By a I Root (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A 712 page work, including a glossary plus an index. There is an inscription on the free front end page that reads as follows: "To Steve/ with Love/ from/ Uncle John, Aunt Bobbie/ and John Wade/ December 1972/" . It states on the spine that this is the 34th edition. There is some brown toning inside the front and back covers. Pages are clean and fresh, there is no apparent underlining, no highlighting, no bookplates, not ex-libris, no remainder marks, no folded or dogeared pages. A quite nice copy; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 75th Thousand. Gilt bee on cover. Gilt titles on spine. Corners bumped and lightly worn. Previous owner's name FFEP. Overall a nice copy in very good condition. 431 pages.

DECORATIVE PEBBLED LEATHER. Condition: NEAR FINE +. No Jacket. REPRINT. A BEAUTIFUL BOOK IN ALL RESPECTS. LOVELY FINE BINDING. 703 PAGES + LARGE GLOSSARY. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BEE ENDPAPERS. HAS IT ALL ON BEE CULTURE. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.

Hard Cover. Condition: Like new. 37th edition. xi, 712 p., ill., 23 cm. Previous owner's signature on title page, otherwise like new. Revised by E. R., H. H., and J. A. Root as well as L. R. Goltz. A lovely work with numerous illustrations in text. Original publisher's full faux-leather binding. Heavy volume, depending on shipping location additional charges may apply.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 712pp + 11pp index, num bw ills. Attractive brown boards embossed with title and bee in gold to front. Light foxing to page edges and prelims. An attractive copy of this apiary classic- the 'bee keeper's bible'. Size: 8vo.

Hard Covers. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Photos, Drawings, Diagrams, Engravings (illustrator). Second. None. Second. 25cm By 17cm. The "Cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey bee." first appeared in 1877 and there may have been three revised editions before this greatly revised and enlarged new edition appeared in 1913, bringing the number of copies up to 146,000. As well as the "care of the honey bee" the volume includes information, in alphabetical order, on hives, honey, implements, honey plants and used information provided by many expert bee-keepers. I A Root was responsible for the first edition and in the 1913 version his eldest son E R provides two third of the information. That it had become something of an international bee-keeper's bible is demonstratede by the transaltion of earlier work to French, German and portions to Russian and Spanish with a complete Spanish version of the 1913 volume then planned. 717 pages including beekeeper's dictionary, 47 page picture gallery followed by extended captions, index, followed by 11 pages adverts for beekeping and related publications, illustrated throughout text block by b/w photos, drawings, engravings, plans, diagrams etc. Black hard covers with gilt bee emblem at front, gilt spine titles slightly faded, wear over full length of spine front coverhinge, lesser at rear, wear at spine extremities, covers otherwise VG+ with few spots, Front cover slightly loose with 2cm tear gutter top FFEP and following page, decorated e/papers. Text block VG, clean, firm in covers, with irregular vertical edges. A heavy book, over 1.8kgs unpacked.