Investing in Clocks and Watches (New Currency S.)

Barrie & Jenkins, 1967-10-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/VG. Box X33 HARDBACK ""LARGE FORMAT,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1967* Publisher: Design Year Book Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Some losses to top and bottom edges of rear. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No annotations or inscriptions. Clean, crisp, tight and bright, no marks to text, slight age darkening to page margins and edges, no other visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 153 pp. text. viii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Before the mid-nineteenth century large-scale collections of clocks and watches were virtually unknown Indeed, it was as late as the sixteenth century, almost three hundred years after the first appearance of the mechanical clock, that inventories started to record the existence of mechanical timepieces at all; even then, they were almost exclusively contemporary clocks acquired as gifts or bought at a high price either from scientific curiosity or, quite simply, for prestige. In this absorbing and scholarly book. P.W.Cumhaill not only provides a highly informative account of the historical development of the domestic clock and watch. He also deals specifically with market values, analysing the reasons for prices fetched by individual pieces in the past, examining the situation today and suggesting possible trends for the future.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with some age and wear, now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.* 0