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Earthly Goods : Medicine-Hunting in the Rainforest
de Joyce, Christopher
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316474088
- ISBN 13
- 9780316474085
- Librería
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. 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.
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- Librería
- JB Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00011876
- Título
- Earthly Goods : Medicine-Hunting in the Rainforest
- Autor
- Joyce, Christopher
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition (stated).
- ISBN 10
- 0316474088
- ISBN 13
- 9780316474085
- Editorial
- Little, Brown and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
- Palabras clave
- ADVENTURE, SOUTH LATIN AMERICA, AMAZON RAINFOREST, RAIN FOREST FOREST, BRAZIL, MEDICINE, DRUGS, PLANTS, FLORA, CHEMOTHERAPY, FLOWERS, BIOLOGY, INDIAN TRIBES, DISEASE, ILLNESS, DEFORESTATION, DOCTORS, NURSES, NURSING, HOSPITALS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General;
Términos de venta
JB Books
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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