Search Results: Authors starting with N from Horizon Books

New York, Aquarium Stock Co., [1954], First edition in English, translated from German first edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, near fine and clean in good dj (tears, chipped at edge, lightly foxed). . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; 127, [i] pp, numerous illustrations from photos, also drawings. . A well-illustrated book covering all the main types of topical fish, for breeding and raising, includes temperature and light requirements, water chemistry, feeding, handling, type of tank, etc, based on the thirty year experience of two German experts. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Carranza & Co., [1927], First edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt emblem on cover, with the original ribbon bookmark, fine condition, clean, with an inscription on endpaper signed by translator. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; 174 pp, with numerous mounted plates, some are portraits. . An interesting narrative including much on the geography, economy, politics, etc of Venezuela. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Murray, [1926], First edition. . original cloth, spine lettering faded but just visible, very good solid copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 324 pp, foldout map of South Africa, extensive index. . A description of the history and the country and its people, social life, government, industry, politics, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1965, new and revised edition, the best edition, first edition was 1948. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, a clean and fine copy. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xix, 924 pp, 317, showing 673 species and 20 fruits and seeds, illustrations from photos and drwgs, tables, color keys to flowers, fruits and seeds, glossary, index. . A massive and useful work with great detail for plants suitable for these tropical gardens, including ferns and fern allies, cycads, ginkgo, conifers, monocotyledons, dicotyledons and good details on fruit and nut bearing trees. There is an appendix, 'Flowering Time of Honolulu Plants' by C. Montague Cooke and Marie C. Neal. This edition is considerably expanded from the first edition, with a third more species covered, and with many more illustrations. It is intended for both amateurs and professionals. A massive and very heavy work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1840, . . original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, lightly rubbed at edges, lightly foxed on some leaves, but a very good or better copy. . 8vo [21 x 12.5 cm]; xi, 340 pp, illustrations including full-page, index. . A detailed work on all aspects including 22 pages on growing the pineapple, greenhouse structures, description of numerous varieties of flowers, fruits, etc and an appendix listing many varieties by type. An abridged version was published as the Horticulture article in the seventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, C. M. Saxton & Co., 1856, . . original red blind-stamped cloth, elaborate pictorial gilted spine, gilt spine title lettering, joints with repaired holes, lightly rubbed, blank endpaper removed, very minor foxing, a very good solid copy. . 8vo [19.5 x 13 cm]; xiv, [15]-408, 12 [publisher's ads] pp, frontis of palm house, hot house, greenhouse, 49 illus, index. . A popular and useful guide to all aspects of gardening. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 228. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887, First Edition. . original cloth, light wear to extremities, repair to corner of front free endpaper, slight adhesion to one plate, very good copy with bright chromolithograph plates. . 4to [30 x 23.5 cm]; 337 pp, 21 plates, including 12 color lithographs (chromolithographs) of birds, 9 plates of fish; the color bird plates are from Ridgway's paintings. . Arctic Bibliography 12183. In four parts including birds with a bibliography of Alaskan ornithology, mammals of northern Alaska, field notes on Alaskan fishes, report on diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska, plus author's narrative. H. W. Henshaw revised the part on birds and T. H. Bean, W. H. Edwards and F. W. True also contributed. Arctic Bibliography 12183. Nissen 673. Hasse p. 55. Ricks 161. Wood 489. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1887, First Edition. . original cloth, outer joint split, small hold in one text page (with loss of few letters), some plates damp stained in margin, else clean copy, overall very good. . 4to [30 x 23.5 cm]; 337 pp, 21 plates, including 12 color lithographs (chromolithographs) of birds, 9 plates of fish; the color bird plates are from Ridgway's paintings. . Arctic Bibliography 12183. In four parts including birds with a bibliography of Alaskan ornithology, mammals of northern Alaska, field notes on Alaskan fishes, report on diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Alaska, plus author's narrative. H. W. Henshaw revised the part on birds and T. H. Bean, W. H. Edwards and F. W. True also contributed. Arctic Bibliography 12183. Nissen 673. Hasse p. 55. Ricks 161. Wood 489. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Edinburgh, Toronto, T. Nelson & Sons; James Campbell, 1860, . . original cloth, blind-stamped, gilt title on cover in decorative border, spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering still visible, stain on rear cover, a few small stains on some outer margins, very good. . 16mo [15 x 10 cm]; vi, [7]-64 pp12 attractive colored plates (color printed), tissue guards, engraved vignette on title page of rapids above the falls. . Produced as a Nelson handbook for tourism, this guidebook covers Niagara and surrounding area such as Brock monument, ice cave, mineral springs, museum, etc, with good description of each site of place of interest and with four pages of poetry on Niagara at end. First published in 1859, this being the only other printing recorded in Dow 1226: 'The views are fine and beautifully colored'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Belford Company, [1889], First edition. . original blue decorated cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine bit faded, spine end frayed, small stain on outer cover, interior very good and clean in good cover. . 8vo [20 x 14 cm]; xiv, 287 pp, folding map frontis, 24 plates (complete) from drwgs, tables. . A nicely illustrated work showing old and new Panama City islands, towns, and good description of Colon, life and conditions, churches, ranchos, the gulf, whale fishing, seasons, statistics, commercial life, market, buildings, Chinatown, relation to Colombia, earthquake of 1882, Carthagena, forty-niners and California gold-rush, condition of the canal, etc. The author was a doctor and corresponding member of the Montreal Natural History Society. Welch 191. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

np, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 1982, First edition. . original heavy paper wraps with lettering in gilt, very good, clean coy. . oblong 4to [21.5 x 25 cm]; [iv], 200 pp, numerous photo illustrations with many in color, some illustrations from drwgs. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Northvale, Jason Aronson Inc., [1996], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt border, dj, fine and clean, presentation inscription to Dr. David Shaul, signed by the author. . 8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; iv, 159, [ii] pp, bibliog, index. . The author, who practiced medicine in New Jersey since 1968, and who has written many articles and books, provides a fascinating history from early times, through Greek, Renaissance, enlightenment to the modern period, with chapters on Maimonides, the perils of court life, Padua, defensive medicine, shtetl medicine, the lower east side, women in medical practice, racism and Jewish health, academic intolerance, the Jewish doctor in literature, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Seeley, Service & Co., 1914, First edition. . original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilted, spine faded, edges rubbed, corner bumped, few leaves bit foxed, good copy. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; [xii], 304, 16 [ads] pp, frontis, 46 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page, folding map (split in fold), index. . The author first travelled to New Guinea from Australia in 1899, where he travelled extensively throughout the British New Guinea, Papua, over a 14 year period, describing the peoples in detail, their customs, rituals, society, etc. The illustrations are quite good. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Day & Sons, 1865, First Edition. . original green blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering, endpaper bookplate, corners slightly rubbed, light foxing on few leaves but overall clean, a fine copy in bright original covers, with the half title pages. . 8vo [26 x 17 cm]; 2 volumes, xvi, 360; xvi, 275 pp, 41 plates & maps, including 2 frontis's, some tinted plates, some double page & folding, 9 folding maps/plans, 38 other illus. . Cox ii, 518, Blackmer 1193. Newton was vice-consul in the Levant between 1852 and 1859 and lead the British government's expedition to Asia Minor in 1856, where the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was excavated. He became a curator at the British Museum in 1861. Travels in Turkey, Rhodes, Mytilene and related areas. Plates include relics that were excavated and scenery. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Jonathan Cape, [1936], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, spine a little faded, not price clipped), clean near fine copy in very good dj. . 8vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 318 pp. . The first part of the book describes the author's travels across Europe, through Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Greece and Egypt, the second part describes his stay in the Holy Land. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Edinburgh, William Creech, 1809, Fourth Edition, the first edition with scientific or Linnean names of plants. . original paper covered boards and paper spine title label (chipped), edge and corner wear of covers, uncut with nice wide margins, interior is clean, unmarked, not foxed, overall very good. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xiv, [i], 380 pp, 6 copper engraved plates, this copy has the half-title page and the nota page. . Originally published in 1797 with the title The Scotch Forcing Gardener with fewer plates. Johnston 644. Henry 3.1181. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 232. The plates are mainly of greenhouses and their plans. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Blandford Press, [1973], . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. . 12mo [18.5 x 12 cm]; 269 pp, 150 color illustrations on plates from paintings by Palle Bregnhoi and Otto Frello, hundreds of other illustrations in text, index. . A handy and very well-illustrated reference covering all the plants an indoor grower is likely to want to grow, with detailed growing conditions and requirements for hundreds of plants. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Indianapolis, New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1937], First edition. . original orange cloth, black decoration, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, slight fading of the spine, signature on endpaper, else near fine solid and clean copy. . 8vo [23.5 16 cm]; 311 pp, 28 plates from photos including frontis, foldout map, index. . The author travelled extensively in Peru to research her novel and provided a detailed picture of Peru at the time with references to its history. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (a little worn at edges, price clipped), very good, interior clean. . 4to [20.4 x 21 cm]; xii, 244, xii pp, frontis, color photo plates, other illustrations are etchings by Thomas O'Donohue, bibliog, index. . A good overall rose growing guide with hundreds of varieties described. Stock 2000 (the reprint does not have the 'first edition' on verso title). A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Stuttgart, Hiersemann Verlag, [1976, Second and best edition. . original blue pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt designs, fine, clean and as new condition. . 4to [30 x 21.5 cm]; 222 pp, frontis from drawing by Murr, 16 plates, index. . The best bibliography of bird books, citing 1031 books, with a detailed history (in German). A standard reference. Besterman 4367. The later reprint is quite inferior. A picture of this book is available on request by email.