[QUACKERY] RANSOM'S FAMILY Receipt Book - 1894: FREE TO EVERYONE - New Every Year, Receipts for Meats, Soups, and Meat Sauces
by D. Ransom, Son & Co
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Orange wraps, with original string. Good
- Seller
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Stamford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co., 1894. Sewn binding. Orange wraps, with original string. Good. 32 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. An almanac with recipes along with advertisements for products such as Dr. Trask's Magnetic Ointment (lard, raisins, cut in pieces, and fine-cut tobacco, simmered together, pressed and strained), and fraudster "testimonials". These pamphlets were all the rage before the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 put an end to the prolific practice of sham health products (not really, we still have them). The Ransom family business was started by Dr. David Ransom, in Buffalo NY, and later taken over by his sons. These almanac pamphlets were distributed yearly from 1874-1923. Rear cover printed: sold by Tufts & Co. Plymouth NH, PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES. Covers soiled, with chipping to spine and rear cover. Interior lightly foxed.
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- Seller
- lizzyoung bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4184
- Title
- [QUACKERY] RANSOM'S FAMILY Receipt Book - 1894
- Author
- D. Ransom, Son & Co
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Orange wraps, with original string. Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- D. Ransom, Son & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....