Category: Herb and Plant Lore, Ethnobotany

The Garden Maker's Manual

By: Alexander, Rosemary and Richard Sneesby

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, U.S.A., Timber Press : 2005

Seller ID: 2611

ISBN-13: 9780881927047

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

191 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine jacket. As new. Pristine and generously illustrated throughout with color photographs, drawings and diagrams. Contents: Introduction, Paths & Paving, Steps & Ramps, Walls, Changing Levels and Containing Earth, Fences, Rails and Gates, Timber Decks and Surfaces, Garden Structures & Furnishings, Water. Materials. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index. Oversized book. Additional postage may be required. ISBN 088192704X. Book#2611.
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The Orchid in Lore and Legend.

By: Berliocchi, Luigi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oregon, Timber Press : 2001

Seller ID: 1678

ISBN-13: 9780881924916

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

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. Chapter...
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Image for Medicina Medica. Metaphysical Healing Methods in Late-antique and Medieval Manuscripts With Thirty Facsimile Plates. The Classics of Medicine Library.. With Booklet of Notes from the Editors included.

Medicina Medica. Metaphysical Healing Methods in Late-antique and Medieval Manuscripts With Thirty Facsimile Plates. The Classics of Medicine Library.. With Booklet of Notes from the Editors included.

By: Bierdermann, Hans

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Birmingham, Alabama, The Classics of Medicine Library, Gryphon Editions : 1986

Seller ID: 2587

ISBN-13: 9783201010771

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Fine

4to. 107 pgs. Very Fine condition black leather hardcover with gilt decoration and embossment to covers and spine with die-stamped 22k gold. All edges of textblock gilt. Gold marker ribbon bound into headband, marbled endpapers. Pristine condition of the privately printed English language edition translated from the German by Rosemarie Werba. [from the Austrian Edition, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1972). Included is a 23pg booklet of notes from the editors. Table of Contents: Introduction, Metaphysical Healing Theories, The Postulate of the Four Humours, The Tacuinum sanitatis, Magic...
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Vanilla : Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid

By: Ecott, Tim

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, U.S.A., Grove Press : 2004

Seller ID: 1729

ISBN-13: 9780802117755

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

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.
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Fresh Cuts : Unexpected Arrangements With Branches, Buds and Blooms

By: Gal, Edwina Von

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Artisan (A Division of Workman Publishing) : 2004

Seller ID: 1726

ISBN-13: 9781579652661

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

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.
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POPPIES. The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation. Revised Edition.

By: Grey-Wilson, Christopher

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, Timber Press : 2000

Seller ID: 2618

ISBN-13: 9780881925036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 256 pages. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. First printing of the revised edition. Devoted exclusively to the members of the entire poppy family, including, in addition to the Papavera, the horned poppies Glaucium, the California poppies Escholzia, the desert poppies Arctomecon, the prickly poppies Argemone, pygmy poppies Canbya, plumed poppies Macleaya, blue popppies Meconopsis the long fruited poppies Roemeria and more. This revised edition includes much new information about recent discoveries in the wild and new cultivars introduced since the original publication. Illustrated throughou...
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Roots of Murder

By: Harrison, Janis

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : 1999

Seller ID: 1037

ISBN-13: 9780312203047

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo. 246 pgs. Fine condition first edition in Fine jacket. Author's first book, a gardening mystery. A small town widowed flower shop owner becomes rooted in a local murder. ISBN 0312203047. #1037.
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Pomona's Harvest. An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature.

By: Janson, H. Frederic

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon, Timber Press : 1996

Seller ID: 773

ISBN-13: 9780881923360

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

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 r...
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The Lavender Garden. Beautiful Varieties to Grow and Gather.

By: Kourik, Robert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books : 1998

Seller ID: 2624

ISBN-13: 9780811815703

Binding: Hard Cover, Decorated Boards

Condition: Fine

8vo 119pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, idecorative boards and endpapers, color photographs throughout. An informative and visually appealing exploration of various lavender species in the garden as well as for crafting, aesthetics, aromatic oils and culinary uses. Sections: Introduction, The Botany of Lavender, Choosing a Lavender, Planting and Cultivating Lavenders, Lavender in Fragrances, Crafts and Cuisine. Lavender sources, Index, acknowledgments. ISBN 0811815706. Book#2624.
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The Wine Merchants' Book of Recipes

By: McWilliam, D.M.

Price: $190.00

Publisher: Glasglow, William Gilmour, Jun. & Co.

Seller ID: 2601

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

vii.106+pgs. Very Good condition wine-colored cloth hardcover. Faint spotting to front cloth as pictured, otherwise clean, sound and unmarked within. Not dated. Circa 1927. [Bound in with title page is a warning statement from the Preservatives Act of 1927 banning the use of salicylic acid as a preservative while allowing sulphur dioxide or benzoic acid]. Very uncommon. Collection of recipes for the "Trade" gathered into sections: British Fermented Wnes, Alcoholic Cordials and Liqueurs, Brandy, Gin, Rum, Whisky, Bitters. Plain Syrups, Non-Alcoholic Cordials and Wines, Syrups for Aerated Bevera...
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A Natural History of Ferns.

By: Moran, Robbin C.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Portland, OR, U.S.A., Timber Press : 2005

Seller ID: 2574

ISBN-13: 9780881926675

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

301pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Illustrated with a section of color plates and interspersed with blackand white drawings by Haruto M. Fukuda. Informative and botanically detailed while remaining refreshingly engrossing and very readable. Following a Foreword by Oliver Sachs, there are 33 chapters divided into six main sections: The Life Cycle of Ferns, Classification of Ferns, Fern Fossils, Adaptations by Ferns, Fern Geography, Ferns and People. A glossary, References and index follow. 0881926671. Book# 2574.
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Ingenious Kingdom : The Remarkable World of Plants

By: Northen, Henry and Northen Rebecca

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc. : 1971

Seller ID: 1695

ISBN-13: 9780134648590

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

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 P...
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Healing Gardens

By: Rawlings, Rory

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Wisconsin, Willow Creek Press : 1998

Seller ID: 1075

ISBN-13: 9781572232082

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

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.
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Super-Charged. How Outlaws, Hippies and Scientists Reinvented Marijuana.

By: Rendon, Jim

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Oregon, Timber Press : 2012

Seller ID: 2629

ISBN-13: 9781604692952

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

256 pgs. As New hardcover in dj, first printing of First Edition, with publisher's disclaimer on copyright page. Contents: Acknowledgments, Introduction, Medical Marijuana Everywhere, Hippies Start Growing Marijuana, Growing Takes Off, Breeders Change Everything, Cannabis Moves Indoors, The Politics of Marijuana, Medical Dispensaries Reshape the Business, Cannabis As Medicine, The Cannabis Gold Rush is On, A Day in the Dispensary, The Future of Cannabis, Bibliography, Index. ISBN-13: 9781604692952. #2629
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The Healing Garden. Gardening for the Mind, Body and Soul

By: Search, Gay

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Ontario, Canada, Winding Stair Press : 2002

Seller ID: 2613

ISBN-13: 9781553662648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

176pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, as new, pristine throughout. Contents: Gardens of the mind and spirit, Herbs for health, The healing power of color, The power of flowers, Water, Water everywhere, Low-allergen gardens, Afterword, Acknowledgments, Bibliography and websites, Index. ISBN 1553662644. Book# 2613.
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