Darcy Chapman (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition apparently second printing as first was 1936 octavo hardback, vi + 237 pp illustrated by the principal, staff and students of the Grimsby School of Art & Crafts (inc. colour frontispiece) Near Very Good condition (titles on spine dulled) in Good unclipped dust jacket (a little loss at top and bottom of spine area of jacket. now in transparent protective sleeve). Name and address of original owner on front end paper who has also noted the name of another beekeeing title of the iside flap of the book. Association copy.…

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to the spine, unevenly sunned, a quarter inch split starting at the head of the lower joint. The binding remains tight, name of a previous owner to the head of the front free endpaper. Colour frontis, b&w illustrations, 239pp.…

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to the spine, no jacket. The binding remains tight, details of a previous owner to the head of the front pastedown. Colour frontis, b&w illustrations, 239pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Art, gilt title on spine indistinct, scattered spotting in a chipped wrapper with losses, reprinted 3rd reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with colour frontis and many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Art, gilt title on spine indistinct, scattered spotting, second printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 239pp hardback, blue boards gilt, with colour frontis and many illustrations by the staff and students of Grimsby School of Ar, signature cut out from corner of ffep, else good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. HARDBACK original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine vignette half-title coloured frontispiece pages: [viii] 237 profusely illustrated with drawings by the Principal Staff and Students of the Grimsby School of Art and Crafts 8vo. 135mm x 215mm (5.25 x 8.5") head and tail slightly rubbed British Bee Books 587.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. Blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine. Boards are generally rather grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Some foxing to endpages. Colour frontispiece. Internally clean and neat. 237 pp. Previous owner's mark to fep and ffep. Printed on war standard paper. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 501g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 030654:1-R7) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 501 G. Book.…

Hardcover. pp.237 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Small, neat address label and address neatly written to ffep. In original blue cloth boards. A vg. hdbk.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 118 pp illustrated HB. A Very good clean copy.in a complete dust jacket. No previous ownership markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

1st ed. Pages clean; owner's name on front free end paper; end papers & page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; dust jacket worn at edges, with small losses; dust jacket not price-clipped Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. VG hardback in Fair dust jacket.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 237pp., colour frontis., text ills., index, Exceptionally nice copy of a wartime issue in lovely bright price-clipped dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group of works on bees, the beloved winged insect that remains a staple of our ecosystem. Four volumes published between 1921-1968.A Book About the Bee, written by beekeeping expert Herbert Mace, a comprehensive guide delving into their personality and behaviours, as well as hive economy and their natural competitors. (In the publisher's original cloth, with a frontispiece and all twenty other illustrations. Collated complete. Rear of book contains publisher's original advertisements. Hutchinson and Co., 1921, first edition).The Key of the Hive, written by J.M. Dunning, focusing on the habits and products of the honey bee. (In the publisher's original yellow cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains a frontispiece, and all sixteen other illustrated plates. Collated complete. Kingsgate Press, 1945, first edition).A Honey-Bee and Her Master, written by scientist D'arcy Chapman, a book aimed for young bee keepers that brings together knowledge on nature, hygiene and entomology. (In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Contains numerous in-text illustrations. Basil Blackwell, 1947, a reprint, first published in 1946).Bees: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, and Language, written by Nobel Prize winning ethologist Karl von Frisch, a reissue of his influential work on the scientific behaviours of bees. (In the publisher's original paper wraps, in the original yellow unclipped dust wrapper. Contains nineteen plates from his experiments and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated complete. Jonathan Cape, 1968. First published in 1950. No. 12 in the Cape Editions edited by Nathaniel Tarn). In the publisher's original cloth (Mace, Dunning, Chapman) and paper wraps (Frisch). Externally, smart, with minimal marks to Mace and Chapman boards. Dunning has the small faint mark to the front board. Slight fading to the spines of Frisch and Mace, and to the top edge of Dunning front board. Minor bumping to the heads and tails of the spine, and to the extremities of Chapman and Dunning, slightly heavier to Mace. Marginal rubbing to joints, slightly heavier to Mace, and creasing to front joint of Frisch. Dust wrappers of Frisch, Chapman and Dunning are generally bright and clean, with the odd mark and spot to Chapman and Dunning, mostly to wrapper spine and rear wrapper of Chapman, heavier to Dunning and to the front wrapper. Frisch has faint signs of browning to joints of wrapper and slight fading to wrapper spine. Signs of edgewear to wrappers of Dunning and Chapman, with small chips to heads and tails of wrapper spines and the occasional small closed tear to edges. Minor chips to wrapper joints of Dunning, and a larger chip to front wrapper near head of spine. A couple of small tape strips to rear wrapper of Dunning. End papers of Frisch are bright and clean, with the faint odd spot to end papers of Chapman and Dunning, and offsetting to free end papers of Mace. Internally, firmly bound, with minor wear to hinges between leaves pp. 96-97 and pp.112-113 of Chapman. Previous owner's ink inscription to first leaf of Frisch. Pages of Frisch are bright and clean, with slight age toning to Chapman, Dunning and Mace, heavier to final leaves of Mace. The odd spot to the extremities of Mace leaves. Very Good. Herbert Mace; Various; Grimsby School of Arts and Crafts; Various (illustrator). book.…