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Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1742702929ISBN 13: 9781742702926
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2016
ISBN 10: 174270719XISBN 13: 9781742707198
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1742704832ISBN 13: 9781742704838
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Mackintosh, Michelle (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Louise Fulton, Escondido, Ca., 1982
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with rubber stamps on title page of Omni Publishers and George Hard. A personal account of an early twentieth-century childhood in rural Southern California, detailing the pleasures of school, social life, and farm animals, as well as hardships such as floods and Indian raids. 120 pages with illustrations and photos.
Published by Omni Publishers, 1982
ISBN 10: 0891270205ISBN 13: 9780891270201
Seller: BookFarm, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Used: Very Good. Used: Very Good. Very minor wear to cover. Markings on title page only.
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Published by Prentice Hall, 2005
ISBN 10: 0131713795ISBN 13: 9780131713796
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.05.
Published by Tobacco Road Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0985895500ISBN 13: 9780985895501
Seller: Goodwill Industries, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Mara Friedman; Krista Lynn Brown; Cathy McClelland; Jen Otey; Louise Abel; Denise Kester; Cat Stone; Pegi Smith; Inger Jorgensen; Andrew Bonsall; Lorraine Leslie; Clio Wondrausch; Betty LaDuke; Victoria Christian; Tzila Duenzl; Damian Fulton; Gaelyn Larrick (illustrator). Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations - can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered. The book is warped or bent.
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ISBN 10: 3572081513ISBN 13: 9783572081516
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Book
Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
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Published by U. S. Department Of Agriculture, 1979
Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. 64 pages: 8.25 x 10.75 in.: 1: KB#000018: Many full-color pictures throughout. Home and Garden Bulletin Number 228. First of a "new" series of USDA publications. 60 Great Recipes. Chapters include: Hassle-Free Guide to a Better Diet, "Good Morning!" Breakfasts, Is it True What They Say About Snacking? Plus 60 Great Recipes. Photography by James Scherer. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.
Published by Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, 1991, 1991
ISBN 10: 0888802579ISBN 13: 9780888802576
Seller: Books on the Web, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Book First Edition
Paper bound, quarto, first edition, numerous tables and graphs, 43pp. Ex-library copy in very good condition. 170 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Published by Wheaton, Exeter, 1963
Seller: Oopalba Books, Sale, MANCH, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair+. Louise Fulton Bush; Josef Meunch ( Cover ) (illustrator). Pictorial hardback with matching dustjacket which is not price clipped. Some staining to rear of dustjacket but there are no ters. Colourful children's botany book. 35 pages. " The Basic Science Series ". Scarce Size: 8vo.
Published by Hardie Grant Books, Prahran, Victoria, 2011
ISBN 10: 1742701140ISBN 13: 9781742701141
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Condition: Very Good. Photographic & Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated end pages and the drawings within the text have all been created by Michelle Mackintosh. Colour illustrated boards with black and dark red coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A cookbook aimed squarely at young children with the recipes specially designed for the young folk by Margaret Fulton. A little rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Australia; Modern; Children. ISBN: 1742701140. ISBN/EAN: 9781742701141. Inventory No: 0290851.
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Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 24 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Published by Hardie Grant, Australia, 2015
ISBN 10: 1742709885ISBN 13: 9781742709888
Seller: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
Book First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 232 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2013
ISBN 10: 1742705782ISBN 13: 9781742705781
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.85.
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Published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1980
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran January 11 through February 24, 1980. Includes an essay by Louise E. Katzman along with 9 color illustrations from these artist who were in the show: Harry Bowers, Stephen Collins, Barbara Esher, Steve Fitch, Jack Fulton, Richard Misrach, Arthur Ollman, Larry Sultan, and Barbara G. Thompson. A close to near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear. Uncommon.
Published by Siglo XXI de España Editores, S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 8432306762ISBN 13: 9788432306761
Seller: Almacen de los Libros Olvidados, Barakaldo, Spain
Book
Tapa blanda. Condition: 2ª Mano. Educacion Especial, . . . . . Tapa blanda 313 p.21x13 cm.
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Seller: Crapze Libros, Badalona, BCN, Spain
Ed. SIGLO VEINTIUNO de ESPAÑA; Madrid. 1989. Castellano. Rustica. 21x14 cms. 313 pags. Buen estado. PEDAGOGIA. ENSAYO. PSICOLOGIA. Ref. 45444.
1989 Closas-Orcoyen Traducción de Hilda Gambara D'Errico. SUBRAYADO. 313 pg. 22x14 cm. Enc. en rústica edit. Marca anterior propietario. Para ver o recibir fotografías de los libros puede ir a nuestra web o solicitarlas.
Published by Handspring Publishing, 2015
ISBN 10: 1909141291ISBN 13: 9781909141292
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
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Published by Victoria Miro, London, 1988
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very good+. The Little Critic no. 1 no. 5 (complete set), Victoria Miro, London, 1988. 5 issues of the newsletter published by Victoria Miro, each 294 x 158mm (folded) and 12pp. offset printed, illustrated throughout. Issue no. 1: Group show 'Review' and Alan Charlton. Issue no. 2: Bill Culbert and Delfryd Celf in London. Issue no. 3: Group show 'Productions'. Issue no. 4: Ian Hamilton Finlay, 'Inter Artes et Naturam'. Issue no. 5: Pat Steir and Rudiger Schottle. Condition: minor toning, some handling marks, light soiling to covers, no tears or writing. Overall: very good+.
Published by Hardie Grant Books
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Published by Real Life Magazine New York, NY, 1981
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
36 pp.; 27.9 x 21.5 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Issue seven of Real Life Magazine, edited by Thomas Lawson. Contents include: "Too Good to be True," by Thomas Lawson; "Paintings Are More Than Medals of Honor," by Malcolm Kesselman; "Out of Breath," by Mitchell Kriegman; "Painted Babies," by Paul McMahon; "Michael Powell," an interview by Laura Cottingham and Richard Martin; "Better Living Through Chemistry," by Susan Morgan; "Untitled," by Mike Roddy; "Elk Grazed as if Nothing had Happened," by Jenny Bolande; "Notes Toward Film," by David Robbins; "Driftings," by Douglas Blau; "Filmmaker Seeks Funding," by Richard Howorth; "The Extinction of Sculpture," by Robin Peck; "Pissing on Ice," by Fulton Ryder [Richard Prince] and "Fascination," by Eric Bogosian. Cover by Louise Lawler. Reference : No. 7.1 and 7.2 in "Artists' Magazines : An Alternative Space for Art" by Gwen Allen. Cambridge / London, MA / United Kingdom : The MIT Press, 2011, pp. 175-177, 291. Very Good. Light staining of covers and rubbing of cover edges. First page of Susan Morgan's text has been overlaid by glued in corrected page. The glue of that page has released leaving correction page loose with glue staining to under page and the inserted page has tearing to right side edge. Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Published by Black Dog Publishing London, United Kingdom, 2010
ISBN 10: 1906155437ISBN 13: 9781906155438
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
191 pp.; 28 x 23 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Monograph presenting an overview of contemporary printmaking by Paul Coldwell. Artists include Norman Ackroyd, Banksy, Georg Baselitz, Christiane Baumgartner, Tony Bevan, Marko Blazo, Cécile Boucher, Louise Bourgeois, Siân Bowen, Jacques Callot, Patricia Caulfield, Vija Celmins, Stephen Chambers, Hwajin Chang, Sang-Gon Chung, Chuck Close, Prunella Clough, Bernard Cohen, Willie Cole, Susan Collins, Tony Cragg, Michael Craig-Martin, Árpád Daradics, John Davies, Richard Deacon, Anne Desmet, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Albrecht Dürer, Robin Duttson, Faile Collective, Henri Fantin-Latour, Helen Frederick, Lucian Freud, Hamish Fulton, Alberto Giacometti, Francisco Goya, Anthony Gross, Wenda Gu, Richard Hamilton, Valgerdur Hauksdóttir, Dan Hays, Tim Head, Charlotte Hodes, Howard Hodgkin, Katsushika Hokusai, Andrzej Jackowski, Kennardphillipps, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Thomas Kilpper, Seung Yeon Kim, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Barbara Kruger, Christopher Le Brun, Fang Lijun, Christoph Loos, Marilène Oliver, Julian Opie, Mick Moon, Giorgio Morandi, Anna Maria Pacheco, Eduardo Paolozzi, Simon Patterson, Grayson Perry, Pablo Picasso, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Sigmar Polke, Kathy Prendergast, Robert Rauschenberg, Odilon Redon, Paula Rego, Rembrandt van Rijn, Dieter Rot [Dieter Roth], Michael Rothenstein, Bartolomeu Dos Santos, Sean Scully, Hercules Seghers, Nana Shiomi, Regina Silveira, Kiki Smith, Devorah Sperber, Emma Stibbon, Antoni Tàpies, Masami Teraoka, Joe Tilson, Barthélémy Toguo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Kitagawa Utamaro, John Utting, Édouard Vuillard, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, Rachel Whiteread, Terry Winters, Bill Woodrow, Richard Woods, and Katsutoshi Yuasi. Includes a glossary and bibliography. Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of cover corners, otherwise Fine. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight of this publication additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
Published by Art Metropole / Printed Matter Bookstore at Dia Toronto / New York, Canada / NY, 1991
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[44] pp.; 27.5 x 10.5 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with joint presentation by Art Metropole and Printed Matter at Art Basel, Basel, Switerzland, June 12 - 17, 1991. Cover artwork by Richard Prince and Lawrence Weiner. Curated by AA Bronson, John Goodwin. Artists include Carl Andre, David Antin, Eleanor Antin, Ida Applebroog, John Armleder, Art & Language, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Iain Baxter, Ingrid Baxter, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Bloom, Mel Bochner, Alighiero E. Boetti, Christian Boltanski, George Brecht, Marcel Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, David Buchan, Chris Burden, Daniel Buren, Michael Buthe, James Lee Byars, Genevieve Cadieux, Guiseppe Chiari, Christo, Francesco Clemente, Robert Cumming, Jan Dibbets, Marcel Duchamp, Hans-Peter Feldmann, File, Robert Filliou, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Fluxus, Robert Fones, Katharina Fritsch, Hamish Fulton, General Idea, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Jenny Holzer, Douglas Huebler, Image Bank, International Situationist, Joe Jones, Allan Kaprow, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kippenberger, Michael Kirby, Yves Klein, Bengt af Klintberg, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, George Maciunas, Allan MacKay, Jackson Mac Low, Liz Magor, Christian Marclay, Lise Melhorn-Boe, Mario Merz, Robert Morris, Multiples Inc., Ian Murray, Maurizio Nannucci, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Meret Oppenheim, Nam June Paik, Robert Rauschenberg, Steve Reich, Dieter Rot [Dieter Roth], Jerome Rothenberg, Edward Ruscha, Carolee Schneemann, Becky Singleton, Robert Smithson, SMS [Shit Must Stop], Michael Snow, Valerie Solanis, Jesus Raphael Soto, Jana Sterbak, Rosemarie Trockel, Ben Vautier, Bernar Venet, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Wolf Vostell, La Monte Young and Zaj. "An Exhibition of Artists' Books and Multiples from the Permanent Collection of Art Metropole. LEARN TO READ ART is an exhibition of 287 published works by artists from the postwar period to the present. Although the contemporary artist's book emerged early in the twentieth century, it was not until the sixties that it came into its own as a medium ideally suited to the needs of Fluxus and Conceptual artists of the period thus our exhibition picks up this thread of history in the postwar years and follows it into that period of intense evolution which was the sixties and early seventies." ?- AA Bronson, General Idea, from introduction. Reference : No. 54 in "The Book on Books on Artists' Books" by Arnaud Desjardin. London, England : The Everyday Press, 2011, pp. 35. Very Good. Yellowing of recto edges with 6 cm. of yellowing across top of verso. Dust soiling to covers with light wear to corners including a 2 cm. dog-ear to top left of verso. Contents clean and unmarked.
Published by Liberty Weekly of Canada, Ltd, Toronto, 1939
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Tchetchet (Cover); Simplink A.N.; Watrous, J.; Vincentini; Lyford, Phil; Berry, Phil; La Salle, Charles (illustrator). First Edition. 54 pages. Features: Attractive cover illustration of lady in swimwear; Let's Have Direct Relief for Our Real Forgotten Man - Editorial against high real estate taxes; Death Looks for Cinderella (part 1); Is Father Coughlin Anti-Semitic? - His Own Answer - article with photo; Country Club Scandal (short story); I Was a Showman Too - Volatile Ex-New York Mayor James J. Walker talks of brass bands and ballyhoo; Hearts in Danger (fiction); How to Win Sick Friends and Influence Them - flowers are lovely but show a little originality!; The Good Earth Answers (pioneer family fiction); Purge in Hot Springs (conclusion); Matinee Today (short story); To the Ladies; Hell's Bargainers - Traitors to the Law - Sam Leibowitz exposes the method of lawyer-criminals; Rancher-Artist Augustus (Gus) Kenderdine - candidate for the Canadian Hall of Fame (article with photo); Tennis is a Dub's Game - words of cheer from champion Helen Hull Jacobs; Toronto's Royal York Hotel is featured prominently inside back cover; Colour back cover ad for the Physical Culture Hotel, Dansville, New York. Somewhat above-average external wear. Light pencil doodling to cartoon on page 46 and art contest blank on page 51. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.
Published by W. H. Allen - A Howard & Wyndham Company, Essex Street, London, 1947
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Polaine, H. G. (Jacket Painting) (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Published in Great Britain 1947." The scarce British first edition. Handy 5" x 7 1/2" design. Green cloth boards, black spine titles with W. H. Allen gilt colophon, moderate shelf wear, some sunning, discoloration. Pages very good; no writing. Remains of antiquarian book plate inside cover featuring the intricate and angular cross of St. John.: "St. John and Red Cross Hospital Library. This book is the property of Joint Committe of St. John of Jerusalem and the." Blank manila card sleeve inside back cover. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Solid rarity with near very good leaves. Romance, bloodshed, and the glitter of gold mark the quest for the great malaria cure. Malaria has resulted in more poverty, sickness, and death than almost any other scourge, even war. Presented here is the story of humanity's battle with this disease from a likely cause of Alexander of Macedon's death at the height of his power. From B. C. to World War II, when malaria may have accounted for more than half the total causualties as malaria was a major concern of the Pacific campaign. Contents: "Of Fevers; The Countess's Powder; The Jesuits' Powder; Philosophical Interlude; The Wonderful Secret of the Englishman; The Fever Bark Tree; The Botanical Institute of the New Kingdom of Granada; The Breaking of the Spell; Scientific Interlude; Poor Man's Quinine; The Betrayal; Rich Man's Quinine; Hercules, the Hydra, and the Birds; Bataan, and Corregidor; and, Of Fevers". This is the story of quinine, the life-saving remedy that has been the only effective remedy for controlling the dreaded disease. M. L. Duran-Reynals presents an interesting narrative thread jockeying between key individuals and eras that were instrumental in bringing quinine - finally - into the light for everyone to use. The Jesuits and Britain kept it hidden as an advantage. Cinchona, the fever bark tree quinine is derived, was sacred to the natives of the high Andes where it grew. When first discovered by the Spanish, death was the punishment for those who tried to exploit its magic. Later Cardinal de Lugo promoted the use of quinine, but his efforts were in vain when the "Jesuits' Powder" became the center of a raging religious controversy. An Englishman, who was not a physician by trade, cured the aristocracy of two countries; but, was forced hide this to avoid the Popish Plot of King Charles II's. Indians on the high Andes slopes, planters in India and Java, powerful financiers in Lond and Amsterdam, all played their part with the botantists, chemists, and naturalistis in the amazing pageant of quinine. The Fever Bark Tree is the result of years of research, but Druan-Reynals, with her back ground of medicine and scholarship on two contenents, has preseneted her myriad facts into a colorful fast-paced suspense that is an enjoyable informative read. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited, London and Aylesbury. 251 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by W. H. Allen, Essex Street, London, 1947
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Polaine, H. G. (Jacket Painting) (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Published in Great Britain 1947." The scarce British first edition in original wrapper. Handy 5" x 7 1/2" design. Green cloth boards, sharp stylized gilt spine titles with W. H. Allen gilt colophon, light shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing. Beautiful green floral owner's stamp at front pastedown: "John Stanley Gledhill". Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original pictorial wrapper, light edge wear, rub; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Unique wrapper art for this edition by H. G. Polaine. Near fine rarity in very good dust wrapper. Romance, bloodshed, and the glitter of gold mark the quest for the great malaria cure. Malaria has resulted in more poverty, sickness, and death than almost any other scourge, even war. Presented here is the story of humanity's battle with this disease from a likely cause of Alexander of Macedon's death at the height of his power. From B. C. to World War II, when malaria may have accounted for more than half the total causualties as malaria was a major concern of the Pacific campaign. Contents: "Of Fevers; The Countess's Powder; The Jesuits' Powder; Philosophical Interlude; The Wonderful Secret of the Englishman; The Fever Bark Tree; The Botanical Institute of the New Kingdom of Granada; The Breaking of the Spell; Scientific Interlude; Poor Man's Quinine; The Betrayal; Rich Man's Quinine; Hercules, the Hydra, and the Birds; Bataan, and Corregidor; and, Of Fevers". This is the story of quinine, the life-saving remedy that has been the only effective remedy for controlling the dreaded disease. M. L. Duran-Reynals presents an interesting narrative thread jockeying between key individuals and eras that were instrumental in bringing quinine - finally - into the light for everyone to use. The Jesuits and Britain kept it hidden as an advantage. Cinchona, the fever bark tree quinine is derived, was sacred to the natives of the high Andes where it grew. When first discovered by the Spanish, death was the punishment for those who tried to exploit its magic. Later Cardinal de Lugo promoted the use of quinine, but his efforts were in vain when the "Jesuits' Powder" became the center of a raging religious controversy. An Englishman, who was not a physician by trade, cured the aristocracy of two countries; but, was forced hide this to avoid the Popish Plot of King Charles II's. Indians on the high Andes slopes, planters in India and Java, powerful financiers in Lond and Amsterdam, all played their part with the botantists, chemists, and naturalistis in the amazing pageant of quinine. The Fever Bark Tree is the result of years of research, but Druan-Reynals, with her back ground of medicine and scholarship on two contenents, has preseneted her myriad facts into a colorful fast-paced suspense that is an enjoyable informative read. Made and Printed in Great Britain by Hazel, Watson and Viney, Limited, London and Aylesbury. 251 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1946
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Covvarubias, Miguel (Jacket Painting) (illustrator). First Edition. Rare first edition in original dust wrapper. Includes a Doubleday pre-publication original 8" x 10" photograph of the dynamic cover art in black & white. Stated First Edition at copyright. 1946 at title page and Copyright 1946 by M. L. Duran-Reynals. Dark grey full cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Between spine titles is unique patterned gilt design that almost appears as two vertical helixes emblematic of helical DNA strands popularized in 1968. Deckled pages near fine, clean; attractive toning. Sepia antiquarian bookplate inside cover of potted plant upon book stack: "Donna Davidson" and printed below name: "Durban, S. Africa, 1946". Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce original wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, discoloration; unclipped 2.75, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic mid-century color painting wrapping around to spine by Miguel Covarrubias in rich green and earthen hues of hands with machete slicing bark from jungle forest. Sharp complete first edition of this prescient historical content for humanity. Romance, bloodshed, and the glitter of gold mark the quest for the great malaria cure. Malaria has resulted in more poverty, sickness, and death than almost any other scourge, even war. Presented here is the story of humanity's battle with this disease from a likely cause of Alexander of Macedon's death at the height of his power. From B. C. to World War II, when malaria may have accounted for more than half the total causualties as malaria was a major concern of the Pacific campaign. Contents: "Of Fevers; The Countess's Powder; The Jesuits' Powder; Philosophical Interlude; The Wonderful Secret of the Englishman; The Fever Bark Tree; The Botanical Institute of the New Kingdom of Granada; The Breaking of the Spell; Scientific Interlude; Poor Man's Quinine; The Betrayal; Rich Man's Quinine; Hercules, the Hydra, and the Birds; Bataan, and Corregidor; Of Fevers; and, a Bibliography". This is the story of quinine, the life-saving remedy that has been the only effective remedy for controlling the dreaded disease. M. L. Duran-Reynals presents an interesting narrative thread jockeying between key individuals and eras that were instrumental in bringing quinine - finally - into the light for everyone to use. The Jesuits and Britain kept it hidden as an advantage. Cinchona, the fever bark tree quinine is derived, was sacred to the natives of the high Andes where it grew. When first discovered by the Spanish, death was the punishment for those who tried to exploit its magic. Later Cardinal de Lugo promoted the use of quinine, but his efforts were in vain when the "Jesuits' Powder" became the center of a raging religious controversy. An Englishman, who was not a physician by trade, cured the aristocracy of two countries; but, was forced hide this to avoid the Popish Plot of King Charles II's. Indians on the high Andes slopes, planters in India and Java, powerful financiers in Lond and Amsterdam, all played their part with the botantists, chemists, and naturalistis in the amazing pageant of quinine. The Fever Bark Tree is the result of years of research, but Druan-Reynals, with her back ground of medicine and scholarship on two contenents, has preseneted her myriad facts into a colorful fast-paced suspense that is an enjoyable informative read. Features a detailed chapter by chapter 8-page bibliography; also, fine 8-page index. Printed in the United States of America by The Country Life Press, Garden City, N. Y. 275 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.