Geoff Lawes has written a book based on a lifetime of collecting bee book of great value to bibliophiles. He describes clearly the necessary approaches to a collection, the value of editions and condition. A manual for bee book collectors explaining all one would wish to know as one moves from one book to a library of books on the subject. the author discusses books as an investment, book collecting know-how, restoration and how values are determined.
Contents:
- The scope and purpose of the collecting impulse Famous public collections
- The range of bee books
- Bibliography
- Books as an investment
- Book-collecting 'know how’
- Restoration of books and repair
- How book values are determined
- Acquisition and dealing
- Care of books
- The story of bee-writing
- Books published overseas
- Books translated into English
- Bee Books as literature
- Recent 20th century bee books
- Ephemera
- Acknowledgements and Parting Words
