The Old English Master Clockmakers and their Clocks, 1670-1820. [With illustrations.] By Herbert Cescinsky. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1938.
by CESCINSKY, Herbert., b. 1875
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons ltd.,, 1938. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small Folio - Over 8 x 10 Inches. With plates, including portraits, and facsimiles.. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1938. Hardback. Illustrated throughout. Black cloth, gilt lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Tight and clean. Minor wear only with a few minor handling marks. Spine bright and unfaded. Now a scarce book. (xii), 182 pages. Index. VERY GOOD. Large book; extra potage required outside the UK. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** . [ Rosley Books in Cumbria - for Antiquarian books, Theology, Literature & History ]
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- Bookseller
- Rosley Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053393
- Title
- The Old English Master Clockmakers and their Clocks, 1670-1820. [With illustrations.] By Herbert Cescinsky. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1938.
- Author
- CESCINSKY, Herbert., b. 1875
- Illustrator
- With plates, including portraits, and facsimiles.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons ltd.,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- Small Folio - Over 8 x 10 Inches
- Keywords
- Author Cescinsky, Herbert, b. 1875. Clock and watch makers - England. Clocks and watches - England.
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PAYMENT AT POINT OF ORDERING. RETURN (AND FULL REFUND) OF BOOKS BY FAULT OF DESCRIPTION IF NOTIFIED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIPT AND BY FAULT OF DESCRIPTION.
About the Seller
Rosley Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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