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The Management of Bees. With a description of the "Ladies' Safety Hive".
by Bagster, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Saunders and Otley, London., 1838. 2nd. Ed.. 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).
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54006
- Title
- The Management of Bees. With a description of the "Ladies' Safety Hive".
- Author
- Bagster, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Saunders and Otley, London.
- Date Published
- 1838
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bees Books Published Between 1801 + 1900
Terms of Sale
C.Arden Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
C.Arden Bookseller
Biblio member since 2011
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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