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London, England: Headway. Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. 108pgs. Very Good+ condition softcover, pb. Trace of bottom shelf wear, clean and unmarked. A handy and engaging little manual, with chapters on historical uses of flowers and plants, health, beauty and cosmetics, flowers and meditation, looking at colour, the healing garden, plants and flowers for decoration,further reading. With instructions, recipes and formulae, references and useful addresses. ISBN 0340711485. #2290.. ISBN: 0340711485. First Printing. Softcover, Pb. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Krystyna Arcati, the Healing Power of Plants, Nature, Medicinal Plants, Natural Medicine, Phytochemicals, Cosmetics, Healing, Aromatherapy, Beauty, Healthcare, Decoration, Herb, Herbal, Herbs, Formulae, Recipes, Herb Garden, Flower Arrangement, Cookery, Meditation, Healing Arts, Healing Garden, Gardening, Colour, Color, Therapy. more information

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Oregon: Timber Press, 2001. 8vo. 184 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Translated by Lenore Rosenberg and Anita Weston. Firsy published in1996 as "Il flore degli dei, l'orchideadel mito alla storia" by Nuovo Equilibri, Viterbo, Italy. Foreword by Henry Oakley. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white period engravings and paintings and full page color plates from Warner and Williams "The Orchid Album". An account of the discovery of the orchid and it's place in literature, religion, the arts, magic, cuisine, lore and legend. Also included is an account of the most popular genera and their cultivation. Chapters: myths and legends, from prehistory to history, patrons and hunters, arts and customs (literature, art, magic, religion, medicine, edible orchid products), the plant (habitat, plant structure and behavior), the genera (Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Epidendrum, Enciclia, Laelia, Miltonia and Miltoniopsis, Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum and other slipper-orchids, Phalaenopsis, Vanda, European Orchids), growing orchids, sources, index of orchids. ISBN 0881924911. #1678.. ISBN: 0881924911. Second Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orchids, Orchidea, Plant Lore, Orchid, History, Literature, Art, Botany, Myth, Berliocchi, Brand New, NOBN. more information

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St. Marks Printing Corp, The Harmony Centre, 1953. 191 pgs. Very Good condition dark blue hardcover, gilt lettering to front and spine. Rubbing at edges and corners. Wave shaped previous ownership stamp on bottom edge of text block, initials of previous owner on front blank and half-title pages, text is clean and unmarked. Originally published under the auspices of Harmony Centre, Inc. in 1928, this later printing presents a dietary strategy for combating cancer based on grapes and other fruit used by and popularized by Johanna Brandt, and still drawn from today. Chapters include her story of the discovery, test cases, directions, supplementary dietary and cookery information, analysis of grapes, addenda, testimonials and references. #2285.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Johanna Brandt, the Grape Cure, Harmony Centre, Alternative Medicine, Health, Therapy, Detoxification, purging, Vegetarian, Diet, Nutrition, Cleansing, integrative Medicine, Natural Medicine, Healing, Naturopathic, Cancer Treatment, Fasting, Detox, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Nature Cure, Raw Diet, Fruit Cure, Dietary, Fasting Cure, Diet and Health, Healthology, Health Treatment. more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Periplus Editions, 1999. 4to. 106 pgs. Very Good, softcover pb. Shallow bump to upper right edge of front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: Heirloom Vegetable Gardens-How to Grow an Heirloom Garden, Heirloom Garden Style, Interview with Kent Whealy; An Encyclopedia of Heirloom Vegetables-From Amaranth to Tomatoes; Cooking from the Heirloom Garden, Appendix A-Planting and Maintenance, Appendix B-Pest and Disease Control, Resources, Acknowledgements. Illustrated throughout with mouthwatering photographs to complement the vegetable gardening information and accompanying recipes. By the author of "Complete Book of Edible Landscaping". ISBN 9625932941. #1409.. ISBN: 9625932941. First Printing. Softcover, Self Wraps. Very Good+. 4to - 9¾" - 12" Tall. Heirloom Garden, Recipes, Seed Savers Exchange, Heirloom Vegetables, Propagation, Germination, Hybridization, Vegetable Gardening, Homesteading, Rosalind Creasy, Cookery, Cooking, Plant SCIENCE, BOTANY Agriculture, Horticulture, Seed Saving, Organic Gardening, Greenhouse, Conservation, Vegetarian, Edible Landscaping, Home Garden, Vegan, Glasshouse, Kitchen Garden. more information

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New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1994. 46pgs. Near Fine condition pamplet, staple bound softcover. Clean and unmarked but for a ghost mark of a paper clip at the top edge of the title page. Phytochemical analyses data presented here were compiled by James A. Duke at the request of Michael Balick, co-author of "Rainforest Remedies - One Hundred Healing Herbs of Belize". Aout half the species covered here are similar to those presented in Duke's two 1992 CRC phytochemistry handbooks, while the remainder were not. #2295. . No Additional Printings Indicated. Pamphlet Bound Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. James Duke, Belize, Medicinal Plants, Healing Plants, Indigenous, Ethnobotany, Chemical Composition, Chemical Analysis, Phytochemicals, Rosita Arvigo, Michael Balick, Rainforest Remedies, Healing Herbs, Biochemistry, Botany, Ecology, Belize, Biologically Active, Phytochemistry, Central America, CRC Handbook of Biologically Active Phytochemicals and Their Activities, Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants, Economic Botany. more information

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Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 2004. xx.278 pgs. Fine Hardcover in Fine dust jacket, clean and unmarked. Contents: List of Illustrations, Prologue, Foreword, Black Flower, An Indian Secret, The City That Perfumed the World, Mexican Money, From an English Garden, Ile Bourbon, Creole Hearts, The Slave's Crime, Homage to Albius, Empress of Tahiti, Murder in Madagascar, Ice Cream and Perfume, The Admiral's Legacy, Vanilla Prince, Epilogue, Acknowledgements, Select Bibliography. ISBN 0802117759. 1729.. ISBN: 0802117759. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. VANILLA, Vanilla Orchid, Orchids, Culture, History, Botany, Exploration, Expeditions, Orchid Hunters, Botany, Gardening, Horticulture, Agriculture, Mexico, Madagascar, Francesco Redi, Medici, Royal Botanic Gardens, Tahitian, Mexican, Reunion, Natural History, Ethnobotany, Lore, Aztecs, Ile Bourbon, Perfume, COOKING, Gastronomy, NOBN. more information

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San Francisco: Pomegranate Communications, Inc, 1993. 4to. 93 pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine jacket, clean and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Richly illustrated throughout featuring color plates of medicine women rendered in watercolor, color pencil and oil pastel by Patricia Wyatt. Descriptive verse by Susan Freilicher appears opposite each full page plate. In Native American tradition, a person's medicine is that which brings her power. Medicine women are dispensers of power, instruments of healing, keepers of tradition. ISBN 156640598X. #2141.. ISBN: 156640598X. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wyatt, Patricia (illustrator). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Medicine Women, Shamans, Medicine Path, Priestess, Herbalist, INDIANS NORTH AMERICA PICTORIAL NATIVE AMERICAN Art Watercolor, Oil, Pastel, Susan Freilicher, Patricia Wyatt. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins), 1993. 48 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. Tips on how to grow and propagate the many varieties of thyme are interspersed with its history, folklore, uses and recipes, as well as directions on how to create a thyme wall, seat and driveway and its culinary, cosmetic shamanic and medicinal properties. ISBN 0207178550. #1610.. ISBN: 0207178550. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo.. Thyme, Thymus, Herb Garden, Herbal, Jackie French, Plant Lore, COOKERY, HERBS, Magic, SPICES, Cultivation, Propagation, GARDENING, HORTICULTURE, COOKING. more information

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Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2005. viii. 469 pgs. Fine condition hardcover, as new, clean and unmarked, no dust jacket as issued by publisher. Revised edition, with over 50% additional text and illustrations, with special attention to North America. Contents: Abbreviations; Preface; Problems arising from poisoning by plants: What in fact are poisonous plants?, How does poisoning occur?, To what extent does poisoning by plants occur?, On the identification of poisonous plants, Steps to be taken when plant material has been ingested, Sources of information on the toxicity of plants, Plants that effect the skin, Poisoning of animals by plants, Should poisonous plants be rooted out?; Toxicologically Significant Plant Constituents: Essential oils, alkaloids, Toxic amino acids, coumarins, Cardiocative glycosides, cyanogenic glycosides, tannins, glucosinolates, plant acids, phenols, poly-ynes (poly-acetylene compounds), proteins and peptides, saponins, Terpenes; The most important plants with alleged or actual toxic properties [extensive list, organized alphabetically by plant family, with descriptions, color photos and references for each] ; Berry-like fruits, a tabular synopsis; Compilation of characteristic leaf features; Appendix: SOme additional notes on plants of toxological importance in North America; Glossary of Botanical terms; Index. Oversized book. ISBN 0881927503. #1799.. ISBN: 0881927503. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - 9¾ Inches-12 inches tall. Poisonous Plants, Poisoning, Symptoms, Toxins, Phytotoxins, Berries, Fruits, Botany, Gardening, Horticulture, Environmental, Poisons, Hans Jurgen Pfander, Toxicology, Dietrich Frohne, Veterinary, Poisoning, Nature, Ethnobotany, Animal Poisoning, Pets, Rashes, Coumarins, Alkaloids, Glycosides, Saponins, Cacti, Bromeliads, Cyanogenic Glycosides, Identification, Cannabis, Dermatology. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers (Angus & Robertson), 1995. 12mo. 96 pgs. As New condition hardcover in As New jacket. Contents include spelles, blessings, ceremonies, circles, colour magic, crystals, magical pouches, symbolism, divination sets, love talismans, nature's life force, bath rituals, finding lost items, grief beads, dreams, Hopi indian prayer feather, welcome ritual, suppliers and recommended reading. ISBN 0207186413. #2195.. ISBN: 0207186413. First American Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Witchcraft, White Magic, Talismans, Rituals, Spells, Divination, Magic, Spiritualism, Wicca, Ceremonies, Blessings, Helen Glisic, Spell book. more information

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Germany: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., 2006. 474pgs. Near Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine jacket, a new book, clean and unmarked. A trace of shelf wear at the lower front edge of both dj and front board. A generously and richly illustrated botanical monograph on the Genus Arisaema, now in an expanded editrion. Informative and enjoyable for the seasoned field botanist, plant scientist, avid aroid gardener and casual jack-in-the-pulpit observer alike. Numerous color photos throughout the text, along with occasional color and black and white figures, tables and diagrams. Contents: Acknowledgements, Introduction, Morphology, Arisamea in Chemistry and Medicine, In the Wild and in Cultivation, Propagation, Systematics, Species by Sections: Anomala, Arisaema, Attenuata, Clavata, Decipienta, Dochafa, Fimbriata, Flagellarisaema, Franchetiana, Lobata, Nepenthoidea, Pistillata, Sinarisaema, Tenuipistillata, Tortuosa, Doubtful Species and Invalid Names, Hybrids, Glossary, Bibliography, Index to Species Names. Note: this book is a bit heavier than average for its size, about 3.2 lbs. ISBN 3906166376.. ISBN: 3906166376. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. The Genus Arisaema, Aroid, Aroids, Jack in the Pulpit, Jack-In-the-pulpit, Gusman, Monograph, Anomala, Arisaema, Attenuata, Clavata, Decipienta, Dochafa, Fimbriata, Flagellarisaema, Franchetiana, Lobata, Nepenthoidea, Pistillata, Sinarisaema, Tenuipistillata, Tortuosa, Botany, Gardening, Horticulture, Plant, Phlogeny, taxonomy, Flowering Plants, Inflorescence, Deciduous, Evergreen, Plant Anatomy, Morphology, Cultivation, Medicinal Plants, Shade Garden. more information

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Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 2003. 8vo. 371 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean and unmarked, fresh from the publisher. Color photos throughout. A well-rounded look, international coverage, at mushrooms-their cultivation, ethnobotany, uses, identification, suggestions for photography and making spore prints. Contents: Warnings, Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction; Cultivating Mushrooms, Collecting Wild Mushrooms, A List of Wild Mushrooms; Conversion Chart, Chinese names of Mushrooms, Helpful addresses, web sites, glossary, references and further reading, about the authors, Index. ISBN 0881925861. #1691.. ISBN: 0881925861. First Printing. Fine/Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE, POISONOUS, Identification, Ehtnobotany, Cultivation, Botany, Gardening, Horticulture, Spore Prints, Spores, Fungi, Fungus, Field Guide, Chinese, NATURE, Brand New, NOBN. more information

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New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1972. 8vo. 391 pgs. Very Good cloth hardbound in good dustjacket. Small chip out of cloth along rear edge of spine. Dust jacket price-clipped with a one inch chip at top spine. Interior illustrated throughout, clean and unmarked. Contents include an introduction, poisonous plants, potherbs, shoots, salads, roots, fruits, grains and beverages. Bibliography, index. #994.. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Y. Matsumura. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medicinal Plants, Native Plants, Plant Medicine, Native American, Rocky Mountains, Edible Plants, Botany, Ethnobotany, Pharmacognosy, Poisonous Plants, Wildflowers, Field Guide, Rocky Mountains, North America, Harrington, Matsumura. more information

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. 8vo. 246 pgs. Fine condition first edition in fine jacket. Author's first book, a gardening mystery. ISBN 0312203047. #1037.. ISBN: 0312203047. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mystery, Modern First, Authors First Book, First First, Plant Mystery, Fiction, Janis Harrison, Roots of Murder. more information

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Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1892. Non-paginated. Very Good + condition brown/taupe cloth hardcover, large folio. Light wear to cloth at edges and corners, all edges gilt, gilt lettering to front and spine, illustrated front board. Binding sound. Illustrated with ten richly colored and artfully rendered full page chromolithographs from the original water-colors of Isaac Sprague. Tissues intact on all plates, with scattered foxing to the tissue, some of which is lightly shadowed on the plates and opposite blank pages. From the end of an era in botanical literature when the boundaries of botany, art, science and medicine were not as strictly defined by discipline, the contents of this book smoothly merge botanical descriptions, habit, lore and medicinal uses with scientific literature references, evocative verse and beautifully rendered botanical illustrations. The plants featured: The Arethusa, The Shortia, The Arrow-head, Hay-Scented Fern, Blue-Stemmed Golden-Rod, The Fringed Gentian, Mountain Fringe, The Arrow-Leafed Violet, The Calopogon and Spinulose, or Common Wood Fern. Botanists mentioned include Asa Gray, A.H. Curtiss, L. Richard, Erasmus Darwin and George M. Hyens. Extracts of verse from Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, Shelley, Lowell, Larcom, Wordsworth and Thoreau. #1932.. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Isaac Sprague.. Folio - over 12 Inches Tall. Botany, Botanical Illustration, Isaac Sprague, Rev. A.B. Hervey, Wildflowers, North America, Antiquarian, Illustrated, Illustration, Watercolors, Color Plates, Plants, Chromolithographs, Arethusa, Shortia, Arrow-head, Hay-Scented Fern, Blue-Stemmed Golden-Rod, Fringed Gentian, Mountain Fringe, Arrow-Leafed Violet, Calopogon, Spinulose, Common Wood Fern, Botanists, Asa Gray, A.H. Curtiss, L. Richard, George M. Hyens, Erasmus Darwin, Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, Shelley, Lowell, Larcom, Wordsworth, Thoreau. more information

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., NY. First published 1951, printed in Great Britain., 1951. 4to. x.150 pgs. Very Good hardcover in green boards with rubbing to spine edges and corners. Owner name in pencil on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked internally. Color fronts of Spotted Orchis. Preface, list of colour plates, individual wildflowers are represented by pencil drawings with descriptive notes and sections on the structure of plants and families of plants. Also featured are 44 full page color plates. #643.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Inglis, Bessie D.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Wildflowers, Wild Flowers, illustrated, botany, botanical illustration, plant morphology, plant Taxonomy, Drawing Plants, Woodland, Field, Meadow, Weeds, Wildflower Studies, Bessie D. Inglis, Art, Watercolor, Pencil. more information

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Mansfield Ctr., CT, U.S.A.: Martino Publishing, 1998. 8vo. xl.623 pgs. Fine condition green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering. Crisp, clean, unmarked. An indispensable bibliographical reference for 17th to 19th century works of botany, being a "Classified Selection of Botanical Works Including Nearly 6000 Titles Not Given in Pritzel's Thesaurus". This is a Limited Edition Facsimile of the 1881 Edition. ISBN 1578981484. #1406.. ISBN: 1578981484. Limited Edition Facsimile.. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Benjamin Daydon Jackson, Guide to the Literature of Botany, Botany, Bibliography, Pritzel, Plant Science, Botanical Literature, Books on Books, Linnean Society, Science, History, Plant Books, Plant Reference, Botanical Bibliography, Jackson. more information

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Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1996. 8vo. 433 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Green cloth, jacket illustrations: 1885 silk and wood tapestry Pomona, jacket back is frontis of Traite des arbres fruitiers. Illustrated endpapers, black and white engravings, illustrations and color plates throughout text. An in-depth review of European literature dealing with fruit from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Contains a detailed bibliography of over 600 fruit-related works. Contents include: fruit texts of antiquity and the Middle Ages, organization of fruit literature, Renaissance printings of old and new fruit texts, literary reflectons of a growing fruit interest, early books with woodcuts of fruit, emergence of literary fruit fanciers, fruit literature following the thirty-years war, orchardist-authors to Louis XIV, fruit books generated by commonwealth and restoration, fruit-a topic of connoisseurs, clerics and gardeners, the Jeffersonian literary approach to fruit, writings about unusual and special fruit aspects, fruit literature of the enlightenment and revolution, ushering in scientific fruit literature, evolution and masters of fruit illustration, fruit books for the bourgeoisie: conclusions and outlook. ISBN 0881923362. #773.. ISBN: 0881923362. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Bradley, Regensburg. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Janson, Pomona, Non-Fiction, Reference, Botany, Fruit, Antiquarian, Botanical , Pomology, Illustrated, Woodcuts, botany, Bibliography, Antiquarian Fruit Literature, Fruit Chronology, Fruit Literature, Inter Folia Fructus, Botanical Prints, Orchard Culture, Orchardists, Gardening, History of Gardening, Copper Engraving, Pomonas Harvest, , Brand New. more information

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Smithsonian Institution. Unpaginated (about 22pgs). Near Fine condition softcover, pamphlet. Heavy textured paper. Clean and sound. Not dated. Illustrated with line drawings by the author. This booklet was published to accompany the exhibition "Native Harvests: Plants in American Indian Life", a program organized and circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) . Contents: Introduction, note [cautionary], American Ginseng, American Hellebore, Ash, Cattail, Cotton, Indian Hemp, Indian Tobacco, Jewelweed, Milkweed, Oak, Oswego Tea, Poke, Sagebrush, Willow, Witch Hazel, Yaupon Holly, Glossary, Suggested Reading. Below each plant illustration is a section on habitat, historical and current usages. Barrie Kavasch has authored many titles on native plants, fungi, cultures, healing, spirituality, shamanic dream work, storytelling, and cuisines. An ethnobotanist and master herbalist, she is also a culinary historian, botanical illustrator. #2298.. Pamphlet Bound Softcover. Near Fine. Illus. by E. Barrie Kavasch. 5.5 x 11 Inches. Barrie Kavasch, Medicinal Plants in American Indian Life, Ethnobotany, American Indian, Native Plants, Medicinal Plants, Botany, Ethnopharmaceuticals, Phytopharmacology, Toxic Plants, Botany, American History, Native Harvests, Plants in American Indian Life, Exhibition, SITES, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service, Herbal Traditions, Healing Arts, Herbalist, Herbs, Medicinal, Plants, Natural Medicine, Herb lore, Anthropology. more information

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Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.: Oregon State University Press, 2004. 8vo. vii.168 pgs. Fine, as new softcover pb, clean and unmarked. "In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer clearly and artfully explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us". Interspersing biology, ecology and indigenous culture throughout her essay on moss biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer harmoniously blends aspects of her traditional Native American knowledge and intuition of the natural world with her knowledge and experience as a dedicated moss biologist . Illustrated with figures by R.L. Wall and from "Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest" by Howard Crum. Winner of the 2005 John Burroughs Medal. ISBN 0870714996. #1681.. ISBN: 0870714996. Third Printing of the First Edition.. Softbound Pb. Fine. Illus. by R.L. Wall, Howard Crum. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. MOSSES, Moss, Bryophyte, Cryptogam, Ecosystem, Natural History, Ethnobotany, Essay, naturalist, PLANT, ECOLOGY, Environmental, Forestry, SCIENCE, BOTANY, Biology, Native American, John Burroughs. more information

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Portland, Oregon and London: SagaPress, Inc/ Timber Press, Inc. In Association with Natural History Museum Publications, 1990. 4to. 212 pgs. Near Fine red hardcover in Near Fine jacket, clean, crisp and unmarked. Very slight bump to bottom corner edge at rear of book. Jacket has a tiny rubbed edge to paper at bottom front crease, otherwise pristine. Illustrated with 90 black and white and 16 color plates and reproductions from works such as The Gardeners Dictionary and Figures of Plants. Frontis is the frontispiece to Gardeners Dictionary, 8th edition, 1768. Between 1722-1770, The Apothecaries' Physic Garden at Chelsea, under the care of John Miller, became the most richly stocked botanic garden in Europe. A center for the receipt, cultivation and redistribution of rare plants, it also attracted many of the renowned botanical artists of the time, such as Georg Dionysius Ehret, J.S. Miller, Mrs. Delaney, R. Lancake and Elizabeth Blackwell to name a few. Contents: preface, Miller's Place in Garden History, the Apothecaries and Their Garden, the Garden's Benefactor, Philip Miller in Chelsea, Correspondence in England and Scotland, European Exchange, Some Noble Estates, Collinson, Bartram and Fothergill, Hazards of Transport, Transatlantic Collaboration, The Gardeners Dictionary and its Abridgement, Miller's Other Works, Illustrators at Chelsea,Miller's Most Values Flowering Shrub, Collection in the Countryside, Agriculture, Forestry and Specialized Husbandry, Chelsea's Association with Cambridge, Miller's Departure, Followers of Miller, The Botanical Importance of Miller's Publication by William T. Stearn, Appendix, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, Index. ISBN 0565011014. #1886.. ISBN: 0565011014. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by G.D. Ehret, J.S. Miller, Mrs. Delaney, R. Lancake, Elizabeth Blackwell. 4to - 9¾" - 12" Tall. Philip Miller, The Apothecaries' Physic Garden, Chelsea, Gardeners Dictionary, Eighteenth Century Horticulture, Horticulture, Gardening, Herb Garden, Biography, Botanical Illustration, Medicinal Plants, Apothecary Garden, History of Science, Botany, Gardening. more information

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London: Bloomsbury Publishing, Limited, 2000. 4to. 368 pgs. Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine jacket, clean and unmarked. Contents: introduction, the therapies (anthroposophical, Ayurvedic, biochemic, homeopathic, naturopathic, Chinese, acupuncture, Qi gong, Western, acupressure, aromatherapy, chiropractic, flower remedies, massage, nutritional therapy, osteopathy, reflexology, Shiatsu), practicalities, first aid, treatment guide to the alternative treatments of common ailments,chronic conditions, A-Z of conditions and medicines, bibliography, useful addresses, consultants, index. ISBN 0747530238. #2130.. ISBN: 0747530238. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Natural Medicine, NATUROPATHY, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, Natural Medicines, Society, Herbal Medicine, Healing Herbs, Homeopathy, Complementary Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Herbalism, Osteopathy, Shiatsu, Homeopathic, Flower Remedies, Nutritional Therapy, Chiropractic, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Massage, Qi Gong, Reflexology, HEALTH, FITNESS, MEDICAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: North Point Press, 1989. 8vo. xxiii.225pgs. Very Good hardcover in Very Good jacket. Book has minimal shelfwear, clean and unmarked. Jacket with price intact, no chips or tears. Foreword by Wendell Berry. In a series of essays, the author travels from Guatemala to Lake Superior exploring how indigenous peoples maintain their agricultural diversity and heritage by fostering endangered plant survival, safeguarding wild plants, and farming, while remaining sensitive to the stewardship of their lands and the specific needs of local environments. Also discussed are the efforts of botanical gardens, seed banks, heritage farms and biosphere reserves. Includes a section of bibliographic essays, literature cited and index. ISBN 0865473439. #1873. ISBN: 0865473439. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Botany, Plants, Biology, Ethnobotany, Ethnobiology, Native Plants, Native American, Indian, Conservation, Ecology, Gary Nabhan, Cultural Historian, Anthropology, Seed Collecting, Preservation, Endangered Species, Seed Bank, Heritage Farms, Agronomy, Agriculture. more information

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New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. xii. 274 pgs. Good to Very Good hardcover in Very Good jacket. Ex-library with the usual markings and stamps on fore edges, title and copyright pages and endpapers, else minor shelf wear with clean and unmarked text. Jacket in very nice condition, minimal signs of wear. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings by Stanley Wyatt. Chapters: Ingenious Kingdom, The Coming of Life, Algae, Viruses and Bacteria, True Fungi, Slime Molds, and Lichens, Mosses, Ferns and Their Relatives, The Ancient and Honorable Order of Conifers, Flowering Plants, Fruits and Seeds, The Engineering and Design of Plants, Hormones, Calendars and Clocks, Adaptations to Environment, Forests, Grasslands, Tundras and Deserts, Succession and Competition, War and Peace Among Plants and Animals, Guarding Our Environment, Index. ISBN 0134648595. #1695.. ISBN: 0134648595. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Wyatt. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall. Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, Taxonomy, Plants, Classification, Hybridization, Pollination, Natural History, BOTANY, SCIENCE, Ecosystems, Northen, Orchids, Flowering Plants, Comparative Morphology, Succession, Competition, Adaptation, Mosses, Ferns, Fungi, Lichens, Algae, Conifers, Environment, Forests, Physiology, Plant Morphology. more information

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Wisconsin: Willow Creek Press, 1998. 4to. 176 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. Color photographs throughout. Introduction, followed by nicely presented sections on holistic gardening, feng shui, color therapy, herbalism, aromatherapy, meditation, designing a zen garden, resources, suggested reading, index. ISBN 0572232080. #1075.. ISBN: 1572232080. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gardening, Healing Gardens, Color Therapy, Aromatherapy, Feng Shui, Holistic Gardening, Herbalism, Meditation, Plant Symbolism, Plant therapy, Garden Therapy, Horticulture, Landscaping, Flowers, Non-Fiction, Reference. more information

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New York: Dorset Press, 1991. 8vo. 223 pgs.Fine hardcover in Near Fine dust jacket. White illustrated glossy boards with matching dust jacket. Jacket has no chips or tears, very slight sunning of edges. A brief history and description of active plant constituents is followed by instructons for collection, storage, preparation and side-effects. Detailed color drawings accompany descriptions of individual species, with indices of common and scientific names. Contents: the importance of medicinal plants, the main groups of active constituents obtained from medicinal plants, collection of medicinal plants, proper drying of medicinal plants, storing drugs, preparation of herbal teas, side effects of medicinal plants, color plates. ISBN 0880298286. #637.. ISBN: 0880298286. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Hana Storchova. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Frantisek Stary, Natural Guide to Medicinal Herbs and Plants, Herbs, Plants, Botany, Herb garden, reference, gardening, herbal medicine, herbs, natural medicine, homeopathy, ethnobotany, Drying, Storage, Side Effects, botany, healing with Herbs. more information

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Oregon: Timber Press, 1997. 4to. xiv.311 pgs. Fine hardbound in Fine dust jacket. Contents include an introduction, recognizing poisonous plants and their effects, treatment, types of plant poisons, poisonous mushrooms, poisonous plants of wild areas, algae, fungi, lichens, ferns and fern relatives, conifers, broad-leaved trees and shrubs, poisonous garden and crop plants including garden weeds, poisonous house plants and plant products. Appendices include common fruit, vegetable and beveridge plants containing potentially harmful toxins; wild edible plants with potentially toxic properties, common skin or mechanical irritants, honey poisons, milk poisons, some medicinal herbs of questionable safety. ISBN 0881921793. #1449.. ISBN: 0881921793. Third Printing.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Plants, Wildflowers, Poisonous Plants, Field Guide, Botany, Mushrooms, Toxic Plants, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac, Hemlock, Gardening, Poisons, Poisoning, Toxins, Irritants, Toxicology, Forensics, Nancy J. Turner, Adam F. Szczawinski, Non-Fiction, NOBN, Brand New, Reference. more information

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Minnesota: Illuminated Way Publishing, 1988. 8vo. 279 pgs. Near fine condition softbound paperback. Contents: Herbs, the Ancient Way to Physical and Spiritual Well-Being, The Restoration of Spiritual Health Through Herbs, The Herbs That Give Life for the Vital Powers, The Magic of the Wonder Herbs, The Life-Giving Properties of Seeds, Herbs and Karmic Conditions of Man, The Sacred Herbs of the Ancient Mystics, The Strange and Curious Herbs That Bring Health,, Herbs and the Wheel of the ECK-Vidya, The Sacred Herbs of the ECK Masters for Longevity, Health Secrets of the ECK Adepts, Health as an Aid in Spiritual Growth, Appendix, Index. ISBN 088155037X. #2034.. ISBN: 088155037-X. Third Printing.. Softcover, Pb. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Herbs, Medicinal Plants, Herb Lore, Herb Medicine, Ethnobotany, Alternative Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Healing Herbs, Spirituality, ECK, Sri Harold Klemp, Eckankar Study Group, Twitchell. more information

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New York: Random House, 1996. 4to. 211 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated with drawings and vintage photos throughout. Includes sections on planting, the weather, garden design and technique, the flower garden, growing fruit, the herb garden, vegetables, the harvest. An abundance of recipes, remedies, folk wisdom and lore. ISBN 0679448499. #993.. ISBN: 0679448499. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gardening, Garden Lore, plants, Folk Lore, Horticulture, Plants, Gardens, The Old Farmers Almanac, Garden Design, Vegetables, Herbs, Cultivation, Recipes, Remedies, Farmers Almanac, Cynthia Van Hazinga, Garden Wisdom. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Artisan (A Division of Workman Publishing), 2004. 148 pgs. Fine condition softcover, clean and unmarked. Lavishly illustrated with color photos by J. M. Hall throughout. Introduction by Ken Druse. "Fresh Cuts" offers one hundred unexpected flora arranging ideas gleaned from foraging expeditions, nature walks or backyard strolls. In addition, the text offers anecdotes, facts, observations and folklore along with practical guidance for the care and maintenance of the plant materials used to craft the arrangements. Contains new material on flower arranging and an updated source guide. ISBN 1579652662. #1726.. ISBN: 1579652662. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by John M. Hall. Small 4to.. Flower Arrangement, Floral Design, Flora Arrangement, Decoration, Plants, Plant Lore, Nature, Craft, Floristry, Gardening, Horticulture, Botany, Edwina Von Gal, Ken Druse. more information

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