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A city herbal : a guide to the lore, legend and usefulness of 34 plants that grow wild in the city

Title: A city herbal : a guide to the lore, legend and usefulness of 34 plants that grow wild in the city / written and illustrated by Maida Silverman.
Author: Silverman, Maida.
Publication: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1977

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Description

181 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

Note

"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Illustrations: 45 photomechanical prints : reproduction of drawings, b&w ; full-page (35) or smaller.
"Mugwort ... Folknames: ... sailor's tobacco"--P. 92. "The Navajos called mullein 'big tobacco.' They mixed it with regular tobacco and smoked it to relieve coughing spasms ... The Amish eschewed the use of tobacco, but permitted mullein leaves to be smoked for the relief of asthma attacks"--P. 100.
Binding: Publisher's quarter ivory cloth and olive green paper boards, by the Book Press.

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Call Number

Arents 95-623

ISBN

LCCN

76047930 //r934

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Author

Silverman, Maida.

Title

A city herbal : a guide to the lore, legend and usefulness of 34 plants that grow wild in the city / written and illustrated by Maida Silverman.

Imprint

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1977 (Brattleboro, Vt. : Book Press)

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175) and index.

Local Note

Author's presentation copy, inscribed to the Arents Collection, April 1977.

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Research Call Number

Arents 95-623