Search Results: Titles starting with W from Horizon Books

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, corner slightly bumped, clean and near fine in good dj (rubbed, spine end chipped, but not price clipped). . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 375 pp, illustrations from photos, endpaper maps showing author's route, profile of Serra Acarai Rain Forest, index and glossary. . The author was the first white man to penetrate these forests of Amazonia drained by the upper parts of the Rio Trombetas in British Guiana near the Brazilian border, where he found tribes of Indians whose existence was only legendary up to then. He describes the native peoples, their activities, customs, beliefs, religion, as well as the botany and the rain forests, based on two expeditions over a four year period. Guppy, the first to write of the people there, describes their art as becoming increasingly abstract and the reasons for it. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Jonathan Cape, [1987], First American edition. . original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), clean and fine,. . 8vo [25.5 x 17 cm]; xiii, 306 pp, numerous color illustrations and plates, map endpapers, tables, index. . A well illustrated and interesting account of the first attempt at the south pole on foot since Scott in 1912, following Scott's original route. Swan later went on to the north pole, becoming the first man to reach both poles on foot. This work won the 1987 Boardman Tasker Award. 'Deserves to be widely read' (Richard Adams). This copy has the National Geographic articles 'In the Footsteps of Scott' by Robert Swan, 'The Antarctic Challenge' by Peter Scott, and 'Antarctica' by Priit Vesiland each with color illustrations from photos, published April 1987. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, The Religious Tract Society, [1930], First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, lightly rubbed, signature of R. H. Diggory on endpaper. . 8vo 22 x 15 cm]; xii, 13 - 223 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos on plates, two foldout maps showing route in red, index. . A narrative of the author's travels in west Africa, from Dakar, up the Senegal to Bamako, to Nara, Nema, the Niger, Timbuctoo, Kidal, Menaka, Niamey, Gaya, Yelwa, Jebba, Kano, Katsina, etc, with much on Mauritania, Sahara, the Tuaregs. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, A. P. C. K., [1856], First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, spine ends a little worn, very good+, no ownership marks, compete and with the additional illustrations making this copy unique. . 12mo [17 x 11 cm]; vii, 296 pp, 65 wood engraved illustrations, plus extra-illustrated by previous owner including engraved plates on endpaper (Kew Bridge; The Old Palace, Kew), plates of blow-guns illustrating text, etc. . One of the scarcer books by this famous naturalist. Freeman-Wertheimer 72: 'A guide to the glasshouses of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Surrey, taken one at a time in a straight-forward manner. Some of the illustrations were drawn from daguerreotypes, apparently the only occasion on which he used this method. Gosse implies that he used the apparatus himself. One woodcut contains Whimper's signature'. The illustrations are detailed and attractive, and include buildings, structures, such as the water tower, the… Read More

Glasgow, London, William Collins, nd [c1850], . . original cloth faded, spine gilt title lettering, spine ends frayed, front blank endpaper lacking, good sound copy. . 12mo [19.5 x 12 cm]; 2 volumes in one with continuous pagination, x, [11]-367 pp, engraved frontis view of Mont Blanc, manuscript index on rear endpaper in pencil. . Travel through much of the Alps. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1904, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture on front cover, top edge gilted, endpaper bookplate, no tears of maps, near fine and clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxiv, 424 pp, frontis, 61 illustrations including many full-page, mostly from photos, 3 folding maps, some drawings, index. . An important book by one of the great botanical explorers and naturalists of the nineteenth century, the Italian botanist, spent time at Kew, where he met Charles Darwin, William Joseph Hooker and James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. The latter lead him to spending 3 years from 1865 to 1868 undertaking research in Sarawak, Brunei and other islands off present-day Malaysia and New Guinea, where he discovered many new species of palms, and many other plants such as a phosphorescent fungus that was bright enough to read a newspaper placed by it. Beccari was in Sarawak during 1865-67 where he collected over 800 bird skins including 40 not… Read More

New York, A. T. De La Mare Company, 1928, First Edition. . original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, spine bit faded but silver lettering clear, interior is clean and near fine, unmarked. . 12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 112 pp, frontis plate, numerous illustrations, plans, index. . A very well-illustrated work with examples taken from across the United States and filled with ideas useful for the designing, building and maintaining a water garden, with much on the plants that will thrive there. Perkins wrote the chapters on goldfish. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Simon & Schuster, [1994], First edition. . original cloth-backed boards, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine, clean, unmarked. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 271, [i] pp, numerous color illustrations on plates, index. . As water becomes scarcer, the topics in this book become more important, including xeriscaping, recycling, technologies, naturalization, watering as an art, turf and other topics, nicely illustrated. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1914, First Edition. . original pictorial cloth, worn, light foxing on some leaves, ink name of previous owner on endpaper, near fine, complete. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 308 pp, frontis, illustrations & plates from photos, folding color map. . A detailed study of the Papuans and Solomon Islanders before their culture was destroyed by other civilizations, with good illustrations. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London & New York, Frederick Warne & Co, 1953, reprint. . original pictorial gilt cloth, fine. . sm 8vo; xxxviii, 186pp, illus, plates, including color. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Philadelphia, Chas. Robson & Co., 1881, First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, with gilt picture of flowers on cover, gilt spine title lettering, all edges gilted, edges lightly rubbed, small light cover stain, few margins with light stain, endpaper inscription, very good clean copy. . large 8vo [27 x 19.5 cm]; 128 pp, 31 fine colored lithographed plates (chromolithographs) by L. Prang. . The author of the celebrated Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, a four volume work with 192 colored plates and selling for about $2000, here presents a selection of plates from the larger work, each with a full description. Plates include two of orchids and one of water lilies. Prang was the foremost printer of chromolithographed plates in the United States. See Bennett p. 75. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, International Textbook Company, nd [c1905], First edition. . original black cloth, gilt spine title lettering, clean fine copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; xi, 35, 30, 25, 27, 35, 22, 27, 26, 22 pp, hundreds of illus, photos, drwgs, table. . A combination of 9 separate works on weave construction in one volume, very well-illustrated. A useful reference work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1885, First edition. . contemporary half green morocco, with elaborate gilt design and gilt title lettering on spine, library gilted stamp on cover else unmarked, marbled edges and endpapers, lightly foxed on first few leaves, a near fine copy in attractive binding. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; viii, 352 pp, with the half-title. . 'The materials for this work were notes taken during visits made to the principal islands lying off the west coast of Africa, in the course of fifteen voyages to and from South and West Africa, between 1871 and 1882' (author's note). The author describes the geography, nature, history, productions, climate, etc of St. Helena, Ascension, Fernado Po, Isle de Los, St. Vincent, San Antonio, Goree, Grand Canary, Tenerife, Madeira. No copies were traced at auction in the last 25 years. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, George G. Harrap & Co., [1956], First British edition. . original blue cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (chipped at edges and corners, not price clipped), light stamp of previous owner on endpaper, near fine and clean in good dj. . 8vo [20 x 14 cm]; 268 pp, frontis, numerous illustrations from photos, map endpapers. . The authors describe their travels to the Cocos Islands and Mauritius, and up the east coast of Africa. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Andre Deutsch, 1968, Second edition. . original cloth, fine. . 8vo; 313pp, illus, maps. . Excellent reference for watching birds in Britain. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Toronto, Vancouver, Clarke, Irwin & Company, [1976], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (shot tear, rubbing at edges), book is fine, clean and unmarked in very good dj. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [viii], 189 pp, bibliog, illustrations including double-page, reproduction from early sources, map. . Descriptions of 18th and 19th century astronomers' travels to Siberia, Peru, the Philippines, Baja California, Mauritius, etc, helped establish astronomy and improved navigation. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Methuen & Co, [1949], . . original pictorial heavy paper wraps with title lettering on spine and cover, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, near fine and clean. . 12mo [20 x 13 cm]; unpaginated, 73 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page. . A humorous view office politics and situations illustrated by animal photos with captions. Includes an introduction by Geoffrey T. Hellman. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Stein and Day, [1973], First American edition. . original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, dj (light wear at spine edges, not price clipped), near fine and clean in very good dj. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 254 pp, illustrations from photos on plates, maps, index. . The story and adventure of the saving of the near extinct white rhino in South Africa. 'The danger of the captures, the disappointments, the ultimate successes, make a splendid tale' [Alan Paton, introduction]. Includes a loose presentation note that refers to the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, American Geographical Society, 1939, First edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, bookplate of James S. Blackmer, spine a little darkened but lettering clear, very good, clean and tight copy. . 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; xiii, 311, [ii, list of AGS publications] pp, 88 illus, mostly photos, many maps, tables, bibliog, index. . Covering regions including Florida, Queensland, West Indies, tropical Australia, Cost Rica, South America, Africa, Americans in Panama, the work covers racial problems, environment, acclimatization, health, diet, clothing, administrative problems, economics, with appendices. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, [1971], . . original pictorial gilt cloth, slightly rubbed at corners, else near fine. . oblong 4to [16.5 24 cm]; [x], 368, iv pp, numerous illustrations from drwgs by Nils Hogner, other photo illus, map showing hardiness zones of US and Canada, map endpapers, plans, index. . The author, also known as William B. Harris, founded White Flower Farm nursery in 1940 in Connecticut. The book is arranged alphabetically covering plants, terms useful to gardeners and is a good reference, includes many varieties of most plants mentioned. A picture of this book is available on request by email.