2015, ISBN: 9781421509877

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black+b… More...

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Security tab/chip in situ to inside of rear panel of dw/dj.Top edges with some minimal dust-soiling and marking,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 7-159pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,foreword by Eva Crane (OBE DSc.),author's note,12 chapters each with a b/w illustrated chapter head-piece,b/w illus/maps/diagrams etc.,16pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp80/1,bibliography,a chronology and an index; plus [unpaginated] b/w illustrated half-title page (repeated chapter head design) with b/w woodcut-style illustration to it's reverse,title page,and similar chapter headpiece illustrated contents list/table and double-page b/w strip format illustration of The Life of a Worker Bee from Flower to Jar before the index. 'For the Love of Bees' tells the truly remarkable story of the world's foremost beebreeder,Brother Adam OBE,DSc,OSB.As a boy just over eleven years old,he was sent from his home in Southern Germany to join the order of Benedictine monks at Buckfast in Devon at the time of the great rebuilding of the Abbey.Ill-health prompted his move from building work to a lifetime's involvement with the Abbey's apiaries; his development of the beekeeping enterprise is fully described against a backcloth of monastic life. The disastrous Isle of Wight epidemic which caused wholesale loss of bees in the British Isles at the outbreak of the First World war was to shape the bee-breeding programme that Adam was to follow,which included the study and collection of honey-bees from all countries bordering on the Mediterranean,north and south, penetrating to the Sahara itself and beyond to east Africa. Now in his ninetieth year (then 1989),Adam's work continues and his achievements are an inspiration to all would-be beekeepers. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn., 5, VIZ Media LLC, 2007-06-12. Paperback. Acceptable. Ships M-F. An acceptable ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has general worn look and feel. This is a decent reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F., VIZ Media LLC, 2007-06-12, 2.5<

2007, ISBN: 9781421509877

Paperback, Gebraucht, Ships M-F. An acceptable ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has general worn look and feel. This is a decent reading copy. We protec… More...

Paperback, Gebraucht, Ships M-F. An acceptable ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has general worn look and feel. This is a decent reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4: 30 PM M-F., [PU: VIZ Media LLC]<