Thayer's One Hundred Formulas, a Handbook of special and practical information and knowledge. Price one dollar. [with:] Twelve Sample Receipts from..

Boston: J.H. Hartley, Printer, 71 Olive Street, 1883. Two pieces. Octavo-sized booklet (18 x 12.5 cm.), 30 pages. With: a hand bill for same. Bifold (21.7 x 14 cm.), [4] pages. FIRST EDITION. An interesting collection of recipes medicinal, household, and otherwise useful, drawn from vegetable chemistry. Includes medicines, syrups, extracts, tinctures, infusions, concentrations, balms, ointments, washes, liniments, drops, powders, solutions, uses in wine, uses as food supplements, hair restoratives, creams, & hair dyes, hair pomades, deodorizing powder, skin creams, cough remedies, herbals, flowers, roots, seeds, sugar coated pills, fragrant oils, cooking extracts, teas, biscuits, puddings, sodas, dyes, ink, druggist colors, home remedies, and much more. There are a fair number of recipes for soda water and bitters, including some odd ones like Peruvian Tonic Bitters. Publisher's pale blue printed wrappers, with one light stain to the front wrapper panel; otherwise fine. [OCLC locates eight copies].