All Old Books

R. Lydekker
£38.00

The Sportsman's British Bird Book

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Detailed descriptions of approx. 200 birds which were once popular to be caught and mounted as trophies by contemporary sportsmen.

C.A. Johns
£18.00

British Birds in their Haunts

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A beautifully illustrated scientific guide to British birds.

E.B. Wedmore
£25.00

A Manual of Beekeeping: For English-Speaking Bee-Keepers

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This encyclopaedic work provides a comprehensive survey of bee-keeping methods. 

Eva Crane (Editor)
£75.00

Honey: A Comprehensive Survey

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A lively and authoritative book written by Eva Crane and other eminent world experts

A.I. and E.R. Root
£40.00

The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture

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"A cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the Honeybee."

Leslie Bailey
£50.00

Honey Bee Pathology

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A comprehensive scientific account on all the common pathogens and diseases of the bee.

Karl Von Frisch
£42.00

The Dancing Bees: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee

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A fascinating account of the language and behaviour of bees, written in a charmingly simple style by the German scientist.

E.B. Wedmore
£30.00

The Ventilation of Bee-Hives

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A detailed practical guide written by the then president of the British Bee-keepers' association

Tickner Edwards
£18.00

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

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A fascinating look at "The oldest craft under the sun," the long human history of bee-keeping from ancient times and the mythology and lore surrounding it.

T.W. Cowan
£40.00

British Bee-Keepers Guide Book: To the Management of Bees in Movable-Comb Hives, and the use of the Extractor

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Attractively bound practical guide to bee-keeping which was clearly very popular on publication and sold in large numbers, this being the 16th revised edition.

Stanley Morison
£38.00

Letter Forms

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Two essays on Typographic and Scriptorial letter forms, their classification, history and bibliography.

Brooke Crutchely
£95.00

Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge

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The memoires of a former assistant of the notable printing partnership of Lewis and Morison at the Cambridge University Press.

Tony Appleton (Compiler)
£25.00

The Writings of Stanley Morison: A Handlist

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A comprehensive annotated list of the published writings of Typographer Stanley Morison.

Stanley Morison
£22.00

A Tally of Types

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A collection of essays on typescripts first published as a Christmas keepsake.

John Carter
£40.00

A Handlist of the Writings of Stanley Morison

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Produced as a tribute to the typographer and calligrapher Stanley Morison on his sixtieth birthday

Oliver Simon, Editor
£80.00

The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, No. IV

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Number IV in the periodically published journal, illustrated with many beautiful examples of the typographers art.

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