Digges Rev (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Digges, Rev. J. G. The practical bee guide : history, anatomy, appliances, management. Eighth edition. 40th thousand. Dublin: The Talbot Press, Limited, December 1936. Paperback, Good. Tan card covers, grubby with age, creasing and shelfwear to corners, some damage to top and base of spine. Binding sound. Light foxing to endpapers. Frontispiece b/w photograph. viii, 303pp. + commercial advertisements. Contents clean and bright. The Reverend Joseph Garvan Digges, M.A. (b 1858 d 1933) was an ecclesiastic, beekeeper, organist and composer, broadly considered the father of Irish beekeeping and famously celebrated for his contribution to that subject. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This special edition of 'The Practical Bee Guide: A Manual of Modern Bee-Keeping' was written by the Reverend J.G. Digges, and first published in 1921, making it just shy of a century old. The book has sections on The Occupants of the Hive, The Bee in Spring, The Bee in Summer, The Bee in Autumn and Winter, Anatomy of the Bee, Different Races of Bees, Bee Products, Comb Foundation, and more. A wonderful old manual containing all the good, old-fashioned knowledge needed to begin your career in Apiculture, and a great place to start for those contemplating it. IMPORTANT NOTE - Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally enhanced. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER: Due to the age of this book, some methods, beliefs, or practices may have been deemed unsafe, undesirable, or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before gifting. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Seventh Edition. 306pp + xviii adverts. External card cover is very worn with some loss. Internally clean & functional. Some burred/folded cnrs. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. A perfectly functional working copy. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Red Cloth. Condition: Good/Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Eighth Edition. First published 1904, this is the eighth edition, fortieth thousand, 1936, viii, 305pp, 7pp adverts, illustrated with black & white photos and drawings, a few pages have smudge marks but no foxing, hinges a little weak, pencil diagram to rear inner endpaper, typewritten Gloucestershire Beekeepers' Association Rules for Library affixed to front endpapers, red cloth with white lettering to upper board, scuffed, repair to spine with a different shade of red cloth. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 Inches. Beekeeping.

Condition: Good. The Practical Bee Guide. DIGGES, JG Rev. A Manual of Modern Beekeeping. Simpkin, Marshall Ltd, London, 1941, paperback, GD+ 310 , illus in the text with 173 figures from b/w photographs, diagrams and sketches, fb/w rontis photograph of author No inscriptions or annotations, sound square binding, no loose pages, moderate tanning on edges, wraps show moderate staining from use, spine head chied, spine tail closed tear. NATURAL HISTORY, BEES, BEE KEEPING, HISTORY, HIVES, HONEY PRODUCTION.hb5 43591 NAT HIST/BEES £1500.

pp.ix, 229, with b/w. photos., and illus., plus 16 pages of adverts. 8vo. Softback. Contents fine. Original covers in good to vg. condition, showing some wear to spine.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank alongside a small shop sticker. Pages lightly age-tanned.; Hardback. Red boards with white titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 8¾" x 5½" (1 kg); pp (vi) 306; Index; 7th edition, first published 1904. Includes: Line drawings; Black & white photographs; Tables; Advertisements; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187866 ||.

pp.ix, 229, with b/w. photos., and illus., plus 19 pages of adverts. 8vo. Bookplate to ffep. Spine neatly reinforced. A good to vg. softback.

Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 645.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Plates & text illustrations throughout. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Lincolnshire Bee Keepers Association written in ink on title page. Some foxing, page edges thumbed. Contents shaken. Original decorated cloth very darkened and marked. 220 p. Book.