Keys, John. A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees. To the greatest adavantage. Interspersed with Important Observations, adapted to general use. Deduced from a series of Experiments during thirty years.
New Ed. Pub. London, Lackington (and others). 1814 pp.xvi, 272 with two copper engraved plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents in thor. vg. condition. Original boards showing some shelf rubbing on edges as would be expected; with more recent spine (to match original) and label, all in vg. condition. Harding 154.
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Keys, John. A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees. To the greatest adavantage. Interspersed with Important Observations, adapted to general use. Deduced from a series of Experiments during thirty years.
New Ed. Pub. London, Lackington (and others). 1814 pp.xvi, 272. One of the orig. two plates absent; a facsimile of the plate is loosely inserted. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents in thor. vg. condition. A couple of sections coming loose. Lib. pocket to front paste-dow; neat lib. stamp to title page and last page. Original boards showing some shelf wear, with more recent spine all in very sound condition. Previous owners’ names written neatly to ffeps. and top of title page.
Includes a list of plants for bees, advocating wall flowers, white clover, viper’s bugloss and all species of brassica.
£100.00 [ref: 54656]

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Keys, John. A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees. To the greatest adavantage. Interspersed with Important Observations, adapted to general use. Deduced from a series of Experiments during thirty years.
New Ed. Pub. London, Lackington. 1814 pp.xvi, 272 with two copper engraved plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents in thor. vg. condition. More recently sympathetically rebound in dove grey boards to resemble the original binding, all in fine condition. Harding 154.
£150.00 [ref: 55407]

Lubbock, Sir J. Ants, Bees, and Wasps. A Record of Observations on the Habits of the Social Hymenoptera.
7th. Ed. Pub. Kegan Paul. 1885 pp.xix, 450 with 5 colour plates, and b/w. illus., plus 40 page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Minor foxing, o/w. contents fine. Original illus. red cloth boards in nr. fine condition. A great copy.
£25.00 [ref: 57541]

Millington, R.M. (Translator). The Fourth Georgic of Virgil. Containing An Account of the Treatment of Bees; The Story of Aristaeus and his Bees; The Episode of Orpheus and Eurydice; and an Article on the Gladiators.
New Re-Written Ed. Pub. Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer. 1870 pp.viii, 88 with b/w. illus. throughout. Small 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. A little wear at rear internal webbing. Orig. gilt decorated, bevelled green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Very scarce. Harding 319.
A charming translation with numerous illustrations from Anthony Rich's "Antiquities". Aristaeus was a minor Greek god, the son of Apollo and Cyrene, who was patron of many useful rural arts and was credited with first taming bees and keeping them in hives.
£150.00 [ref: 55401]

Miner, T.B. The American Bee Keeper’s Manual. Being a Practical Treatise on the History and Domestic Economy of the Honey-bee.
1st. Ed. Pub. John Wiley, London. 1849 pp.iv, 349 with one page advert of Miner’s beekeeping supplies. Charming Victorian illustrated frontis., with further vignettes and illustrations in text. 8vo. Hardback. Contents show some darkening/foxing, largely to blank margins, otherwise in thor. vg. condition. Early signature of Chas. D.W. Terry to ffep. More recently, very handsomely rebound in half-calf leather with raised bands, gilt lettering & decoration to spine over marbled boards, all in fine condition. Scarce first edition. (Harding 266)
‘[The] best all-round American bee-book till then published’ (Walker).
£350.00 [ref: 53996]

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Newman, T.C. (Ed.) The American Bee Journal. Volume XIX. January - December 1883.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thomas C. Newman, Chicago, USA. 1883 Fifty two weekly parts bound in one volume, with index plus b/w., illus. Large 8vo. IBRA stamp. Small hole to ffep, o/w. contents remarkably clean and fine. Half leather over black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, all in vg. condition. Scarce.
Armorial bookplate of Burton Noble Gates (1881-1972), author and first director of the Apiary Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amhurst.
£125.00 [ref: 57492]

Nutt, Thomas, (Clark, Rev. Thomas (Ed.)). Humanity to Honey Bees: or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees upon an Improved and Humane Plan.
4th. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. John Leach, Wisbech. 1837 pp.xxx, 281 with engraved frontis., one further fold-out engraved plate (of the apiary at Delabere Park, Berkshire) and 10 other engravings. 8vo. Hardback. Signature, dated 23rd July 1839 to ffep. Traces of ancient bookworm to fore-edge margin of later pages, text not effected, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards, a little rubbed on corners, spine neatly relaid. Harding 215.
'Nutt lived as a boy at Wisbech. A draper's assistant of no great schooling, he became interested in bees during a long convalescence. He asserts that he invented his collateral hive before ever reading a book on bees. He acquired many patrons and subscribers and made the hive and method very well known.' (Harding).
£225.00 [ref: 56167]

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Nutt, Thomas, (Clark, Rev. Thomas (Ed.)). Humanity to Honey Bees: or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees upon an Improved and Humane Plan.
6th. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. John Leach, Wisbech. 1845 pp.xxxiv, 306 with fold-out engraved frontis., one further fold-out engraved plate (of the apiary at Delabere Park, Berkshire) and 10 other engravings. 8vo. Hardback. Neat signature date 1855 and small blind stamp of J. Calt, Bookseller to the Queen [Victoria] to ffep. Just occasional minor spotting and marking o/w. contents fine. Original blind-decorated boards in thor. vg. condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. Harding 215.
This work benefited greatly from revisions and enlargements. 'Nutt lived as a boy at Wisbech. A draper's assistant of no great schooling, he became interested in bees during a long convalescence. He asserts that he invented his collateral hive before ever reading a book on bees. He acquired many patrons and subscribers and made the hive and method very well known.' (Harding).
£225.00 [ref: 59279]

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Payne, J.H. The Bee Keeper’s Guide. Containing Concise Practical Directions for the Management of Bees, Upon the Depriving System.
4th. Ed. Pub. T. C. Newby. 1851 pp.frontis., xiv, [ii], 118 with 1 further plate. Small 8vo. Hardback. Handful of small spots, o/w. contents in fine condition. Handsomely bound in original decorated green cloth boards, all in very pleasing, nr. fine condition. A superb copy. Scarce. Harding 217.
Final, most comprehensive edition. Concludes with a chapter of key things to do month-by-month.
£325.00 [ref: 54670]