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  • MAYA MEDICINE: Traditional Healing in Yucatan by Kunow, Marianna Appel.
    Kunow, Marianna Appel.
    MAYA MEDICINE: Traditional Healing in Yucatan

    Edition: First printing.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the practice of traditional Maya medicine which examines "the work of curers in Piste, Mexico, a small town in the Yucatn Peninsula near the ruins of Chichen Itza. The traditions of plant use and ethnomedicine applied by these healers have been transmitted from one generation to the next since the colonial period throughout the state of Yucatan and the adjoining states of Campeche and Quintana Roo. . . The author collected plants with traditional healers and observed their techniques including prayer and massage as well as plant medicine, western medicine, and ritual practices." Illustrated with drawings of plants. Includes a map, several tables, a plant catalogue, glossary and index. vii, 152 pp. ISBN: 0-826328644.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 76804
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  • TOBACCO AND ITS USE IN ASIA (Anthropology Leaflet No. 28) by Laufer, Berthold.
    Laufer, Berthold.
    TOBACCO AND ITS USE IN ASIA (Anthropology Leaflet No. 28)

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. First edition - One of a series of leaflets designed to give brief non-technical accounts of the beliefs, habits and customs of various races. This includes information on pipes, tobacco, opium, Tibetan snuff-bottles, tobacco-chewing in Asia, water-pipe in China, India & Persia, Philippines & Formosan tobacco-pipes, the distribution of cigar and cigarette in Asia, etc. Illustrated with 10 plates in photogravure. Bibliography. 39 pp..

    Condition: Near fine in stapled tan wrappers (some wear to the yapped edges, contents fine)

    Book ID: 83401
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  • TOBACCO AND ITS USE IN AFRICA (Anthropology Leaflet No. 29) by Laufer, Berthold, Wilfrid D. Hambly and Ralph Linton.
    Laufer, Berthold, Wilfrid D. Hambly and Ralph Linton.
    TOBACCO AND ITS USE IN AFRICA (Anthropology Leaflet No. 29)

    Edition: First printing.

    Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1930. First edition - One of a series of leaflets designed to give brief non-technical accounts of the beliefs, habits and customs of various races. Illustrated with 6 plates in photogravure. Bibliography. 45 pp plus final plate.

    Condition: Fine in stapled tan wrappers.

    Book ID: 83400
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  • MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND RELIGION: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural. by Lehmann, Arthur C. and James E. Myers, editors.
    Lehmann, Arthur C. and James E. Myers, editors.
    MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT AND RELIGION: An Anthropological Study of the Supernatural.

    Edition: Fourth Edition, a trade paperback.

    Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, (1996.). A comprehensive anthology containing essays by many anthropologists include Claude Levi-Strauss, Peter Furst, Francis Huxley, Bronislaw Malinowski, Carl Sagan, Lawrence Wright and others. This edition includes nine new articles. Among the sections are those on shamans, on the religious use of drugs, and on ethnomedicine. Map, an extensive bibliography, glossary and index. Slightly oversized square format. 474 pp. ISBN: 1559346884.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 56296
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  • THE ECLECTIC ALKALOIDS, RESINS, RESINOIDS, OLEO-RESINES AND CONCENTRATED PRINCIPLES (Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica, #12, Pharmacy Series, No. 2, 1910) by Lloyd, John Uri.
    Lloyd, John Uri.
    THE ECLECTIC ALKALOIDS, RESINS, RESINOIDS, OLEO-RESINES AND CONCENTRATED PRINCIPLES (Bulletin of the Lloyd Library of Botany, Pharmacy and Materia Medica, #12, Pharmacy Series, No. 2, 1910)

    Edition: First printing.

    Cincinnati, Ohio: J.U. and C.G. LLoyd, 1911. First edition - In addition to the primary article, this includes portraits and brief biographies (printed on the tissue guards for each portrait) of several of those involved in this field - John King, William Stanley Merrill, Alexander Wilder, Grover Coe and others. References. 53 pp

    Condition: Near fine in printed brown wrappers.

    Book ID: 54774
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  • NONGALAZI OF THE BEMBA ; Drama and Romance of Native Superstition, Magic and Ritual in Central Africa, by Martins, Harper.
    Martins, Harper.
    NONGALAZI OF THE BEMBA ; Drama and Romance of Native Superstition, Magic and Ritual in Central Africa,

    Edition: First edition.

    Ilfracombe, Devon, UK: Arthur H. Stockwell, Ltd. (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Drama and romance of native supersition, magic and ritual in Central Africa." Introduction by Professor C. J. Uys. Glossary. Photographs. 207 pp

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some offsetting to the endpapers, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 66226
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  • CURARE: Its History, Nature and Clinical Use. by McIntyre, A. R., Ph. D.
    McIntyre, A. R., Ph. D.
    CURARE: Its History, Nature and Clinical Use.

    Edition: First edition.

    Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1947. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive monograph on this South America drug used as an arrow-poison from its historical use to modern studies of its effects. Extensive references at the end of each chapter. Map frontispiece, charts and tables. Index. 240 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in green cloth.

    Book ID: 72049
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  • SACRED MUSHROOM OF VISIONS: TEONANCATL: A Sourcebook on the Psilocybin Mushroom. by Metzner, Ralph with Diane Conn Darling, editors.
    Metzner, Ralph with Diane Conn Darling, editors.
    SACRED MUSHROOM OF VISIONS: TEONANCATL: A Sourcebook on the Psilocybin Mushroom.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, (2006). A book with articles by more than 30 contributors - on the "chemical, biological, cultural, psychological, and experiential dimensions of psilocybin mushrooms." It includes firsthand accounts of the Harvard Psilocybin Project, including the Concord Prison and Good Friday studies - the editor, Ralph Metzner, was part of that project with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass). "Teonancatl was the name given to the visionary mushrooms used in ancient Mesoamerican shamanic ceremonies, mushrooms that contain psilocybin, the psychoactive agent identified by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. The rediscovery of these visionary mushrooms by the Mazatec healer Maria Sabina and mycologist R. Gordon Wasson ignited a worldwide mushroom culture that…

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    Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, (2006). A book with articles by more than 30 contributors - on the "chemical, biological, cultural, psychological, and experiential dimensions of psilocybin mushrooms." It includes firsthand accounts of the Harvard Psilocybin Project, including the Concord Prison and Good Friday studies - the editor, Ralph Metzner, was part of that project with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass). "Teonancatl was the name given to the visionary mushrooms used in ancient Mesoamerican shamanic ceremonies, mushrooms that contain psilocybin, the psychoactive agent identified by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. The rediscovery of these visionary mushrooms by the Mazatec healer Maria Sabina and mycologist R. Gordon Wasson ignited a worldwide mushroom culture that inspired the consciousness revolution of the 1960s." Illustrated, notes and references at the end of each article. 293 pp. ISBN: 1-594770441.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80300
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  • SKETCH OF THE FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA with Particular Reference to its Present Principal Commercial Products. by Moloney, Alfred.
    Moloney, Alfred.
    SKETCH OF THE FORESTRY OF WEST AFRICA with Particular Reference to its Present Principal Commercial Products.

    Edition: First edition.

    London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. Hardcover first edition - A book which attempts to rectify the idea that most of Africa is nothing but "bush." Includes several appendices, index to the economic plants and a general index. vi, 533 pp plus a 32 pp publisher's catalogue.

    Condition: Very good overall in publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover, thin gilt bands. Significant foxing to the preliminary and title pages and to the ads at the rear, but only occasional marginal spots in most of the book. Previous owner's name date 1894, hinges starting but still a tight and straight copy.

    Book ID: 80926
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  • SOUTHERN FOLK MEDICINE: 1750-1820. by Moss, Kay K.
    Moss, Kay K.
    SOUTHERN FOLK MEDICINE: 1750-1820.

    Edition: First printing.

    Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Explores methods of cure during a time when the South relied more heavily on homespun remedies than on professionally prescribed treatments." INSCRIBED, "For---, who may recognize a few roots of modern medicine in our Southern folk heritage," and also SIGNED on title page. Notes, index, appendices, select cited works. xv, 259 pp. ISBN: 1-570032890.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 55908
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  • ETHNOMEDIZIN UND SOZIALMEDIZIN IN TROPISCH-AFRIKA. / ETHNOMEDICINE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE IN TROPICAL AFRICA : BeitrŠge zur Ethnomedizin, Ethnobotanik und Ethnozoologie III / Contributions to Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology III. by Paul, Sigrid, editor.
    Paul, Sigrid, editor.
    ETHNOMEDIZIN UND SOZIALMEDIZIN IN TROPISCH-AFRIKA. / ETHNOMEDICINE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE IN TROPICAL AFRICA : BeitrŠge zur Ethnomedizin, Ethnobotanik und Ethnozoologie III / Contributions to Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology III.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hamburg: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin, 1973. First edition - Text is in German, English and French. The introductory essay by Ludwig Brandl - "A Short History of Ethnomedicine in Tropical Africa" - is in both English and German. Also includes essays on Les Plantes Magiques Senegalaise (in French) by Joseph Kerharo, The Fundamental Basis of African Traditional Medicine (in English) by Yaw Osei and much more. Bibliographies, photographs. 288 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed pale green wrappers.

    Book ID: 53813
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  • PHARMAKO DYNAMIS: Stimulating Plants, Potions and Herbcraft. by Pendell, Dale.
    Pendell, Dale.
    PHARMAKO DYNAMIS: Stimulating Plants, Potions and Herbcraft.

    Edition: First edition, a large trade paperback..

    San Francisco: Mercury House, (2002.). First edition - The second book in his Pharmako trilogy - ancient Greek herbalists used the term pharmakodynamis to refer to the intrinsic powers of plants. This volume covers, among other plants, coffee, chocolate, ephedra, khat, coca, and nutmeg. Dale Pendell is a poet, engineer and ethnobotanist - among other things, .he was the founding editor of KUKSU: Journal of Backcountry Writing. Illustrated throughout. Extensive references, index. vii, 293 pp. ISBN: 1562791257.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54725
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  • BLINDNESS IN THE KAWAMBWA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA / AFRICAN MEDICINE IN THE MANKOYA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA. by Phillips, C. M./ S. A. Symon.
    Phillips, C. M./ S. A. Symon.
    BLINDNESS IN THE KAWAMBWA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA / AFRICAN MEDICINE IN THE MANKOYA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Lusaka: The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1959. First edition - Rhodes- Livingstone Communication No. 15. Introduction by R. J. Apthorpe. In addition to the two articles cited in the title, this also includes a list of the botanical and vernacular names for the plants used in Nkoya medicine. Typescript pages. Map. vii, 77 pp.

    Condition: Very good in original blue printed wrappers with blue cloth spine. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 54673
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  • ACCOMMODATING THE SPIRIT AMONGST SOME NORTH-EASTERN SHONA TRIBES ; Rhodes-Livingston Papers, Number 22. by [Rhodes-Livingstone Papers] Holleman, J. F.
    [Rhodes-Livingstone Papers] Holleman, J. F.
    ACCOMMODATING THE SPIRIT AMONGST SOME NORTH-EASTERN SHONA TRIBES ; Rhodes-Livingston Papers, Number 22.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Capetown and London: Oxford University Press of behalf of The Institute for African Studies, Zambia, 1953. First edition - A paper written as a study-in-the-field, which focuses on the place of 'bona' in post-mortem rituals. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes. 40 pp.

    Condition: Very good in printed blue wrappers (toning to covers, embossed seal on front cover) .

    Book ID: 80925
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  • NDEMBU DIVINATION: Its' Symbolism and Techniques, Rhodes-Livingston Papers, Number 31. by [Rhodes-Livingstone Papers] Turner, V. W.
    [Rhodes-Livingstone Papers] Turner, V. W.
    NDEMBU DIVINATION: Its' Symbolism and Techniques, Rhodes-Livingston Papers, Number 31.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press of behalf of The Institute for African Studies, Zambia, (1961). First edition - A preliminary analysis of the raw data, rather than a finished work - one which focuses on the symbolic objects, especially as they are used by two diviners - Muchona and an Angolan diviner. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 85 pp plus bibliography and list of other publications.

    Condition: Near fine in printed blue wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped, some toning to spine of wrapper)

    Book ID: 80923
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  • ESSENTIAL SUBSTANCES: A Cultural History of Intoxicants in Society by Rudgley, Richard.
    Rudgley, Richard.
    ESSENTIAL SUBSTANCES: A Cultural History of Intoxicants in Society

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York and Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1994.). First edition - Originally published in the UK under the title 'The Alchemy of Culture' this is a look at the uses and abuses of mind-altering drugs through history, from opium in the stone age to crack on our city streets. Includes a look at the traditional mind-altering substances - like magic mushrooms in Siberia, tobacco and peyote in the Americas, qat in Africa, and betel in Southeast Asia - to the psychoactive plants of medieval witchcraft, hallucinogens like LSD and marijuana, and stimulants like coffee, tea, and cocoa, and why some are considered culturally acceptable, others are forbidden. Foreword by William Emboden Illustrated with line drawings, notes, bibliography index .ix,195. 36 t

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 38400
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  • SMOKING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ABORIGINES OF THE IROQUOIS AREA OF NEW YORK STATE. by Rutsch, Edward S.
    Rutsch, Edward S.
    SMOKING TECHNOLOGY OF THE ABORIGINES OF THE IROQUOIS AREA OF NEW YORK STATE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed examination of the tobacco pipes and related objects used by the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy - Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga - in the New York state region. Illustrated throughout with 191 figures including drawings, black and white photographs, maps and charts. Bibliography, index. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-8386-75689.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 58834
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  • FOLKLORE AND FOLK MEDICINES: Symposium Presented at the March 1986 AIHP Annual Meeting Held in San Francisco, California. by Scarborough, John, editor.
    Scarborough, John, editor.
    FOLKLORE AND FOLK MEDICINES: Symposium Presented at the March 1986 AIHP Annual Meeting Held in San Francisco, California.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.

    Madison, WI: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1987. First edition - Edited and with an introduction by John Scarborough (who also contributes an essay on the recognition of drugs in classical antiquity) Includes seven essays by David L. Cowen, John M. Riddle, Eric H. Christianson, and others on medieval herbalism, folk medicine in Indiana, and of the Pennsylvania Dutch and more. Notes at the end of each essay. Publication Number 10. 122 pp.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 80176
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults. by Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.
    Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.
    IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.

    Edition: First US printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Shambala Publications, 1970. Hardcover first edition - A retelling of an Indian legend from Guatemala about a boy who is given a magic drink by a medicine man which sends him on an incredible trip deep inside himself. Illustrated with gorgeous full-color, full-page paintings by his wife and co-researcher into mescaline, Nan Cuz, who was born in Guatemala of Mayan and German descent. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias. Translated from the German by Dinah Livingstone. Large format. 40 pp. ISBN: 0-877730164.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards (upper corners slightly bumped, gift inscription on half title page)

    Book ID: 84434
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  • BASUTOLAND MEDICINE MURDER. A Report on the Recent Outbreak ofd 'Diretlo' Murders in Basutoland. by Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
    Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
    BASUTOLAND MEDICINE MURDER. A Report on the Recent Outbreak ofd 'Diretlo' Murders in Basutoland.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. First edition - Presented by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations to Parliament in April, 1951, this is a report on "(1) the nature and significance of the large numbers of murders which had taken place in 1947 and 1948 in Basutoland, (2) the proximate causes of and underlying reasons for the apparently increased incidence of the crime, and (3) the steps which the Basutoland Administration might take to remedy the position. Includes a look at the role of native medicine men and the use of 'diretlo' in the making of magical medicines with protective value. Appendices, Diagrams (including two fold-out diagrams) and a fold out map. vi, 104 pp.

    Condition: Very good in blue stapled wrappers (toning to both the cover and the pages)

    Book ID: 80857
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  • A CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA Chiefly from Plants in Use among the Natives. by Smith, Andrew of St Cyrus (1828-1898)
    Smith, Andrew of St Cyrus (1828-1898)
    A CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA Chiefly from Plants in Use among the Natives.

    Edition: Second edition.

    Lovedale, South Africa: Published in the Book Department, 1888. Hardcover - Uncommon second edition of this early work on South African indigenous medicine, which was first published in 1885. The preface notes that although there is still work to be done, the first edition has been sold out, and so a new edition was appropriate, Among the Native contributors who are acknowledged in the preface is W. W. Gqoba and the students of Lovedale. Includes indices of the botanical, Kaffir, English and Dutch names of the plants. viii, 163 pp. plus errata.

    Condition: From the South African Public Library - includes several small circular stamps noting "book registry act 1888" on scattered pages throughout. Attractively rebound in dark green and olive green buckram with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorative bands on covers. Significant foxing, but overall in good condition, easily readable,

    Book ID: 83229
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  • ETHNIC CULINARY HERBS: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation in Hawai'i. by Staples, George and Michael S. Kristiansen.
    Staples, George and Michael S. Kristiansen.
    ETHNIC CULINARY HERBS: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation in Hawai'i.

    Edition: First printing.

    Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Arranged alphabetically by the scientific names. Illustrated with many full page black and white botanical drawings and eight inserted color plates, Index of common and scientific names, bibliography Slightly oversized format. 122 pp. ISBN: 0-824820940 I.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 62333
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  • KRANKHEITEN UND KRANKENBEHANDLUNG BEI DEN CHIMBU IM ZENTRALEN HOCHLAND VON NEU-GUINEA: BeitrŠge zur Ethnomedizin, Ethnobotanik und Ethnozoologie II / Contributions to Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology II. by Sterly, Joachim .
    Sterly, Joachim .
    KRANKHEITEN UND KRANKENBEHANDLUNG BEI DEN CHIMBU IM ZENTRALEN HOCHLAND VON NEU-GUINEA: BeitrŠge zur Ethnomedizin, Ethnobotanik und Ethnozoologie II / Contributions to Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology II.

    Edition: First printing.

    Hamburg: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin, 1973. First edition - Diseases and treatment of the sick among the Chimbu in the central highlands of New Guinea. While most of the text is in German (with occasional quotes in English), there is a 3 page English summary. References, photographs, index. 289 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed pale green wrappers.

    Book ID: 53812
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  • THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks. by Stewart, Amy.
    Stewart, Amy.
    THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2013). SIGNED first edition - An exhaustive guide to "the herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries." Entertaining and informative at the same time, this also includes dozens of cocktail recipes .INSCRBED on the title page. Illustrated with small drawings. Recommended reading. 360 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers crease to lower corner of back cover).

    Book ID: 71756
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  • PLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MEDICINE. by Swain, Tony, editor.
    Swain, Tony, editor.
    PLANTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MEDICINE.

    Edition: First edition.

    Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects papers written by the eleven experts from six countries who attended this symposium on "Plants in the Development of Modern Medicine" jointly sponsored by Harvard and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in May, 1968. These papers are notable for the fact that they used "widely differing disciplines in focusing on the single topic. In stressing this interdisciplinary outlook in its organization, the symposium successfully drew into an integrated whole the contributions and potentialities of anthropological, botanical, chemical, pharmaceutical, and other pertinent fields." Illustrated with photographs, numerous diagrams and charts. References, index xii, 367 pp. ISBN: 0-674673301.

    Condition: Very good in light green cloth in a good dust jacket with some staining to the back cover, spine, etc.

    Book ID: 71868
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • MEDICINAL PLANTS: Their Role in Health and Biodiversity. by Tomlinson, Timothy R. and Olayiwolda Akerele, editors.
    Tomlinson, Timothy R. and Olayiwolda Akerele, editors.
    MEDICINAL PLANTS: Their Role in Health and Biodiversity.

    Edition: First printing.

    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1978, the responded to increased interest in medicinal plants by convening a series of international consultations, seminars, and symposia to explore and promote the use of medicinal plants. Medicinal Plants presents the proceedings of a symposium convened by the World Health Organization in 1993. It presents an overview of the use of medicinal plants that includes a discussion of a variety of issues - scientific, economic, regulatory, agricultural, cultural - focused on the importance of medicinal plants to primary health care and global health care reform - with specific papers on ethnopharmacology and tropical forests in Belize, the role of botanical gardens, the uses of plants in…

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    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1978, the responded to increased interest in medicinal plants by convening a series of international consultations, seminars, and symposia to explore and promote the use of medicinal plants. Medicinal Plants presents the proceedings of a symposium convened by the World Health Organization in 1993. It presents an overview of the use of medicinal plants that includes a discussion of a variety of issues - scientific, economic, regulatory, agricultural, cultural - focused on the importance of medicinal plants to primary health care and global health care reform - with specific papers on ethnopharmacology and tropical forests in Belize, the role of botanical gardens, the uses of plants in primary care in Indonesia, traditional medicine in China and Korea, and much more. References at the end of each paper. Illustrated with botanical drawings. Index. xi, 221 pp. ISBN: 0-812234316.

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    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket. (some scattered highlighting)

    Book ID: 81871
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  • CURANDERO: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing, by Torres, Eliseo "Cheo" with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.
    Torres, Eliseo "Cheo" with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.
    CURANDERO: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing,

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005). From the cover: "Eliseo Torres, known as Cheo, grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practiced in his home and neighborhood. Later in life, he wanted to know more about the plants and rituals of curanderismo. Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Nino Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge…

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    Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2005). From the cover: "Eliseo Torres, known as Cheo, grew up in the Corpus Christi area of Texas and knew, firsthand, the Mexican folk healing practiced in his home and neighborhood. Later in life, he wanted to know more about the plants and rituals of curanderismo. Torres's story begins with his experiences in the Mexican town of Espinazo, the home of the great curandero El Nino Fidencio (1899-1939), where Torres underwent life-changing spiritual experiences. He introduces us to some of the major figures in the tradition, discusses some of the pitfalls of teaching curanderismo, and concludes with an account of a class he taught in which curanderos from Cuernavaca, Mexico, shared their knowledge with students. Part personal pilgrimage, part compendium of medical knowledge, this moving book reveals curanderismo as both a contemplative and a medical practice that can offer new approaches to ancient problems." Illustrated with photographs. Selective bibliography, index. ix, 170 pp. ISBN: 0-82633640X.

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    Condition: Fine (a new copy)

    Book ID: 87997
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  • LSD: VISIONS OR NIGHTMARES? (Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. Series 1) by Trulson, Michael E.
    Trulson, Michael E.
    LSD: VISIONS OR NIGHTMARES? (Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs. Series 1)

    Edition: Later printing - updated edition.

    New York: Chelsea House Publishers, (1992). Hardcover - Writen for teenagers, this discusses the origins and effects of LSD and the LSD experience, including flashbacks and toxic effects, and discusses hallucinogens, therapy options, and the effects of drugs on animals. While it is described on the back cover as an objective study, in reality the emphasis is on the dangers posed by LSD (a photograph of the Manson family with the caption that "after using LSD, they embarked on a killing spree" and another photograph of Thelonius Monk with the commentary that a person's creativity can be damaged or destroyed if they take LSD. Illustrated with photographs. Includes several appendices, glossary, suggestions for further reading, index. 103 pp. ISBN: 0-877547521.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 80314
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  • EXPERIENCING RITUAL: A New Interpretation of African Healing. by Turner, Edith with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa.
    Turner, Edith with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa.
    EXPERIENCING RITUAL: A New Interpretation of African Healing.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1992). First edition - A provocative and very unusual anthropology work - Edith Turner was the wife of the noted anthropologist Victor Turner and for several years in the 1950s, she was at his side when he conducted fieldwork among the Ndembu. But when she returned in 1985 and sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu, her perspective changed to the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power. Illustrated with photographs. A title in the Series of Contemporary Ethnography. Several appendices, references, index. xii, 239 pp. ISBN: 0-812213661.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name inside front cover).

    Book ID: 83983
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  • THE ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TOPNAAR. by Van den Eynden, Veerle; Patrick Vernemmen and Patrick Van Damme.
    Van den Eynden, Veerle; Patrick Vernemmen and Patrick Van Damme.
    THE ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TOPNAAR.

    Edition: First edition, a trade paperback original.

    Gent: Universiteit Gent / The Commission of the European Community, (1992). First edition - The Namib Desert, which extends for 1200 miles along the Atlantic coast of Southern Africa, may be the oldest desert in the world, arid for 55-80 million years, and home to plants found no where else. This book focuses on two groups of Topnaar who live there - in the Kuseb area and in Sesfontein, areas which are quite distant from each other and so have different plants for use. Illustrated with black and white drawings and color photographs. While the book is written in English, sections have been translated into Afrikaans and Nama to make the information more accessible. Includes bibliography and index of…

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    Gent: Universiteit Gent / The Commission of the European Community, (1992). First edition - The Namib Desert, which extends for 1200 miles along the Atlantic coast of Southern Africa, may be the oldest desert in the world, arid for 55-80 million years, and home to plants found no where else. This book focuses on two groups of Topnaar who live there - in the Kuseb area and in Sesfontein, areas which are quite distant from each other and so have different plants for use. Illustrated with black and white drawings and color photographs. While the book is written in English, sections have been translated into Afrikaans and Nama to make the information more accessible. Includes bibliography and index of scientific and vernacular names. Errata slip laid in. 145 pp. plus several blank pages for notes.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77566
    View cart More details Price: $30.00