Wood, Rev. J.G. Bees : Their Habits, Management and Treatment.
New Ed. Pub. Routledge. 1860 pp.[3], 114 with b/w. frontis., b/w. illus., plus publisher's adverts. Small 8vo. Softback cloth. Signature of Rev. F. Sandford (dated 1861) to front pastedown.. Occ. light spotting o/w. contents fine. Original illus. orange soft cloth covers vg. plus. Harding 278.
‘Rev. Woods was a popular lecturer on many subjects and wrote many books on natural history.’ (Harding). A detailed, easily absorbed work in which Woods references contemporary Bee Masters including Dr. Edward Bevan.
£60.00 [ref: 70156]

[Cross, J.H.] The Hive and its Wonders.
Pub. Religious Tract Society, London. [c.1851] pp.126 with illustrated frontis., and charming illus. in text. 16mo. Hardback. Pencilled note and ink signature, dated 1875 to ffep. Contents in nr. fine condition. Original cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering, thor. vg. with some sunning to spine. A very pleasing copy. Harding 274.
‘Written for the American Sunday School Union’ Harding.
£95.00 [ref: 71206]

[Cross, J.H.] The Hive and its Wonders.
New Rev. Ed. Pub. Religious Tract Society, London. [c.1851] pp.124 with charming illus. in text. 16mo. Hardback. Light coloured spotting to fore-edges of text block and very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering nr. fine. Harding 274.
‘Written for the American Sunday School Union’ Harding.
£95.00 [ref: 71208]

[Dunbar, Rev. William], Jardine, Sir William (Ed.). Bees : British & Foreign. The Naturalists Library. Entomology.
Pub. W.H. Allen & Co. [c.1845] pp.[viii], 17-301 with portrait frontis., hand-col. vignette to half-title and 30 plates, (19 hand-col.) as published. Small 8vo. Hardback. Minor spotting to half-title & frontis., and a very minor amount elsewhere o/w. contents fine. Cords a little stretched in one section. Original decorated green cloth thor. vg.
Contains a memoir of Francis Huber. ‘The colour plates are particularly attractive.’ (Harding 236).
£225.00 [ref: 71156]

“The Times” Bee-Master, [Cumming, John]. Bee-Keeping. By “The Times” Bee-Master
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. 1864 pp.xx, 224 with b/w. illus., plus 16-page publisher’s catalogue to rear. 8vo. Hardback. Charming, illus., small blind stamp to ffep., and further early signature in pencil. Internal hinges a little tender. Some spotting internally o/w. contents fine. Original decorated green boards with gilt motif and lettering in thor. vg. condition. (Harding 304).
Comes with a copy of the Yorkshire Beekeepers’ Association printed flyer (dated 1951) fot a weekend beekeeping school focussing on ‘Beekeeping in theory and practice’.
£175.00 [ref: 71231]

“The Times” Bee-Master, [Cumming, John]. Bee-Keeping. By “The Times” Bee-Master
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. 1864 pp.xx, 224 with b/w. illus., plus 16-pages of publisher’s adverts to rear. 8vo. Hardback. Neat, early, signature to top of p.1. Occ. corner crease o/w. contents nr. fine. Original decorated green boards with gilt motif and lettering very pleasing and in nr. fine condition. (Harding 304).
£220.00 [ref: 71213]

“The Times” Bee-Master, [Cumming, John]. Bee-Keeping. By “The Times” Bee-Master
1st. Ed. Pub. Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. 1864 pp.xx, 224 with b/w. illus., plus 24-page publisher’s catalogue to rear. 8vo. Hardback. Two early signatures, one dated 1867. Contents nr. fine. Original decorated green boards with gilt motif and lettering in vg. plus condition. (Harding 304).
£195.00 [ref: 71230]