The flowering of man: a Tzotzil botany of Zinacantan.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. WAS $75 A model study of the ethnobotany of a Mayan people. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. WAS $75 A model study of the ethnobotany of a Mayan people. More
Sydney: Collins, (1976. reprint). Octavo, colour plates by Charles McCubbin, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2010. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. This beautiful book captures the life, history and restoration of what is possibly the last museum of its kind in the world. With 33 outstanding contributors the insightful essays and lavish illustrations will intrigue and fascinate..... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, colour photographs. This compact guide covers over 350 species of plants, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. The images feature the leaves, flower head or berries to aid identification. Clear and concise information is provided, such as..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. An exploration of traditional skills and a compendium of the kinds of foods eaten by Aborigines. More
St Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden, 2011. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. "Realizing Nature`s Potential: The Once and Future King of Drug Discovery" was a two-day event held at the Missouri Botanical Garden in the fall of 2006 in honor of Dr Gordon Cragg. Dr Cragg, former chief of the Natural Products..... More
Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, text illustrations, maps, graphs, tables. This volume provides a contemporary overview of new strategies for traditional medicine development. It looks at the importance of cataloguing ethnomedical information, of determining the active principles, and of examining the genetic diversity and range..... More
Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. About half of all species under threat of extinction in the world today are plants. The loss of plant biodiversity is disturbing for many reasons, but especially because it is a reflection of the growing disconnect..... More
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2007. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Sturt pea is one of the world's most striking and spectacular flowering plants. This richly illustrated book, full of interest for the general reader, covering: - the discovery of the Sturt pea by William Dampier and..... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. An edited volume based on the proceedings of the eighteenth Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa Congress held in Yaounde, Cameroon, "Systematics and Conservation of African Plants "includes one hundred..... More
Burlington: Elsevier, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. Conceived as part of the author's interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this book contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. More
Dural: Rosenberg Publishing, 2013. Large octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, laminated boards. The final volume in this bestselling series. Over the last few centuries the search for efficacious drug plants of pharmacopoeial quality has been full of adventure, serendipitous revelations and sheer hard work. The age-old knowledge enshrined in folk..... More
Dural: Rosenberg Publishing, 2012. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $90. The third of four volumes. There are obvious defences such as stinging nettle-like strategies, and burning or blistering latex resins. Others use different methods to incapacitate. They include gastrointestinal distress (vomiting or purgation), blindness, neurological disability, or even..... More