Search Results: Titles starting with S from Horizon Books

New York, Taplinger Publishing co, [1973], First American Edition. . original cloth, spine lightly faded, dj, fine. . 8vo; 224 pp, illustrations from drawings. . The author, when hearing of the animal rescue mission in Surinam, South America, not only joined and wrote about animal life there but started her own effort to save threatened wildlife. Much of the book is on the rare Saki monkeys of Guyana. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1896, First American Edition. . original pictorial cloth and spine, light rubbing, minor shelf wear, front hinge starting to crack but firm, overall a very good copy. . 8vo; xv, 714, [i, ad] pp, frontis, numerous illustrations in text and full-page. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Sotheby's, 1993, First edition. . original pictorial boards (hardcover), title lettering on spine and cover, fine, clean, unmarked and unused, with the original loose sheet of the prices realized. . 4to [27 x 21 cm]; 117, [x] pp, many illustrations, almost all colored, including many full-page, bibliography, index. . A beautifully illustrated Sotheby's sale of important books, from the library of noted collector, describing the items in detail, very well-illustrated, sale held in London, 2 April 1993. A useful reference. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Macmillan and Co., 1884, First edition. . original red cloth, black-ruled border, gilt spine title lettering, spine darkened, front hinge cracking but firm, a clean, solid and very good unopened copy. . 8vo [19.5 x 13.5 cm]; xvi, [ii], 395, 32 [publisher's ads dated November 1884] pp, frontis, plates, 3 maps (Samoa, Tokelau, Ellice and Gilbert Islands, New Hebrides), tables, index. . A pioneering work on Polynesia and origin and relationship of Polynesians, with description of religions, customs, cooking, amusements, mortality, rituals, housing, canoes, manufactures, government, laws, warfare, their astronomy, folklore, politics, ethnology. The appendix contains tables of 132 words in 59 Polynesian dialects. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Athens, The University of Georgia, [1976], First edition. . original green pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), very slight foxing at outer edge of text block, else near fine and clean. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [xii], 285 pp, frontis portrait drawing, illus, index. . An interesting study in which the author followed Johnson's itinerary through Scotland, Wales and France, with sections on the age of travel during Johnson's lifetime, travels with the Thrales, morality and metaphor of travel, mythic and historic travel, philosophic art and travel in the Highlands, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1964, First American edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (lightly worn at edges, not price clipped), fine and clean in vg dj. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 271 pp, frontis map showing the author's route, other maps including double-page, photo illustrations plus numerous illustrations from drawings by the author. . The author, who at one time owned an art shop in Mombassa, travelled extensively in over 20 countries in Africa. An interesting work describing the local art in many parts of Africa with good illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Ruper Hart-Davis, 1964, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (lightly worn at edges), fine in vg dj. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 271 pp, frontis map showing the author's route, other maps including double-page, photo illustrations plus numerous illustrations from drawings by the author. . The author, who at one time owned an art shop in Mombasa, travelled extensively in over 20 countries in Africa. An interesting work describing the local art in many parts of Africa with good illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Viking Press, 1981, . . original cloth, dj (light wear at edge, price clipped), near fine in very good dj. . sm 4to [25 x 18 cm]; [viii], 213 pp, color illustrations and plates from photos by Hugo van Lawick, endpaper maps. . Nature in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania, with excellent illustrations, and well written text by the award winning author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, The Viking Press, 1981, First Edition. . original cloth, dj (short tear, price clipped), signature on endpaper, near fine in very good dj. . sm 4to [25 x 18 cm]; [viii], 213 pp, color illustrations and plates from photos by Hugo van Lawick, endpaper maps. . Nature in the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania, with excellent illustrations, and well written text by award winning author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1935, . . original gilt ruled green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, partly unopened, spine lightly faded, clean near fine condition. . 8vo [24 x 16.5 cm]; xvii, 74 pp, frontis (portrait), plates from drawings, folding city plan, index. . The introduction by Thomas Barbour provides a biography of the author and is followed by a lengthy letter about the author by Maray Alexander Whitehouse, who describes the author's premature and tragic death just after writing this book. Although the title is in Spanish, the book is in English, describing the conquest, Almolonga, the first Guatemalan capital, Panchoy, etc, based on letters which Alvarado wrote to Cortes, with the attractive drawings by the author showing buildings, views. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1873, First edition. . original blue cloth with gilt lettering & gilt vignette on spine slightly rubbed at lower spine, fine clean copy, unmarked. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxxi, 511, ii, ads] pp, 24 plates including frontis, with tissue guards, maps including folding, 128 illustrations in text, bibliog. . Cundall 354a. Smith H67: "The first nine chapters give history and geography, but in the remainder of the chapters, the author tells of his travels and observations as a member of a commission sent out by the U. S. Government to examine and report on the island." The work covers the whole island with interesting and extensive illustrations including many views. The author provides extensive descriptions, the best up to that time, based on his travels on the coasts, inland, the cities and towns, Cotuy, Mochja, Santiago, Monte Cristo, Puerto Plata, Hayti [Haiti], Cape Haytian, Santo Domingo, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873, First London edition. . original red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and decorated in black, spine a little rubbed, old repair of spine and hinge, very good. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxxi, 511 pp, 24 plates including frontis, maps including folding, 128 illustrations in text, bibliog. . Cundall 354a. Smith H67: "The first nine chapters give history and geography, but in the remainder of the chapters, the author tells of his travels and observations as a member of a commission sent out by the U. S. Government to examine and report on the island." The work covers the whole island with interesting and extensive illustrations including many views. The author provides extensive descriptions, the best up to that time, based on his travels on the coasts, inland, the cities and towns, Cotuy, Mochja, Santiago, Monte Cristo, Puerto Plata, Hayti [Haiti], Cape Haytian, Santo Domingo, etc. A picture of this book is available on… Read More

Santo Domingo, Editoria de Santo Domingo, 1974, reprint of the first edition of 1873 published in New York. . original green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine and decorated in black, small ink mark on endpaper, original ribbon bookmark, fine, clean copy. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxxi, 511, [ii, ads] pp, 24 plates including frontis, map, 128 illustrations in text, bibliog. . Cundall 354a. Smith H67 (for first edition): "The first nine chapters give history and geography, but in the remainder of the chapters, the author tells of his travels and observations as a member of a commission sent out by the U. S. Government to examine and report on the island." The work covers the whole island with very interesting illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington and London, Smithsonian Institution Press, [1991], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering on spine, dj, small remainder mark on lower edge, name on endpaper, else fine. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xvi, [ii], 361 pp, illustrations from photos, map, index. . The author, an entomologist with the Milwaukee Public Museum, describes the cloud forests of northeastern Costa Rica based on his 25 years of travel and study of this region's ecologies. Although there is some emphasis on insect life and its relation to other species and plants, the author provides an interesting and well written account of his experiences with the people and the jungle. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1970, First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine end, price clipped), fine and clean in very good jacket. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 330 pp, illus, portraits, index. . Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentine educator, statesman and writer, travelled extensively in the United States, observing society and conditions, as de Tocqueville before him, and describing his meetings with Horace Mann, Emerson, Longfellow, etc. The 106 page introduction provides a good historical perspective to the Sarmiento's work and correspondence which the editor was able to find and translate. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Richard R. Smith, 1945, First Edition. . original cloth, dj (wear, tears), else very good, clean copy. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 204 pp, frontis (map), plates from photos. . Travels from Capetown to Mozambique, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Seychelles, Goa, Bombay, Agra, Rangoon, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Toga, Samoa and Hawaii, the author describes the peoples, customs, nature, agriculture, trade, with about a hundred photos. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, [1965], First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, dj (not price clipped, very minor rubbing at lower edge), clean and fine copy. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 270 pp, 3 maps, illustrations from photos on plates, index. . A narrative of the anthropologist author's living with the Shavante and the Sherente peoples in the Amazon of central Brazil, with this wife and baby son. A fascinating description of these people and their way of life. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Samuel E. Roberts, [1905], . . original red cloth with white decorations and lettering, spine lettering faded but still visible, decorative endpapers, very good copy, clean throughout. . 12mo [18 x 12 cm]; xii, [13] - 80 pp, frontis of author at microscope, 19 other plates including one of microscopes, other of specimens. . The work includes good examples of items to see with a good optical microscope including insects, skin, blood, parasites, plants, spiders, bee, frog, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Board of the Netherlands Indies, Surinam and Curacao, 1945, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, endpaper signature, very good+, interior is clean and fine. . 4to [26.5 x 18 cm]; xxii, [ii], 491, [i] pp, frontis, 134 illustrations including many full-page from old sources, some double-page, tables, maps including folding, map endpapers. . A collection of articles and extracts from older sources on the natural sciences of the former Dutch colonies, a very useful reference with contributions by many eminent scientists including David Fairchild, Alfred Russell Wallace, Ernst Mayer, H. O. Forbes, and many others. All the articles are in English, some produced in English for the first time, covering all aspects of natural history, geology, rubber cultivation, botany, plant hunting, tobacco, climate, agriculture, forestry, cinchona cultivation, archaeology, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Board of the Netherlands Indies, Surinam and Curacao, 1945, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering, very good+, interior is clean and fine. . 4to [26.5 x 18 cm]; xxii, [ii], 491, [i] pp, frontis, 134 illustrations including many full-page from old sources, some double-page, tables, maps including folding, map endpapers. . A collection of articles and extracts from older sources on the natural sciences of the former Dutch colonies, a very useful reference with contributions by many eminent scientists including David Fairchild, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ernst Mayer, H. O. Forbes, and many others. All the articles are in English, some produced in English for the first time, covering all aspects of natural history, geology, rubber cultivation, botany, plant hunting, tobacco, climate, agriculture, forestry, cinchona cultivation, archaeology, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.