Herbs, Early Medicine - 20 titles

[Suzanne and Truman Price]

Allen, Paul. Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman's Sourcebook.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1991, 1st printing. ISBN 0-80-70-8102-7. HB in
jacket, 8vo, xvii, 246 pp. Native American goddess traditions. 12258.1
Fine/Near Fine: book as new, jacket has faint wrinkles at top edge. $14

Cullen, William, D. D. First Lines of the Practice of Physic, vol. 3
only. Edinburgh: C. Elliot, 1788. Full leather, 5.6x8.5", raised bands;
title on indented Morocco label. Contents of this volume inc.:
Menorrhagia, Menstrual Flux, Symptomatic Hemorrhagies; Profluvia, Catarrh,
Dysentery; Neuroses and Nervous Disease inc Comata, Apoplexy, Palsy,
Chorea; Heart Palpitation, Dyspnoea, Asthma, Hooping-Cough. . 11301.1
Good: exterior rubbed, spine rubbed, spine ends quite abraded with several
1/2" tears through leather; free front endpaper gone; pages good to very
good, with scattered foxing spots; solid. $65

Dobelis, Inge M., chief Editor/ Reader's Digest. Magic and Medicine of
Plants. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 1996 / 1986, 8th printing. Tall
Hardbound, glossy pictorial boards, 6.6x11.2", 464 pp. One of the
best-produced plant books you'll ever find: the 280 pp Gallery of Medicinal
Plants section has one plant per page, with a color photo and a painting of
details, an essay on the side including history, and a box at the bottom
with science. . Also sections on Poisonous Plants, Exotic Plants, Growing
and Using Herbs, Cooking with Herbs, and more; and glossary and index.
11259.1 Fine (Fine condition means "Without Flaw": i.e., book is solid,
clean, unmarked, unwrinkled, unbumped.) $8

Duke, Dr. James A. The Green Pharmacy: New Discoveries in Herbal
Remedies for Common Diseases... Emmaus PA: Rodale, 1977, 1st printing.
HB, 507 pp. 12311.1 Fine: completely clean, straight, solid, and
unmarked, apparently unopened. $7

Dye, John H., M.D. Painless Childbirth / or, Healthy Mothers and Healthy
Children. A Book For All Women. Buffalo, NY: Baker, Jones & Co, 1889/1888.
Eighth Edition, revised and enlarged. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt spine
titles, 8vo, xv, 451 pp. Including considerable attention to plants and
herbal medicine and remedies. Maternity, Management of Labor, Sterility,
Diseases of Women, Diseases of Children, and other subjects. 10145.1
Good; contents clean and solid, corners bumped, one 1/8" hole in cloth of
spine. $45

Gordon, Lesley. Green Magic: Flowers, Plants and Herbs in Lore and
Legend. New York: Viking Press, 1977; first published in England. Cloth,
8.5x9.5", 200 pp. Including Christian Flower Legends, Plant Fantasy,
Poison Gardens, Shakespeare, and 20 other chapters. Index. Many b&w
illustrations from historical sources; also 8 color plates. 10295.1
Fine/Fine dj, a lovely book. $25

Hatfield, Audrey Wynne. Pleasures of Herbs. NY: St. Martin's,
1965/1964, 1st Am. Cloth, 185 pp. approx. 50 full-page drawings by
author, rather well done, b&w. 9778.1 VG/VG; foxing on fore edge. $10

Hrdlicka, Ales. Physiological and Medical Observations among the Indians
of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Washington: GPO, 1908,
1st. Olive drab cloth, 460 pp, fold-out charts. BAE Bulletin #34. 8285.1
VG-; corners bumped and rubbed; With Bookplate of Frederick Skiff, Portland
collector; stamped withdrawn from U of O Library (apparently never
circulated). $60

Jaeger, Ellsworth. Wildwood Wisdom. NY: Macmillan, 1946/1945, 3rd
printing. Grey cloth, 8vo, 491 pp. "practical, comprehensive, authorative
guide to camping and woodsmanship": living off the country, canoes,
trailcraft, edible and useful plants and wild herbs. B/w drawings.
10358.1 Good; some tan splattering on front board; solid. $10

Jarvis, D. C. Arthritis and Folk Medicine. New York: Holt, Rinehart,
Winston, 1960, 1st. Hardcover in jacket. Jarvis' second book on lore of
Vermont folk medicine. 6138.1 Name fep, dw lt edgewear, 1" closed tear,
else VG/VG. $6

Jarvis, D. C. Folk Medicine. Holt, 1959/1958, 8th. 6334.1 VG/Fine dw:
1/2" tape stains from former dw protector on ep's. $8

Knuth, Priscilla, editor. Oregon Historical Quarterly Portland: LXXVI,
#1, March, 1975. Magazine, wraps. The Swedes of Yamhill, by Martin
Peterson; An Oregon Heritage: National Forests by Herbert Stone;
Reminiscences of An Early Forester by Henry Haefner. 9226.1 VG. $7

Koepf, Herbert H; Bo Petterson; Wolfgang Schaumann. Bio-Dynamic
Agriculture / An Introduction. Spring Valley: Anthroposophic Press, 1976,
1st. Cloth, 429 pp. The three professors, from England, Sweden and
Germany, have produced a work considerably more scholarly than a Rodale
Press book would be, but approachable and complete. 9493.1 VG/Good; two
1/8" specks on bottom edge; dj has two 1/4" chips at spine top, and 2"
closed tear. $25

Kordel, Lelord. Lelord Kordel's Natural Folk Remedies. NY: Putnam's,
1974, 1st. Clothbound, 284 pp. The cure for whatever ails you;
anecdotally historical and ethnographical,with recipes. Index. 7963.1 F/F
as new. $18

Lucas, Richard. Nature's Remedies. Parker, 1969/1966, 7th printing.
Clothbound, 224 pp, index. Folklore, romance and value of herbal remedies.
5682.1 Fine/VG, clean and straight. $10

Meyer, Joseph E. The Herbalist. Hammond: Indiana Botanic Gardens,1932.
Green cloth, slim 3x6.5", 399 pp. A pretty nice edition of the 1878 book.
Medicinal Plants, Plant Vitamins and Minerals, Beverage Teas, etc. 16
color plates with 4 paintings each; etchings in text. 10197.1 Good
condition, clean, solid and together, looks like it was carried in a hip
pocket some. $8

Prodgers, C. H. Adventures in Peru. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head,
1924, 1st. Green cloth, gilt titles, xv, 250 pp. Explorations in western
South America, inc. Bolivia, Peru, Juan Fernandez; an interesting chapter
on herbal remedies; miscellaneous topics from a businessman/observer, very
self-centered for the most part. 13 b&w photos & color plate of a Prodgers
water colour. 9600.1 Good+; corners bumped, spine sunned, 1/4" tear in
fabric at spine top. $45

Ronan, Colin. Lost Discoveries: The Forgotten Science of the Ancient
World. New York: Bonanza reprint, 1981, 1976. Clothbound, 8.7x12", 125
pp, double column text with many photos and drawings in text. Mayan
calendars, Greek atomic theory, Mesopotamian and Stonehenge astronomical
almanacs, Indian herbalists, machinery in the ancient world, etc. 11696.1
About Fine/Good: book is solid, straight and unmarked, clean jacket has 2"
tear lower front and some peeling of clear cellophane overlay. $9

Steele, Joel. Steele's Hygienic Physiology, with special reference to
the use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics. Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Co., ,
c.1884. Olive cloth stamped, red spine with gilt titles, marbled edges.
"Adapted from the 'Fourteen Weeks in Physiology'" and "Edited for use of
Schools, in accordance with the recent Legislation upon Temperance
instruction..." 67 text figures, mainly fine woodcuts, 4 3-color plates
showing inner views. 6427.1 Good: tips rubbed, bookstore stamp front
ep's, marbled edges dull. $8

Taylor, George M. British Herbs and Vegetables. London: Collins, 1947,
1st. Hardbound. Britain in Pictures Series. 8 plates in colour and 27
illustrations in b&w. 8082.1 NF/VG; small owner's nameplate fep. $12

United Nations. Multilingual Dictionary of Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Under international Control. New York: United
Nations, 1983. Hardbound in semi-flexible blue vinyl with white titles.
6.5x9.5", 347 pp. 11863.1 Fine: clean, straight, unmarked. $15
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