Honey and Health - a nutrimental, medicinal and historical commentary. -
Bodog Felix Beck
1938 - McBride, New York - First edition, in bright scarce dust-jacket.
‘My son, eat thou honey, for it is good.’ - Solomon [Proverbs 24:13].
'Honey has needed just such a book as this,' and congratulates the readers on obtaining such a vast store of information on the extraordinary merits of honey.’ - Professor Phillips of Cornell University
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1938 - McBride, New York - First edition, in bright scarce dust-jacket.
‘My son, eat thou honey, for it is good.’ - Solomon [Proverbs 24:13].'Honey has needed just such a book as this,' and congratulates the readers on obtaining such a vast store of information on the extraordinary merits of honey.’ - Professor Phillips of Cornell University
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A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar -
Francis Buchanan
1807 - Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies (bookseller to the Asiatic Society ) in the Strand, London - First Edition
In 1799, after the defeat of Tippu Sultan and the fall of Mysore, Dr Francis Buchanan was instructed by the Governor General, Lord Wellesley to investigate and document the agriculture, cattle, farms, crops, mines, minerals and mineral springs, manufacturers and manufacturers, climate and seasons, trees and forests, the inhabitants and their religions, currencies and customs. In addition, Wellesley noted: 'It would be eligible to have either models or drawings made of any description of machinery which may not have been seen by you in these parts of India.' His journeys and findings were then published in this comprehensive work.
A clean set of three volumes, full margins, volumes II and III are unopened. Half-title in volume one, engraved frontispiece, large engraved folding map, 38 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), 5 folding tables, large quarto [30x23cm]
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1807 - Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies (bookseller to the Asiatic Society ) in the Strand, London - First Edition
In 1799, after the defeat of Tippu Sultan and the fall of Mysore, Dr Francis Buchanan was instructed by the Governor General, Lord Wellesley to investigate and document the agriculture, cattle, farms, crops, mines, minerals and mineral springs, manufacturers and manufacturers, climate and seasons, trees and forests, the inhabitants and their religions, currencies and customs. In addition, Wellesley noted: 'It would be eligible to have either models or drawings made of any description of machinery which may not have been seen by you in these parts of India.' His journeys and findings were then published in this comprehensive work. A clean set of three volumes, full margins, volumes II and III are unopened. Half-title in volume one, engraved frontispiece, large engraved folding map, 38 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), 5 folding tables, large quarto [30x23cm]
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Butterflies of Rhodesia -
E.C.G. Pinhey
1949 - Rhodesia Scientific Association, Salisbury - First Edition
Illustrated with 21 full page plates mostly in colour, as well as in text drawings, diagrams and tables.
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1949 - Rhodesia Scientific Association, Salisbury - First Edition
Illustrated with 21 full page plates mostly in colour, as well as in text drawings, diagrams and tables.
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Frail Children of the Air - Excursions into the World of Butterflies -
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
1895 - Houghton, Boston and New York - First Edition
A nice bright copy, with nine pages of illustrations. Consists of a group of essays for the general reader selected from Scudder’s larger, scientific and costly three volume work Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada.
As Scudder states ‘to gain for our butterflies a deeper interest and closer attention on the part of the observing public is the simple object of the present volume’.
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1895 - Houghton, Boston and New York - First Edition
A nice bright copy, with nine pages of illustrations. Consists of a group of essays for the general reader selected from Scudder’s larger, scientific and costly three volume work Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada.As Scudder states ‘to gain for our butterflies a deeper interest and closer attention on the part of the observing public is the simple object of the present volume’.
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