Badger, M. Heather Honey. A Comprehensive Guide.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Bee Craft Ltd. 2023 pp.384 with colour photos and b/w. illus. throughout. Royal 8vo. Softback. New.
A truly comprehensive guide providing detailed advice for successful heather honey production.
£30.00 [ref: 70585]

Baehr, B. & M. Welche Spinne ist das? [Which Spider is That.] Kleine Spinnenkunde fur jedermann. [Small Spider Science for Everyone.]
1st. Ed. Pub. Franckh-Kosmos. 1987 pp.127 with colour photos., throughout, plus line drawings. Small 8vo. German with Latin names. Eric Duffey’s copy. Neat dedication by one of the Authors to ffep. A fine softback.
A practical and authoratitive guide.
£5.00 [ref: 56671]

Baer, J.G. Ecology of Animal Parasites.
Pub. Univ. Illinois Press. 1952 pp.x, 224 with text illus. throughout. Ex-lib. Thor. vg. hardback.
£12.50 [ref: 45775]

Baer, W. and Lack, H.W. Pflanzen auf Porzellan 1750-1850. Ausstellung zum 300jahrigen Bestehen des Botanischen Gartens Berlin.
1st. Ed. Pub. Schloss Charlottenburg. 1979 pp.125 with 3 col. plates and b/w. text illus. 4to. Fine softback with gently bumped corners and light sunning to spine. German text.
Exhibition catalogue.
£9.00 [ref: 66306]

Bagnall, J.E. The Flora of Warwickshire. The Flowering Plants, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens. The Fungi (Hymenomycetes and Gastromycetes) by W.B. Grove and J.E. Bagnall.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gurney & Jackson. 1891 pp.xxxiv, 519, viii. 8vo. Hardback. Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy no. 116 and signed by the author. Folding map in rear pocket in fine condition. Light spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original green cloth nr. fine. A super copy.
As well as an account of the botany of Warwickshire, this work also includes chapters on the topography, geology and meteorology of the county.
£60.00 [ref: 66370]

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”.
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]

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. Minor spotting to ends and a very minimal amount elsewhere internally o/w. contents exceptionally clean and fine. Original decorated cloth binding nr. fine. A super copy. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£275.00 [ref: 72766]

Bailey, A.M. Birds of Arctic Alaska.
1st. Ed. Pub. Colorado Museum of Nat. Hist. 1948 pp.317 with b/w. photos., throughout. Large 8vo. Thor. vg. softback. Original softback covers.
The first third of this work is a fascinating insight into the authors travels in this region, the remainder discussing the birds, their nests and eggs wherever possible. Some species feature images of their nests, eggs and young.
£18.00 [ref: 60145]

Bailey, A.M. & Sorensen, J.H. Subantarctic Campbell Island.
1st. Ed. Pub. Denver Museum of Natural History. 1962 pp. 305 with many close-up photographs of birds on the nest. A vg. copy in cloth boards.
This is a record of an expedition to Campbell Island undertaken in January and February 1958. Campbell Island is situated due south of New Zealand’s South Island. This island has some of the finest nesting grounds for albatrosses. This report contains a great deal of information taken from published papers and other documentation.
£29.00 [ref: 25672]