Search Results: Authors starting with Q from Horizon Books

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1899, First edition. . disbound but intact full catalogue. . 8vo [24 x 15.5 cm]; 192 pp. . Full descriptions of 1781 items, all books except a few manuscripts, issued by the most famous British antiquarian bookseller. With collations, many with detailed descriptions and interesting facts. All are priced. Makes you wish for a time machine. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857, First edition in English. . later half red morocco & marbled boards, gilt spine title lettering and gilt designs, gilt rules & raised bands, small signature in margin of title page, small note in margin of text, boards slightly rubbed, else near fine, solid attractive binding. . 8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; 2 volumes bound in one, xix, 355; vii, 375 pp, the half title page is present in each volume. . Freeman 3110. The author was an important French naturalist and ethnologist. Includes the Channel Islands, archipelago of Chausey, archipelago of Brehat, coasts of Sicily in some detail, Bay of Biscay, coasts of Saintonge, etc. An obituary of 1892 pasted in rear of book states that he was 'the last great opponent of the Darwinian theory of transformation'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Abingdon Press, [1925], First edition. . original pictorial cloth, pictorial vignette on spine, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean in dj (small chip, short closed tear, not price clipped). . 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; 116 pp, frontis, 50 plates from photos, all printed on front of each leaf. . More poetic than meteorological, with very attractive plates. Not often found with a dust jacket. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, H. Bailliere, Publisher, 1855, third edition, with additions. . contemporary full prize calf, gilt spine title lettering, elaborate gilt design on spine, marbled endpapers & edges, light edge wear, spine end lightly chipped, small bookplate of Harry Thomas & inscription to him by headmaster, minor foxing, very good+. . 8vo [22 14.5 cm]; xxii, [i], 556 pp, 11 plates including folding (short tear on one), frontis, 306 other illustrations including full-page, few colored, index. . This edition, with excellent illustrations of microscopes and accessories, has had about 100 pages added to first edition of 1848. Detailed descriptions of all aspects of microscope operation, as well as manipulation of subjects. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, William Kimber, [1951], . . original cloth, dj (frayed at spine ends), else very good. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 434 pp, frontis, illus. . Deals with the activities of prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars in mid nineteenth century London survey of outcasts and the lawless. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Viking, [1992], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean unworn condition, as new. . 4to [27.5 x 21 cm]; [vii], 232 pp, hundreds of illustrations and plates, including many in color, photos, index. . An impressive and very well-illustrated work showing the influence of English gardens, gardeners, landscapers, from the Riviera, Italy, Tuscany to Portugal, Spain, France, etc, including all the major developments of English styles. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1940, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, dust jackets (chipped at spine ends, bit faded), fine set without the usual foxing, gilt is bright. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, xxx, 238; xv, [239] - 534 pp, 5 folding maps, including the one in the rear pocket, frontis in each volume (portrait), other illus, bibliog, index. . Beers, author of the Hakluyt Handbook and numerous other scholarly travel works, provides a detailed 104 page introduction, providing a good historical perspective and biography. The two volumes assemble all the documents that relate to Gilbert's voyages and colonizing, a number being published for the first time, the North-West Project 1565-67, Irish schemes 1567-72, passage to Cataia, expedition of 1577-79, 1580-84, Sir George Peckham's reports, North-west Passage, etc, with appendices on the Munster Plantation scheme of 1569 and the Knollys Piracy of 1579. Not often found with… Read More

New York, The Tribune Association, 1869, First edition, first printing. . original pictorial gilt cloth, spine faded from the sun, very lightly foxed on some leaves, a very good, solid copy. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; xviii, [ii], [13] - 136 pp, frontis (Duchess D'Angouleme pear tree), illustrations including full page,. . Hedrick and Woodburn p. 536. An early American work on growing pears, with details on all aspects. A table shows the price of pears over several years for a number of varieties. Some of the illustrations are of tools need for growing pear trees. A picture of this book is available on request by email.