Richardson (H.D.) The Hive and the honey-bee: with an account of the diseases of the insect, with their remedies, Wm. S. Orr & Co., Amen Corner, [1852]; and 19 others, 19th century works, including Th

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Richardson (H.D.) The Hive and the honey-bee: with an account of the diseases of the insect, with their remedies, new edition, much enlarged by J.O. Westwood, Harrison Ashforth's copy, wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations in text, advertisement f. for Marriott, Humane Bee-Hive Manufacturer and 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, frontispiece with a few short tears, little chipped and laid down, frontispiece, title and final advertisement f. mounted on stubs, occasional spotting or light staining, modern textured boards, spine gilt, [British Bee Books 259], Wm. S. Orr & Co., Amen Corner, [1852] Payne (J.H.) The Bee Keeper's Guide, 'fourth edition', engraved frontispiece, plate and illustrations, offsetting, occasional spotting, lightly browned, yellow endpapers, piece from head of front free endpaper, original brown blind-stamped calf, gilt (including later gilt title to spine), spine ends and corners little frayed, faded, some marking, rubbed, a rare edition, [British bee Books 217], T.C. Newby, 1842 Neighbour (Alfred) The Apiary; or, Bees, Bee-Hives, and Bee Culture, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement f. at end for Neighbour's improved bee-hives, occasional spotting, original green blind-stamped pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, [British Bee Books 307], Kent and Co., 1865; and 20 others, 19th century works, including Thomas James, Henry Dobbie, and a few from the libraries of Harrison Ashforth or Alfred Neighbour, v.s. (

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