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  • MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland. by Allen, David E. and Gabrielle Hatfield.
    Allen, David E. and Gabrielle Hatfield.
    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by surveys, on more than 1000 manuscript volumes of the Irish Folklore Commission, and on 300 other published and unpublished sources.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: 71246
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  • POINSETTIAS: The December Flower - Myth and Legend - History and Botanical Fact. by Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer.
    Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer.
    POINSETTIAS: The December Flower - Myth and Legend - History and Botanical Fact.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tiburon, CA: Waters Edge Press, (1997). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated throughout in full color.Everything imaginable about this plant, from his history in Aztec days to how it became a symbol of Christmas and how to care fro the plants. Bibliography, index. Square format, 63 pp. ISBN: 0-965622495.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards.

    Book ID: 62131
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  • TRAVELS IN A STONE CANOE: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers by Arden, Harvey and Steve Wall.
    Arden, Harvey and Steve Wall.
    TRAVELS IN A STONE CANOE: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Two journalists who came back from an assignment in Indian Country with a powerful message for humankind share the intensely personal story surrounding their time with the Wisdomkeepers, and continue to extoll the Native American approach to humanity and life." Photographs. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-684800942.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 86102
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  • POISONOUS PLANTS OF PAKISTAN. by Askari, S.H. Abid.
    Askari, S.H. Abid.
    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: 59228
    Keywords: botany, Ethnobotany
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  • MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE WEST INDIES. by Ayensu, Edward S.
    Ayensu, Edward S.
    MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE WEST INDIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Algonic, MI: Reference Publications, Inc., (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Caribbean islands have had a long acquaintance with herbal medicine in the form of "bush teas" going back to the early days of slavery and using both plants introduced from West Africa and indigenous plants. Illustrated with full page botanical drawings throughout. The second book in the series "Medicinal Plants of the World." Includes notes, glossary, bibliography, medicinal index, common names index and index to species. 282 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-917256123.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83982
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  • ON THE RACES OF THE OPIUM POPPY GROWING IN SEMIRECH'E AND THE ORIGIN OF THEIR CULTURE. by Bazilevskaya, N.A.
    Bazilevskaya, N.A.
    ON THE RACES OF THE OPIUM POPPY GROWING IN SEMIRECH'E AND THE ORIGIN OF THEIR CULTURE.

    Edition: First English language edition.

    New Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta & New York: Amerind Publishing, (1976). Hardcover first edition - An uncommon monograph, translated from the Russian. Illustrated with photographs, maps (including one folding map). References. 68 pp.

    Condition: Very good in salmon cloth (sunning to the edges of the board and the spine)

    Book ID: 66520
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  • GREEN GOLD THE TREE OF LIFE: MARIJUANA IN MAGIC & RELIGION. by Bennett, Chris; Lynn and Judy Osburn
    Bennett, Chris; Lynn and Judy Osburn
    GREEN GOLD THE TREE OF LIFE: MARIJUANA IN MAGIC & RELIGION.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.

    Frazier Park, CA: Access Unlimited, 1995. First edition - Survey of the use of marijuana over the centuries, from Mesopotamia to the modern age. Foreword by Jack Herer, afterword by George Clayton Johnson. Illustrated, maps, footnotes, bibliography and index. 485 pp. plus a final illustration and poem. Cover illustration by Aaron Marshal. ISBN: 0-962987220.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88542
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • SOCIETY AND DRUGS: Drugs I: Social and Cultural Observations & STUDENTS AND DRUGS: Drugs II: College and High School Observations (2 volume set) by Blum, Richard H. and Associates
    Blum, Richard H. and Associates
    SOCIETY AND DRUGS: Drugs I: Social and Cultural Observations & STUDENTS AND DRUGS: Drugs II: College and High School Observations (2 volume set)

    Edition: First edition.

    San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - A publication of the Institute for the Study of Human Problems, Stanford University. Each volume has a bibliography and index. xvi, 400 pp. xix, 399 pp. ISBN: 0-87589-0334; 0-87589-0342.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jackets.

    Book ID: 58588
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  • CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Art of FlimFlam. by [Brinkley, John.] Brock, Pope
    [Brinkley, John.] Brock, Pope
    CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Art of FlimFlam.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Crown, (2008.). First edition - An account of one of the most 'creative criminals in American history.' 'John Brinkley was a multi-millionaire, surgeon, broadcasting pioneer (he put his powerful station in Mexico, on the other side of the Rio Grande and is responsible for introducing country and western music to the nation), politician (candidate for governor of Kansas) and friend to the rich and famous. He was also a con-man who cheated millions with his 'cure' for impotence. In 1917 he introduced a bizarre surgical method - inserting goat testes - to restore the virility to farmers and it attracted thousands of paying customers. The quackbuster Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA journal, however, vowed to put…

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    New York: Crown, (2008.). First edition - An account of one of the most 'creative criminals in American history.' 'John Brinkley was a multi-millionaire, surgeon, broadcasting pioneer (he put his powerful station in Mexico, on the other side of the Rio Grande and is responsible for introducing country and western music to the nation), politician (candidate for governor of Kansas) and friend to the rich and famous. He was also a con-man who cheated millions with his 'cure' for impotence. In 1917 he introduced a bizarre surgical method - inserting goat testes - to restore the virility to farmers and it attracted thousands of paying customers. The quackbuster Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA journal, however, vowed to put Brinkley out of business and a cat-and-mouse game ensued. Yet for many years Brinkley continued to prosper and kill and maim patients by the score! Bibliography, notes, . 310 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 57740
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  • SACRED PLANT MEDICINE: Exploration in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism. by Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle.
    Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle.
    SACRED PLANT MEDICINE: Exploration in the Practice of Indigenous Herbalism.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boulder, CO: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Focuses primarily on plants as they were used by Native Americans in North America. "Useful as a reference book and inspires the reader to look again at the plant world as a source of life and healing." INSCRIBED on the half title page "For -- in the spirit of the plants" and dated in 1997. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Includes 19 full color botanical plates by Cyncie Marini. Foreword by Brooke Medicine Eagle. Appendices, index. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-570980853.

    Condition: Fine in very near fine dust jacket (very minor edgewear on dustjacket).

    Book ID: 54600
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  • MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE. by Camp, John.
    Camp, John.
    MAGIC, MYTH AND MEDICINE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: "Whatever reason is given for being ill, a vast body of preventive and therapeutic folk medicine and practice has evolved through the centuries. Many of these 'cures' have a surprisingly scientific basis, and, in the light of modern knowledge, are far more efficacious than might be imagined from the beliefs on which they are founded. This fascinating book examine folk medicine from many countries, traces its origins and development and describes its surprising survival into this scientific and computerized age." Illustrated, bibliography, index. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-800850467.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some sunning to the spine, minor edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 75108
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • TO WINDWARD OF THE LAND: The Occult World of Alexander Charles. by [Charles, Alexander, 1901-1974] Beck, Jane C.
    [Charles, Alexander, 1901-1974] Beck, Jane C.
    TO WINDWARD OF THE LAND: The Occult World of Alexander Charles.

    Edition: First printing.

    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1979). Hardcover first edition - The oral autobiography of a West Indian fisherman, who spent most of his life on Santo Domingo and on the Windward and Leeward Islands - one who "dared to go to the windward of the land, where the wind and seas are rough, the fishing is thought to be the best, and the challenge is the greatest to the fisherman in his small boat." In addition to being a fisherman, he was a sometimes smuggler, and most importantly a practitioner of black magic and bush medicine, in which he offers knowledge of magic and healing - not just as isolated cures but as integral part of his culture. in…

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    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1979). Hardcover first edition - The oral autobiography of a West Indian fisherman, who spent most of his life on Santo Domingo and on the Windward and Leeward Islands - one who "dared to go to the windward of the land, where the wind and seas are rough, the fishing is thought to be the best, and the challenge is the greatest to the fisherman in his small boat." In addition to being a fisherman, he was a sometimes smuggler, and most importantly a practitioner of black magic and bush medicine, in which he offers knowledge of magic and healing - not just as isolated cures but as integral part of his culture. in addition to the autobiography itself, this includes an extensive section of conversations with the author and her introduction and conclusions. Foreword by Roger D. Abrahams. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and photographs. List of botanical terms, bibliography, notes. l, 309 pp. ISBN: 0-253160650.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83710
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  • "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" in MANKIND: Official Journal of the Anthropological Societies of Australia Volume 4 Number 10. May 1953 by Cleland, J. B. and others.
    Cleland, J. B. and others.
    "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" in MANKIND: Official Journal of the Anthropological Societies of Australia Volume 4 Number 10. May 1953

    Edition: First printing.

    Sydney: Anthropological Society of New South Wales, 1953. First edition - In addition to the featured article on "The Healing Art in Primitive Society" this includes articles on the discovery of adze heads in New Guinea and a selection of children's songs from Ooldea in W. South Australia. Illustrated with maps and drawings. pp 394 to 434.

    Condition: Good only in printed red wrappers - some wear to the covers, toning to the pages, prev owner's name.

    Book ID: 54772
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  • ON THE ROAD TO TETLAMA: Mexican Adventures of a Wandering Naturalist . by Conrad, Jim.
    Conrad, Jim.
    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: 73627
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  • THE MEDICINE MAN OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND HIS CULTURAL BACKGROUND. by Corlett, William Thomas M.D.
    Corlett, William Thomas M.D.
    THE MEDICINE MAN OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND HIS CULTURAL BACKGROUND.

    Edition: First edition.

    Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, (1935) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical and sympathetic anthropological study ( as Corlett notes in his preface, this has as much religion as medicine and more theology than pathology) of the role of medicine men in the different cultures of Native Americans, from the Arctic through the Plains and the Southwest, Central America, and South America to Patagonia. The various chapters are devoted to different geographical areas and also to general topics like childbearing and foods and materia medica. Illustrated with many drawings and photos; bibliograhy, index. vii, 369 pp. The colophon is printed on a separate sheet laid in at the back. Also accompanying this copy is a small typed note…

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    Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, (1935) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical and sympathetic anthropological study ( as Corlett notes in his preface, this has as much religion as medicine and more theology than pathology) of the role of medicine men in the different cultures of Native Americans, from the Arctic through the Plains and the Southwest, Central America, and South America to Patagonia. The various chapters are devoted to different geographical areas and also to general topics like childbearing and foods and materia medica. Illustrated with many drawings and photos; bibliograhy, index. vii, 369 pp. The colophon is printed on a separate sheet laid in at the back. Also accompanying this copy is a small typed note which explains the significance of the dust jacket, stating in part "The color is the sacred color of the Inca of Peru and the cut is that of a Medicine Man trephining the skull to let out some supposed cause of the disease" and signed with W.T.C.

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    Condition: Very near fine in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dustjacket with minor wear, some sunning to the spine of the dj. Rather uncommon, especially in this condition and in a dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80853
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  • SHADOWS IN THE SUN: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire. by Davis, Wade.
    Davis, Wade.
    SHADOWS IN THE SUN: Travels to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Lone Pine Publishing (1992). First edition - The author, a Harvard ethnobotanist, writes with empathy and understanding and personal experience about indigenous tribes from the tropics to the Arctic circle. Included are chapters on shamanic healing, the plants of the gods - and on the end of the wild. Photographs. 156 pp. ISBN: 1551050269.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 56933
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  • WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle by De Civrieux, Marc.
    De Civrieux, Marc.
    WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "One of the oldest and longest of American creation myths, this oral tale has been gathered in Venezuela over the past 15 years by Marc de Civirieux, one of South America's leading anthropologists." Edited and translated by David Guss. Preface and glossary. Photographs. viii, 195 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-86547-0022.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43369
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  • DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards. by De Smet, Peter A.G.M.
    De Smet, Peter A.G.M.
    DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards.

    Edition: First edition., a large trade paperback.

    Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, (2010). First edition - An exploration of supernatural and natural healing practices all over the world through 270 colonial postcards from a private collection, published in conjunction with an exhibition of these postcards in the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 2009. Shown in their original colors, the cards are a rich source of visual information about native health and healing, but also a source which needs to be considered with care, since many reflect the colonial prejudices and racist attitudes of the time. Notes, references. Large format. 215 pp. ISBN: 978-9460220173.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 77972
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  • PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY OF MARLENE DOBKIN DE RIOS: 45 Years With Shamans, Ayahuasqueros & Ethnobotanists. by Dobkin De Rios, Marlene.
    Dobkin De Rios, Marlene.
    PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY OF MARLENE DOBKIN DE RIOS: 45 Years With Shamans, Ayahuasqueros & Ethnobotanists.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Rochester, VT: Park Street Press, (2009). First edition - An account of almost half a century of pioneering research in the Amazon and Peru by this noted anthropologist studying hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. Although the Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes was credited in the early 1950s as being the first to document the use of ayahuasca, other researchers, including de Rios, were responsible for furthering his findings and uncovering the curative capabilities of this compound. Illustrated with photographs, including some in full color. Glossary, list of publications by de Rios, bibliography, index. xvi, 190 pp. ISBN: 9781594773136.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) .

    Book ID: 81181
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  • IT STARTED IN EDEN: How the Plant-Hunters and the Plants They Found Changed the Course of History. by Dodge, Bertha S.
    Dodge, Bertha S.
    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: 87998
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  • THE PLANT MAGIC MAN. by Durrell, Lawrence.
    Durrell, Lawrence.
    THE PLANT MAGIC MAN.

    Edition: First thus- a slim trade paperback, issued simultaneously with a signed limited edition.

    Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1973. First edition - An essay by Durrell on his experience with Ludo Chardenon, a herbalist in Arles, Provence. Cover blocks by Margaret Wilson. The fifth title in the 'Yes! Capra Chapbook Series' edited by Robert Durand and Noel Young. Illustrated with small decorations and woodcuts throughout. 25 pp plus a facsimile copy of Chardenon's preparations and plants, a final woodcut, a photograph of Chardenon and Durrell and the colophon. ISBN: 0-912264-519.

    Condition: Very good overall in illustrated wrappers (small chip to upper corner of front cover.)

    Book ID: 60795
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  • Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON. by [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    [Ethnobotany] Adjanohoun, E.J.; Aboubakar, N.; Dramane, K. and others, authors.
    Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia: CONTRIBUTION TO ETHNOBOTANICAL AND FLORISTIC STUDIES IN CAMEROON.

    Edition: First edition.

    (Porto-Novo (Benin) STRC / OUA, 1996. First edition - Published under the auspices of the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (STRC) of the Organization of African Unity, this is the first comprehensive survey of the medicinal plants of the area, including many which are indigenous to Cameroon. Each plant is described in alpahabetical order and is illustrated by a line drawing. Also includes listings of the major diseases and their treatments, a glossary, an index of the medicinal plants by disease, an index of the vernacular names of these plants and more. vi, 641 pp. ISBN: 9782453661.

    Condition: Very good in printed grey wrappers.

    Book ID: 56051
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  • ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya. by [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.
    ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Guilford Press, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the survival, adaptation and utilization of traditional medical systems in a rapidly modernizing country and suggests that a collaboration between traditional and Western biomedicine would advance the goals of community health. Photographs, references, index. xxi, 354 pp. ISBN: 0-89862-7796.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53820
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  • PLANTS AND INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AND DIET: Biobehavioral Approaches. by Etkin, Nina L., editor.
    Etkin, Nina L., editor.
    PLANTS AND INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AND DIET: Biobehavioral Approaches.

    Edition: First edition.

    Bedford Hills, NY: Redgrave Publishing, (1986). Hardcover first edition - A multidisciplinary approach to this topic with contributions by 18 writers, and an introduction to each section by the editor. Included are papers on Folk Anti-cancer Plants by James Duke; Aztec Medicinal Herbs by Bernard Ortiz de Montellano; Coca in Andean Cultural Perspective by Jim Weil and much more. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams and tables. Index. xii, 336 p. : ill. ISBN: 0-913178020.

    Condition: Fine in olive green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover.

    Book ID: 71870
    Keywords: Ethnobotany
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  • THE PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOGNOSY: An Introduction to the Study of the Crude Substances of the Vegetable Kingdom. by Fluckiger, Fiedrich A. and Alexander Tschirch.
    Fluckiger, Fiedrich A. and Alexander Tschirch.
    THE PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOGNOSY: An Introduction to the Study of the Crude Substances of the Vegetable Kingdom.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: William Wood & Company, 1887. Hardcover first edition - Translated by Frederick B. Power from the second and completely revised (and expanded) edition of 'Grundlagen der Pharmaceutischen Waarenkunde,' originally published in Germany in 1873. Includes 186 illustrations in the text. Index. xiv, 294 pp.

    Condition: Ex-medical society library but with only a few marks, and overall tight and clean in original dark green cloth with gilt lettering and bands on the spine. A few shallow scratches to the cloth.

    Book ID: 80973
    Keywords: Ethnobotany, medicine
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  • ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN CAVES OF THE POINT OF PINES REGION ARIZONA. by Gifford, James C. (1927-1973)
    Gifford, James C. (1927-1973)
    ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN CAVES OF THE POINT OF PINES REGION ARIZONA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1980. First edition - Includes detailed information on the pottery and ethnobotanical remains found in the cliff dwellings of the area, illustrated with photographs, line drawings, charts and maps. Number 36 of the Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, a peer-reviewed monograph series sponsored by the School of Anthropology, which publishes archaeological and ethnographic papers that use contemporary method and theory to investigate problems of anthropological importance in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and related areas.
    References, index. Large format. xii, 218 pp. ISBN: 0-816503605.

    Condition: Fine in printed orange wrappers (as new)

    Book ID: 83109
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  • A DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN PHARMACOGNOSY and Other Divisions of Economic Botany. by Hocking, George MacDonald.
    Hocking, George MacDonald.
    A DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN PHARMACOGNOSY and Other Divisions of Economic Botany.

    Edition: First edition.

    Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, (1955) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A compilation of words and expressions relating principally to natural medicinal and pharmaceutical materials and the plants from which they are derived." Several appendices, including H, New Entries Supplement. Lists of abbreviations and symbols. xxv, 284 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 66212
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  • A MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF NORTH AMERICA. by Johnson, Laurence.
    Johnson, Laurence.
    A MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF NORTH AMERICA.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: William Wood and Company, (1884). Hardcover - A rather scarce American colorplate work of medical botany. a title in Wood's Library of Standard American Authors. Among other things, Johnson was a lecturer on medical botany at the Medical department of the City University of New York. Notable for its Illustrated with nine striking chromolithographs [including frontispiece] by H. Benke and numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text. Not in Bennett, nor in McGrath. Index. xi, 292 pp

    Condition: Very good in embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, red tinting to all edges - some fraying to the top of the spine, a bit of damage to the leaf opposite the frontispiece,rubbing and wear to the corners, but overall tight and sturdy. .

    Book ID: 85136
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  • SANAPIA: Comanche Medicine Woman. by Jones, David E.
    Jones, David E.
    SANAPIA: Comanche Medicine Woman.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press (1984). An intimate portrait of the last surviving Comanche Eagle doctor based on field research for a 3 year period beginning in 1967. Jones was not only an intimate observer, he was adopted by Sanapia as her son. Among other things, he talks about her treatment of 'ghost sickness' and how she was able to adapt to 3 different religious systems - the Christianity of her father, the peyotism of her uncle and grandfather and the Plains Indians pattern of vision quests as represented by her mother, also an Eagle Doctor. Map frontispiece. Photographs. References, recommended reading. xvii, 107 pp. ISBN: 0-88133041.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 80174
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  • THE IZANGOMA DIVINERS: Department of Native Affairs, Ethnological Publications, Vol. IX by Kohler, M., M.D., edited and translated in collaboration with the author by N. J. van Warmelo
    Kohler, M., M.D., edited and translated in collaboration with the author by N. J. van Warmelo
    THE IZANGOMA DIVINERS: Department of Native Affairs, Ethnological Publications, Vol. IX

    Edition: First edition.

    Pretoria, Union of South Africa: By the Government Printer, 1941. First edition - A slim volume considered the most authoritative work on the Zulu Izangoma diviners and healers. The introduction notes that the statements contained in this publication were obtained by Kohler when he was practicing as a mission doctor in Natal. They were mostly dictated to a native amanuensis by patients and informants. The second section is on Iqondo, which is the use of magic spells. Each section in English is followed by a transcription of the original statements, in the regional Zulu dialect. Illustrated with photographs and with many drawings done by a young native man, Gerard Bhengu. 98 pp.

    Condition: Very good in dark blue oilcloth wrappers with black lettering (stamp of previous owner on title page). Uncommon.

    Book ID: 80800
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