A Honey-Bee and Her Master by A D'Arcy Chapman - 1944

Basil Blackwell, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 237 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper and rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Basil Blackwell, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Reprinted. 237 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Marking to rear board.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1944. Drawings by the Principal, Staff & Students of the Grimsby School of Art & Crafts. B/w ills in text; col. frontis by "A.E.W." Corners bruised, bit loose, spine frayed on ends and split at rear.. Cloth. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell . 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Art, gilt title on spine indistinct, scattered spotting in a chipped wrapper with losses, reprinted 3rd reprint . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing. 1947.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell . 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with colour frontis and many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Art, gilt title on spine indistinct, scattered spotting, second printing . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 1944.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell . 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with colour frontis and many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Ar, signature cut out from corner of ffep, else good . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1936.

Oxford., 1947. Rep. Ed.. pp.237 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Small, neat address label and address neatly written to ffep. In original blue cloth boards. A vg. hdbk.

Bees Books Published Between 1901 + 1999 . 1st. Ed. Pub. Basil Blackwell. 1944. pp.237 with col. frontis. and b/w. illus. 8vo. Hardback. Owner’s bookplate to ffep. Thor. vg. in blue cloth boards. Despite being aimed at younger readers, this is a very insightful, very well illustrated, work which delves into all aspects of beekeeping.