Buy this book on-line Joyce, Christopher : Earthly Goods: Medicine-Hunting in the RainforestLittle, Brown and Company, Boston, 1994 ISBN 0316474088
304pp. B&W Illustrations Remainder mark Exotic adventure and modern medicine in the tropics, 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Joyce, Christopher : Earthly Goods: Medicine-Hunting in the Rainforest. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Joyce, Christopher : Earthly Goods : Medicine-Hunting in the RainforestLittle, Brown and Company, Boston, 1994 ISBN 0316474088
FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A true account of exotic adventure amidst the pursuit of modern medicine in the tropics, questing for plants and herbs useful to produce medicines - e.g. to provide drugs for AIDS, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancers of many types, and many other illnesses and maladies - braving insects and hostile tribes and local diseases - but also struggling against time as the rapid deforestation of the Amazon rainforest continues apace. Hardcover with dust jacket, references, indexed, 304pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Joyce, Christopher : Earthly Goods : Medicine-Hunting in the Rainforest. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, out-of-print books, collectables, livres anciens and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |