1995 first edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. The history of pharmacy , of interest also for medicinal antiques, with superbly illustrated colour shots of early drug pots, botanical illustrations and advertising. Signed as a presentation copy by staff of the head office of Roche, Strasbourg. Interior otherwise clean, all pages tight within binding. Dustjacket clean and unscuffed, just a small nick at spine edge.