Green's Diary Almanac, 1882 and 1883

Woodbury, New Jersey: G.G. Green, 1882. Good. Toned with short tears, light spotting, staples defective/gathering loose.. The 1882 to 1883 issue of Green's Diary Almanac, advertising cure-all patent medicines sold by G.G. Green. George Gill Green (1842-1925) served as a surgeon in the Union army during the Civil War, and went on to start his wholesale drug business in 1867. Green was one of the most successful early patent medicine entrepreneurs, and built a successful clientele based on a mail-order business model. The present almanac is representative of the kinds of marketing campaigns he would run, featuring bright covers, cartoons, and promises of cure-alls alongside useful calendars and blank memoranda charts. This example has been used by an early owner, with pencil markings in some of the monthly entries. Includes testimonials and descriptions of cure-alls such as Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup. Single vol. (9" by 6.75"), pp. 32, illus., stapled in original illus. wrps depicting the Egyptian pyramids and Sphinx.