Cooper, Beowulf A. The Honeybees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA. 1986 pp.viii, 158, [7] with b/w. photos. and illus., plus index. 8vo. Fine hardback. With Publisher’s Erratum.
A most important book on the breeding, mating behaviour, selection and all aspects of the native British bee by this giant of beekeeping. Highly recommended.
£30.00 [ref: 72153]

Cooper, Beowulf A. The Honeybees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Pub. BIBBA. 1986 pp.viii, 158, [7] with b/w. photos. and illus., plus index. 8vo. Fine hardback with a little sunning to front and rear boards.
A most important book on the breeding, mating behaviour, selection and all aspects of the native British bee by this giant of beekeeping. Highly recommended.
£30.00 [ref: 68498]

Cooper, Beowulf A. The Honeybees of the British Isles.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. BIBBA. 2021 pp.viii, 158, 7 with b/w. photos.and illus., plus index. 8vo. New softback.
A most important book on the breeding, mating behaviour, selection and all aspects of the native British bee by this giant of beekeeping. Highly recommended.
£15.00 [ref: 59887]

Copinger, Ian. Heather Honey. An Anthology of Works.
Pub. NBB. 2016 pp.123. Small 4to. Softback. New.
Heather Honey is the Queen of all honeys. To gain a good crop it is important to manage your stocks during the mid season in order that they are at their strongest in August. This Anthology brings together writings from all the past Great Heather Bee Masters – Francis Sitwell, Brother Adam, Colin Weightman & William Hamilton together with a contribution from one of the most successful current competitors – Peter Schollick.
£12.95 [ref: 58655]

Corbet, S.A. (et al). Bees and the pollination of crops and wild flowers in the European Community.
Rep. Pub. IBRA. 1992 pp.47-57, 99-179 with text figs. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
£3.50 [ref: 69484]

Corner, J. Beehive Construction.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Canada Dept. of Agriculture. 1982 pp.21 with b/w. photos. and plans. 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
Promoting the Langstroth moveable-frame hive.
£8.00 [ref: 59656]

Cotton, W.C. A Manual for New Zealand Bee Keepers.
Ltd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Newrick. 1976 pp.112. Bound attractively in almond coloured bookcloth. Copy no. 792 of 800. Nr. fine hardback.
This book was first published in 1848 and is now very difficult to find in original format. The copy on offer here is part of a limited edition of 800 faithful facsimiles which were attractively bound in Kivar bookcloth.
£25.00 [ref: 71176]

Cotton, W.C. My Bee Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rivington 1842 With the usual irregular pagination as noted in Harding's 'Bibliography of Bee Books'. pp.lvi, 2 leaves, then pages 60-368 (pp.72-98 have the same no. on both left and right hand pages) With illustrations by Whimper. 8vo. Hardback. Neat repair to blank fore-margin of half-title and ffep., small chip to fore-margin of title and last page. Occ. light spotting throughout o/w. contents fine. Original spine skilfully relaid on more recent cloth boards, sympathetic to the original binding, in nr. fine condition.
‘This is in the nature of a scrapbook, containing Cotton’s letters to cottagers, bee verses and mottoes, and reprints of parts of books by Southerne, Moore, Thorley, Sydserff, etc., and also the rules of the Oxford Apiarian Society, and details of Cotton’s plans to introduce bees to New Zealand. Cotton, who was a clergyman, adopted a very moral tone in advocating the use of a puff ball narcotic to spare the lives of the bees.’ (Harding 238).
£195.00 [ref: 71188]

Cotton, W.C. My Bee Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rivington. 1842 With the usual irregular pagination as noted in Harding's 'Bibliography of Bee Books'. pp.lvi, 2 leaves, then pages 60-368 (pp.72-98 have the same no. on both left and right hand pages). With illustrations by Whimper. 8vo. Hardback. Early bookplate of Robert H. Wood, Brinscall Hall (dated 1861 and featuring a skep) and signature of Theodore Lean in two places. Occasional early pencil annotation. Very minor spotting, o/w., contents fine. Spine skilfully relaid and original brown cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
‘This is in the nature of a scrapbook, containing Cotton’s letters to cottagers, bee verses and mottoes, and reprints of parts of books by Southerne, Moore, Thorley, Sydserff, etc., and also the rules of the Oxford Apiarian Society, and details of Cotton’s plans to introduce bees to New Zealand. Cotton, who was a clergyman, adopted a very moral tone in advocating the use of a puff ball narcotic to spare the lives of the bees.’ (Harding 238).
£375.00 [ref: 62914]

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Cotton, William Charles. My Bee Book.
Facs. Ed. Pub. Kingsmead. 1970 pp.lii, 56-402 with b/w. woodcut illus. 8vo. A fine hardback in nr. fine dw., with one small closed tear, neatly repaired out-of-sight on underside.
A facsimile of Cotton’s highly desirable book published in 1842.
£18.00 [ref: 55260]