A.L.O.E. (A lady of England) pseud., (Tucker, Charlotte Maria). Wings And Stings: A Tale For The Young.
Rep. Pub. Pravana Books. 2008 pp.99 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Harding 284.
A beekeeping tale for children by the prolific Victorian writer Charlotte Marie Tucker, who wrote under the pseudonym A.L.O.E. (A lady Of England). A facsimile of the 1856 edition.
£7.50 [ref: 63942]

Abbott, C. N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keepers’ Adviser. Volume III to Volume X. (May 1875 - April 1883)
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bee Journal. 1875-83 Eight volume run of this monthly journal. With b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Hardbacks. Some loss to right hand-side of last leaf of Vol. III (the adverts) and circa half of the title-page of Vol. IX. O/w. contents fine. Original, uniform, decorated maroon cloth with a couple of internal repairs. Bindings firm, boards in good to vg. condition. A great chance to obtain an early run of this important journal.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£295.00 [ref: 57464]

Abbott, C.N. (Ed.). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keeper’s Adviser. Volume VIII (May 1880 - March 1881).
1st. Ed. Pub. B.B.J. 1880-81 Monthly journal, all parts bound in one volume, with index plus b/w., illus. Small 4to. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in maroon cloth boards, in nr. fine condition
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£70.00 [ref: 57436]

Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. With a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Saunders and Otley, London. 1838 pp.xvi, 240 with fine hand-coloured frontis., illustrated title page, 40 wood engravings in text and 4 pages of publishers adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Original yellow end-papers. In original green cloth boards, with gilt illus., showing some wear to outer casing at spine ends, a little darkened on spine o/w. vg. With small bookplate reading ‘Duplicate - ex collection of John Hewitt, Bee Master, Sheffield, Eng’. to front paste-down. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£200.00 [ref: 54006]

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Bagster, Samuel. The Management of Bees. With a description of the “Ladies’ Safety Hive”.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Saunders and Otley, London. 1838 pp.xvi, 240 with fine hand-coloured frontis., illustrated title page, 40 wood engravings in text and 4-pages of publisher’s adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) copy with his signature, the leading academic, zoologist and prolific author who wrote British Mammals and Mammals in the British Isles in Collins’ New Naturalist series. Contemporary signature (dated 1841) to title page. Minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Original yellow end-papers. In original green cloth boards, with gilt illus., a little darkened on spine o/w. thor. vg. (Harding 222).
The frontispiece depicts ‘splendid [hand] coloured drawings of queen, worker and drone, ‘magnified’ and also life size’ (Harding).
£275.00 [ref: 61919]

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Broughton Carr, W. & Raitt. W. (Eds.). The Bee-Keepers’ Record. A Monthly Journal of Apiculture. Volumes IV and V.
1st. Ed. Pub. Houlston & Sons. 1886-87 All twenty four monthly parts, including index, bound in one volume, with b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. All edges marbled. Minor foxing, o/w., contents fine. Contemporary half leather binding over brown boards, showing some wear to spine and in vg. condition.
A fascinating insight into period beekeeping, full of practical advice.
£150.00 [ref: 57428]

Busch, W. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees. Translated by Rev. William Charles Cotton.
Fac. Ed. Pub. NBB. 1982 pp.iv, 72, [10] with b/w. text illus. and 2 colour plates. 8vo. Hardback. Speckled decoration to fore edges of text block. Fine hardback in fine dw. With 2 pages of typed notes (by David A Smith, joint author of ‘British Bee Books - A bibliography 1500-1976’) about the Rev. W.C. Cotton and a review of this, Cotton’s third book which had become available as in facsimile.
A facsimile of the 1872 edition written by W. Busch and ‘done freely into English from the German’ by Rev. William Charles Cotton. Rather than ‘an accurate translation...Cotton wrote his comic tale to fit Busch’s drawings....the resulting book is both a comic tale and a commentary on Cotton’s latest views on beekeeping - notably upon the new bar frame hives which were becoming popular’ (Smith).
£50.00 [ref: 59157]

Cheshire, F.R. Bees and Bee-keeping. Scientific and Practical. A Complete Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, Floral Relations, and the Profitable Management of the Hive Bee. Vol. I - Scientific.
Pub. L. Upcott Gill. 1886 pp.viii, 336 with 8 b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Small bookseller’s label to ffep. Internal hinges a little tender. Some spotting to ends, prelims. and occasionally internally o/w. contents fine. Half morocco leather over marbled boards in good condition with a little loss to spine. Harding 388.
Still highly sought after for its excellent content.
£29.50 [ref: 68488]

Cheshire, F.R. Bees and Bee-keeping. Vol. I - Scientific and Vol. II - Practical. A Complete Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, Floral Relations, and Profitable Management of the Hive Bee.
Pub. L. Upcott Gill. [1886]-1888 Two vol. set with b/w. plates & text figs. 8vo. Hardbacks. Small bookseller’s label and bookplates of John Kinross to front paste downs. Some spotting, occ. light marking o/w. contents fine. More recent endpapers in Vol. II Occ. informed pencil annotation to contents of Vol. II. Original decorated green cloth boards with gilt lettering and motifs in vg. to nr. fine confidion.
Still highly sought after for its excellent content.
£65.00 [ref: 69220]

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Cotton, W.C. My Bee Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rivington. 1842 With the usual irregular pagination as noted in Harding's 'Bibliography of Bee Books'. pp.lvi, 2 leaves, then pages 60-368 (pp.72-98 have the same no. on both left and right hand pages). With illustrations by Whimper. 8vo. Hardback. Early bookplate of Robert H. Wood, Brinscall Hall (dated 1861 and featuring a skep) and signature of Theodore Lean in two places. Occasional early pencil annotation. Very minor spotting, o/w., contents fine. Spine skilfully relaid and original brown cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
‘This is in the nature of a scrapbook, containing Cotton’s letters to cottagers, bee verses and mottoes, and reprints of parts of books by Southerne, Moore, Thorley, Sydserff, etc., and also the rules of the Oxford Apiarian Society, and details of Cotton’s plans to introduce bees to New Zealand. Cotton, who was a clergyman, adopted a very moral tone in advocating the use of a puff ball narcotic to spare the lives of the bees.’ (Harding 238).
£375.00 [ref: 62914]

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