[Rarebooks] FS: Brandreth's Pills Puzzle Book

[Bob Petrilla]

Brandreth Company. BRANDRETH'S PILLS -- Purely Vegetable - Absolutely
Harmless - Always Beneficial: Brandreth's Pills are kept and allowed to age
for Two Years before they are sold. They improve with age like wine.... NY:
Brandreth Co., 1895. Original edition. 20pp; illus throughout in color.
This booklet features cartoons, riddles, tales and puzzles, for example:
The Missionaries' and Cannibals' Puzzle; The Famous Italian Pin Puzzle;
The Wolf, the Goat, and the Cabbages; The Captives in the Tower; &c.
Includes testimonials by Prof. Henry A. Mott and Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher.
6.75" x 4.75" Very Good. Pictorial Paper Covers.
Benjamin Brandreth (1809–1880) pioneered the use of mass advertising to
build the popularity of his pills, alleged to cure physical maladies by
purging toxins from the blood.    $50.00



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