Search Results: Authors starting with R from Horizon Books

Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany, Aquarienfish Im. & Export Co., 1927, First edition. . original cloth-backed pictorial boards with title lettering on cover, spine frayed with small stain, cover used and rubbed, interior is clean but some page rippling, good used copy. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; viii, 152 pp, 113 plates including 17 in color from paintings, others from photos, includes 6 pages of ads with illustrations, index, glossary, erratum, addenda. . The author, often quoted as an expert especially on cichlids and others, describes characins, carps including gneus barbus, cobitidae, tooth-carps, labrinthfishes, cichlids, nandids, cat-fishes, etc. Well-illustrated with detailed descriptions of species in English, although published in Germany. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Bickers and Son, 1878, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with elaborate design in gilt and black on front cover and spine, edges rubbed, spine ends a little frayed, internal hinges cracked but firm, presentation prize bookplate on endpaper, interior generally clean, very good. . folio [35.5 x 27 cm]; xv, 487 pp, complete 418 illustrations including 90 full-page plates, frontis, and other illus, engraved by A. Closs, title page printed in red and black. . The fine illustrations are from drawings, paintings by Bauernfeind, Braith, Calame, Dill, Disen, Eckenbrecher, Franz, Grob, Haberlin, Herdtle, Hertel, Heyn, Jungheim, Kindler, Kroner, Meyer, Meyerheim, Riefstahl, Ritz, Roux, Schmid, Schrodter, Spect, Vautier, Zugel and depictorialscenes, views, street scenes, people, activities, buildings, etc. An impressive work on the mountains, alpine roads and passes, lakes, forests, covering all parts of the country and cities, towns. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1830, 1844, second and best edition with all plates, the first edition was 1817. . original red cloth with title lettering on front cover or spine, plate volume spine worn, mostly lacking, light foxing on some plates, heavier on a few, colored plates clean with tissue guards, text volumes bit faded but near fine, plate volume very good. 4to, 8vo [33.5 x 26.5 & 23 x 14.5 cm]; 3 volumes including plate volume, xlviii, 536; iv, 332, clxxix pp,with large folding map, 92 plates including 10 finely hand-colored aquatints, large folding plan, music notation, other maps, tables, index. . First printed in 1817 in only 900 copies with only 66 plates, this edition being expanded to 92 plates and map. The plates are reputed to be by William Daniell. The author travelled extensively on the island. Abbey Travel 554; Tooley 391; Hill I, 245. According to Abbey, the atlas of plates was published separately for the second edition which was published in 1830 and printed in only a small… Read More

Amsterdam, New York, N. Israel, Da Capo Press, [1971], . . original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, very clean and very fine condition. . 4to [25.5 x 20 cm]; [ii], cvi, 182, [i] pp, frontis (port), title vignette, 2 folding maps, facsimile of title page of original printing of 1596, index. . National Maritime Museum 290. Cox ii, p254. This is Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco delta and along the northern coast of South America. Harlow's extensive introduction sheds new light on Ralegh and shows, among other things, that his privateering activities were based on commercial considerations. This is a high quality reprint of the 1928 Argonaut Press edition, complete with all pages and maps. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Henry Holt and Company, [1994], First edition. . original cloth backe4 boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean throughout. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [vi], 266 pp. . Based on extensive travels over more than six years, the author penetrates Brazilian life, society and culture, the paradoxes and contradictions, passion and despair, corruption, voodoo, religion, brutality, impressions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1931, . . original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, light wear, interior is clean and fine in very good sound cover. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xiv, 108 pp, colored frontis plate from painting, numerous plates and illustrations from photos and drawings, garden plans, index. . A very informative work with many detailed illustrations showing construction details, layouts, plant selections by color and type, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Boston, Shepard and Gill, 1872, First edition. . original pictorial gilt brown cloth, gilt spine title lettering in gilt design, edges rubbed, old inscription on endpaper, very good copy. . 8vo [19.5 x 12.5 cm]; 6, 132, [v, ads with illus] pp, engraved illus. . Hedrick and Woodburn p. 573: 'Was issued in 1872 with a second edition in 1876. . . 1872 seems to be the earliest copy listed.' Everything the nineteenth century household needed to successfully grow plants in their windows. The attractive illustrations are finely done and include views of parlor interiors and windows. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Boston, J. E. Tilton and Company, 1873, . . original cloth, gilts spine title lettering, spine faded but lettering clear, spine ends slightly worn, name on endpaper, interior clean and near fine in very good cover. . 8vo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 357pp, engraved illus, index. . Hedrick-Woodburn 576. A popular work by the author of several gardening related works includes descriptions of many less common bulbs such as Ranunculus, anemone, fritterlaria, tuberose, arum, caladium, the achimenes and hundreds of others, giving some historical information as well as cultivation, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Boston, J. E. Tilton and Company, 1866, First edition. . original cloth, gilts spine title lettering, spine ends frayed, cover rubbed, dampstain on lower margin, else clean and unmarked, good. . 8vo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; 306, [xiv, ads with illus] pp, engraved illus, index. . Hedrick-Woodburn 576. A popular work by the author of several gardening related works includes descriptions of many less common bulbs such as Ranunculus, anemone, fritterlaria, tuberose, arum, caladium, the achimenes and hundreds of others, giving some historical information as well as cultivation, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Lane the Bodley Head, [1930], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, part of front board a little faded, signature on endpaper, interior clean, very good copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [vi], 297, [iv, ads] pp. . A narrative of the author's travels in Himalayas, Central Asia in 1898 including some through very rough conditions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Poole, Dorset, Blandford Press, [1979], First edition in English, translated from the German. . original cloth, dj (price clipped, only slightly used), fine, clean copy. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xiv, 431 pp, 134 colored plates, 315 bw photos, 90 line drawings, bibliog, index. . A comprehensive and reliable reference book, with extensive illustrations, including many in color, covering botany, collecting in the field, acclimatizing, seed sowing, growing, propagation. There is an extensive section on Tillandsia (air plants), often ignored in similar works, together with all other genera and species (Tillandsioideae, Bromelioideae, Pitcairnioideae). A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984, First Edition. . original cloth, spine title lettering, dust jacket, very fine and clean, as new. . 4to [31 x 24 cm]; 357 pp, 95 color plates, many other illustrations including full-page, bibliog, index. . Prestele, Bavarian born, moved to Buffalo, New York, where he received commissions from Asa Gray, John Torrey and other leading botanist. His engravings and plates were also used by nurserymen as selling aids. He was one of America's first professional botanical artists. The author has painstakingly created this work, with excellent plates. Appendices include a glossary, checklist of plates for Gray's work, checklist of U. S. Army reports of western expeditions containing Prestele's illustrations, checklist of nurserymen's plates signed or attributed to him. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New Delhi, Director Publications Division; Information and Broadcasting, [1973], . . original grey cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, dj (chipped at spine ends, spotted, not price clipped), near fine in good jacket. . 8vo ]24.5 x 16 cm]; xix, 228 pp, illustrations on plates, including portraits, map endpapers showing routes of explorers, glossary. . The author spent 41 years with the Survey of India, and explored the Himalayas extensively, and here describes the travels and explorations in that area of Nain Singh, Kishen Singh, Kalian Singh, Ugyen Giatso, Kinthup, Hari Ram and many others, giving details not available elsewhere. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, [1967], First edition. . original decorated cloth, spine title lettering, dj (short tear, bit rubbed), very good, clean and tight copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xi, 237 pp, illustrations from early sources, 3 maps, index. . The history of Burma from 1878 and the narrative of the British taking over and establishing an economic monopoly. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, George G. Harrap & Co., [1956], First British edition. . original blue cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edges and corners, not price clipped), light stamp of previous owner on endpaper, near fine and clean in good dj. . 8vo [20 x 14 cm]; 268 pp, frontis, numerous illustrations from photos, map endpapers. . The authors describe their travels to the Cocos Islands and Mauritius, and up the east coast of Africa. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1912, First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, outer edges slightly rubbed, some minor foxing, else near fine, signed by the author 'with the author's complements', 1916, on half title page. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xv, 288 pp, frontis (portrait), numerous illustrations from photos, 3 maps including foldout and large folding at end, bibliog, index, with the errata slip. . Conover 558. Work 15. Well-written and nicely illustrated, covering all aspects of this western African country, with much on nature, the peoples, etc. An obituary from a 1920 newspaper is tipped-in on endpaper. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Sidgwick & Jackson, [1986], First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), endpaper removed, very good, interior quite clean and unmarked. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [x], 214 pp, illustrations from photos, maps, index. . 'It is one woman's appraisal of why the Pahlavi dynasty crumbled and why the people of Iran chose to embrace another despot after deposing the Shah. . . a unique story of personal sadness and political lunacy. It illuminates the Iran of the Shan and the Persia of Ayatollah Khomeini as never before' (dj). A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Ithaca, New York, Cornell University, 1959, First edition. . original grey cloth, gilt spine title lettering, pictorial endpapers, fine and clean condition, inscribed and signed by the author. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiii, 160 pp, frontis portrait of Francis Reginald Hull, 24 illustrations from early sources, including some full-page, maps, title pages, bibliog. . Colonel Hull's books on Brazil, based on a lifetime of collecting and living in Brazil, provide one of the best library's on the subject. The author uses this library to describe the history of Brazil, with excellent illustrations from the books. From the early exploration and discovery, colonization, sugar, coffee growing, relation to other countries including England, France, Netherlands, Germany, piracy, the search for, El Dorado, diamonds, the Jesuits, Pedro, etc, with an appendix. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Melbourne, Australia, Leonard Joel, 1988, First edition. . original printed paper heavy wraps, with the original Prices Realized included loose, fine, clean and unmarked. . large 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xvi, 220, [iii] pp, illustrations, including 8 colored plates, references. . An important sale of 922 lots of travel as well as natural history, ornithology books, including Bank's Florilegium, with detailed descriptions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, [1984], First edition. . original cloth, silver title spine lettering, dj (price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. . 8vo [23.5 x 19 cm]; x, 342 pp, full page illustrations from drawings, glossary. . A fascinating selection from some of the greatest mountaineering narratives, including Chris Bonington, Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Maurice Herzog, Edmund Hillary, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiesen, Rick Ridgeway, H. L. Tilman, H. G. Wells, Edward Whimper, Francis Younghusband, and about 50 others. A picture of this book is available on request by email.