Search Results: Beekeeping from Mike Park Ltd

London: W.H. & L. Collingridge, 1955. Illustrated with line drawings throughout, octavo, pp 120, a tiny date written on the front endpaper, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, orange cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, but it is a little worn and frayed with slight loss, and with two tears on its upper cover. [The scarce first edition, which was very nicely produced, with the line drawings on slightly tinted paper.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Torn.

Crawley: Bee Craft Ltd, 1978. Sixth edition, revised. Small octavo, pp 134, very clean internally, paperback, covers slightly curled, but otherwise a very good copy. [The scarce last edition).. Sixth. Paperback. Very Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1982. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 155, very clean internally, pictorial boards, very faded and very slightly worn. . First Edition. Pictorial boards. Good.

Claasen & Goverts: Park-Verlag, 1947. Small octavo, pp 156, very age-toned, a small owner's stamp and bookshop label on the front endpaper, otherwise just a little used internally, paperback, covers a little worn and chipped.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1946. Second impression. Illustrated, octavo, pp 293, very clean internally, green cloth faded and very slightly marked, the spine head a little pulled, but still a very good sound copy.. Cloth. Very Good.

Reading: Bradley & Son Ltd, 1936. Illustrated, octavo, pp 343, very slight foxing to the fore-edge, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth a little dull and marked, very slightly worn, a crease to the spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Central Association of Bee-Keeper's Publications Not dated (c.1982?). Illustrated, octavo, pp 179, paperback, spine slightly faded, very slight signs of use but still a very good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Land Books, 1963. Illustrated with a few line drawings, octavo, pp 176, the preface page is creased, an owner's small label on the front endpaper, otherwise clean and sound internally, black cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper has an inked price on the front flap and is a little rubbed and worn with several small tears. . First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn and frayed.

Paris: Masson & Cie, 1955. Octavo, pp (89), very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn. [Includes "The division of labour within Bumblebee colonies", "Bee diseases as factors in the life and behaviour of the honeybee colony", "A polistine colony usurped by a foreign queen - ecological studies of Polistes wasps", and other articles in French and German.]. Paperback. Very Good.

Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1997. Second printing. Illustrated, octavo, pp 207, very clean internally, paperback, a very good copy.. Paperback. Very Good.

Petts Wood: Bee Craft Ltd, 1949. A few illustrations, small octavo, pp 240, very clean internally, brown cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is a bit torn at the corners and edges.. First British edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly torn.

London: Bee Research Association Ltd, 1964. Thirty black and white plates, one colour plate, pp [5], [4], very clean internally, but the title page and the colour plate detached, otherwise very good internally, original boards slightly worn, a duplicate from East Malling Research Station with their stamps inside the front cover and a shelf label on the spine. . First Edition thus. Boards. Fair.

London: The British Bee Journal, 1948. Second edition, revised. Illustrated, octavo, pp (4), 219, some foxing here and there, a signature on the front endpaper, but otherwise an extremely bright copy.. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Groombridge & Sons, 1857. Second edition. Small thick xvi, octavo, pp 508, + 2 page publisher's advertisements, all edges gilt, clean and sound internally, ornate gilt decorated publisher's binding, (a "signed" binding, initialled by John Leighton), a little rubbed and worn, slightly worn at the corners, the spine slightly more worn and a little faded, neatly re-cased with original spine laid down, strengthened at the head and tail, new endpapers. Illustrated with six fine colour plates, an extra colour title page, and many engravings throughout the text, all printed and engraved by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield. {Garden ornaments, the rockery, the aviary, the marine and fresh-water aquarium, floral ornaments for the table. the pleasure garden, the flower garden, the rockery, the fernery, the apiary, the Wardian case, other garden embellishments.]The second edition was considerably enlarged. The epitome of Victorian suburban extravagance.]. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1947. Second edition, revised. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, octavo, pp xii, 274, a tiny date on the front endpaper otherwise immaculately clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is a little dull and frayed. . Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1945. First edition. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, octavo, pp viii, 263, very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded and marked.. First edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. Second edition, new impression. Illustrated, 12mo, pp 151, very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and slightly torn. A bright copy. [Postage will be reduced]. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, 2000. Second impression. Well Illustrated, large thick quarto, pp xxii, 682, very clean internally, brown cloth in very good condition, ina dustwrapper with the very slightest signs of use. ["This comprehensive book represents the first attempt to write a world history of people's use of social bees: how bees' nests were initially hunted for their honey and wax and, later, how the bees were kept in purpose-made hives. Evidence survives from early times in the form of artefacts, pictures and written records, and also human traditions of dealing with bees. Since 1949 the author has had opportunities to travel in over sixty countries, and to see traditional and modern hive beekeeping and also honey collection from nests. She learned much that helped her to piece together some of the long history in the different continents."]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Collins, 1977. [Revised edition, reprinted 1977]. Illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 226, extremely clean internally, green cloth in very good condition. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is faded on its spine; it has the original publisher's film covering which is slighly wrinkled on the upper cover. [The mysteries of bee life are illuminated for beekeepers, entomologists and students of natural history in general. The complex and wonderful organisation of the honeybee has fascinated many naturalists and writers for centuries. For many years head of the research station at Rothamsted, Dr Butler’s own discoveries (particularly the existence of "queen substance") are truly remarkable. Skilfully woven into the book are the results of the work of others - such as that of von Frisch on the orientation of bees, and the almost incredible way in which information is conveyed about the distance and direction of food sources, by beautiful, extraordinary dances. The copious… Read More