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PHARMACEUTISCHE BOTANIK IN TABELLEN-FORM: Eine kurzgefaste Anleitung zur Kenntniss sammtlicher,
Edition: First edition.
Berlin: in der Schuppel'schen Buchhandlung, 1831. Hardcover first edition - in der funften Ausgabe der preufsischen Pharmakopoe aufgefuhrten, und vieler andern mit ihnen verwandten Pflanzen. Nebst einer fasslichen Darstellung der offizinellen Pflanzenfamilien nach Jussieu's naturlichem System. Register. Errata. 84 pp mit 2 kupfertafeln. 19 cm x 23 cm. / Pharmaceutical botany in tabular form: a concise guide to the knowledge of all the plants listed in the fifth edition of the Prussian Pharmacopoeia and many other plants related to them. In addition to a clear representation of the official plant families according to Jussieu's natural system. Index, errata 84 pp plus 2 engraved plates of botantical drawings.Text in Geman.
Condition: Good only in plain black boards - wear to the covers, contents very good. Laid in the upper portion of an invoice from Dietrich & Stewart, Druggists and Chemists with Dayton O 185- printed at the top.
Book ID: 90192More details Price: $600.00 -
CONFEDERATE JASMINE AND THE FAT TUESDAY TREE: A Poetic Herbarium.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - An "evocative collection of small essays, [which paint] lovely pictures in words, describing not only subtropical plants such as sea oats, magnolia, and kudzu, but also the (slightly fictionalized) people of her childhood in the South. . . includes an appendix listing "Towns with Good Names," among them Burnt Corn, Zip City, and Akbachoochee. Lewis's lovely prints, resembling herbarium pressings, accompany the text." Square format. 158 pp plus final illustration. ISBN: 0-811813088.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 85671More details Price: $20.00 -
IT STARTED IN EDEN: How the Plant-Hunters and the Plants They Found Changed the Course of History.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1979) dj. Hardcover - An account of some of the early botanists, explorers and foot-loose travellers brought us such things as coffee, tea and chocolate, spices from black pepper to nutmeg, cloves and more - as well as medicinal herbs like quinine from the "fever bark tree." Bibliography, index. vii, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-070172900.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 87998More details Price: $18.50 -
OUR FAMILIAR ISLAND TREES.
Edition: First edition.
Boston: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, (1929) dj. Hardcover first edition - A small book, sponsored By The Outdoor Circle of Honolulu, with photographic illustrations throughout, most in black and white, but with 3 of trees in full bloom in full color (frontispiece and two internal plates) Index. 161 pp.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth (previous owner's name, discoloration to endpapers) with gilt lettering in a poor dustjacket (chips and tape repair to front cover of dj)
Book ID: 85876More details Price: $18.50 -
THE MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA: Being An Account Of Their Medicinal And Other Uses, Chemical Composition, Pharmacological Effects And Toxicology In Man And Animal.
Edition: Second edition.
Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone, 1962. dj. Hardcover - The second - and best - edition of this authoritative and comprehensive work. In fact, it is so signficantly changed from the original 1932 edition, that is more like a new work. The title was changed to include Eastern Africa to reflect the expanded area it covers, and the book has over 1000 additional pages. Illustrated with botanical color paintings, black and white drawings and photographs, some in color. Bibliography, European names, vernacular names, active principles, index and more. pp. xii 1457.
Condition: Very good+ in gray cloth in a very good dust jacket (previous owner's name and stamp, some rubbing to the dj). A very large and heavy book.
Book ID: 80486More details Price: $650.00 -
KOSTYCHEV'S PLANT RESPIRATION.
Edition: First US printing.
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., (1927.). Hardcover first edition - 'Authorized edition in English with editorial notes' of a monograph originally published in German by this Russian physiologist. Illustrated. Index. ix, 163 pp.
Condition: Very good in olive green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. (small stamp on title page, a few marginal brackets in pencil, spotting to outer edge of textblock) .
Book ID: 76880More details Price: $20.00 -
LIMAHULI GARDEN: A Window to Ancient Hawaii.
Edition: Brochure, revised edition.
Hanalei, Kaua'i: Limahuli Garden and Preserve, (2006). A self-guiding tour to the garden, illustrated with drawings by Anna Stone. Details 39 points of interest in the Limahuli Garden of Ha'ena, Kaua'i, part of The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Includes a map and pronunciation guide. 52 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in green illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 74848More details Price: $9.00 -
ON THE ROAD TO TETLAMA: Mexican Adventures of a Wandering Naturalist .
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Armchair adventure for the reader with a keen interest in both natural history and exotic culture... Here is an 'on the road'tale that combines a naturist's observations, misadventures, encounters with birds and people - and discoveries about himself - during several months in backcountry Mexico." Accounts of life among the Nahuat Indians, and several sections describing the birds. Illustrated with drawings by Kelli Glancey.Index. xi, 196 pp. ISBN: 0-802711529.
Condition: Ex-library with very few marks (appears uncirculated, tight and clean) in a near fine dj.
Book ID: 73627More details Price: $15.00 -
MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland.
Edition: First edition.
Portland, OR: Timber Press, (2004). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the medicinal uses of more than 400 species used by the people of Britain and Ireland. Based on firsthand accounts captured by surveys, on more than 1000 manuscript volumes of the Irish Folklore Commission, and on 300 other published and unpublished sources. Includes illustrations from herbals such as those by Bock, Fuchs, and Brunfels, a map and a selection of color photographs by Deni Bown. Includes an appendix on veterinary remedies, sources and indexes of folk uses, scientific names and vernacular names. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-881926388.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71246More details Price: $60.00 -
POISONOUS PLANTS OF PAKISTAN.
Edition: First edition.
Oxford, New York & Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Collects in one volume information about the poisonous plants that can be found in Pakistan which previously could only be found in scattered, specialized scientific papers. A beautiful book, in which detailed descriptions of the plants are accompanied by author's own accurate full color botanical drawing which highlight the poisonous parts of each plant. Of interest especially since otherwise toxic or poisonous plant extracts can have therapeutic value at lower dosage levels. Includes notes and references with each plant, plus glossary of botanical and medical terms, index of common English names and botanical names. xv, 512 pp. ISBN: 9780195977899.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 59228More details Price: $60.00 -
DESERT WILD FLOWERS.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, (c 1969.). Revised edition, A comprehensive work on the flora of the deserts of the American Southwest, illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Index. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-8047-03655.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 51849More details Price: $10.00 -
WALK A GREEN PATH
Edition: First printing.
New York: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Simple poems - and the author/artist's notes on where the plants were found, from Hawaii to the Florida Everglades to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens - are accompanied by gorgeous watercolor paintings. Unpaginated, somewhat oversized format. ISBN: 0-688134254.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 35410More details Price: $15.00 -
A HANDBOOK TO THE FLORAL OF NATAL.
Edition: First edition.
Durban, Natal, South Africa: Bennett & Davis, Printers, 1907. dj. Hardcover first edition - A greatly revised and expanded work based on a pamphlet originally issued in 1888 by the Colonial Herbarium. Index. 202 pp.
Condition: Very good+ in light gray-green cloth covers with black lettering, no dj, as issued.
Book ID: 26601More details Price: $20.00 -
ROBERT BROWN AND THE VANCOUVER ISLAND EXPLORING EXPEDITION
Edition: First printing.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Diary of a young Scotsman who arrived on Vancouver Island in 1863 for the purpose of collecting roots and seeds. 211 pgs with extensive notes, appendices, many illustrations, index. ISBN: 0-7748-03223.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy)
Book ID: 9346More details Price: $25.00