Horizon Books

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; ix, 182 pp, color frontis, 133 illustrations from photos, drwgs, old engravings, index. original cloth, faded, lightly water stained and rippled on some pages, else very good. The appendices are keys to identifying broadleaves and conifers. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo; xxi, 262pp, bw and color illus, maps, ep diagrams. Quarter cloth. dj damp-wrinkled, ow very good, clean copy. A picture of this book is available on request.

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

8vo [26 x 19 cm]; 422 pp, 419 illustrations of which 390 are in color. original simulated leather, gilt picture, dj (tear), fine in very good dj. 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.

8vo [21 x 15 cm]; 191 pp, illus. original pictorial cloth, very good, clean copy. A picture of this book is available on request.

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

4to [29 x 22 cm]; unpaginated, over 100 color illustrations from photos, some full page. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo; 238 pp, color frontis, illustrations and plates. original pictorial cloth, dj (large chip, tears, wear), stains on lower margins, good. A picture of this book is available on request.

4to; x, 111 pp, numerous illustrations from photos. original cloth, dj (torn, chipped), good+ copy of this book of excellent photos of animals, reptiles and birds. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; viii, [9] - 256 pp; illus, notes, glossary, index. 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. 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.

8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xv, 142 pp, frontis, facsimiles. original cloth, near fine. Relates to the founding of the American Library Association, with letters from prominent librarians. A picture of this book is available on request.

sm 8vo [19 x 13 cm]; 254 pp, numerous photos, line drwgs. original cloth, dj, very good. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [x], 342 pp, color frontis and color plates after Audubon's birds, other illus. original cloth, light shelf wear, very good in dj (spine bit faded, lightly chipped at edge. A biography based on years of study by the author. A picture of this book is available on request.

12mo [20 x 13 cm]; unpaginated, 73 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page. original pictorial heavy paper wraps with title lettering on spine and cover, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, near fine and clean. 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.

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; 136-141 pp. original heavy paper wraps, title lettering on cover, light crease, else near fine, clean. A description of key geologists at John Hopkins University and their achievements. A picture of this book is available on request.

4to [28 x 21 cm]; 140 pp, illustrations from photos and paintings, including many color, pictorialeps. original cloth, dj (small hole), very good. Covers bird evolution, world distribution, bill and beaks, territorial behaviour, bird calls, courtship, nests, nocturnal birds, ocean birds, bird artists and their work. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [x], 389 pp, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, short tears), else clean solid copy. First edition was 1943, this edition is revised, updated and extensively annotated and hence much more useful, being a comprehensive geographical bibliography of books and articles, containing 4,377 entries, with 1,600 entries more than the first edition. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [23 x 15.5 cm]; viii, 160 pp, tables, figures, bibliog, index. original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine a little faded but lettering clear, near fine, clean. A practical work on cost, financing an enterprise, interest and compound amount, systematic retirement of debt, present value, depreciation, comparative economy, critical cost, break even charts, valuations and appraisals, etc., with formulas and tables to allow calculation. A picture of this book is available on request.

4to [29 x 23 cm]; 128 pp, colorfrontis, over 100 illus, 44 in color many full page, with the original loose prospectus. original cloth, gilt lettering, dj (short tear), else fine. 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.

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 364 pp, illus, index, bibliog. original half cloth, dj, fine. 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.

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

8vo [23 x 16.5 cm]; 48 pp, fine color plates from drwgs, numerous other illus, bibliog. original pictorial paper covered boards, dj (lightly rubbed), fine and clean in very good dj. In the Britain in Pictures series. A picture of this book is available on request.

4to [21 x 25.5 cm]; unpaginated, frontis, photo illus. original green pictorial cloth, fine and clean. Written for young people, showing the joy in finding living things in ponds. A picture of this book is available on request.

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

12mo [20 x 13 cm]; xvi, 240 pp, 112 plates, mostly color, each illustrating several species. original cloth, lightly used, else clean quite good. A picture of this book is available on request.

4to [28.5 x 22 cm]; x, 140 pp, bw & color illustrations and plates from photos and paintings, index. original cloth, dj, fine. 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.

8vo [21.5 x 15 cm]; [xvi], 282 pp, illus, plates, including photos by Eric Hosking, maps. original pictorial wraps, very good. First published in 1945, its now interesting from an historical point of view, such as feeding birds in a bowler hat, cutting hay with a scythe, with appendices on botanical rambles in 1629, lost plants of Middlesex, etc. Covers all aspects of natural history in some detail. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 248 pp, frontis map, over 400 of illustrations from drwgs, including full-page, glossary, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, light wear, rubbed), good sound copy. A good identification guide based on leaf characteristics. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [23 x 16.5 cm]; 48 pp, fine color plates from drwgs, numerous other illus, bibliog. original pictorial paper covered boards, dj (lightly rubbed), fine in very good dj. In the Britain in Pictures series. A picture of this book is available on request.

large 8vo [26 x 18 cm]; 199 pp, hundreds of color photos, some full page, index. original cloth, dj, fine and clean. Various authors including Peter Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Cyunthia Ramsay, Jennifer Urquhart, Tome Melbam, Ron Fisher contributed articles with excellent illustrations on this ode to the rain forests. A picture of this book is available on request.