Search Results: Authors starting with V from Horizon Books

Bogotá, Carlos Valencia Editories, 1982, . . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj, endpaper name erased, near fine and clean. . 4to [29 x 21 cm]; 171 pp, 243 colored illustrations from photos on plates, full page map, partly colored showing regions. . In both English and Spanish, the work describes 243 species in detail including ecology, geographic distribution, temperature requirements, flowering season, classification, etc. Many of these grow in other parts of south and central America. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1978, First Edition. . original cloth, giltvignette, dj, fine. . 8vo; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog. . Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1978, First Edition. . original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, front cover lightly stained, interior clean, dj (bit rubbed, not price clipped), very good. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 395, frontis, 12 illus, folding map, bibliog, index. . Valentijn's Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Old and New East Indies) is a primary source but has never been republished in full in a critical edition or made available in English translation. This book deals with Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) with substantial sections on geography, society, topography, natural history, an account of the Dutch conquest of the island, etc. One of the most informative writings on Ceylon in English for the first time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1892, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt cover vignette, spine title lettering, bookplates removed from endpaper, small light blind-stamp on title page, spine label removed, spine ends frayed, interiors clean and very good. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, [xiv], iv, lvi, 192; xii, [193]-454, [i, errata], 16 [publisher's report] pp, 2 plates including frontis portrait of Valle, 2 folding maps, index. . Based on the author's letters of 1614-1626. Cox I, 273: 'The record of his wanderings is of the utmost value for they were the product of a mind well trained in observations and well stored with general knowledge'. 'The prince of all such travellers is Pietro della Valle, the most insatiate in curiosity, the most intelligent in apprehension, the fullest and most accurate in description' [Sir Henry Yule]. A plate shows the use of the Devil's quadrant, cross-staff, maps of Goa and author's routes. The editor provides a… Read More

Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott; Wm. H. Allen, 1868, First American edition. . original brown cloth, spine faded but gilt title lettering clear, short tear at spine end, bookplate of E. H. Freeman on endpaper, free endpaper with hole, but a clean very good copy. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; viii, 444 pp. . The author meant this book as a supplement to his Travels in Central Asia, but is independent on its own, covering Dervishes, Hadjis, Turkomans, caravans, tent life, the court of Khiva, housing, food, dress, Kungrat, Tartars, Bokhara, the slave trade and slave life, Turkestan, Tuanian and Iranian peoples, Central Asian literature, England and Russian rivalry in Central Asia, etc. Yakushi V09. Sykes (History of Exploration) 246: 'a celebrated journey in disguise across Persia to Bokhara and Samarkand'. His description of the peoples and their customs is most interesting. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Murray, 1864, First edition. . recent red simulated morocco backed marbled boards, with silver spine title lettering, marbled edges, inscription on endpaper, dated 1878, a clean fine copy in handsome binding. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i], 443 pp, 12 plates including frontis, folding map hand-colored in outline (clean tear & split at fold), tables. . Wilson 234. Ghani 381. Sykes (History of Exploration) 246: 'a celebrated journey in disguise across Persia to Bokhara and Samarkand'. 'Of considerable value' (Baker). The frontis of 'Dervishes at Bokhara' gives some idea of the author's disguise as a dervish through much of his travels, the original goal of which was to determine the sources of the Hungarian language. His description of the peoples and their customs is most interesting. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Coral Gables, Florida, The Fairchild Tropical Garden, University of Miami Press, [1969], . . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, not price clipped), fine and clean. . 4to [28 x 21 cm]; [x], 214 pp, 12 color plates from photos, 114 illustrations from photos and drwgs, bibliog, glossary, index. . 'The first comprehensive book devoted to pollination in orchids since Darwin's classic, but they go beyond Darwin's scope in discussing the characteristics of the orchid floral types which are so marvelously adapted for pollination by specific types of organisms.' (dj). Incredible illustrations and with a synopsis of taxonomic relations in the orchids and a list of orchids and their known pollinators. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1893, First edition in English. . original pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture of microscope on cover, gilt title lettering, top edge gilted, cover stained, light wear, internal hinge cracked & repaired, some leaves stained in margin including frontis, good reading copy. . 4to [29 x 21 cm; xv, 382 pp, engraved frontis of author, plate, about 250 superb illustrations, mostly of microscopes and related equipment, index`. . Translated from the French by Wynne E. Baxter and augmented by the author. Notable for its fine illustrations of microscopes and related equipment including camera lucida, polarizing apparatus, spectroscope, etc, projection microscopes, as well as detailed explanations on their uses. A massive and large format work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Lindsay Drummond, [1942], . . original blue cloth, gilt title lettering, dj (old repairs, chipped), very good in fair dj. . large 8vo [25 x 19 cm]; [vi], 159 pp, color frontis, 72 illustrations from photos by Ernst Krause, other illustrations from drwgs. . A good work on alpines of various types, including orchids. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Puebla, Imprenta del Hospicio, 1874, First edition. . original blue heavy paper wraps with title lettering in border on cover, very light stain, upper corner of margins of pamphlet chipped, few tiny wormholes on blank portion of map, overall very good. . 8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; 19 pp, large lithographed map [56 by 31 cm between neat lines]. . The author describes the proposal for a railroad with the potential route surveyed and describes the benefits of such a route, and provides a section on the resources of the area, and the agricultural sector in some detail. Palau 352380. This is a presentation copy, signed by the author in ink, to General Juan N. Mendez, a prominent Puebla political figure. The author describes a project for a communication line, a railroad, from Central Mesa to the coast of Papantla, passing by the district of Tlatlauqui. The large map is titled 'Croquis del trazo de una nueva via proyectada de la Mesa Central ß la costa de Papantla por Tlatlauqui'. A picture of… Read More

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917 [1923], First edition. . original red cloth, gilt lettering, near fine and clean. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxii, 23 - 338 pp, frontis, full page illustrations from photos, 3 folding maps at end. . Welch 85. Travels in Ecuador and Columbia, with much on geology, geography, nature, etc. This copy has the Publisher's Note tipped in, stating, 'This work was originally planned for publication in 1917, but owing to the War, its publication in Great Britain has been postponed until now, June, 1923', this note is absent in most copies, giving the appearance that the book was published in 1917 as stated on the title page. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, George H. Doran, [1917], First American Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, spine faded, light foxing on a few leaves, else very good sound copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; xxii, 23 - 338 pp, frontis, full page illustrations from photos, 3 folding maps at end. . Travels in Ecuador and Columbia, with much on geology, geography, nature, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Chelsea, James Veitch & Sons, 1887-94, First edition, first issue. . later (1953) cloth with gilt spine title lettering, the original heavy paper wraps of each of the 10 parts are bound in (one wrap chipped & repaired), the parts are not bound in order, small stain on outer edge of part VII, fine, clean and unmarked. . large 8vo [25 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, in 10 parts by genera, hundreds of illustrations including 97 full-page plates and folding, 13 colored maps mostly folding showing geographical distributions, indices, with title & half title pages issued later. . In this copy, part X, General Review of the Orchideae is bound first in volume I Originally published in 10 parts, usually bound in 2 volumes, in 1887-1894, it is a milestone and a famous and still useful reference in orchid literature, with descriptions and culture of about 1,700 species and hybrids, together with the history of their discovery and collection, about 1300 pages. Besides the detailed descriptions, the work… Read More

Washington, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 1976, First edition in English, translated from the Russian first edition. . original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (spine a bit rubbed), fine, clean and unmarked copy in very good dj. . 8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; viii, 200 pp, about 60 illus, maps, tables including large folding table, bibliog. . A detailed study, including history and distribution of the poppy, variability in characteristics, ecological and geographical differences of species, classification, regional distribution in former USSR, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1884, First edition. . original green pictorial decorated publisher's cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very light cover wear, very good overall, interior is clean with fine impressions of plates, including of strawberries, roses, flowers. . 8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; viii, 392 pp, 13 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates from paintings, with tissue guards, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical (entitled Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine on the cover) was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate, although this year an extra colored plate was included, the subscriber would return the monthly issues at the end of… Read More

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1878, First edition. . original green pictorial decorated publisher's cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very light cover wear, very good overall, interior is clean with fine impressions of plates. . 8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; viii, 376 pp, 13 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates from paintings, with tissue guards, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical (entitled Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine on the cover) was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate, although one issue in this year had two colored plates, the subscriber would return the monthly issues at the end of the year to the publisher for binding in… Read More

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1888, First edition. . original green pictorial decorated publisher's cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very light cover wear, old repair, few light stains in outer margins, very good overall, interior is clean, two of plates of roses, others various flowers. . 8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; viii, 384 pp, 12 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates from paintings, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical (entitled Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine on the cover) was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate, the subscriber would return the monthly issues at the end of the year to the publisher for binding in cloth. A vast… Read More

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1882, First edition. . contemporary red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very light cover wear, spine lightly faded, pencilled name on endpaper, very good overall, interior is clean & unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; viii, 392 pp, 13 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates of flowers from paintings, with tissue guards, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate. A vast source of information on growing flowers, vegetables, trees. This is volume V of the annual publication but has an extra colored plate, most copies have only 12 plates. A picture of this book is available on… Read More

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1887, First edition. . original green pictorial decorated publisher's cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light cover wear, light foxing on few leaves, old repair of internal hinge, very good overall, interior is clean, plate of an orchid, others floral. . 8vo [23.5 x 16.5 cm]; viii, 384 pp, 12 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates from paintings, some tears in tissue guards, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index, portrait plate. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical (entitled Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine on the cover) was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate, the subscriber would return the monthly issues at the end of the year to the… Read More

Rochester, NY, published by James Vick, 1880, First edition. . contemporary red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, light cover wear, very good overall, interior is clean with fine impressions of plates. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; viii, 388 pp, 12 fine colored lithographed (chromolithographed) plates of flowers from paintings, with tissue guards, plates on heavier paper, with hundreds of other illustrations from drawings, index. . The author owned a nursery and seed house in New York state and wrote and published many important gardening books. Rochester was an important publishing area at that time as well as a source of the printing of fine lithographs. This periodical was bound from monthly issues, each month issued with an attractive colored plate. A vast source of information on growing flowers, vegetables, trees. This is volume III of the annual publication. A picture of this book is available on request by email.