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Antique Collectors' Club Edition of Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers (Third Revised Edition)
by Britten, F. J
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0902028693
- ISBN 13
- 9780902028692
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors Clu, 1994 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 4to. Antique Collectors' Club Edition of Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers: Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clock and Watches of the Past, in England and Abroad to which Is Added a List of Eleven Thousand Makers. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 516 pp, introduction, a summary list of the writings of F.J. Britten, preface to the Third Edition, preface to the First Edition, The Antique Collectors' Club, I. Time, and Early Time Recorders; II. Weight Clocks; III. Portable Timekeepers; IV. Pocket Watches, etc.; V. Records of Early Makers, etc.; VI. French Clocks and Cases in the French Style: Other Curious Timekeepers; VII. The Progression of English Domestic Clocks; VIII. Mechanism of Clocks and Watches; IX. Former Clock and Watch Makers; index. Third Revised Edition, 1994. "A revision of the Third Edition with another 250 b&w illustrations added to the original 800, together with an introduction and additional comments." Price clipped. Very small triangular chip to bottom edge spine dj with rubbed area around chip, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Navy-blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and pictorial endpapers..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002550
- Title
- Antique Collectors' Club Edition of Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers (Third Revised Edition)
- Author
- Britten, F. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0902028693
- ISBN 13
- 9780902028692
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors Clu
- Place of Publication
- Suffolk, UK
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- COLLECTING ANTIQUES CLOCKS AND WATHCES HISTORY TIME AND TIMEKEEPERS EARLY MAKERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- COLLECTING;
- Size
- 4to
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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