Color your own farmacy
Providence, RI: Farmacy Herbs, 2010. Pamphlet. [10]p., 4x5.5 inch zine, not bound, b&w illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 311913
herbal, herbals, herbs
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The Herb Store [trade catalog]
Vancouver, BC: The Herb Store / Golden Bough, [1978-?]. 76p., staplebound wraps, closed edge tear to front cover, even toning, otherwise very good. Undated, but mentions a rumor of increasing postage costs to come in April 1979. Countercultural shop's catalog of herbs, seeds, and alternative medicines. Biochemic teething tabs for..... More
Cat.No: 209891
The North Leitrim Vegetable Growers' Cookery Book
Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland: North Leitrim Vegetable Growers' Cooperative, nd. 60p., staplebound wraps; illus., in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 327762
How Blithely We Sow!! - This is an Alberty Library Book, No Obligation, It Is Not for Sale, But Is Being Loaned for Three or Four Days. When Our Representative Calls for This Book, Please Return it. It Contains Startling, Vital Information on Nutrition [&c &c]
Hollywood CA: Alberty Food Products, 1949. Original Wraps. 132p., illustrated with clip-art portraits (happy faces, sad faces, Before & After mice) and drawings, a small (7.5x5 inches) staple-fastened softbound with decorated front cover and back cover designed to accommodate identity of the "Rep" who will call on purchaser to give..... More
Cat.No: 327389
The Chinese gods of wealth; a lecture delivered at the School of oriental studies, University of London, on 26th March, 1926
London: The School of Oriental Studies in conjunction with the China Society, 1928. Paperback. 60p., includes 24 numbered plates, some in color, these reproduce images of deities and settings in which wealth of various kinds is enjoyed. Reprint, softbound in 9.5x6 inch decorated slick wraps. A fine clean copy, without..... More
Cat.No: 276218
Poison oak & poison ivy; why it itches, what to do it - plus over 100 folk remedies
Soquel, CA: Self-published by the author, 1979. 40p., 6.5x8.5 inch staplebound pamphlet; unevenly toned covers, otherwise in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 335925
Principles of Dialectical Differential Diagnosis & Treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Current Interpretation.
San Francisco: Traditional Chinese Medical Publisher, 1980. Paperback. 82p., a tall, pale-green paperbound in 10.5x7.5 inch glossy frenchfold wraps, text primarily in English with Chinese entries. An intial blank page is covered with a substantial inscription in characters, signed of course, and datelined '6.25.80.' - Nice copy: perfectly sound, clean..... More
Cat.No: 327446
Hemp for Health: The Medicinal and Nutritional Uses of Cannabis Sativa
Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1997. Paperback. viii + 280p., trade paperback, illus., very good. More
Cat.No: 230147
Get the buzzzon, or a new world immigrant's guide to dope, herbs, Indians and magic meeting places
Berkeley: Brother William Press and Coyote Enterprises, 1972. 94p., paperback; illustrated throughout with drawings of herbs, mushrooms and drying tools. Pictorial wraps. Features "herbs that can cure or kill" with an emphasis on hallucinogenic herbs and fungi. Told as hippy folklore. Frontcover heavily foxed, else very good. More
Cat.No: 111197
The land of the coral beds: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Orissa, India: Smt. Shantilata Das, undated, circa 1980. 126p., sewn signatures in 8.5x5.5 inch decorated wraps; somewhat worn, with wrinkled lamination and a small snag at the heel, some offset color inside front cover but essentially sound and clean. Cover illustration shows mother and child. More
Cat.No: 170152
Pioneer "Vittals"
Morristown TN: Crockett Tavern - Museum, n.d., circa late 1980s. Pamphlet. 32p., a few sketch illustrations, small professionally-printed booklet staple-fastened in 6x4.5 inch plain printed wraps, brown ink on rosy-tan cardstock. Faint signs of handling without any damage, markings or soil: very good copy. More
Cat.No: 322737
The Philosophy of Quality: a way of life 50 years in the service of A. Schilling & Company, San Francisco, April 23, 1897/April 22, 1947
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1947. Hardcover. [ii]93p., 9x13 p., frontis-portrait with loose tissue guard laid-in, rubricated title page, decorative elements throughout, personal inscription signed by Flammer, 5 page "Have You Heard?" newsletter #10, May 8, 1947 featuring Flammer on cover laid-in. Hand-set presswork in white quarter-cloth and decorative orange boards..... More
Cat.No: 229362
Herbal Healing: Making Fire Cider
n.p. Self-published by the author, [circa 2010]. Brochure. 9p., a flimsy zine-type stapled brochure, presswork with some holographic lettering, illustrated with a few b&w photos (of ingredients marinating), basically a one-product recipe booklet with no-fault variations to taste. Item slightly curled with handling but quite sound, and entirely clean and..... More
Cat.No: 322270
The Herbal Year Book
Bristol, UK: Active Distribution, 2022. Paperback. 183p., wraps, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 299558
The Process of Marbling Paper
Washington DC: GPO, 1953. Pamphlet. 10p., printed double-column on matte stock and provided with left-margin punch-holes for ready-reference storage. No illustrations. Softbound as a stapled pamphlet in 11x8.5 inch plain printed grey wraps, mild external dust-soil, faint edgewear, entirely clean and unmarked within. B-1, bindery series. Introductory comment: "As might..... More
Cat.No: 293407
Maya shamanism today, connecting with the cosmos in rural Yucatan
Lancaster, CA: Labyrinthos, 2004. Paperback. x, 75p., softbound in 9x6 inch wraps, illus., first edition, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 205658
Platos de Carne - A Todos los Precios. Illustraciones de Kowska
Barcelona: Editorial Juventud, 1966. Hardcover. [216]p., illustrated with monocolor-silhouettes that allow over-printing of textual matter, hardbound in 8x5.5 inch laminated boards (colorphoto decorated). Front cover yawns a little, and titlepage bears two tiny stickers advertising a San Francisco bookstore, "La Latina". Item is else quite good: entirely clean, and otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 326746
Herbal remedies II
[Los Angeles]: npub, nd. viii, 33p., 5.5x8.5 inch staplebound pamphlet; some minor toning on covers, else very good. Main source of reference for herbal remedies is from biblical passages. More
Cat.No: 335948
The hedge witch herbal
npl: [Marie Moore], 2019. [14]p., 5.5x8.5 inch zine style format; very good condition. More
Cat.No: 339072
A Walk on the Wild Side: Some reflections on local weeds, seeds, and wildflowers; A culinary adventure of unequaled proportions!!!
Soquel, CA: Jeanine Pollak / Botanic Adventures, 1998. Spiral_bound. 66p., plastic comb binding, 8.25x11 inches, old price sticker on front wrap else very good condition. "Written by popular demand during Autumn-Winter of 1994-1995, to satisfy those hungry students who thought it impossible that I might ever sit down and actually..... More
Cat.No: 286467
Pintame de Colores - Con Comidas Mexicanas Ricas en Vitamina A.
Coachella CA: El Progreso del Desierto Inc., Centro de Salud Familiar, n.d., circa 2000. Spiral_bound. 48p., colorphoto illustrations verso facing easy-to-read printed recipes recto, comb-bound in 8.5x5.5 inch cardstock covers, glazed alkaline leaves. Mildest edgewear to covers, item is else in near-fine condition: sound, clean, unmarked. FYI, "Este libro de..... More
Cat.No: 322782
Zhongguo cheng yao shou ce 中國成藥手冊
Hong Kong: Xianggang da guang chu ban she 香港大光出版社, 1981. 369p., paperback, very good. Formulas for traditional Chinese herbal medicine. More
Cat.No: 222957
An occasion in traditional life
Berkeley: Center for Open Learning & Teaching, 1975. Pamphlet. 11p., stapled wraps, illus., wraps slightly browned, else very good condition. Tale of the healing of a child by folk medicine, told by a SWAPO teacher and activist, exiled by the South African government, who emigrated to the US and taught..... More
Cat.No: 157068
Vassouras - A Brazilian Coffee County, 1850-1900. The Roles of Planter and Slave in a Plantation Society
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985. Paperback. xxii, 314p., furnished with an extensive b&w photo section, softbound issue in 9x6 inch decorated wraps. Front cover yawns a bit with corner-tips turned, ditto the adjacent text-leaves, but otherwise a good copy: reasonably sound and entirely clean and unmarked. More
Cat.No: 331401
Botica General de los Remedios Esperimentados. // Que a beneficio del publico se reimprime por su original en Cadiz, en Sonoma, de la alta California: Por M.G.V. // Translation by Maria Lopez de Lowther - Introduction by Viola Lockhart Warren - Printed at The Ward Ritchie Press for the Friends of the UCLA Library.
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1954. Pamphlet. 26p., illustrated with a frontis facsimile of a surviving title page, the reprint in hand is softbound, an 8x5.5 inch pamphlet in blue-grey wraps, staple-fastened. Front cover has mild pressure-lines, both covers have a hint of sunning, an otherwise excellent exemplar: sound..... More
Cat.No: 303551
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