Mehialaistalous.
1st. Ed. Pub. Finland. 1964 A total of 5 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Finnish. All in vg. condition.
With online tools like Google Translate, the contents can be interpreted.
£20.00 [ref: 54015]

The Japanese Bee Journal.
1st. Ed. Pub. Japanese Bee Journal. 1963-65 A total of 4 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Japanese. All in vg. condition.
£20.00 [ref: 54014]

Tidsskrift for Biavl.
1st. Ed. Pub. Danmarks Biavlerforening. 1964-65 A total of 5 copies of this Journal from this period. 8vo. Softbacks. Text in Danish. All in vg. condition.
With online tools like Google Translate, the contents can be interpreted.
£20.00 [ref: 54016]

A.L.O.E. (A lady of England) pseud., (Tucker, Charlotte Maria). Wings And Stings: A Tale For The Young.
Pub. T. Nelson and Sons. 1885 pp.108 with 10 hand-coloured plates. 8vo. Hardback. End-papers showing darkening. Minor foxing. Two leaves with a little loss to margin. Otherwise contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in vg. condition, a little spine lean. Harding 284.
Copies of this work tend to have black and white plates and sometimes, a hand-coloured frontispiece. This copy has both the hand-coloured frontispiece and a further 9 hand-coloured plates. 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).
£80.00 [ref: 55153]

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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]

Abbott, C.P. Queen Breeding for Amateurs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bee Craft. 1947 pp.48 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback.
£12.00 [ref: 60745]

Abbott, Charles Nash (et al). The British Bee Journal and Bee-Keeper’s Advisor. Volumes 1 to 58 (incl.).
1st. Ed. Pub. British Bee Journal. 1873-1930 Fifty-eight volume run. 8vo/large 8vo. Hardbacks. Bindings mostly original cloth with some exceptions. Nine weekly parts not present in Vol. 56. Contents in vg. to fine condition throughout. Bindings in vg. to nr. fine condition - hinges a little tender in three volumes. A very useable set. Such large runs rarely become available.
A fascinating and very useful insight into the practices and the state of beekeeping from the mid-Victorian period, through the turn of the Century, the First World War and on to the early 1930s.
£2,500.00 [ref: 55359]

Acton, Bryan & Duncan, Peter. Making Mead. A complete guide to the making of sweet and dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment and Cyser.
12th. Imp. Pub. Amateur Winemaker. 1978 Unpaginated. With b/w. photos. Small 8vo. Handwritten recipe for ‘Mead Saxon’ to rear endpaper. A vg. softback.
£8.00 [ref: 52553]

Acton, Bryan. & Duncan, Peter. Making Mead. A complete guide to the making of sweet and dry Mead, Melomel, Metheglin, Hippocras, Pyment and Cyser.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Amateur Winemaker Publications. 1985 pp.70 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A vg. softback.
£10.00 [ref: 50059]