Search Results: Books from Horizon Books

London, B. T. Batsford, 1977, First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . cr 4to; 288pp, tables, maps (one for each species). . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Collins, 1946, . . original printed paper covered boards, small hole in spine, dj (tears, small hole), else good. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 48 pp, 8 color plates, 28 bw illus. . In the Britain in Pictures series. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, [1980], First Edition. . original cloth, dj, fine. . 4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; x, 140 pp, bw & color illustrations and plates from photos and paintings, index. . Bird Island is in South Georgia, where the plentiful bird life provided material for this beautifully illustrated book, with paintings and photos by the author. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books, [1976], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (small crease), near fine. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; unpaginated (about 350 pages), numerous color illus, drwgs, index. . Covers 160 topics or questions on all aspects of science of living things. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Austria, Amandus Verlag, 1951, . . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, spine lightly faded but gilt clear, light marginal paper toning but a near fine clean copy. . 8vo [20 x 13.5 cm]; 390 pp. . In German. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Peebles Press, [1975], First Edition. . original cloth, dj (trifle worn at ends of spine), fine in vg dj. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; 160 pp, color frontis, numerous color illustrations including many full page. . A useful alphabetically arranged reference covering most aspects. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1982, First edition in English. . original cloth, dj (short tear at edge), else fine. . 4to [26 x 18 cm]; ix, [i], 214pp, full-page illus, map, index. . Translated from the original French edition of 1977, this is an account of the French efforts at plant hunting over a period of three centuries, many of whom have been ignored or down-played in other reviews of botanical exploration. The book covers travels in many parts of the world by such persons as Belon, Tournefort, Buffon, Michaux, Bonpland, Humboldt and Jacquement, etc. There are few if any books that survey the French plant hunting expeditions. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Madison Square Press, [1969], . . original cloth, dj (worn at edges), very good. . 4to [28 x 22 cm]; 324 pp, hundreds of illustrations in color, map eps. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Washington, National Geographic Society, [1972], First Edition. . original simulated leather, gilt picture, dj (tear), fine in very good dj. . 8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 422 pp, 419 illustrations of which 390 are in color. . Attractively produced work with articles by experts such as Dian Fossey, George B. Schaller, Richard D. Estes, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1971, First American edition. . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), small tape mark on endpaper, else near fine and clean. . 4to [26 x 19 cm]; 302 pp; 122 color illus, 20 bw illustrations from photos, 20 line drwgs, glossary, appendices, index. . Explores the coral areas of the Indian Ocean ad the Red Sea, giving considerable detail. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Baltimore, John Hopkins Alumni Magazine, 1920, first edition offprint from John Hopkins Alumni Magazine, Vol. viii, no. 2, January 1920. . original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light crease, else near fine, clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 136-141 pp. . A description of key geologists at John Hopkins University and their achievements. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Englewood, Florida, Blake Johnson, Publisher, [1985], First Edition. . original cloth, gilt lettering, dj (short tear), else fine. . 4to [29 x 23 cm]; 128 pp, colorfrontis, over 100 illus, 44 in color many full page, with the original loose prospectus. . The author pioneered in close-up studies of flying birds using strobe lamps. He photographed birds from New England to Florida. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Chicago, Field Columbian Museum, 1929, First edition. . original printed heavy paper wraps, library withdrawal stamp on corner of cover, light wear, clean very good copy. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [i], 169-219 pp, map frontis showing distribution. . With details on each species, found in areas of southern US, Mexico, Central and South America. An offprint from the Zoological series. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1988, First Edition. . original cloth-backed boards with gilt spine title lettering, dj, quite fine, clean. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 364 pp, illus, index, bibliog. . Well-written book which includes useful chapters on literature of birding, great naturalists, artists, women and bird conservation, early history, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, . . original cloth-backed boards with gilt spine title lettering, dj (worn at edge, short tear), very good in good dj. . 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xiv, 350, [ii] pp, 92 illustrations and plates from paintings and drawings including 20 in color, index. . The wilderness adventures and discoveries of America's early naturalists by the former editor of Life magazine. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, W. W. Norton, [1979], . . original cloth, dj (some wear at edges), very good. . sm 4to (26 x 20); 192 pp, many color illus, mostly from photos. . Excellent illustrations and detailed description of the National Zoo in Washington. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Wildwood House, [1980], First edition. . original blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (tear, chipped at edge, not price clipped), bookseller's bookplate on endpaper, small libr. inkstamp on title and verso, interior quite clean, cover unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm]; viii, [9] - 256 pp; illus, notes, glossary, index. . The interesting topics include animal seers, warnings, animals and ghosts, esp, homing and getting lost, animal healers, emotional nature of animals, animals as teachers and friends, relating, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

[Victoria], British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1964, First Edition. . original pictorial printed wraps, cover lightly soiled, clean internally, very good. . 12mo [18 x 13.5 cm]; 68 pp, illustrations from drawings, bibliog. . A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1988, First Edition. . original half cloth, dj, fine. . 8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 364 pp, illus, index, bibliog. . Well-written book which includes useful chapters on literature of birding, great naturalists, artists, women and bird conservation, early history, etc. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1986, First edition. . original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean. . 4to [23.5 x 23.5 cm]; iv, 156 pp, over 140 fine colored photo illus, many illustrations from drwgs by Diana Thompson, bibliog, glossary, index. . With major sections on the flowers of woodland, wetland, prairie, meadow, alpine tundra, each illustrated with superb photos by a world famous photographer, plus good accompanying text. A picture of this book is available on request by email.