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This is the illustrated 1842 first edition of MY BEE BOOK by William Charles Cotton. Uncommon first edition, in a customised box, of this 180 + year old touchstone for the apiarist. Cotton, since childhood, evinced a passionate interest in bees and beekeeping. My Bee Book suggested inter alia ways to render bees semiconscious, rather than killing them, to obtain honey. Both boards detached, although present. Lacks back-strip protecting (intact) spine. Octavo Hardback, around 4.5 inches by eight tall, retains its publisher’s original blind-stamped toffee-coloured cloth, decorated with bee motif and legend set within rules, all original gilt. Lacks (blank) upper part of first title [as photo, directly below]. First edition published by Rivington, London, in 1842. Free from permanent inscription and emendation to the text. Although interior condition is overall good, because this original letterpress book is nearly two centuries old, its text-block displays signs of use / age – like the usual age-toning to old paper – consistent with a printed object of this vintage. With the first edition’s irregular pagination as issued (and noted in Harding’s Bibliography of Bee Books): collates as lvi preliminary pages + 2 (unpaginated) leaves then? Pp 60-368 (includes index at rear with, as per Harding, pp 72-98 displaying duplicate page numbers on both left and right hand facing pages). Illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including illustrations thought to be by Whimper. To aid conservation and preservation, your book is supplied with an unsophisticated but serviceable custom-decorated box. While chaplain to New Zealand’s first bishop, he introduced beekeeping to its North Island. Your book, anywhere within the UK, is sent to you FREE.

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The Practical Bee Master. Antique Bee Keeping Book, 1780. The Book is in Very Good Condition with Consideration of Great Age. No Tilt to Spine. No Sunning or Colour Fade to Boards. No Major Foxing or Discolouration to Pages. Rubbing, Bumps, Curling, Peeling to Edges/Corners/Covers. True Antique with Attractive Half Leather Boards. Please see all images for further details. If you have any questions please ask and I will do my best to help…

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Can’t find what you’re looking for? The Cheap Fast Free Post. Publisher, keeper of the bees. Please note, the image is for illustrative purposes only, actual book cover, binding and edition may vary. Our poly packaging is made with 30% recycled plastic content and is made in the UK. It has a LDPE 04 logo on it, which means that it can be recycled with other soft plastic (such as carrier bags). Our cardboard packaging is also 100% recyclable and can be recycled kerbside. We are committed to ensuring each customer is entirely satisfied with their puchase and our service. If you have any issues or concerns please contact our customer service team and they will be more than happy to help. We offer great value books on a wide range of subjects and we have grown steadily to become one of the UK’s leading retailers of second-hand books. While we do our best to provide good quality books for you to read, there is no escaping the fact that it has been owned and read by someone else before you. World of Books Ltd sells quality used books at competitive prices to over 2 million customers worldwide each year. We want your experience with World of Books Ltd to be enjoyable and problem free. Started by a group of dedicated book lovers, over the past 8 years World of Books Ltd has seen the inventory grow from 1000 to over 1 Million books in stock. We appreciate the impact a good book can have. We know the excitement of a new page turner, or the familiar joy of an old favourite. We all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there – we just had to let you know! All of our books are checked for quality before they go on sale and we like to think that our prices mean that no book is beyond your budget. At World of Books Ltd we are committed to minimising our environmental impact. Each month we recycle over 2.3 million books, saving over 12,500 tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. We believe that it is a travesty to simply throw away a used book when there is nothing wrong with it – we believe in giving each book the chance of finding a new home.

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This is an unused Thorne Warre Hive, complete with observation panel, and David Heaf’s Book Natural Beekeeping with the Warré Hive A Manual. The Hive has been in our woodshed unused for two years so is looking’seasoned’, but is complete, undamaged and unused. Made from English Cedar, each hive comprises. A floor with splayed legs and integral varroa screen and drawer. Three brood bodies, each with eight plain top bars. One brood body with observation panel and eight plain top bars. A deep quilt with hessian cover and woodshaving insulation. A plain canvas quilt. The item “Warre Hive Beehive Thorne Unused With observation panel and book” is in sale since Saturday, October 3, 2020. This item is in the category “Pet Supplies\Beekeeping”. The seller is “just_to_sell_this_bike” and is located in Saxmundham. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.

• Product Type: Beehives
• Custom Bundle: Yes
• Bundle Description: Thorne

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Hello and welcome to our. Vintage Retro Advertising Tin. 28 pages all with photographs. This item is pre-owned, used and authentic. As such it has suffered wear and tear appropriate to and consistent with the nature of a vintage collectible. It may have paint loss, scratches, dents, glue or other surface deposits, rust, pin holes and/or tears. These items are not brand new and there may be imperfections. In some cases the tin or cardboard box will contain original packing, wrappers labels and other paper ephemera, and sometimes some or all of the original contents. These will not be described and do not form part of the sale and should be regarded as not-for-use! While all items have been in collections before and have been to some extent cleaned and cared for, beware of attempting aggressive cleaning. Because early printing ink finishes were delicate and can easily be inadvertently destroyed by the use of abrasives, detergents and polishes. If you require any additional service, such as Tracked/Signed For, please ask before paying. Most items are sent bubble wrapped and in a cardboard box. Recycled packaging is used where possible. The item “Jordan’s Of Bilston Beehive Catalogue Book Enamel Signs 1920s Vintage Retro” is in sale since Thursday, July 19, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Advertising Collectables\Advertising Signs”. The seller is “mama*shack” and is located in Newcastle upon Tyne. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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