Search Results: Travel - South America from Horizon Books

London, John Murray, 1822, First edition in English, translated from the original Latin. . contemporary calf boards, corners worn, rebacked with new linen spines, gilt title lettering on leather spine labels, very slightly foxed on few leaves, interiors are clean and fine, in good sound and tight bindings. . 8vo [21.5 x 13.5 cm]; complete in three volumes, viii, 435; v, 446; vi, 419 pp. . The author spent eighteen years in Paraguay with the Guaranis and Abipones peoples. The Abipones, now extinct, were driven out of the Gran Chaco by the Spanish, and these volumes now represents one of the few descriptions of this people. Borba de Moraes 267: 'He returned to Austria where he published this famous book. The first volume contains a description of Paraguay, the war against the mamelucos and other historical events. The last two volumes are concerned with the Abipones. The work was highly esteemed by Southey and inspired his poem, A Tale of Paraguay. The English translation was made by Sara… Read More

London, John Murray, 1891, First edition. . original blue pictorial cloth with detailed gilt picture of palm tree, vegetation and people, gilt spine title lettering, edges a little rubbed, bookplate of Peter Stubs on endpaper, minor foxing on a few leaves else near fine, clean copy. . tall 8vo [26 x 17 cm]; xxi, [iii], 268 pp, 2 folding maps including frontis, 21 plates from drawings and photos, appendix. . The author describes his journey to Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Surinam, Amazon basin, Maroni River, Georgetown, Essequibo River, Angostura, Gulf of Paria, Orinoco and then to Trinidad, Martinique, Florida, Jamaica, with descriptions of wildlife, nature, plants, aboriginal tribes, settlements, whale fishing, local customs, etc. There are 4 chapters on Florida. The folding maps are of the watershed between Guiana and the Amazon and of the Everglade region of Florida. The illustrations include views, Indian weapons, living conditions, river scenes, plant life, etc. Welch 54. Hilton 9535. Spain… Read More

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847, First edition. . original cloth with blind-stamped design on covers and spines, gilt lettering on spine, rear joint of volume I with crack but holding firm, light wear at spine ends and corners, covers a little faded, but a clean very good set. . 8vo [20.5 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes, xxiv, 288, 32 [publisher's ads dated April 1847]; xii, 278, [ii, ads] pp. . Sabin 17143. Howes C802. Cowan 145. Hill I, 70: 'The early materials on California and Melanesia are of importance'. A detailed and interesting account, with much on Pacific island life, the native peoples, the first chapter describes a whale chase. This copy has both the half title pages and the ads in each volume, often lacking. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Henry Holt Company, [1994], First edition. . original pictorial boards, spine title lettering, near fine and clean in dj (tears, section of rear panel lacking, not price clipped). . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [xii], 244 pp, 3 maps, including double-page showing route, bibliography, index. . Based on original sources and his own filling in the gaps, the author retraces the route of Lope de Aguirre in the sixteenth century through Colombia, Venezuela, up the Amazon through Brazil and into Peru, where he travels extensively reaching Cuzco. Aguirre had become a rebel and traitor to Spain and travelled with a large fighting force, which found a violent end. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, Adventure Press; National Geographic, 2000, First edition. . original cloth-backed boards, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [23.5 x 15.5 cm]; [vi], 295, [i] pp, frontis map, colored plates from photos. . Travels in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile of over 3,1000 miles, in six months, travelling on rooftop of buses, mule, motorbike, skirts land mines, fights bulls, investigates shaman's rites, travels Death Highway after dark, meets fascinating people, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co,, 1883, First edition. . original red pictorial cloth, decorated in black, gilt title lettering, covers a little worn and faded, spine ends bit frayed, no ownership marks, very good clean copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xvi, 445, 38 [publisher's catalogue] pp, 10 plates including 3 colored plates (chromolithographs), frontis of Macusi Indian in full dancing dress, folding map, 43 other wood-engraved illustrations, index. . Goodman 625: 'The work of a British ornithologist, who finally dispelled the Lake Parima myth'. Griffin 4879: 'A classic description of the interior of British Guiana in the 1880's: archaeology, anthropology, and natural history. A number of works published about this time deal with the aboriginal population of Guiana. This is the best of them. It marks a new departure, in that West Indian ethnological studies, hitherto inseparable from history, assumed a separate existence and identity'. Welch 53. Not in Field. The… Read More

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, [1961], First Edition. . original cloth and paper covered pictorial bds, dj (lightly rubbed at edge, not price clipped), signature on endpaper, else near fine in very good dj. . 8vo [24 x 18 cm] ; 617, [iii] pp, 220 illustrations including plans, maps, color plates, many photo illus, bibliog, index. . The author of over 40 books, conducted numerous expeditions to South America and Mexico to study the Aztec, Maya and Incan peoples. He writes about their customs, daily life and the discovery of their lost cities in the jungles. A very readable and interesting book, nicely illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1871, . . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, spine ends a little frayed, lower front cover worn with chip otherwise very good, minor foxing on few leaves but a clean copy, map untorn, the book is dedicated to Charles Darwin. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxiv, [25]-356 pp, frontis, illus, engraved plates, large folding map at rear, steel-engraved portrait of Colonel Staunton with the tissue guard, index. . Borba de Moraes p 637. Sabin 57727. Welch 234. The journey across much of South America was mainly scientific (part of the Smithsonian expedition of 1867), studying the natural history, geography, geology and local society. There is some detail on the botany of the region, including the coca plant (cocaine), ('Thirty million pounds are annually consumed in South America. It is not, however, an opiate, but a powerful stimulant. With it, the Indian will perform prodigies of labor, travelling days without fatigue or food.'), together… Read More

New York, Henry Hold and Company, [1994], First American edition. . original pictorial gilt boards, dj (not price clipped, small chip, tear), fine in good jacket. . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; [xii], 244 pp, 2 maps including double-page showing routes, bibliog, index. . A narrative of the author's travels in from Manaus, Brazil, through Amazonia and Peru where he re-constructed Lope de Aguirre's expedition of 1560 to find El Dorado, it being the largest expedition ever mounted in Spanish Peru. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1892, First edition. . original cloth with new cloth spine, original silver title lettering and map on front cover, very good, sound and solid binding. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xvi, 370 pp, engraved frontis from painting, numerous illustrations from photos including full-page, tables, glossary of Spanish words and phrases. . The author describes his purpose 'to supply the shading to the outlines of other books on Argentina, to cloth the dry bones with flesh and colour, to describe the people rather than the land'. The book provides a detailed picture based on the author's five years of travels in the country with much on the conditions, customs, education, cities, various immigrant groups, economy, journey into the interior, health, status of women, marriage, professions, suburban life, railways and travelling in the country, the army, hotels, markets, politics, unions, indigenous peoples, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Richmond, Williams Printing Co., [1920], First edition. . original cloth, very lightly rubbed at edges but a very good+ copy, with an inscription signed by author on endpaper, dated Oct. 12th, 1920.. . 12mo [21 x 13 cm]; 252 pp, numerous plates from photos. . The author writes an interesting and amusing travel account of his tour around much of South America, in the cities and country-side. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh, London, Oliver and Boyd, [1958], First edition in English, translated from the French. . original blue cloth, spine faded but gilt lettering still visible, bookplate of C. W. A. Dodds, else near fine, clean throughout. . 8vo [21.5 x 15.5 cm]; xxi, 211 pp, 5 color plates including frontis, numerous bw illus, vocabulary of Creole, Caribbean and Tupi words. . An interesting description of nature and the peoples living in the French Guiana jungles. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh, London, Oliver and Boyd, [1958], First edition in English, translated from the French. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped. . 8vo [21.5 x 15.5 cm]; xxi, 211 pp, 5 color plates including frontis, numerous bw illus, vocabulary of Creole, Caribbean and Tupi words. . An interesting description of nature, plant life and the peoples and their customs, myths, legends, living in the French Guiana jungles. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989, First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps, with printed title lettering, small ink stamp on cover, else near fine copy, clean throughout. . 4to [28 x 21.5 cm]; iii, 20 pp, full-page map. . A useful work consisting of an introduction by authors, a detailed bibliography, mostly with annotated descriptions and a list of general reference works. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, [1969], . . original blue cloth, clean and fine condition. . 4to [26 x 18.5 cm]; xxxi, 441 pp, abbreviations, key to journals, index. . A basic reference covering each country in Central & South America and Mexico with sections on each historical period. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1927, First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, spine faded but gilt lettering clear, lacks blank front endpaper, lightly foxed but mostly in margins, very good. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 203, [i, ads] pp, frontis, 22 illustrations from photos on 10 plates, folding map, index. . An interesting and important account of travels in the region, including travel to Para, Manaos, Teffe, etc, by boat with comments on the people as well as the flora & fauna, with some detail on palms and other trees. At Teffe, the author compares the conditions to where Bates (The Naturalist on the Rivers Amazon) spent several years starting in 1855. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, First American edition. . original pictorial cloth with gilt title lettering on spine and cover, owner's name dated 1917 on half-title page, near fine and clean in the rarely found dust jacket (chipped, lacks one inch piece at bottom), pictorial endpapers. . 8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; xi, 338, [vii, ads] pp, frontis, 24 plates from photos, some with several illustrations, plus 3 maps (2 folding, one in color), Brazilian terms, index. . With much on the current state of the country including social conditions, transportation by river and road, industries, finance, horticulture, botanical medicine, commerce, population, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1857, First Edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, wear at edges and corners, name on endpaper, short tear at stub of map, the colored and black & white plates have tissue guards, interior is clean & very good, in good cover, good hinges. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 630, [x, ads, advertising Elisha Kane's Arctic explorations] pp, engraved frontis (portrait), map of Bay of Rio de Janeiro, folding map of Brazil, 150 illus, many plates, including 2 hand-colored plates of birds, not in later editions. . Sabin 37709. Griffin 6502. Humphreys 413. Naylor 164. Welch 41. Borba de Moraes p 434: "This is the first edition of this successful book, it was reprinted many times.", "The success of this book was enormous . . . . and became a classic book about Brazil for North Americans." This is a comprehensive treatment, with particularly good illustration, covering views, scenes, people, buildings, birds, plants, etc,… Read More

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine and joints worn and chipped, light foxing on frontis and title, interior is clean and quite good in good cover. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; [ii], vi, 384, [ii, ads] pp, engraved frontis portrait of Don Pedro II, 3 folding maps (a large one in photocopy), including a map of the Falklands, numerous illustrations and plates, portraits, views, etc. . Sabin 29486 calls for only two maps. Borba de Moraes 389. Humphreys 1273. Naylor 104: 'Hadfield was many years resident in Brazil'. A detailed account based on the author's travels of Brazil, Pernambuco, Algoas, Seregipe, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, the Amazon, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, the Parana, Paraguay, etc, with good illustrations by Sir W. Gore Ouseley, Sir Charles Hotham. There is a pencilled note on endpaper from Oliver Sheldon that book was passed down from his great grandfather. A picture of this book is… Read More

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, professionally rebacked preserving covers and spine with gilt title lettering, corner wear, interior is near fine in very good cover. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; [ii], vi, 384, [ii, ads] pp, engraved frontis portrait of Don Pedro II, 3 folding maps, one quite large and colored (tear repaired), including a map of the Falklands, numerous illustrations and plates, portraits, views, etc. . Sabin 29486 calls for only two maps. Borba de Moraes 389. Humphreys 1273. Naylor 104: 'Hadfield was many years resident in Brazil'. A detailed account based on the author's travels of Brazil, Pernambuco, Algoas, Seregipe, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, the Amazon, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, the Parana, Paraguay, etc, with good illustrations by Sir W. Gore Ouseley, Sir Charles Hotham. A picture of this book is available on request by email.