“John”

[New York]: Maltine Manufacturing Co., [date of publication not identified]. Pamphlet. [12]p., illustrations, wraps. 4.5 x 3.25 in. Portion of the bottom of rear wrapper has torn off. Good.

Advertisement in verse tells the story of a sickly young boy who grows up big and strong thanks to the “scientific” nutritional elements of Maltine Co. products (which included strychnine and coca wine). Written chiefly in dialect.

Cat.No: 316505

Price: $18.00