Search Results: Titles starting with U from Horizon Books

London, George G. Harrap & Co., [1942], First British edition. . original cloth, rubbed at edges, publishers label on front cover, cover is good, internally very good and clean. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; 256 pp, 13 maps, illustrations from photos and drwgs by Alexander Popini, bibliog, index. . The author, a major Arctic explorer, describes his theories about Pytheas and Columbus' travels in the Arctic, as well as Arctic climate in their time. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Lima and Cuzco, Editorial Incazteca, 1933, 1924, First editions. . leather-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, marbled endpapers, tiny light and barely perceptible blind-stamp of previous owner in title margin, small hole in inside margin of some leaves of first work, very good or better. . 12mo [17.5 x 12.5 cm]; 2 works bound in one volume, [vi], 60, [i, index]; 119, [i] pp, 5 plates in the second work, including 2 folding. . Two works on southern Peru, the fist by Prado, historian, travelled from Lima, Arequipa, Puno and especially in and around Cuzco, with observations on conditions, indigenous peoples (los Quechuas), etc. The second work, gives a notice of the recently discovered Machu Picchu by Bingham, and describes other Incan and pre-Incan structures and sites in and around Cuzco. Two early works (in Spanish) providing a picture of southern Peru before tourists discovered the area and prior to the recent development. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Ann Arbor, Arbor Libri Press, 1995, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unused. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 146 pp. . The author's 'travels in search of antiquarian books, maps and other items have taken him around the world and he shares with us his insights on finding, buying, pricing and selling antiquarian items. . . his impressions of the dealers, collectors and other fauna of the auction, bookshop and bookfair world'. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Carey Press, nd [c1930], First edition. . original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial dj (lightly rubbed and soiled, price clipped, short tear), fine and clean in good but scarce jacket. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xii, 293 pp, frontis, 3 full-page maps, other map, illustrations on 8 other plates, bibliog. . A narrative of events from 1887 to 1930 by the author who spent 37 years in the Portuguese colony of the Congo. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Quebec, J. A. Langlais, 1890, First edition. . original red blind-ruled cloth, gilt title lettering on cover, small repair of inner hinge, very good, clean unmarked copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 15.5 cm]; [ii], 359 [i, errata] pp, illustrations from drawings. . A narrative of the author's travels from Quebec to St. Kitts and Trinidad, and other West Indies islands, although most of the text is related to Trinidad, conditions, peoples, nature. Cundall 2368. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Francis Griffiths, 1910, First Edition. . original cloth with gilt vignette on cover, gilt lettering, extremities rubbed, spine faded but lettering clear, owner's bookplate on endpaper, light foxing, very good. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxiii, 249, [vi, ads], pp, folding map frontis, plates from photos. . The history of Brazil and a description of each state in detail, cities, politics, life, industry, navy, mate industry, etc. Very well-illustrated. The author also wrote an early book on submarines and their use by the navies. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Francis Griffiths, 1910, First Edition. . original cloth with gilt vignette, gilt lettering, extremities rubbed, light foxing, very good. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xxiii, 249, [vi, ads], pp, folding map frontis, plates. . The history of Brazil and a description of each state in detail, cities, politics, life, industry, navy, mate industry, etc. Very well-illustrated. The author also wrote an early book on submarines and their use by the navies. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1881, First edition in English, translated from French. . contemporary half leather, marbled boards, covers rubbed with light wear, small ink mark on spine, minor spotting on few leaves, but generally clean, very good solid set, not bound with the half-titles. . 12mo [18.5 x 13 cm]; 2 volumes, viii, 317; viii, 291 pp. . The author travelled extensively in Hungary and describes the towns and villages, geography, the people, customs, culture, nobility, festivals, gypsies, cookery, politics, forests, the Danube, fortresses, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Duckworth & Co., [1926], . . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, edges worn, spine a little faded but lettering clear, pictorial bookplate of John Rea, interior is clean in good sound covers. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xvi, 268 pp, frontis portrait of author, 51 photos on plates, index. . A narrative of the author's travels with Mitchell Hedges through Panama, describing the Kuna people of the Rio Chucunaque and the area traveled, collecting ethnological and zoological specimens. Good photos of the local people and one of shrunken heads. The author was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Zoological Society, the Linnaean Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The addendum is a letter from the British Museum thanking her for the thousands of objects she brought back from the expedition and donated to the museum. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, George Philip & Son, 1892, First edition. . original black pictorial cloth with facsimile of letter on cover in silver, silver title lettering, edges lightly rubbed, bookplate of Geoffrey G. Briggs on endpaper, minor foxing on outer edge, very good complete sound copy. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 326, 4 [ads dated September 1892] pp, frontis portrait, 12 plates, total of 20 illus, folding partly colored map, musical notations, index. . The author describes the Niger, Benue, Kebbi Rivers, the tribes and peoples, Lokoja, Fulas, Igbiras, Nupe, Ilorin, Ibo, Biafra, etc. There is a chapter on native musical instruments by Captain C. R. Day with a plate showing several instruments. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1907, First edition. . original pictorial cloth with decorative border, spine decorations and gilt lettering, top edge gilted, lightly rubbed at edges, picture of Upper Engadine pasted on endpaper, very good+, with a loose photo of an Engadine room at Zuoz. . small 8vo [20 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 212 pp, 24 color plates from paintings including frontis with tissue guard, foldout map at end, index. . Inman 274. Attractive color plates of this part of the Alps. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1911, . . original cloth with gilt emblem on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilted, foxed at edge, very good. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 350 pp, frontis, numerous plates from photos, folding map colored in outline, tables. . A comprehensive treatment covering history, native peoples, customs and manner, cities, towns, pastoral life, climate, natural history, industry, economy, politics, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.