The Queen Bee; or, Monarch of the Hive. Containing A Great Variety of Interesting Articles, Calculated to blend Instruction with Amusement
by Anonymous
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, 1822. An omnium gatherum of brief articles and anecdotes by various contributors (some named), many of humorous or practical nature; ranging from the death of a cat to tests for the purity of soap, the extent of the Great Wall of China, shipwrecks, scams, crime, witches, Irish, riddles, poems, the English character, American Indian ways, Hindoo & Mohammedan practices, travel and natural history notices, 'Pugilism & Bull-baiting', the arctic, etcetera, etcetera.. There were three volumes in the 'Bee' series, each collecting 24 individual numbers; this is the second collection. Undated, circa 1822, based on dates mentioned in articles. Half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt titling. Heavily worn & rubbed, gilt dull; two-inch split in lower front hinge, inner hinge cracked, but binding still reasonably sound; partly effaced bookplate inside front, pencilled note dated 1865 on first white page; some foxing and tanning to many pages, a few pages stained or dog-eared. Text clean; viii, about 764 pages (9-1528 columns), index, at least one woodcut illustration of the Coronation Regalia of George IV.. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Fair. 5¾" by 8¾".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u3316
- Title
- The Queen Bee; or, Monarch of the Hive. Containing A Great Variety of Interesting Articles, Calculated to blend Instruction with Amusement
- Author
- Anonymous
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- History, Science, Literature, Humor, Biography, Anthropology, Poetry
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Hinge
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- Cracked
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- Marbled boards
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- Bookplate
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- Fair
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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- First Edition
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