All Old Books

A Victorian scholarly guide to many common insects and their stages of life. 

Subtitled, "Their Management, Habits, Food, Diseases, Treatment, Breeding, and the Methods of Catching Them."

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

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

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

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

Attractive historical work on the practice and science of bee-keeping.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The sixth edition of the beautifully illustrated Fleuron.

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

A description of excavations carried out at the cemeteries at Cyrene by a team from Manchester University over three successive years following an earlier dig in 1952. Descriptions of coins by John F. Healy.

A comprehensive description of the important Roman town at Colchester, based on excavations and research to date.