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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GEORGE ALLEN
Date Published: 1901
Description: Published by George Allen in 1901. Hardback without Dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
Date Published: 1910
Description: Published by London George Allen & Unwin Ltd in 1910. Hardback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: GEORGE ALLEN
Date Published: 1901
Description: Published by George Allen in 1901. Hardback without Dust jacket. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mentor
Date Published: 1954-01-01
Description: Good. Some heavy wear to the front and back cover with a small tear to the bottom of the spine. Pages and binding show some wear, but no marks. Small price sticker on the inside of the front cover. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Mentor Books, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with browned pages. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. There is a 3/8 inch tear on the upper back edge. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: George Allen & Sons
Date Published: 1910
Description: Good. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. A description of the life cycle and behaviour of the bee. One owner's inscription otherwise a clean copy. read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
Date Published: 1913
Description: Very good +/no dj. Top edge gilt. Bookplate. Green blind-stamped cover with bright gilt title on cover and spine. Clean and unmarked with still strong hinges. Maeterlinck became involved in a scandal with this book because he translated it without proper credit. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: N A L, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: Fair. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, ex-library with the usual library markings, missing the ffep, overall a nice used first Mentor paperback edition! Color illustrated wrappers. 168 historical and informative pages! "In this detailed, fascinating study of the habits and life of th honey bee, Maruice Maeterlinck has written a glorious and perceptive tribute to the infinite order of the universe----and ... read more
Description: Very Good. Tight book, nice text, wear and discoloration to cover and spine, browning to pages, bookplate on inside cover books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Allen
Date Published: 1902
Description: Good. 1912 edition, some damage to head of spine otherwise a good clean copy Rapid dispatch with careful packaging. We're a friendly and helpful family company, please get in touch if you need any help. read more
"My copy is actually 'The Children's Life of the Bee", published in 1923, which I think is the same book but might omit a chapter on some of their more scandalous behavior. It is an almost spiritual examination of the inner workings of a honeybee hive and is truly fascinating and even somehow moving. Maeterlinck also wrote accounts of ants, termites (the white ant), spiders, and other smaller forms of life, but I have yet to track them down. This is a very special book that I would highly recommend to anyone I know."
"these three books by mr. materlinck are all excellently written and all that, but the real interest here is that each of the series (though i haven't found the one about the ants) uses the individual insect as an abeyance to elaborate on a different form of social order; the bees serve as an interesting point by which he compares matriarchy, and the termites (white ants, and this one is my favorite) are evidently reminiscent of communism! That one is excellent, and his writing has a very nice jose saramago clip to it. Evidently he nixed the idea for the termite book from a south african writer who wrote 'The Soul of the White Ant' after living in the jungle and then plugged himself, so i imagine that one's pretty interesting as well."
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