Six Hundred [600] Ways to Get Rich When Your Pockets are Empty...

...being an immense collection of the most saleable and money making discoveries, formulas, recipes, mechanical secrets and methods from which persons of very moderate capital can commence a remunerative business in any city or village.

Cloth 12mo; 94, 98, 91, (22)pp, including 18 pages of illustrated ads. Imprint stated on the title page, "Printed for the Trade" with LOC copyright date 1892 on the veros. Presumed to be the first edition, distributed to the other publishers of later imprints. Good only with heavy soil and mottling to exterior, though still tight and square. Offsetting to endpapers, pulp paper age-toned as usual. Stamp of "Kosmos Co," a Chicago novelty company found to be selling "Lucky Horseshoe Rings" around 1920. Three main sections: "Young's Great Book of Secrets," which contains extensive recipes for tonics; "The Horse," guaranteed to make anyone an instant expert worthy of hire; and, "The Toilet," which has historical information about cultural norms and beauty ideals that can be used to pitch with an air of erudition. An invaluable guide for anyone looking to get into the quackery trade. 2 total copies of the title in WorldCat, none with this imprint.