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The Introduction of Queen Bees
by SNELGROVE, L. E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Introduction of Queen Bees
SNELGROVE, L. E.
Purnell, Faulton, Somerset, 1940, first edition, hardback, Vg, boards blue/gilt with small gilt vignette to front, b/w frontispiece in addition to 10 full page technical drawings of equipment, 205 pp. Light shelf wear with bumps to corners, smattering of marks to both front and back, previous owner inscription on front free end paper (see scan), several pages neatly annotated in pencil, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, light foxing to end papers. Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Advisory Leaflet 468 enclosed (see scan).
BEES, PREQUENNING, HISTORY, CONDITIONS AFFECTING QUEENS, WORKERS, VIRGIN QUEENS, QUEEN-CELLS, EQUIPMENT, METHODOLOGY HB 76 45878 BEES £21.50
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45878
- Title
- The Introduction of Queen Bees
- Author
- SNELGROVE, L. E
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Purnell
- Place of Publication
- Faulton
- Date Published
- 1940
- Pages
- 205 pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BEES, PREQUENNING, HISTORY, CONDITIONS AFFECTING QUEENS, WORKERS, VIRGIN QUEENS, QUEEN-CELLS, EQUIPMENT, METHODOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- NAT HIST/BEES;
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Daisyroots Books Ltd
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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