Search Results: Titles starting with N from Horizon Books

Paris, Nagel Publishers, [1949], . . original cloth faded, original ribbon bookmark, but very good copy. . 12mo [16 x 11 cm]; liv, 516, [iv], xlviii pp, 64 colored maps and plans including many folding and double-page, endpaper map. . There are detailed street plans of 42 cities and town and detailed listings of sites, historical, artistic and tourist related. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Riverhead Books, 1997, . . original cloth backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean. . 8vo [21 x 16 cm]; [viii], 232 pp, frontis from drwg, other illus. . A narrative of the author's travels in the deserts of Egypt and Sudan, and original treatment and lyrical description, the book was described by Elie Wiesel as: informative, perceptive, beautifully descriptive. . . a delight'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

[Portland, Oregon}, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, [1975], First Edition. . original cloth backed boards, dj, fine. . folio [35 x 27 cm]; xix, 20-207 pp, numerous color plates, glossary, list of photo data for each plate. . An in-depth photo essay with good text of this northern California area. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends frayed, corners worn, lightly foxed on some leaves, else very good, with author's presentation inscription to his cousin, signed by author, dated 1845. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 648, lvi pp, 2 folding maps, 16 etched plates with tissue guards including frontis, 28 other engraved illus. . Mendelssohn I, 62: The author visited almost every inhabited town and district in South Africa, 'carefully noting every point of interest in the country and its inhabitants. There is a good description of Kaffraria and of the Basutos, Griquas and Bechuana countries. There is also a narrative of a journey to Great Namaqualand'. The book begins with his three month stay in Mauritius. A good description of the peoples, activities, productions, nature, flora, etc, in all the places he visited. The folding maps are of South Africa and Mauritius. Hess & Coger 5155. Theal 15: 'valuable… Read More

Minneapolis, Ross & Haines, Inc, 1959, edition limited to 1500 copies. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (small spot on spine), fine, quite clean an unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes in one, xxiv, [ii], 458; 248, [xiv] pp, frontis, plates, large folding map. . Howes K20. Sabin describes the first edition (31137) as "almost a cyclopaedia of material relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition and their statements respecting the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have". This is the full record of Long's second expedition a prime source of information on the early exploration and Indian activity of the upper mid-west. The last part of the book is a vocabulary of Indian languages. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Richard Phillips, 1820, . . later brown cloth with title lettering on paper spine label, interior is quite clean and near fine, very minor foxing. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; iv, 112 pp, folding engraved map frontis showing Indian Ocean, Africa, the routes; plan of that coast of Isle of France; plan of landing of British army in Mapou Bay, Isle of France; engraved view of Cape of Good Hope. . National Maritime Museum 453. Royal Geographical Society Catalogue 572. The ship was commanded by Captain Philip Beaver. Much of the work describes the British attack on the Isle of France. 'Prior was born at Lisburn, Ireland in 1790. He entered the navy as a surgeon, served abroad and at home, became Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals in 1843, and was knighted in 1858. He was the author of several popular works: Voyage to the Indian Seas in 1810-11; Memoirs of Edmund Burke (1824); Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1836); Life of Edmond Malone (1860). His Burke and Goldsmith have gone through many editions, and are… Read More

Boston, Milford House, [1973], First American edition, original edition was London, pub. by John Murray, 1836. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, slightly rubbed, clean, very good, sound and tight copy. . 8vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 305 pp, 10 plates (complete), 2 maps, title page vignette, additional map added. . An unabridged reprint of the first edition (see Naylor 115. Palau 315283. Sabin 85346. Welch 213.) Goodman 588: 'The narrative of two British naval officers who made the journey to investigate the feasibility of the Amazon route as an outlet of the products of the interior'. With much on the indigenous peoples, conditions, mines, agriculture, customs, rivers, living conditions, wildlife, etc. The two maps called for at the end of the1836 edition were replaced with a reprint of a map of Chili from the Blaeu atlas of 1640. This is the case for all copies of this edition, making this copy complete. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, U. S. Naval Observatory, Government Printing Office, 1876, First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges rubbed, spine faded but lettering clear, light spotting on lower cover, internally clean, fine, and unmarked in good cover. . 4to [26.5 x 21 cm]; 696 pp, 2 steel engraved frontis's, including portrait, 30 wood-engraved plates with tissue guards, 2 photolithographs (partly colored), 6 maps, other wood engraved illustrations (complete), index. . Cooke 233. Arctic Bibliography 18382: 'Narrative of the Polaris Expedition 1871-1873 to seek the North Pole, explore regions north of Smith Sound and to make scientific investigations.' The work is a well-illustrated account of the expedition, the sledge and boat journeys, scientific activities, the death of Hall on the expedition, with an extended review of his work, the attempted voyage south, drift of the ice-floe party to the Labrador coast, and the rescue of both parties and the subsequent… Read More

London, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832, First edition. . dark brown morocco and marbled boards, edges & endpapers, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, covers bit rubbed, light stain on inner margin of endpaper, clean very good set,. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes, xii, 399; viii, 464 pp, foldout aquatint frontis to volume I, engraved folding map (short split at fold, crease) in volume II. . The narrative text is complete but volume I lacks pages 385-399 (provided in photocopy) which consist of most of the section in French on the silk industry in Georgia. Abbey Travel 27. Nerhood 195: 'British Royal Navy captain describes life of court and of the military during journey, September-July, with a special note on cholera and its impact'. The author's travels in Sweden included Halsingborg, Jonkoping, Stockholm, and Karlskrona. No copies were recorded at auction in the last 25 years. The frontis in Volume I shows the Krasnoi Ploschtchad and the map details the planned… Read More

London, Richard Bentley, 1843, First edition. . half red morocco and matching red boards, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, front joint cracked & repaired, bookplates of Francis Hagner and Andrew Taylor, polar archivist, interior clean and near fine. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xix, 419 pp 3 folding maps on two sheets, two maps hand colored in outline. . TPL 2315. Streeter 3709. Hill p274. Field 1411. Wagner-Camp 101. Arctic Bibliography 16124: 'Contains biographical sketch of the author with comment on the mystery of his death by his brother, narrative of expedition of Peter Dease and Thomas Simpson with party of twelve men to explore the northern coast of America from Mackenzie River westward and from Coppermine River eastward to Back River. Contains the journey from Fort Garry (Winnipeg) to Fort Chipewyan; descent of the Slave and Mackenzie [Rivers], etc.; discovering Boothia (now Simpson) Strait; exploration of the southern coast of Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. Includes… Read More

Denver, Fred A. Rosensock, Old West Publishing Co, 1965, First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. . original cloth, clean, fine. . 4to; [x], 84 pp, colorfrontis, five plates (one color). . Edited by Charles L. Camp from the original manuscript, with illustrations William H. Myers. An excellent production. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, published for the author by John W. Parker, 1846, fourth edition. . original blind-stamped cloth and spine with gilt spine title lettering have been professionaly rebacked with new endpapers resulting in a solid and sound copy, inscribed on title, corners a little worn, very good, clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxvii, 515 pp, mounted lithographed frontis of author, half title page is present, index. . Yakushi W108. Wolff was sent to Bokhara to determine the fate of the two British officers, who were executed, Wolff barely escaping the same fate. A fascinating narrative of this dangerous journey, with excellent observations. Blackmer 1833: 'An amazing series of adventures in which he barely escaped with his life.' A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Murray, 1856, First edition. . later half calf and marbled boards, gilt title lettering on leather spine labels, gilt decorations on spine, few words erased on margin of last page, else clean, near fine in attractively bound cover. . 8vo [23 x 14 cm]; xvi, 456 pp, engraved frontis, engraved vignette on title page with page reference written, large folding lithographed plans of ship Pleiad (clear tape repair on verso), folding map of rivers. . Work 19. 'On October 20 they reached the confluence again. Baikie had the satisfaction of knowing that he had reach a point several hundred mils higher than that previously attained. . . .[the book's] conclusion contains proposals for exploitation of his success. . . The brightest page which Baikie wrote was relegated to an appendix. This was his demonstration of the prophylactic value of quinine by the fact that not one of the Europeans on board the Pleiad died of fever'. (Lloyd - The Search for the Niger). An exciting, important… Read More

London, William Wright, 1820, First edition in English. . recent leather backed marbled boards with gilt decorations on spine and gilt title lettering on green leather label, one cm tear in frontis margin, light stain in inner corner of margin, title slightly foxed else a near fine copy in nice binding. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xvi, 402 pp, engraved frontis (interior of harem), engraved folding map of Persia, showing route of General Gardan's Embassy from Constantinople to Teheran in 1807. . Wilson p. 222. Weber I, 82. Blackmer 1628 (note). Not in Ghani. Tancoigne accompanied General Gardane's embassy to Tehran in 1807 and negotiated various concessions for French merchants. The last goo quality copy noted at auction sold for over US$2,300 at Sotheby's in 1999.. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1860, First American edition. . original brown pictorial gilt cloth with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped and repaired, cover lightly rubbed, bookplate removed from front endpaper, very good copy, clean interior. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xvi, [17]-645, [i], 2 [ads] pp, color lithograph (chromolithograph) frontis of winter scene in Japan from Japanese painting, 61 engraved illustrations of which 10 are full-page, tables. . Taylor 239. Cordier Sinica 2376. Cordier Japonica 1735. The diplomatic mission lasted over two years with the work describing the countries in detail, from the arrival in Hong Kong, up the Canton River to Pekin, Yedo, many other cities, side trips to Philippines, India, good descriptions of political and social conditions, productions, agriculture, military, geography, art, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Archibald Constable and Co., 1825, First edition. . original boards, half of original paper spine label lacking, spine wear, interior is clean, quite good with only a slight foxing on few leaves, in a custom made buckram slipcase with gilt title lettering on spine label, bookplate removed from slipcase. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 374 pp, with the half title page. . A description of a journey through Peru, Chile and Argentina during those countries struggles for independence. It includes an encounter with deposed Chilean leader Bernard O'Higgins in Valparaiso. Hill 1396. Naylor 16. Sabin 65951. Not usually found in this original condition. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, John Murray, 1846, First edition, first issue, with 'Pomarea' on page 19, line 1. . bound in modern quarter tan morocco leather, gilt rules on spine, gilt title lettering on black leather label, marbled boards, signature on half-title and on verso map, near fine, attractive copy. . small 8vo [18 x 12.5 cm]; xvi, 285 pp, map frontis. . BAL 13652, the first state. Day 51 (Pacific Islands Literature, 100 Basic Books) states that the first edition was issued first in London, and later issued in New York, entitled 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life', with some passages omitted. This is the first of Melville's books, and with the exception of Moby Dick, is the most widely read. 'Melville was the first author of genius to use the South Seas as material and most of those who followed say the region through his eyes and adopted his patterns' (Day). Hill p. 196 cites the 1847 London edition. Taylor 176. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Boston, L. Prang and Company, 1878-1880, First editions. . orig cloth, gilt title lettering & rules on spines, gilt cover lettering & vignette, all edges gilted, slight fading where small spine labels removed, bookplate removed from front endpaper, light cover wear, interiors are clean and fine, excellent set. . 4to [26.5 x 19 cm]; 4 volumes, ix, 192; v, 200; ix, 196; v, 204 pp, 192 fine colored lithographed plates (chromolithographs) by Prang's esteemed firm from paintings by Alois Lunzer, tissue guards. . Bennett p75. Nissen 1331. Taxonomic Literature 5783. A complete set of both series with all of the plates, most of which are flowers rather than ferns, a corner stone work of any collection of north american botanical color plate books. Prang was a leading printer of chromolithographed plates in the nineteenth century. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Hippolyte Bailliere, 1853, First edition, first issue, issued as volume I of the Ethnographical Library, with the extra title page, each complete. . original red blind-stamped cloth, with gilt spine title lettering, spine ends chipped with tear, corners a little worn, lightly foxed on few leaves but clean copy, very good. . 12mo [21 x 14 cm]; 6 [ads], [i], xiv, 239, [ii] pp, 5 tinted lithographed plates including plates with orig hand-coloring & color frontis, one foldout plate, 2 folding maps, table including foldout table of 11 dialects, other engraved illus. . Ferguson 9339. The author describes the peoples of New Guinea, the Arru Islands, Ceram, the Moluccas, the Philippines, Mindanao, Sulu, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, the Adamans, the Sunda Chain as well as Melville Island and North Australia, Port Essington, Carpentaria (Australian aboriginees). A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Honolulu, The Hawaiian Gazette Co., 1915, First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, very light stain on upper part of blank margin, else near fine. . royal 8vo [28 x 19 cm]; 596 pp, 117 full page plates from 441 photos, bibliog. . A massive and comprehensive description of all aspects of the flora and fauna, very well illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request by email.