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English House Clocks, 1600-1850 : An Historical Survey and Guide for Collectors and Dealers
by Bird, Anthony
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0715357670
- ISBN 13
- 9780715357675
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot, UK: David and Charles, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 314pp, plus 45 plate illustrations and further line drawings in text. Browny-orange cloth-covered boards (sharp and clean barring minor rounding at spine tips). Internally neat, clean and tight barring a small library stamps on the title page and the remnants of a reference library bookplate on front paste down. Some mild spotting on text block edge. In its original, lightly edge worn and slightly faded, dust jacket. Perhaps the clearest and most authoritative guide to English Clocks of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries without having to delve into specialist treatise and academic papers. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004900
- Title
- English House Clocks, 1600-1850 : An Historical Survey and Guide for Collectors and Dealers
- Author
- Bird, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0715357670
- ISBN 13
- 9780715357675
- Publisher
- David and Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot, UK
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- antiques, collecting, clocks, english clocks, horology,
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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