BACKGROUND TO BEEKEEPING. Illustrated by David Hutter.

HARDBACK, VERY UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: Collingridge Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid chestnut brown cloth, silver title to spine. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and to head and tail of spine. No marks. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a flying worker honey-bee, black and brown titles to face and black titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing a shelf price of 15/-. Some very slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and some minor losses to tail of spine. Some slight spotting overall, in clear un-attached protective wrapper. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edges coloured (red-brown), and slightly faded. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to margins & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 110 pp. text. xi pp., glossary, list of manufacturers, index & blank page at rear.* Description: This is probably the clearest textbook on beekeeping that has ever been written. Although primarily for the beginner and those who have not yet started to keep bees, there is no doubt that the more experienced beekeeper will find much to interest him (or her) for Dr. Waine write about his hobby with great authority and a quiet humour.* A NEAR VG++ text copy of the 1st/1st with some minor faults in a GD++ protected dust jacket.*