MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANTS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA (2nd Edition)

Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1962

4to (25 x 18.5 x 7.1cm) xii + 1457pp. Original grey hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine, and with dust jacket. With numerous black and white and full colour illustrations and photographs throughout.

Subtitle: An account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmacological effects and toxicology in man and animal.

This is a thoroughly-researched and voluminous study, still considered a standard reference work in the field. Fully illustrated and bound in a sturdy hardcover binding, this is a book that continues to be of immense value to the natural historian and the scientist.

Condition: Dust jacket is in a good condition, with rubbing, wear to the edges, and small chips to the edges, especially to top and tail of spine. Dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket has been covered with a protective Brodart plastic sleeve after photos were taken. Book in very good condition. Slight bumping to corners of boards, slight shelfwear to top and tail of spine. Slight foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, and even less so to edges of textblock. Text and illustrations are clean and clear. Copy is well bound. Please note that this is a heavy book, weighing 3.3kg, and shipping costs will reflect this.