The Bee-Keeper's Guide: Or, Manual of the Apiary, Revised, Enlarged, and Beautifully Illustrated.
by A. J. Cook
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good- with no dust jacket; Lightly rubbed corners, few scratches to cloth of front cover, minor scuffing to rear board. Re
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East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: George W. York & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Lightly rubbed corners, few scratches to . cloth of front cover, minor scuffing to rear board. Rear hinge cracked two . leaves before endpaper.. 1910. Nineteenth Edition. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt title on front and spine, with a golden bee on the spine. Binding tight. Plate inside "Friends of the Michigan State College Library, a Book from the Maurice G. Kains Collection." However, no ex-lib markings. Text clean, crisp, unmarked, no writing, no creases, tears or stains. Plentiful BW illustrations throughout, of the bees, their parts, methods and instruments of care, apiary equipment, botanical plant illustrations, and more. At rear, lengthy index, and promotion for The American Bee Journal. Author A J Cook, "Late professor of Entomology in the Michigan Agricultural College, Professor of Zoology Pomona College, Claremont, California." ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Archives Book Shop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 20871
- Title
- The Bee-Keeper's Guide: Or, Manual of the Apiary, Revised, Enlarged, and Beautifully Illustrated.
- Author
- A. J. Cook
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket; Lightly rubbed corners, few scratches to cloth of front cover, minor scuffing to rear board. Re
- Edition
- Nineteenth Edition
- Publisher
- George W. York & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Michigan Agricultural College, Apiary, Bee-keeping, Insects, Entomology
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