The Kansas Horse Chestnut, and Quack Nostrum Investigator [caption title]
by [Kansas]
- Used
- Condition
- Good.
- Seller
-
Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Leavenworth: Hathaway & Smith, 1860. Good.. Broadside, 11.5 x 8 inches. Some wear and chipping at edges, some loss at lower edge, a few small tears. Two small tape repairs on verso. Minor foxing. Apparently unrecorded and ephemeral broadside claiming to be a newspaper, but just as probably a strange advertisement for Thompson's Prescription and Family Medicine Store in Leavenworth. The masthead says that the paper is "Published Frequently" by Robert Bonnett and C.J. Benner for the price of two bits a year. "The principal grip of this paper is Quack Nostrums. In Politics we are in for the side that pays most money. Railroad matters will be fluently discussed, and Free Passes will be expected in return for said discussions. The editor proposes to deliver Lyceum Lectures through this State, for the benefit of woman's rights, -- subject, "Quack Nostrums and Coal Oil." Fully half the paper is an ad for Thompson's, however, advertising "Non-Quack Nostrum Coal Oil" and other similarly snarky items.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2732
- Title
- The Kansas Horse Chestnut, and Quack Nostrum Investigator [caption title]
- Author
- [Kansas]
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hathaway & Smith
- Place of Publication
- Leavenworth
- Date Published
- 1860
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About the Seller
McBride Rare Books
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Dobbs Ferry, New York
About McBride Rare Books
We specialize in American history, focusing on unique and eclectic materials such as archives, broadsides, vernacular photography, and interesting or unusual imprints. Particular fields of interest include Western Americana and Latin America.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...