Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America
by Bartky, Ian R
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0804738742
- ISBN 13
- 9780804738743
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Stanford Univ Pr, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed By Author. Book is in excellent condition in every respect. Covers are straight with sharp corners, no marking of any kind to text/interior. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear and very slight edge wear only. Wrapped in protective mylar jacket. Book is inscribed to ""... my patient, long-suffering and excellent editor...."" in a lengthy inscription, then signed and dated August 2000.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130741
- Title
- Selling the True Time: Nineteenth-Century Timekeeping in America
- Author
- Bartky, Ian R
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0804738742
- ISBN 13
- 9780804738743
- Publisher
- Stanford Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Standard Time, Railroads, Astronomy
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