Alberty Ada J (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket As Issued. First Edition. First Edition. 2nd printing. Good, several name stamps on front cover, cup circle on lower right of front cover., cup circle near top center of rear panel. 12 x 19. soft cover. 72pp. B1257 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Fine. U. S.A.,: Alberty Laboratories, 1929. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12 x 19cm. Illustrated book of health options with many ada for Alberty brand vitamins and minerals to help with a variety of health issues. Interesting early advertising throughout. Showing very light exterior shelfwear, overall clean and tight with no owner markings.Original price 10 cents. 72 pp.…

Hardcover. Second Edition. 195 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. A self-published dietetic book based on the author's personal contact with clients. Records show Alberty had been sued by the government in the 1940's for misbranding of a drug and transporting over state lines. Interior clean, dust wrapper heavily chipped with some loss to front panel. Owner's signature on front free end paper. Blue boards. Very good, in poor dust wrapper.…

Original Wraps. 132p., illustrated with clip-art portraits (happy faces, sad faces, Before & After mice) and drawings, a small (7.5x5 inches) staple-fastened softbound with decorated front cover and back cover designed to accommodate identity of the "Rep" who will call on purchaser to give a pep-talk and retrieve booklet. Paperstock is alkaline and sound, staples are rusted without migration, terminal price-list of publications has been altered in ballpoint pen. Covers are rubbed and edgeworn and have a two-inch split at top of spinefold; rear cover bears a rubber-stamp telling who will call, which in this case appears to be a food outlet but details are mostly rubbed away. All in all, a good (good-only) copy. One of our worthy competitors on ABE books suggests googling the author, who evidently got in trouble with the Feds about transporting "drugs" across state lines.…