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First appearance first printing of this collection of thirteen short stories. Collected are the following: The Weapon Out of the Past by Edward D. Hoch, Punishment to Fit the Crime by Robert L. Fish, The Angel's Hair by John F. Suter, Darkening Shadows by Patricia L. Schulze, Jury Duty by Henry T. Parry, Spiderzan's Revenge by Anne Perkins Dewey, Sudden Death by Hal Charles, She Will Live Forever by D. O. Bell, In Old Edinburgh by Edward Wellen, Web of Circumstance by Donald Olson, Jericho and the Cardboard Box by Hugh Pentecost, Bears Watching by John C. Boland, The M Route by Michael Gilbert. The remains of an address label on the front cover. Light reading creases to the covers and spine. Light edge wear. In fair condition.
Roots and Remedies: Afro-American Folk Medicine in Rhode Island...Annotated by James Clements, Jr. by BELL Michael Edward
by BELL Michael Edward
Roots and Remedies: Afro-American Folk Medicine in Rhode Island...Annotated by James Clements, Jr.
by BELL Michael Edward
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Providence: Rhode Island Black Heritage Societ [et al], 1981. . 4to, stiff cream wrappers, front pictorial; rubber date-stamp on front cover; center stapled OCLC lists 4 holding libraries.Reports, first and second-hand of cures for blood pressure (garlic water) bleeding (kerosene, narrow plantains) facial scaring (pennies dipped in kerosene),There is a bibliography and a 5-page list of ailments and the various cures used.This publication was a joint project, the others involved were the St. Martin DePorres Center of Providence; the Rhode Island Folklife Project and Brown University's Long Term Gerontology Center
- Bookseller Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher Providence: Rhode Island Black Heritage Societ [et al], 1981.
- Pages 23
- Keywords AFRICAN-AMERICAN