Catalog by Meyer J E (2 results)

Wraps. Condition: Good-. 1st edition. 1st edition thus, 1933. A Good- copy. Narrow 12mo., 128 pp., bound in publishers tan wraps. Overall soiling to covers and text edges, text appears unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2.75 x 6. Brown wrappers lettered in black, 128pp, illustrations in text, wrappers slightly creased down front and rear middle covers, about fine. Joseph Ernest Meyer (September 5, 1878 - March 9, 1950) was a botanist, writer, illustrator, publisher, and supplier of pharmaceutical-grade herbs and roots to the drug trade who became a prominent citizen and eventually a millionaire in Northwest Indiana. He was the founder of the Indiana Botanic Gardens, Calumet National Bank and Meyer Publishing (now MeyerBooks). At his death he was said to be the world's largest distributor of herbs used in salves, cosmetics, and medicines.