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HARDBOUND and PAPERBACK BOOKS
CHINESE MEDICINAL HERBS
Li Shi-Chen, 1578. PB, 508pp, 1 lb 10 oz. $21.95
The Chinese have been recording their medicinal knowledge for nearly 5000 years. The Pen
Ts'ao (Materia Medica) is a pharmacopoeia of medicinal substances compiled by Li Shi-Chen over a
25 year period, and published in 1578. Translated by F.P. Smith and G.A.
Stewart, this is a compendium
of medicinal plants and their uses, along with annotations of their own experiences with the plants,
as physicians in China. A massive, classic work, full of fascinating and useful information.
CORNUCOPIA II: A Source Book of Edible Plants, New Revised Edition
S. Facciola, 1998. Paperback, 713pp, 5 lb, $45.00 plus $5.00 postage and packing
in the US. Finally back in print!
A massive work, including about 3000 species of plants used for
food, as well as some 7000 varieties of vegetable, fruits, nuts, etc., all with
sources for seeds, plants or product. Includes 1300 sources, but the book is
much more than just a source list, as it has detailed descriptions of the
varieties and cultivars, and the species entries include much information on
part used and methods of use. Picks up where Sturtevant and Kunkel leave off.
Includes an extensive bibliography, index to common names, and indexes to part
of the plant and used type of use, such as rennets, gels, hops substitutes,
popping seeds, food tonics, smoke flavorings, milk substitutes, honey plants,
masticatories, taste modifiers, etc. This book is an absolute must for everyone
interested in wild foods, ethnic foods, new crop possibilities, and food
diversification. Got food?
FIVE ACRES and INDEPENDENCE
Kains, 1940, Paperback, 413pp, 1 lb 1 oz. $8.95
The classic work on small farming from the pre-DDT era. Much has changed, but there is plenty of
practical information and sound advice here.
HOW INDIANS USE WILD PLANTS FOR FOOD, MEDICINE, AND CRAFTS
Densmore, 1928. Paperback, 120pp, 11 oz. $7.95
Originally titled Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, published by the Smithsonian
Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, this is high-quality ethnobotany. Details Chippewa uses
of plants for food, medicine, dyeing, basketry, and other crafts. Interesting information on medical
practices, including surgical treatments, and interesting crafts such as transparencies made from
birch bark and ornamental patterns bitten into leaves.
HOW PLANTS GET THEIR NAMES
L.H. Bailey, 1933. Paperback, 181pp, 10 oz. $8.95
A beautifully written book by one of the foremost horticulturalists of this century, detailing
the why and how of botanical nomenclature. Discusses how plants get their names and what these names
mean. Includes a pronunciation guide for botanical names, and an extensive list of definitions of
specific names. Helpful for anyone who has felt intimidated by botanical names, and should be
required reading for pedants who correct others' pronunciation.
IN ONE YARD: Close to Nature
W. Hatch, 2015. PB, 103pp, 27 oz. $25.00
Over 500 beautiful color photos of wildlife found "in one yard" Warren
Hatch's 45 by 161 foot urban yard in Portland Oregon. A true 'old-school'
naturalist so rarely seen these days, Warren has dedicated his life to showing
people the beauty of small organisms when magnified. Crystal-clear, world-class
photos of bees, dragonflies, frogs, algae, millipedes, spiders, protists,
beetles, mites, ants, and many more. Magnificent!
NEW MAKING PLANT MEDICINE 4th Edition
Richo Cech, 2016. Paperback, 336pp, 1 lb. $24.95
The long-awaited new edition, fully revised and including 28 new plants.
An excellent overview of making medicinal tinctures, vinegars, glycerines and water-based
preparations, syrups, salves, baths, poultices, etc. Clearly explains the methods so you can make
everything from simple teas to professional-quality, mixed-solvent tinctures equal to those in
health-food stores. Includes 'A Gardener's Herbal Formulary', covering over 100 herbs, with over 500
formulas, giving medicinal action, dosage and use. Interesting stories of his own experiences give
the book immediacy, and bring the processes 'off the page' and into practical focus. Those expensive
tinctures can be made inexpensively at home—if you use plant medicines, you should grow and prepare
your own.
THE MEDICINAL
HERB GROWER, Vol. 1: A Guide for Cultivating Plants That Heal.
Richo Cech, 2009. PB, 159pp, 1 lb. $19.95
A comprehensive overview of natural gardening techniques, written with humor
and love for the natural world that shines brightly from every page. From the
importance of quiet observation to details of potting soils and seed sowing
techniques, this is one of the best gardening books we have seen. There is
something here for everyone, beginner or experienced gardener. Full of personal
stories, with charming illustrations by Sena Cech, this is a delightful way to
learn gardening.
MEDICINAL and OTHER USES of NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS
Erichsen-Brown, 1979. Paperback, 521pp, 1 lb 10 oz. $17.95
Subtitled A Historical Survey With Special Reference to the Eastern Tribes, this remarkable
compendium spans nearly 500 years of literature. Each plant is described, range and common names
given, then chronologically quotes what has been recorded about the plant and its uses.
Exceptionally detailed, with extensive information. An interesting read.
A MODERN HERBAL
Maude Grieve, 1931. Paperback, 2 volumes, 915pp, 3 lb 5 oz. $35.90
A comprehensive encyclopedia of medicinal plants detailing well over 1000 species worldwide. Gives
botanical and common names, description of the plant and often of the dried product, cultivation,
history, folklore, constituents, medicinal action and dose, culinary and cosmetic properties,
innumerable recipes, anecdotes, and over 200 botanical illustrations. An excellent work, first
published in 1931.
XEROGRAPHIC REPRINTS
These are the answer to the often heard complaint, 'They don't write them
like that anymore!' Remember, even the best photocopies are not equal to the original, and photos do
not reproduce well, so don't expect perfection! Also, be sure to check for missing pages on arrival
- the machines occasionally skip one.
ECOFASCISM: Lessons From the German Experience.
Biehl and Staudenmaier. 1995. Paperback, 53 pp, 7 oz. $9.50
"For most compassionate and humane people today, the ecological crisis is a source of
major concern." So begins this important little book. Yet most of us who call ourselves
environmentalists are unaware that ecological ideas and concerns have been, and continue to be, used
for dangerous and repressive political ends. This book details the history of ecological thought in
Germany, and how such ideas were central to the rise of the Nazis. Hitler's Reich explicitly
situated itself as an organic, holistic, nature-centered movement, which practiced organic
agriculture, forest protection, promoted a 'return to nature', and implemented far-reaching
nature-protection laws. The modern ultra-right-wing in Germany is reviving this form of
'eco-fascism', even calling for a 'Green Adolf'. Most U.S. environmentalists are completely opposed
to the aims of fascism, but reactionary forces have begun to bend ecological themes towards these
very ends. Only through knowledge may we prevent this perversion of environmentalism. Every
environmentalist should have this book—those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat it.
ECONOMIC PLANTS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION
Duke, Hurst and Terrell, 1976. 16pp, 2 oz. $2.00
A table of 1000 plants of economic importance, including herbs, spices, medicinal plants, etc.
Gives botanical name, common name, Holridge life zone range, life style, annual precipitation
and temperature ranges, center of diversity, and diploid chromosome numbers for each plant. Good
source of information for those growing herbs as cash crops.
ETHNOBOTANY OF THE HOPI
A. F. Whiting, 1939. 120pp, 13 oz. $15.50
This is a completely new reprint - I had the original book
scanned and enlarged so that it is much clearer and easier to read. Instead of
two pages side by side, it is one page per page. It came out very nice!
An important work on the Hopi and their crop plants, wild plants for food, seasoning, beverages,
chewing gum, etc., as well as plants for medicine, firewood, construction, musical instruments and
household utensils. Half of the book consists of a list of all plants used by the Hopi, with
botanical name, English name, Hopi name, and description of the plants use. Interesting and
informative.
ETHNOBOTANY of the TEWA INDIANS
Robbins, et al., 1916. 132pp, 15 oz. $17.00
Detailed ethnobotany of the Tewa, pueblo dwellers of the upper Rio Grande valley of New Mexico.
Extensive information on the language concerning plants, as well as the uses of wild and cultivated
plants for food, medicine, fiber, soap, ornament, etc. Includes corn, cotton,
chiles, tobacco, and others.
PRINCIPLES and PRACTICES of SEED STORAGE, USDA Agriculture Handbook No. 506.
Justice and Bass, 1978. 289pp, 2 lb. $29.00
This is a completely new reprint - I had
the original book scanned and enlarged so that it is much clearer and easier to
read. Instead of two pages side by side, it is one page per page. It came out
very nice!
Covers factors affecting seed storage life—seed characteristics, storage temperature
and humidity, etc. Also drying, storage structures, packaging, monitoring, and records of old and
ancient seeds. A wealth of practical and technical info for the professional.
THE USEFUL PLANTS OF WEST TROPICAL AFRICA
J. M. Dalziel, 1937. 612pp, 4 lb. $50.00
This is a completely new reprint - I had
the original book scanned and enlarged so that it is much clearer and easier to
read. Instead of two pages side by side, it is one page per page. It came out
very nice!
A massive and detailed work, covering thousands of plants, giving a fantastic amount of
ethnological information. All uses from edible, medicinal and dye plants, to plants used in
construction, for industrial use, for cosmetics and perfumes, magical and superstitious uses,
results of pharmacological research, plant myths, firewoods, fish-poisons, walking sticks, war
clubs, ordeal poisons, and every other imaginable use to which plants can be put. Fully indexed by
botanical name, common English name, and thousands of tribal names. A much-used reference.
TOBACCO
BOOKS
Recent anti-tobacco moralizing and legislation only point out our own lack
of knowledge and respect for this plant. The books offered below will change forever the way you
view this powerful medicine.
"It is a curious fact that while the whites took over the material tobacco from the Indians,
they took with it no fragment of the world that accompanied it, nor were they at first aware that
there was such a world... enshrined among the whites only as a drug, as a taste, as a habit, along
with the seeking after mild and tasty forms, while the Karuk make tobacco a heritage from the gods,
a strange path which juts into this world and leads to the very ends of magic."—Harrington, 1929.
TOBACCO AMONG THE KARUK INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA
J. P. Harrington, 1929. 284pp, 2 pounds 9 oz. $34.00
This is a completely new reprint - I had the original book
scanned and enlarged so that it is much clearer and easier to read. Instead of
two pages side by side, it is one page per page. It came out very nice!
The Karuk, a hunting and gathering people of Northern California cultivated only one plant, Nicotiana
bigelovii var. exaltata. This detailed study presents every aspect of tobacco. its cultivation,
gathering, curing, storing, pipe and tobacco-basket making (step-by-step, in great detail),
customs, use in medicine and shamanism, ceremony and mythology. The greater part of the book is
information told by the Karuk themselves, in their own language, phonetically transcribed,
and translated into their idiomatic English, presented in two columns, side by side on each page.
Thus it is not a white anthropologist's interpretation, but the people's own ways and views that are
described. As tobacco was a part of daily life, a cross section of their lives is revealed, from the
mundane to the profound, their humor and acute observation giving a beautiful picture of another way
of living.
THE TOBACCO SOCIETY OF THE CROW INDIANS
Robert H. Lowie, 1919. 100pp, 7 oz. $13.00
Describes the various chapters of the Society, adoption and initiation into the chapters,
planting, cultivating and harvesting the plant, origin traditions, tobacco songs and visions, etc.,
recorded by the author during his visits from 1907 to 1919.
TOBACCO: Instructions for its Cultivation and Curing. Farmers' Bulletin No.6, USDA
John Estes, 1892. 8pp, 1 oz. $1.50
Basics of cultivating tobacco; sowing, transplanting, topping, harvesting and curing.
This is a new reprint - completely re-typeset and nice
and clear - much better than the old photocopy of the original USDA pamphlet.
METHODS OF CURING TOBACCO. Farmers' Bulletin Number 60, USDA
Milton Whitney, 1898. 15pp, 1 oz. $2.00
Methods of curing various types of tobacco used in the main tobacco-growing regions of that
time. This is a new reprint - completely re-typeset and
nice and clear - much better than the old photocopy of the original USDA
pamphlet.
"There have always been those who attempt to control the necessities of life for their own
gain. Genetic resources have always been the common heritage of all humanity, and we must not allow
them to be exploited."—S. Calkins, 1984.