Isbn: 9780905652146 - the Sacred Bee (6 results)

Condition: Fine. pp.308 with 12 b/w. plates & 35 text figs. 8vo. Top-edge of text block lightly marked o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Not concerned with practical beekeeping, this book focuses on the sacredness of the bee. It considers beekeeping through the ages and from around the world. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee which are found in the folk-lore of many nations.…

Condition: Fine. pp.308 with 12 b/w. plates & 35 text figs. 8vo. Hardback. Inscription to ffep. Fine hardback in fine dw. with a hint of sunning to spine. Not concerned with practical beekeeping, this book focuses on the sacredness of the bee. It considers beekeeping through the ages and from around the world. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee which are found in the folk-lore of many nations.…

Condition: Fine. pp.308 with 12 b/w. plates & 35 text figs. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Not concerned with practical beekeeping, this book focuses on the sacredness of the bee. It considers beekeeping through the ages and from around the world. We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee which are found in the folk-lore of many nations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 308pp hardback, orange boards gilt in wrapper, with 12 plates and 35 text figures facsimile reprint of the 1937 issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good condition used 1986 Re-issued Edition Hardback with intact Dust Jacket, published by Bee Books New & Old, Bridgwater, UK. Author: Hilda M. Ransome. ISBN: 0905652142. Approx dims: 220mm h x 145mm w x 28mm d. Intact clean condition yellow pictorial dust jacket with slight creasing to edges and slight rubbing and signs of handling. Slightly creased intact spine. Dust Jacket over very good condition orange boards. 308 clean inside pages of English text with b&w illustrations and plates, no inscriptions. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: "The author is not concerned with Bee-keeping, but with the sacredness of the Bee, with her purity, with the Honey which figures so largely in early religious rites and which was known to the Greeks as the 'Food of the Gods' We are told of the myths and superstitions connected with the Bee, which are found among the folklore of many peoples, of the story that she was 'Ox-born', was a symbol of the soul of man, and that she was the only creature who came to earth unchanged from Paradise. The concluding chapter deals with beelore today among many of the primitive peoples of Asia, Africa and Australia.".…

Condition: Gut. Re-issued. 308 S. : Mit 35 Abb. im Text + 12 Tafeln; Umschlag an den Rändern leicht bestoßen, innen sauber. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8°, Org.-Pappb. mit Orgg.-Umschlag / hardcover with yellow dust jacket.