Edwardes, Tickner. The Bee-Master of Warrilow. 2nd. Rev. & Enl. Ed. Pub. Methuen and Co. 1920
pp.219 with b/w. photos. plus 31-page publisher’s catalogue. 8vo. Hardback. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and prelims o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards nr. fine.
Considered a classic work on beekeeping by the multi-talented vicar, naturalist and author, Tickner Edwardes (1865-1944) of Burpham, West Sussex, England. He was also a Fellow of the Entomological Society, London. The book contains a series of essays, with lyrical descriptions, on the art of bee-keeping in the persona of "The Bee-Master" of Warrilow, a quaint English village on the Sussex Downs.
£28.00 [Ref: 71772]