Author: BONE, DAVID
Title: The Bees of Swanland. A Poem
Description: 6, Perth Road, Beckenham, Kent, The Bee & Blackthorn Press. 1957, First & Only Edition. Cloth, 4to. Ill.: Coombes, Arthur & Bone, David. Hardback, 190mm x 255mm tall (7.5" x 10" approx.). Pp (xiv), 162, with a frontispiece plate and 16 further illustrations by Mr. Arthur Coombes, and 8 sketches by the Author. A section title and two full-page plate printed in green. Very good, in the original green cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title/colour-printed endpapers. An excellent long poem, composed during the War and dealing with bees and nature through the seasons of the year and the Zodiac published by the Author, and part illustrated by him, at his Private Press. Only 500 copies were produced. Very Good.

Keywords: Bee Bees Apiculture Bee-Keeping Beekeeping Honey Hive Hives Poem Poetry Verse Private Press Provincial Publication Signs Zodiac Zodiacal Pollen Seasons Flowers Natural History Insect Insects Entomology Honey Swarm Swarms Limited Edition Editions Privately


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