[Almanac – cookery]; Dr. King

Dr. King's Guide to Health. Household Instructor & Family Cook Book. [1902 edition].

Chicago, Ill.; Windsor, Canada: H.E. Bucklen & Co, 1904.

Booklet, stapled in wrappers (23 x 16.5 cm.), 32 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. An annual almanac with culinary content, advertising a number of patent medicines, including Buclen's Arnica Salve, Dr. King's life Pills, and Dr. King's Electric Bitters, all products of the H.E. Bucklen Company. Calendars for 1902 and 1903 are followed by culinary recipes, household hints, testimonials, etc., arranged in double columns throughout. Some light age-toning to text block and a bit of light edgewear. In bright, chromo-lithographed wrappers depicting Dr. King's facility in Chicago flanked by images of a scientist in the lab and a chef in the kitchen. Some edgewear to wrappers, and a tiny bit of spotting, otherwise fine.

Price: $50.00