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No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of a domestic scene showing two women, two children, and a dog at leisure in a bucolic setting. No date, 1890s. 5 1/2" x 2 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact overall except for slight edge wear and a few small bits of paper from another material that got stuck (mostly limited to the back). A Very Good copy. Trade card for E. P. Brobeck, a druggist in Rochester, Pennsylvania. The card has two purple stamps from Brobeck on front and back. This card promotes one of the items Brobeck carried, Ayer's Sarsaparilla, as manufactured by J. C. Ayer & Company. J. C. Ayer & Co. was founded by James Cook Ayer (1818-1878) in Lowell, Massachusetts. Ayer opened his own apothecary in 1841. Based on online resources, it is estimated that Ayer's Sarsaparilla was first released between c. 1840 and c. 1855. The text on back lauds the sarsaparilla's purported medicinal properties including being a blood purifier. Like many medicines during this time, Ayer's Sarsaparilla's effectiveness as a medicine was questionable at best. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of a woman wearing a fancy pink dress and playing with her young child propped on her shoulders. They are in a serene landscape with grass, plants, and trees. The company implies that scenes like this one can result from using their product. No date, circa 1880s-1890s. 5" x 2 1/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight age toning on back; slightly bumped corners; a few tiny spots on front; and a small, faint dampstain in the lower-left corner. A Very Good copy. Trade card promoting Ayer's Sarsaparilla as prepared by "Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co." of Lowell, Massachusetts and sold by James Mitchell, a merchant in West Eaton, New York. Sarsaparilla is a plant whose root is used is used to make flavorings and medicine. Although sarsaparilla actually may have medicinal properties, such as reducing inflammation and treating joint pain and certain skin diseases, it is not the "blood" cure-all this advertisement claims it to be. The text on back claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla treats "scrofula and all scrofulous, mercurial, and blood disorders." Other ads by Ayer's also named other ailments its sarsaparilla could supposedly treat. Ayer's Sarsaparilla was simply one of many patent medicines at the time that proliferated during the late nineteenth century. Patent medicines are products that are marketed with questionable claims about their medicinal properties. Food and drug regulation acts, beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, put a stop to the patent medicine industry. The manufacturer of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Company, was founded by James Cook Ayer (1818-1878), an American businessman who specialized in making and selling patent medicines. It is thought that Ayer never became a doctor (despite the "Dr." in the company's name), but he did study medicine and apprenticed under several pharmacists. Ayer entered the patent medicine industry after buying the apothecary of one his former mentors in Lowell, MA. In 1843 or 1844, he made his first patent medicine, a cherry-flavored cough syrup called Cherry Pectoral, which was marketed as being able to cure coughs and a host of lung-related illnesses. Things took off from there and Ayer soon introduced other products in the company such as Cathartic Pills (supposedly claimed digestive ailments), Ague Cure (claimed to cure malaria), and Hair Vigor (supposedly recolors gray hair). Ayer's Sarsaparilla was introduced around 1859 and would become the company's most lucrative product. Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. eventually became one of the most successful patent medicine companies of the time. Trade cards are antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, some trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.
Published by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., 1911
Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Stringbound in wrappers. Some soiling and wear. ; 8.50 X 6 X 1.50 inches.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 133376054XISBN 13: 9781333760540
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original trade card with a color illustration of mermaids grooming their hair in a picturesque ocean bay, a nod to the advertised product, Ayer's Hair Vigor which claims to restore "gray hair to its natural vitality and color." No date, circa 1880s-1890s. 4 1/4" x 2 3/4." Trade card is very clean and intact except for age toning mostly limited to the back. A Very Good copy. Trade card for J. C. Ayer & Company and one of its patent medicines, Ayer's Hair Vigor. Printed text on back describes the product and its purported restorative properties for hair. James Cook Ayer (1818-1878) was a patent medicine businessman who was among the most successful in the industry. His factory was based in Lowell, Massachusetts. Patent medicines are medicinal products whose healing or curative properties are questionable at best. Historically, many were actually dangerous and contained unsafe levels of alcohol and undisclosed substances such as narcotics. The history of patent medicines in United States begins at its inception but it was not until the years leading up to the Civil War that they became popular. Despite the misleading and even dangerous nature of patent medicines, they achieved peak popularity during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Around the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Progressive movements led by journalists, watchdog groups, and legislators began to stem the tide of patent medicines. 1906 marked the passing of the first federal Food and Drug Act which required medicinal products to disclose their active ingredients, be accurately labeled, and not fall below certain purity levels set by the U.S. Pharmacopeia and National Formulary. Subsequent legislation over the years helped solidify food and drug safety measures that made it difficult for misleading and dangerous medicines to reach the general public. Trade cards were antique business cards that first became popular during the late seventeenth century in Paris and Lyon, France and London, England. Trade cards were often given by business owners and proprietors to patrons and customers as a way to promote their businesses. Prior to the use of street addresses, trade cards had maps so clients could locate the associated business. Many of these cards also incorporated elaborate designs, illustrations, and other decorative features. Trade cards became popular in the United States during the nineteenth century in the period after the Civil War. The late nineteenth century also saw the advent of trade card collecting as a hobby. While they are no longer in use, trade cards influenced the formation of trading cards and were the predecessors of modern-day business cards.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014757142ISBN 13: 9781014757142
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
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Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Good. (36) pages. Few engravings. 7.75 x 5'', printed wrapper. Promoting Ayer's Pills, Sarsaparilla, Ague Cure, Cherry Pectoral, Hair Vigor. Wrap, outer sheet splitting, creased, rubbed, soiled, G.
Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. (36) pages. Few engravings. 7.75 x 5'', printed yellow wrapper. Medical advice promoting Ayer's Cathartic Pills, Sarsaparilla, Ague Cure, Cherry Pectoral, Hair Vigor. VG.
Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. (36) pages. Few engravings. 7.75 x 5'', printed yellow wrapper. Medical advice promoting Ayer's Cathartic Pills, Sarsaparilla, Ague Cure, Cherry Pectoral, Hair Vigor. Small corner wrap chip, VG.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0259839698ISBN 13: 9780259839699
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell MA, 1914
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by B&W ills. (illustrator). First Thus. fair in wraps (edgewear, chipping, staining; loss to rear of wraps 2 in.) 8vo [c.30pp] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A slice of history! 'Entirely free from alcohol' with 'Not a Drop of Wine, Whisky, Brandy, or Rum' is indicated. VG- in wraps (slight edgewear, chipping, staining) 8vo [c.30pp] Illustrated by B&W ills.
Published by J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass, 1861
Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. (36) pages. Few engravings. 7.75 x 5'', printed yellow wrapper. Royal and VIP testimonials promoting Cathartic Pills, Cherry Pectoral, Ague Cure, Sarsaparilla. Wrap soiled, bit rubbed, minor foxing, G.
Published by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1867
Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. (36) pages. Few engravings. 7.75 x 5'', printed yellow wrapper. Promoting Cathartic Pills, Cherry Pectoral, Ague Cure, Sarsaparilla. Small corner chip, bit creased, foxed, VG.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Lowell, MA: J. C. Ayer & Co., 1892. Recipe book for desserts combined with advertisements and testimonials for Ayer's Sarsaparilla and other patent medicines. Softcover, 24 pages. Covers age-darkened with some very modest chipping to the edges, pages age-toned but clean and unmarked. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Publication Date: 1897
Seller: A Casperson Books, Niles, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Cornell University Library, 2009
ISBN 10: 111254528XISBN 13: 9781112545283
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 42 pages. 7.75x5.50x0.10 inches. This item is printed on demand.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0656020105ISBN 13: 9780656020102
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1852 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 42 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1852 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 41 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1893 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 42 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1852 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 146 Volume 1911-15 (bd w/o 1913).
Published by Lowell, Mass.: Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., 1860
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Softcover. Yellow covers with black lettering. Bound with a pamphlet stitch, and for additional safe-keeping, there is a small hole in the top left corner that is sewn through. Stains to covers, with wear along spine and edges. Contents are in good condition. Preceding the calendar pages is a page with information on the eclipses to occur in 1860, as well as some "jokes" or epigrams: "Whiskey sometimes cures the bite of snakes, but what will cure the bite of whiskey?" The volume seems to be a running advertisement for various pills and medicines by the chemist Dr. Ayer. Unpaginated. Measures 4.5 x 7.25 inches. Pages clean.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1852 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 212 Volume 1902-07.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1888 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 573 Language: English.
Published by Lowell, Mass.: J.C. Ayer & Co., ca. 1883., 1883
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Color lithographic print measuring 5 x 3 inches. Verso advertises "The Country Doctor--A fine Chromo-Lithograph (7 1/2 x 13 inches, in "Statuette" style) of this original and popular subject, will be sent post-paid to any address, with a set of our elegant Album Cards, on receipt of 10 cents in cash or postage stamps." Card is very good, with some writing on verso: "Maud from Nellie" at the top in ink; "Annette Flagg" in pencil at bottom.
Published by Lowell, Mass.: Ayer's Pills, [ca. 1883]., 1883
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. TRADING CARD. 48mo. Card, Very Good with minor edge wear. Illustration.
Published by Lowell MA, 1888
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, cloth, stamped in gilt and black, paginations vary, original wrappers bound in, as issued (one appears in bright chromolithography), #6 to #21 with circular numerical stamp on wrapper (the text blocks are clean), #1 to #5 appear as front and rear endsheets; library blindstamp on title leaf, paper label on spine, two integral, rare printed handbills loosely inserted. Confusing enough for a collation? Altogether, a Very Good copy.
Published by Herausgegeben von Dr. J.C. Ayer & Compangie. Lowell, Mass. [1876.], 1876
Seller: Bickerstaff's Books, Maps &c., Scarborough, ME, U.S.A.
32 pp. J.C. Ayer was a prominent patent medicine maker in Lowell, Massachusetts beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. Ayer's American Almanac was published in Lowell from about 1856 through 1923. NUC shows very limited holdings of foreign language versions of the Ayer's almanacs, including German, Swedish and Norwegian. OCLC locates scattered holdings of the German editions of the almanac, although none is specifically identified as the 1877 edition. Yellow printed wrapper with just a hint of soiling. A couple of minor nicks. Unopened. Overall, very good indeed.
Published by J. C. Ayer & Co, Lowell, MA, 1884
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
Broadside. 8 advertisements. 4 small (approx 5" x 2.5") cards advertising Ayer & Co. with chromolithographic recto and printed verso; 1 larger (8.5" x 5.5") in the same format; 1 bifolium (once wrappers for a pamphlet) from Shiloh's Family Remedies (S. C. Wells & Co. Le Roy, NY), with chromolithographs on outer wrapper and printed advertisement and 1887-8 calendar on the inner wrapper; 1 small card for Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant with chromolithographic recto and printed verso; and 1 from Brown's Bronchial Trouches with illustrated front and black verso. Condition varies: the small Ayer & Co. cards as well as Brown's are quite nice. The larger Ayer has some edgewear and scuffing to the rear where it appeared glue down to something and removed (does not affect text); Jayne's is chipped at the bottom corner (not affecting the printed text on the verso, but just touching the chromolithograph) and some wear to the top corner; Shiloh's has holes at the fold were the staples pulled through; light toning and soiling. Ayer was perhaps the most successful of the manufacturers represented here, and in large part due to his advertisements. Three of these are for his Cherry Pectoral, his flagship medicine developed in 1841. After Ayer's death in 1878, the manufacturing and accompanying advertisements as here was continued by his brother. A nice selection of 19th century advertisements for patent medicine. Oxford Dictionary of American Biography.