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The other day on the forum i was reading a thread about a book that every body seemed to recommend (A MODERN HERBAL) so as you do i though i ll have some of that so ordered it from my book shop so after a few days i sent her in doors down to see if it had arrived yet ''NO the woman in the shop said they can't get it any moor because its not being in ported to the UK from the USA any moor but she has rung there other shop and LUCKILY they have one left :You_Rock_ I thought went down yesterday to pic it up, they put the book in a nice bag for me and i went home got the book out and discovered that it is volume 1 A_H what a bummer rang the shop told the woman and she said they cant get it any moor because its not being in ported to the UK from the USA any moor. no one ever told me it was in two volumes :?: anyone got the other half and would like to sell it
Could this be a job for Amazon?
Or ABE Books possibly, https://www.abebooks.co.uk/
wow the be a hella lot of info there if its in two volumes! how is the first edition mal?
Hi Tomtom
it is an excellent reference book for home when you open it it is like the print in a dictionary how to fined and identify process everything. but you would need a Field guide as well though i think which i am having trouble getting also just been told by the book shop that Collins gem NATURE GUIDE: HERBS AND HEALING PLANTS OF BRITAIN & EUROPE. is out of print as well :?:
looks like a trip to waterstones.. (can hear the bank manager groan :o): ) my favorite shop!
bombadil
10-12-2004, 16:41
If it's the Grieves Modern herbal, I got mine from a discount bookshop in Glastonbury for a fiver. I have seen it in all manner of shops, and it's well worth it. There is also an online database from this book found at http://www.botanical.com
For the Collins book, follow this thread to Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0002200554/qid%3D1109717399/026-2310357-0867604
Hope you have some joy, it's a good book.
FeralSheryl
05-05-2005, 10:08
Just in case you haven't found A Modern Herbal: Volume 2 yet ,or if anyone else is still looking, amazon.co.uk do have it and at a really good price. Here's the link:
A Modern Herbal: Volume 2 at Amazon.co.uk (http://<u>www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486227995/qid%3D1115283857/026-6831506-6568448</u>)
Both volumes are also available from amazon.com in the US. I've found orders from there arrive pretty quickly.
Someone's also done a fine job of converting it for the web:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/mgmh.html
FeralSheryl
05-05-2005, 10:42
Nice one. I better get that bookmarked.
Moonraker
05-05-2005, 10:44
It is a really great herbal resource and I have recently added a summary review of the online version here, to add to some of the better online sites for flora & fauna. It is in the sticky thread on Good Flora & Fauna Links (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showthread.php?t=5711&page=1&pp=10). Direct link:
A Modern Herbal - Mrs. M. Grieve (http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/showpost.php?p=80405&postcount=6)
happy foraging :)
FeralSheryl
05-05-2005, 11:14
Oooh, a lot of nice recipies to try out in the 'Index of Recipes' section. Thanks for that.