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  • A CALL TO ARMS: Book One of The Damned. by Foster, Alan Dean.
    Foster, Alan Dean.
    A CALL TO ARMS: Book One of The Damned.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ballantine, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The publisher describes this as "a classic SF yarn in the old style of bad guy aliens vs. good guy aliens, with humans holding a special place between them. The twist is that the special human qualities the aliens value are just the same qualities we abhor in ourselves. So while you enjoy the classic battles across the galaxy and interspecies intrigue, you have a very contemporary and critical view of humanity." 641 pp. ISBN: 0-345358554.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86065
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  • Kerns, Virginia.
    WOMEN AND THE ANCESTORS: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1997). Second edition of this classic study of Black Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals, originally published in 1983. This edition includes a new foreword by Constance R. Sutton and a new afterword by the author. Appendices, references, index. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-252-066650.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 26452
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  • VERITAS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    VERITAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer and loser, who comes to Belize to chase his fortune and learn the truth about the death of a heiress. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted collector Larry Owens. Laid in is a brief typed and SIGNED letter to Owens in which Lashner notes that this book was already in its 4th printing. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391472.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 82884
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  • VERITAS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    VERITAS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1997). First edition - His second thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer and loser, who comes to Belize to chase his fortune and learn the truth about the death of a heiress. 488 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82885
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  • HOSTILE WITNESS. by Lashner, William.
    Lashner, William.
    HOSTILE WITNESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Regan / Harper Collins, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer struggling to keep the firm afloat, deep in debt and surviving on collecting debts - when he is offered a chance to work with the top lawyer in the city on a murder case involving a legendary city councilman. All he has to do is follow the lead of the other attorney - until he realizes that this dream offer is a Faustian nightmare. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted collector Larry Owens. 501 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391472.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84614
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  • FORBIDDEN CARGOES: A Mystery Story for Boys #10. by Snell, Roy J. (1878-1959)
    Snell, Roy J. (1878-1959)
    FORBIDDEN CARGOES: A Mystery Story for Boys #10.

    Edition: First or very early edition.

    Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1927.). Hardcover - Adventure novel set in the jungles of Central America - in what was then British Honduras, and is now Belize. 282 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some offsetting to endpapers and the usual toning to pages, but overall a straight and tight copy)

    Book ID: 79951
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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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  • HIGH ADVENTURE. by Westlake, Donald.
    Westlake, Donald.
    HIGH ADVENTURE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Comic adventure story set in the jungles of Belize in Central America. SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece. Interior drawings by Sean Westlake. 326 pp. Dust jacket art by David Tamura. ISBN: 0-89296-1236.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52163
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