No Holidays for Honeybees
New York: Coward-McCann, Ibnc. 1966. 1st Edition. Small quarto, publisher’s illustrated cloth, original illustrated dust jacket.
Inscribed first edition of children’s nonfiction writer Mervyn Kaufman’s detailed look at the life of a bee colony, with illustrations by artist Douglas Howland. Designed to aid elementary school teachers in environmental education, the book outlines the queen’s role, the purpose of the drones, the work of the bees that nurse, scout, guard, and keep the hive in order and each key process (wax making, comb building, temperature control, food gathering, and honey production), and discloses the meaning behind the once-mysterious bee dance. Illustrated in black-and-white. Inscribed by Kaufman to the verso of the front endpaper: "Oh joy, oh rapture - / I'm again in print! / Now, I've given you a copy / And don't say I dint. / Mervyn 6/66." Library edition in reinforced binding. Unclipped dust jacket with minor toning and edgewear. Near fine. Item #11821
$75.00