Dixon, M. Honey. Food for Life and Health.
2nd. Ed. Pub. MacRichard. 1950 pp.47. 8vo. Bookplate. Faint speckling to covers, o/w. a thor. vg. softback. Scarce.
£17.50 [ref: 61692]
Doering, H. A Bee is Born.
Pub. Sterling. 1971 pp.96 with b/w. photographs throughout. Very light foxing to contents o/w. a vg. copy in illus. boards.
£4.00 [ref: 41133]
Doering, Harald. A Bee Is Born.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oak Tree Press. 1962 pp.96 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Ex Lib. Dustwrapper secured onto endpapers with clear tape. VG. hardback.
£12.00 [ref: 51059]
Dublon, C. & P. Practical Queen Rearing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Dublon. 1987 pp.87 with b/w. illus. 4to. Softback. Contents fine. Ringbound spine showing some wear and some rings lost, o/w., a thor. vg. copy. Very scarce.
Detailed and well illustrated. Includes details of the Jenter Queen Rearing Kit.
£45.00 [ref: 56182]
Dugat, Father M. The Skyscraper Hive.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1948 pp.xvi, 78 with b/w. photos., and illus. 8vo. Thor. vg. hardback.
‘The Skyscraper Hive’ describes a new method of intensive beekeeping perfected by the author in the apiary of the Abbey of Notre Dame des Dombes.
£12.00 [ref: 61708]
Dunning, J.M. The Key of The Hive. The habits and products of the honey-bee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Kingsgate Press. 1945 pp.128 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Owner’s bookplate to ffep. Nr. fine copy in fair dw.
Considers in detail the roles of all within the hive.
£4.25 [ref: 64030]
E.H. Taylor Ltd. Bees for Beginners.
Pub. E.H. Taylor Ltd. [n.d. c.1923] pp.xii, 112 with b/w. illus. Small 8vo. VG. plus hardback in blue cloth boards. With typed and handwritten notes giving recipes for winter and spring feeds loosely inserted.
E.H. Taylor Ltd. were once the largest manufacturers of beehives in England as well as a supplier of various apiarist products. This little book was intended to encourage beginners to take-up bee-keeping.
£12.50 [ref: 61705]
E.H. Taylor Ltd. Bees for Beginners.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.H. Taylor Ltd. [n.d. c.1923] pp.xii, 118 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Occasional light spotting o/w. contents fine. Original grey printed cloth in nr. fine condition just lightly rubbed to extremities.
E.H. Taylor Ltd. were once the largest manufacturers of beehives in England as well as a supplier of various apiarist products. This little book was intended to encourage beginners to take-up bee-keeping.
£10.00 [ref: 64032]
Edwardes, Tickner. Neighbourhood. A Year’s Life in and about an English Village.
1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen. 1911 pp.xvi, 304 with b/w. photographs plus 31-page Methuen Catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature. Minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth boards thor. vg. / nr. fine.
Tickner Edwardes (1865-1944) was known as "the bee-man of Burpham". His books on bee-keeping, such as The Lore of the Honey Bee, are now classics and widely collected.
£75.00 [ref: 60863]
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