De Ribeaucourt, C. A Manual of Rational Bee-Keeping.
Pub. Diprose & Bateman. [c.1879] pp.xv, [i], 108 with col. frontis., and b/w. text illus. Small 8vo. Hardback. Small bookseller’s label to front pastedown. Minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. Scarce. Harding 346.
‘Study of Bogue’s 32-page catalogue suggests that the Diprose & Bateman ed. is the earlier.’ (Harding 346). A delightful, to-scale, architectural drawing of a Bee-House is featured on the frontispiece.
£325.00 [ref: 71207]

Dunbar, Rev. William (Jardine, Sir William.). The Natural History of Bees. Comprehending the Uses and Economical Management of the Honey-Bee of Britain and other countries, together with descriptions of the known wild species.....and memoir of Huber.
Pub. W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh. [c.1840] pp.ix, [i], 17-301 with hand-coloured portrait frontispiece illustration , hand-col. half title and 30 plates, (19 hand-col.) as published. 8vo. Hardback. Very minor spotting to tissue guards o/w. contents fine. Endpapers renewed. Original boards with most of original spine relaid all in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
‘The colour plates are particularly attractive. Dunbar also wrote three articles on bees in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 1820-24’, (Harding 236).
£250.00 [ref: 71776]

Filleul, P.V.M. Profitable Bee-keeping on Improved Principles. Chiefly Designed for the Use of Cottagers.
2nd. Ed. Pub. SPCK. c.1883 pp.92 with b/w. illus in text and 4-page publisher’s catalogue. Small 8vo. Hardback. We believe this copy to be from the library H.M Fraser - it has Fraser written on the front board and is initialled and dated August 1966 to the ffep - please ask for further information. Contents in nr. fine condition. Original gilt-lettered cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Scarce. Harding 311.
P.V.M Filleul was Rector of Biddisham, Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset. This revised edition contains additional information. H.M. Fraser wrote ‘Beekeeping in Antiquity’ (1931), ‘Anton Janscha on the swarming of bees’ (1951 and ‘History of Beekeeping in Britain’ (1958).
£150.00 [ref: 54699]

Huber, Francis. New Observations on the Natural History of Bees.
Rep. Pub. Dodo Press. 2008 pp.133 with b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine softback lightly marked on rear cover. A copy of the very scarce first edition published in 1806 (Harding 171).
This book reveals the painstaking work undertaken over many years to reveal the innermost secrets of the life of bees.
£19.50 [ref: 73045]

Huish, R. Bees: Their Natural History and General Management: Comprising a Full and Experimental Examination of the Various Systems of Native and Foreign Apiarians.
New Enl. Ed. Pub. Henry Bohn. 1844 pp.xxvii, 458 with portrait frontis, illus. in text and 2-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Signature to front pastedown (dated 1932) and further early signature to verso of frontis. A little spotting to frontis., title page and occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original blind-tooled decorated boards with gilt lettering to spine, thor. vg. to nr. fine. Most interestingly is a charming, handwritten, ‘Valuation of Timber etc. on an Estate at Swanington, now tenanted by Mr Richard Dewing’ dated July 25th 1810, on which is mentioned a Bee House which appears to have been valued alongside a Ladder and Garden Roll - the valuation having been undertaken by S. Sewell. A most interesting copy.
The greatly expanded edition of Huish’s detailed work. ‘Huish (1777-1850) attacked some of ‘the absurdities of M. Huber’ and this new edition contains an analytical exposition of the errors and theory of Huber’ (Harding).
£300.00 [ref: 72765]

Huish, R. Bees: Their Natural History and General Management: Comprising a Full and Experimental Examination of the Various Systems of Native and Foreign Apiarians.
New Enl. Ed. Pub. Henry Bohn. 1844 pp.xxvii, 458 with portrait frontis, illus. in text and 2-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Charming dedication to ffep dated June 17th 1867. Early mark to blank bottom corner of frontis., only occ. minor marking or spotting elsewhere and contents thor. vg. to nr. fine. Original blind-tooled decorated boards with gilt lettering to spine which has benefited from professional relaying of the spine, all in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy. Harding 176.
The greatly expanded edition of Huish’s detailed work. ‘Huish (1777-1850) attacked some of ‘the absurdities of M. Huber’ and this new edition contains an analytical exposition of the errors and theory of Huber’ (Harding).
£175.00 [ref: 64359]

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Huish, Robert. A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management of Bees. in which the various systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are examined.
1st. Ed. Pub. Baldwin, Craddock and Joy. 1815 pp.xxiii, [i], 414 with 6 plates (one fold-out). 8vo. Hardback. Some foxing to contents which are otherwise in very good condition. With signature of John Standly to ffep. More recently, handsomely rebound in period style green cloth over green paper covered boards, all in fine condition. (Harding 176).
£175.00 [ref: 53995]

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Huish, Robert. A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management of Bees; in which the various systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are examined.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Baldwin, Craddock and Joy. 1817 pp.4, xxxvii, [i], 400 with 6 plates (one fold-out). 8vo. Hardback. Occ. spotting and small splash mark to blank top corner of 4 plates o/w. contents fine. More recent binding in half-calf with marbled boards in nr. fine condition. (Harding 176).
This is the second edition which contained additions made since the publication of the first edition in 1815.
£150.00 [ref: 71183]

Huish, Robert. A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management of Bees; in which the various systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are examined.
1st. Ed. Pub. Baldwin, Craddock and Joy. 1815 pp.xxiii, [i], 414 with 6 plates (one fold-out). 8vo. Hardback. Early signature and initials to ffep. Occ. light spotting to contents o/w. fine. Original full-calf binding very sound and in good to vg. condition. (Harding 176).
£95.00 [ref: 71229]

Huish, Robert. Bees: Their Natural History and General Management. Comprising a full and experimental examination of the various systems of native and foreign apiarians.
New Ed. Enl. Pub. Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper. 1842 pp.xxvii, 458 with some text illus., portrait frontis., plus 24-pages of publisher's adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Original binding with blind tooled-decoration, lettered in gilt on spine, all in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy. Harding 176.
Huish (1777-1850) attacked some of the ‘absurdities of M. Huber’ and in this edition, he added in his thoughts on the errors of Huber’s theory.
£300.00 [ref: 54968]

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