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Edinburgh, I.K: Pentland Press, 1994. Book in very good condition, bottom of spine very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in fine condition. x, 166pp. From d/j flap - "Born in 1915 in London, the author first contracted asthma as a small child. This is the story of how he learned to cope with, and control the disease, building a successful career for himself in the field of medicine.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. ... more information

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Bala, Wales: Dragon Books, 1971. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. Signed by author on half-title page "With the author's Best Wishes. Trevor Hughes." Dustjacket in good condition, has water stain on part of spine and back cover, slightly rubbed at front top and bottom edges, and spine ends have tiny nicks and are slightly rubbed. 167pp. With 7 illustrations. The book covers 80 years of work in a Country Practice in Wales by the author and his father.. ... more information

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London: Angus and Robertson, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, small light mark at top edge. Dustjacket in fine condition. xix, 314pp, including index. With 20 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - " Follows Florey's career from his university days in Adelaide, through the period of his greatest research projects at Oxford, Cambridge and Sheffield. How he had to fight in the pre-war years for funds for his research, and finally, turned to the United States for help. It w... more information

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London: Priory Press, 1973. Book in very good condition, spine and very top and bottom edges very slightly faded. Dustjacket in very good condition, has 1/2" tear at front top, also top edge a little rubbed. 190pp. With 15 plates and 13 text figuresExamining folk medicine from many countries, tracing its origins and development and surprising survival into this scientific and computerized age.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

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U.K: Picador, 2001. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spin ends very slightly rubbed. 335pp, including bibliography. With 8 illustrations (they are small 2"x2" approx) . The author lived in Ilkley until he was seven, and he looks back at the history of the town of Ilkley in Yorkshire it's rural heritage and the industrial revolution. It's also about the north, commerce, industry and medicine and of England in the fifties.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Ver... more information

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Harlow, U.K: Longman, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition, just a very tiny light mark on top edge, otherwise book is in excellent condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, top edge of spine slightly bumped. Editors - Alan Isaac and Elizabeth Martin). 548pp. Book covers all aspects of modern life, ranging from politics, art, literature, philosophy to sport, medicine, science and the military.. ... more information

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London: George G. Harrap, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, very slightly rubbed at top of spine. Price clipped for the width of the front inside flap and height of cut ½". 128pp, including index. With 168 illustrations. From d/j flap - "Many little-known facts about the therapeutic, magical, exotic and nutritional uses of plants. The second section of the book, is a pictorial directory of various herbs, spices and seeds, describing their m... more information

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London: Pelham Books, 1969. Book in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped. Internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, spine is tanned. xii, 368pp. With 8 watercolour by Marjorie Blamey, 57 black-and-white photographs and 7 line drawings in the text. The history of the cottage garden is traced from medieval times to late 1960s, beginning with the flowers native to Britain and their ancient uses for medicinal and culinary purposes and which had attractions to t... more information

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Headline,London. 2000. ISBN 0 7472 2313 0.. First edition. 278pp. Historic novel. Dr. Simon Forman is invited to Sir Walter Ralagh's country estate to join a gathering of a secret society known as the School of the Night. His arrival is eagerly awaited as he takes with him the candied root of sea holly. But there are those who plan to add poison to this aphrodisiac, and dis-credit Dr. Forman. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine a little faded,but it doesn't spoil appearance of the dustjacket. B... more information

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Unwin Hyman, London. 1988.. ISBN 004 440 2740. First edition. 326pp. Translated by Franklin Philip. Jacob, is a brilliant French geneticist. He tells of his privileged Jewish childhood in Paris, his first love, his time in North Africa with the Free French forces, and his uneasy adjustment to a different Paris after the Second World War. Dustjacket in very good condition. Book in very good condition.. Hard Cover. ... more information

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U.K: William Blackwood, 1968. Book in very good condition, some very slight foxing on edgesm none on pages. Pages 120 and 121 have annotations writen in ink on them. Dustjacket in good condition, closed tear 1-1/2" approx and two minute tears at front bottom edge (see picture), back cover slightly tanned, top edge very slightly rubbed. 306pp. Stories, mainly by surgeons, physicians and nurses from the times of Burke and Hare, 'the body snatchers', through the gas-lamp era of Holmes and Watso... more information

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London: Macdonald, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover in near fine condition, slightly bumped at spine ends, internally no tears or marks. Dustjacket in good condition, the faults are a few tiny tears at top edge, spine ends slightly rubbed, piece missing at front of back top cover 'V' shaped at widest 1" and deepest 1", has been repaired with clear tape, and the back flap has a closed tear continuing from it. 435pp, including bibliography and index. With 42 plates, and numerous half-tones and... more information

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