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De Wildeman, E.. DOCUMENTS POUR L'ETUDE DE L'ALIMENTATION VEGETALE DE L'INDIGENE DU CONGO BELGE
Bruxelles 1934. In French. Octavo, 262pp., wraps. near VG, small chips on cover edges; no ownership marks; text clean and binding secure. (a100418)
$75.00Lorz, Harold et al. EFFECTS OF SELECTED HERBICIDES ON SMOLTING OF COHO SALMON
Corvallis, Oregon. 1979 first edition. National Environmental Research Center. 4to wraps. EPA-600/3-79-071. 103p. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine number, no pocket, no bookplate. VG (a100507)
$29.00Farnworth, Edward G et al. IMPACTS OF SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENTS ON BIOTA IN SURFACE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES
Athens, Georgia 1979 first edition. EPA. 4to wraps. EPA-600/3-79-105. 315p. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine number, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a100510)
$75.00Aebischer, Paul and Eugenew Olivier. L'HERBIER DE MOUDON - UN RECUEIL DE RECETTES MEDICALES DE LA FIN DU 14e SIECLE
Aarau, Switzerland 1938 first edition. Sauerlander. octavo wraps. 102p. a few pages yet unopened. VG (a100621)
$34.00Eldridge, Joan. BUSH MEDICINE IN THE EXUMAS AND LONG ISLAND, BAHAMAS: A FIELD STUDY - article in one complete issue of ECONOMIC BOTANY, Oct/Dec 1975
NY 1975 first edition. New York Botanical Gardens. sm4to wraps. Eldridge article pp. 307-332. Other articles in issue as well. VG+ (a102892)
$29.00Small, Ernest et al. EVOLUTION OF CANNABINOID PHENOTYPES IN CANNABIS - article in one complete issue of ECONOMIC BOTANY, July/September 1975
NY 1975 first edition. New York Botanical Gardens. sm4to wraps. Small article pp. 219-232 plus 4 photo illus and some charts. Other articles in issue as well. VG+ (a102893)
$29.00Steggerda, Morris and Barbara Korsch. REMEDIES FOR DISEASES AS PRESCRIBED BY MAYAN HERB DOCTORS - article in one complete issue of BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, January 1943
Baltimore 1943 first edition. Johns Hopkins. Large octavo original blue printed wraps. Steggerda article pp. 54-82 with charts and 3 bw photo plates. Other articles in issue as well. VG some wear. (a103397)
$45.00Adamson, R. S. and Alison McK. Crabtree. THE HERBARIUM OF JOHN DALTON - in one complete issue of MEMOIRS MANCHESTER LIBRARY
Manchester 1920. Memoirs and Proceedings of Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society, volume 63, memoir 1. Octavo . original bluegreen printed wraps. Adambson pp. 1-46. Other articles in issue as well. Good plus, light cover wear, no owner marks. (a103817)
$45.00 Schwarz, Hedwig . PHARMAZIEGESCHICHTLICHE PFLANZENSTUDIEN
Mittenwald 1931 Nemayer. In German. Sm.4to., 76pp., mounted color illustration of plant on cover, some text illustrations, hardcover cloth. Small library stamp on titlepage. Good, some wear and tear on backstrip. (a1466)
$29.00 Merat de Vaumartoise, Francois Victor (1780-1851); J-B Bailleiere . DUE TAENIA, OR VER SOLITARIE, ET DE SA CURE RADICALE PAR L'ECORCE DE RACINE DE GRENADIER; CATALOGUE DES LIVRES DE MEDICINE
Paris 1832 Pailliere. Precede de la description du taenia det du Bothriocephale avec l'indication des anciens traitemens employes contre ces vers. Cure for tapeworms using grenadier root. In French. 2 titles in one volume. Octavo, 164pp., original front wrap remounted on later plain wraps. Good. (a16282)
$245.00 Bocher Boecher, Tyge W., Kai Larsen and Knud Rahn . EXPERIMENTAL CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PLANT SPECIES II. TRIFOLIUM ARVENSE AND SOME OTHER PAUCIENNAL HERBS
Copenhagen 1955. Det Kongeliske Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter Bind 8, Nr. 3, 4to., 31pp., illustrations, wraps. Near fine, slight vertical fold. (a22153)
$25.00McGrath, William. GOD-GIVEN HERBS FOR THE HEALING OF MANKIND
1970 Author. 8vo., 87pp., wraps. Good. (a2378)
$23.00 Lindberg, Harald . ITINERA MEDITERRANEA EIN BEITRAG ZUR KENNTNIS DER WESTMEDITERRANEN FLORA AUF GRUND EINES MATERIALS VON GEFASSPLANZEN, GESAMMELT IN TUNESIEN UND SIZILIEN IM JARE 1924 UND IN SPANIEN UND MAROKKO IM JAHRE 1926IEN IM JARE 1924 UND IN SPANIEN UND MAROKKO IM JAHRE 1926
Helsingfors 1932. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae Nova Series B Tom 1 No. 2. In German. 4to., 178pp., 32 photo illustrations, wraps. VG, cover discolored and frayed on edges. (a25213)
$75.00 Le Prou, Diana . MEDICINAL USES OF HERBS COMMON IN NEW ZEALAND
no place 1974. Plus notes on Honey and lists of vitamins and minerals in Herbs. 4to., not paginated (about 20 leaves), mimeo on rectos, wraps. Good. (a25394)
$45.00 Robosn, T. O. and J. H. Fearon (editors) . PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON AQUATIC HERBICIDES
Nottingham 1976. Held at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, England 5-7 January 1976. British Crop Protection Council, Monograph 16. 8vo., 116pp., wraps. Fine. (a39798)
$65.00 (herbicides) . HERBICIDE REPORT. CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER APPLIED USES
Washington 1974 Hazardous Material Advisory Committee. 4to. 196pp., diagrams, wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page. A few ink numbers on front. near VG. light water stains on cover (a49504)
$50.00 Aikin, Jesse . THE CITIZEN'S TUTOR, CONTAINING A VARIETY OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR THE CURE OF THE DIFFERENT DISEASES OF MAN AND BEAST; ALSO, FOR COLOURING WOOL, COTTON, AND HATS
1831 Printed in Mountpleasant (Ohio). Real home medicine, eg, "Phthisic. Take rackoons fat morning and evening, the quantity accoriding to the age, say a table spoon full at a time. Or: "Polypus in the Nose. Take the blood root, called precoon root , dried and powered fine, use it as a snuff." or: "Preserve lightning. Bore holes in the bottom of the bedstead feet and put the necks of beer bottles in the holes." Hardcover. Octavo, 106pp., index, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Some staining on top end of entire book. Much scribbling on end papers. Fair, cover edges rounded, boards worn. Binding secure. Rare. (a51654)
$600.00 Ketcham, David E. (coordinator)) . SYMPOSIUM ON THE USE OF HERBICIDES IN FORESTRY; ADDENDUM TO THE SYMPOSIUM ON THE USE OF HERBICIDES IN FORESTRY (2 volumes)
1978 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Sm.4to., 213p. 115pp., wraps. Depository library numbers and stamps. VG. Two volume set: (a52868)
$150.00 Hansen, Gary W. . HERBICIDE MANUAL A GUIDE TO SUPERVISE PEST MANAGEMENT AND TO TRAIN O&M PERSONNEL
Denver 1983 1st. U.S. Department of the interior. 8vo., 346pp., hardcover. Depository library stamps on end papers and title. VG, no DJ. (a54778)
$30.00 (hindu) . THE CARAKA SAMHITA EXPOUNDED BY THE WORSHIPFUL ATREYA PUNARVASU, COMPILED BY THE GREAT SAGE AGNIVESA AND REDACTED BY CARAKA & DRDHABALA VOLUME VI
Jamnagar 1949. First Impression (4000 copies), popular edition. 4to., about 400pp., mostly in Sanskrit with parts in English, plus 79pp. of monochrome plates (usually 4 per page), original cloth with printed spine label. Good, spine label a bit worn, no DJ. Volume VI (of 6) only. (a56088)
$40.00 Berger, Dr. Franz. . HANDBUCH DER DROGENKUNDE ERKENNUNG, WERTBESTIMMUNG UND ANWENDUNG BAND IV HERBAE
Wien 1954 Wilhelm Maudrich. In German. 4to., 609pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. Band 4 only. (a57912)
$75.00 (korean medicine) . JOURNAL OF MUN SUNG ORIENTAL MEDICINE
1980 Research Center for Oriental Herb Medicine. Entire book is in Chinese except a few English words on title page and one page of text in English. Author's name not given in English. 8vo., 587pp., monochrome photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Box, (a60412)
$105.00 (auction catalogue) . EARLY HERBALS FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR. F. W. T. HUNGER
1951 Amsterdam. Auction Catalogue. Sm.4to., 52pp., illustrations, original wraps. VG, wraps a bit browned. (a60507)
$25.00Whitlaw, Charles. WHITLAW'S NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERIES WITH A DEFENCE OF THE LINNAEAN DOCTRINE AND A TRANSLATION OF HIS VEGETABLE MATERIA MEDICA WHICH NOW FIRST APPEARS IN AN ENGLISH DRESS 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) BOUND IN ONE
London 1829 1st Author. Two volumes bound in one. Volume one has chapters on pathology, manure and its effects on plants, poultry breeding, bread, poisonous plants, venomous reptiles, dispesia, etc. Volume two is an extensive listing of plants and herbs, description and medicinal and other uses. Octavo, viii, 27pp., xxvi, 254pp., original paper covered boards with later paper spine. Inscribed and signed by well known Pennsylvania Naturalist and Scientist George Ord. Good, covers worn at edges and corners. Just a few pages with some foxing o/w text clean and binding secure. Scarce. (a62737)
$340.00De Wildeman, E.. A PROPOS DE MEDICAMENTS ANTILEPREUX D'ORIGINE VEGETALE VIII. SUR DES EXPECES DU GENRE ACACIA L.
Bruxelles 1947 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. Octavo, 77pp., original printed wraps. Faint laboratory stamp on front cover. VG. (a66176)
$35.00De Wildeman, E.. A PROPOS DE MEDICAMENTS ANTILEPREUX D'ORIGINE VEGETALE IX. SUR DES EXPECES DU GENRE CAPSICUM L. (SOLANACEES)
Bruxelles 1948 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. Octavo, 56pp., original printed wraps. Faint laboratory stamp on front cover. VG. (a66177)
$35.00de Wildeman, E.. A PROPOS DE MEDICAMENTS ANTILEPREUX D'ORIGINE VEGETALE III. LES PLANTES UTILES DU GENRE STRYCHNOS
Bruxelles 1946 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. 8vo., 105pp., wraps. Very light library name stamp on cover. Near Fine. (a66263)
$29.00 de Wildeman, E. . A PROPOS DE MEDICAMENTS INDIGENES CONGOLAIS
Bruxelles 1935 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. 8vo., 127pp., wraps. Very light institution stamp on cover. VG plus. (a66277)
$35.00 Gerard, John . THE HERBALL OR GENERAL HISTORIE OF PLANTS VOLUME II
NY 1974. Walter Johnson 1974 reprint of original London 1597 edition. Hardcover. English Experience No. 660b. Lg.4to., pp. 723-1392, illustrated with line drawings, red cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Volume II only. Very scarce with dust jacket. (a71429)
$200.00Otto, N. E.. EVALUATION OF SOIL-APPLIED HERBICIDES FOR VEGETATION CONTROL
Washington 1970 U.S. Department of Interior. Water Resources Technical Publication Research Monograph No. 22. 4to., 29pp., photo illustrations, original decorated wraps. A few Depository Library and number stamps. VG. (a73372)
$33.00 Berger, Dr. Franz . HANDBUCH DER DROGENKUNDE ERKENNUNG, WERTBESTIMMUNG UND ANWENDUNG BAND VII GESAMTREGISTER
Wien 1967 Wilhelm Maudrich. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 144pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a74034)
$60.00 Rose, J. N. . STUDIES OF MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN PLANTS: NO. 7
Washington 1911 GPO. U.S. National Herbarium Vol. 13 Part 9. Octavo. pp. 291-312, 22 photo plates, original printed wraps. University blind stamp on front. VG. (a76431)
$29.00 Rose, J. N. . GENUS TALINUM IN MEXICO: TWO NEW SPECIES OF HARPERELLA
Washington 1911 GPO. U.S. National Herbarium Vol. 13 Part 8. Octavo. pp. 281-290 (2), 2 photo plates, original printed wraps. University blind stamp on front. VG. (a76433)
$25.00 Girault, Louis . CLASSIFICATION VENACULAIRE DES PLANTES MEDICINALES CHEZ LES CALLAWAYA, MEDICINS EMPIRIQUES (BOLIVIE)
1966. In French. Sm.4to., pp. 155-200, removed from the Journal de la Societe des Americanistes and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a83749)
$44.00Heiberg, J. L.. GLOSSAE MEDICINALES
Kobenhavn 1924 Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. IX. Octavo, 96p., original printed wraps with later paper spine. VG plus. (a84521)
$85.00 Bocher, Tyge W. and Kai Larsen (Boecher) . EXPERIMENTAL AND CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PLANT SPECIES IV. FURTHER STUDIES IN SHORT-LIVED HERBS
Kobenhavn 1958 first edition. Skrifter Det Kongel. Danske Viden. Selskab Bind 10, Nr. 2. 4to. 24p. 6 figures, original printed wraps. VG, cover lightly worn and lightly soiled. No ownership marks. (a88599)
$22.00 Bocher, Tyge W and Kai Larsen (Boecher) . EXPERIMENTAL AND CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PLANT SPECIES II . TRIFOLIUM ARVENSE AND SOME OTHER PAUCIENNIAL HERBS
Kobenhavn 1955 first edition. Skrifter Det Kongel. Danske Viden. Selskab Bind 10, Nr. 2. 4to., 31p. 6 figures, original printed wraps. Geological society name stamp on cover. VG, cover lightly worn and lightly soiled. (a88600)
$25.00 Bocher, Tyge W. (Boecher) . EXPERIMENTAL AND CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PLANT SPECIES VIII. RACIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN AMPHI-ATLANTIC VISCARIA ALPINA
Kobenhavn 1963 first edition. Skrifter Det Kongel. Danske Viden. Selskab Bind 11, Nr. 6. 4to. 33p. 6 photo plates, original printed wraps. VG, No ownership marks. (a90696)
$25.00 Bocher, Tyge W. (Boecher) . EXPERIMENTAL AND CYTOLOGICAL STUDIES ON PLANT SPECIES V. THE CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA COMPLEX
Kobenhavn 1960 first edition. Skrifter Det Kongel. Danske Viden. Selskab Bind 11, Nr. 4. 4to. 69p. 14 photo plates, original printed wraps. VG Plus, No ownership marks. (a90697)
$39.00de Wildeman, E.. A PROPOS DE MEDICAMENTS ANTILEPREUX D'ORIGINE VEGETALE IV. DES STROPHANTHUS ET DE LEUR UTILISATION EN MEDICINE
Bruxelles 1946 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. 8vo., 70pp., wraps. Very light library name stamp on cover. O/W Near Fine. (a91079)
$35.00 Poitevin, E . RECETTES MEDICALES POUR LES MALADIES CUTANEES TRADUITES DUN FRAGMENT EGYPTIEN (in one complete issue of Revue Archeologique for 15 Septembre, 1854)
Paris 1854 first edition. Leleux. Revue Archeologique. One complete issue for 15 Septembre, 1854. Original printed pale yellow wraps. octavo. Poitevin article on pp. 333-342 . Other articles in issue as well. Binding repaired. Good, no ownership marks. (a91676a)
$39.00 Wildeman, E. de . NOTES SUR DES PLANTES MEDICINALES ET ALIMENTAIRES DU CONGO BELGE
Bruxelles 1939 first edition. Institut Royal Colonial Belge Tome IX Fasc. 3. In French. 8vo., 357pp., wraps. VG light cover wear; no ownership marks. (a91946)
$75.00Thunberg, Carol. Pet.. DISSERTATIO BOTANICA DE BLAERIA.
Upsaliae 1802 Edman. 8vo., 12pp., plain old blue binder's wraps. Stringbound. near VG two tiny marginal holes. (s232)
$55.00Vogel, D. Benedictus Christianus.. DE GENERATIONE PLANTARUM PRAEFATUS AD ORATIONEM AUDIENDAM QUA MUNUS ARTEM MEDICAM (first edition)
Altorphii Noricorum 1768 first edition. Georgii Meyeri. In Latin. 8vo., 20pp., later plastic strip holding pages together. VG . ruffled page edges. Text bright and clean. (s249)
$55.00