Many Strange Fish in the Sea

Warriorsmark, Pennsylvania: Malena Company, 1903. Very good. Toned. Minor rubbing to extremities.. An early 1900s illustrated booklet promoting the patent medicine "Ma-Le-Na", marketed here as "the best vegetable tonic-laxative and blood purifier" that is "guaranteed" to cure everything from constipation to headaches and biliousness. Marked as "Booklet No. 116", it offers fun facts and illustrations of strange or interesting sea creatures ranging from the flying fish to angler fish, zebra fish, and mud skippers. Includes line drawn illustrations of the fish in-text, and four full-page color illustrations of some of the fish in-text as well. Single vol. (truncated) (6.25" by 5"), pp. [8], illus., stapled in in original illus. coated wrps. (Inventory #: 25026819)