A.L.O.E. (A lady of England) pseud., (Tucker, Charlotte Maria). Wings And Stings: A Tale For The Young.
Rep. Pub. Pravana Books. 2008 pp.99 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Harding 284.
A beekeeping tale for children by the prolific Victorian writer Charlotte Marie Tucker, who wrote under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (A lady Of England). A facsimile of the 1856 edition.
£7.50 [ref: 63942]

Abbott, C. N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keepers’ Adviser. Volume III to Volume X. (May 1875 - April 1883)
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bee Journal. 1875-83 Eight volume run of this monthly journal. With b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Hardbacks. Some loss to right hand-side of last leaf of Vol. III (the adverts) and circa half of the title-page of Vol. IX. O/w. contents fine. Original, uniform, decorated maroon cloth with a couple of internal repairs. Bindings firm, boards in good to vg. condition. A great chance to obtain an early run of this important journal.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£295.00 [ref: 57464]

Abbott, C.N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keeper’s Adviser. Volume III.
1st. Ed. Pub. B.B.J. 1875-6 Monthly journal, all parts bound in one volume, with index plus b/w., illus. Small 4to. Hardback. Spotting to ends, only occ. internally, repair to one margin o/w. contents fine. Early half-calf over marbled boards in vg. condition.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£60.00 [ref: 71245]

Abbott, C.N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keeper’s Adviser. Volume VIII (May 1880 - March 1881).
1st. Ed. Pub. B.B.J. 1880-81 Monthly journal, all parts bound in one volume, with index plus b/w., illus. Small 4to. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in maroon cloth boards, in nr. fine condition
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£70.00 [ref: 57436]

Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. with a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bagster & Pickering. 1834 pp.xx, 244 with hand-coloured frontis. and 40 b/w. illus. in text. Small 8vo. Hardback. Charming inscription to front paste down dated August 23rd 1846. Corner neatly excised from ffep. Light spotting to ends and very occ. internally o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Original decorated cloth binding with light wear to extremities o/w. fine. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£225.00 [ref: 71235]

Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. With a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Saunders and Otley, London. 1838 pp.xvi, 240 with fine hand-coloured frontis., illustrated title page, 40 wood engravings in text and 4-pages of publisher’s adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) copy with his signature, the leading academic, zoologist and prolific author who wrote British Mammals and Mammals in the British Isles in Collins’ New Naturalist series. Contemporary signature (dated 1841) to title page. Minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original yellow end-papers. In original green cloth boards, with gilt illus., a little darkened on spine o/w. thor. vg. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£275.00 [ref: 61919]

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Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. With a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Saunders and Otley, London. 1838 pp.xvi, 240 with fine hand-coloured frontis., illustrated title page, 40 wood engravings in text and 4 pages of publishers adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Original yellow end-papers. In original green cloth boards, with gilt illus., showing some wear to outer casing at spine ends, a little darkened on spine o/w. vg. With small bookplate reading ‘Duplicate - ex collection of John Hewitt, Bee Master, Sheffield, Eng’. to front paste-down. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£200.00 [ref: 54006]

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Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. With a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Charles Griffin & Co. [1865] pp.xvi, 240 with 40 b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Early signature to title page. Internal hinges tender. Light coloured splash mark to top-edge of text block, to title-page and prelims. Occ. light spotting and other marks internally, cords a little stretched, o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards good to vg. with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, showing some wear to extremities including a small split to the outer casing at the top of the spine. (Harding 222).
£75.00 [ref: 71191]

Broughton Carr, W. & Raitt. W. (Eds.). The Bee-Keepers’ Record. A Monthly Journal of Apiculture. Volumes IV and V.
1st. Ed. Pub. Houlston & Sons. 1886-87 All twenty four monthly parts, including index, bound in one volume, with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. All edges marbled. Minor foxing, o/w., contents fine. Contemporary half leather binding over brown boards, showing some wear to spine and in vg. condition.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£150.00 [ref: 57428]

Busch, W. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees. Translated by Rev. William Charles Cotton.
Fac. Ed. Pub. NBB. 1982 pp.iv, 72, [10] with b/w. text illus. and 2 colour plates. 8vo. Hardback. Speckled decoration to fore edges of text block. Fine hardback in fine dw. With 2 pages of typed notes (by David A Smith, joint author of ‘British Bee Books - A bibliography 1500-1976’) about the Rev. W.C. Cotton and a review of this, Cotton’s third book which had become available as in facsimile.
A facsimile of the 1872 edition written by W. Busch and ‘done freely into English from the German’ by Rev. William Charles Cotton. Rather than ‘an accurate translation...Cotton wrote his comic tale to fit Busch’s drawings....the resulting book is both a comic tale and a commentary on Cotton’s latest views on beekeeping - notably upon the new bar frame hives which were becoming popular’ (Smith).
£50.00 [ref: 59157]