Carrageen. A Story of the Sea

Boston: The E. L. Patch Company, 1926. Softcover. First edition; 3 1/4 x 5; pp. [13]; illustrated wraps; minor wear and rubbing to spine and edges; illustrated with photographs; very good to near fine condition.An apparently unrecorded booklet describing Carrageen, aka Irish Moss, detailing, in words and photographs, the process of raking the ocean along the New England coast for the moss, drying it, and manufacturing various products. The pamphlet is also an advertisement for the company's Nepto Lotion - made with Carrageen and, apparently, the go-to for surgeons, housewives, "those who drive a car," etc.