire anatomique et physiologique de la face; précédee d’une notice historique sur l’auteur, par Moreau (de la Sarthe)" This eighth volume deals with 1) relations of Physiognomy and art including Silhouettes 2) Physiognomy and mental health. OB 687. Vg / original boards, rebacked with cloth.
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AUD 208.33 | CAD 207.25 | EUR 153.85 | GBP 131.58 | JPY 20,000.00 | MXN 2,222.22 | ZAR 2,000.00 |
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Item number: OB687.
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Meyer, Joseph Ernest
Herbalist, the : Medicinal Plants, Plant Vitamins and Minerals, Beverage Teas, Spices and Flavoring Herbs, Plant Colors for Food and Cosmetics, Plant Dyes for Fabrics, Botanicals for Potpourri . . .
Publisher: Rand McNally & Company; Chicago: 1960.
Very Good+ with no dust jacket Fourth Edition Hardcover 304 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Green cloth, illustrated endpapers, 2 indexes, dozens of b/w drawings in text, 320 plants shown in full color on glossy plates, with captions. ; Copyright 1918. This is 4th edition, revised and enlarged, 1960. ; Complete subtitle: 'Medicinal Plants, Plant Vitamins and Minerals, Beverage Teas, Spices and Flavoring Herbs, Plant Colors for Food and Cosmetics, Plant Dyes for Fabrics, Botanicals for Potpourri and Sachets, Dentifrice, Gargles, Cosmetics, Botanical Curios, Smoke Flavoring Botanicals, Assorted Other Information'. ; No jacket. Book shows only very light edgwear. No marks. Binding tight.
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AUD 10.42 | CAD 10.36 | EUR 7.69 | GBP 6.58 | JPY 1,000.00 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 100.00 |
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Item number: 11631.
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Verner, Alexr
Medical Hypnotism and Suggestion
Publisher: Self Published, ND.
Illustrations indicate the pamphlet was published in the early 1900's. VG softback. Cover with a little edge wear, a little discoloration. Pp are lightly tanned. Sml 16mo, 37 pp plus 19 pp of publications.
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AUD 14.61 | CAD 14.54 | EUR 10.79 | GBP 9.23 | JPY 1,403.00 | MXN 155.89 | ZAR 140.30 |
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Item number: 2054.
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Young, James Harvey
The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America
Publisher: Princeton Univ. Press, 1974 1st ed. thus..
460pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [some age darkening of edges; else a nice clean, complete, tight & uncreased copy] A classic social history of medical quackery by Emory University professor James Harvey Young (1915-2006).
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AUD 7.28 | CAD 7.24 | EUR 5.38 | GBP 4.60 | JPY 699.00 | MXN 77.67 | ZAR 69.90 |
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Item number: 15744.
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