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Watch and Clock Making and Repairing
by W.J, Gazeley, F.B.H.I
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Van Nostrand Co, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light soiling at the spine) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with vey light creasing and soiling to the rear panel and mild darkening along the spine. Octavo, 440 pgs., including hundreds of detailed diagrams.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10374
- Title
- Watch and Clock Making and Repairing
- Author
- W.J, Gazeley, F.B.H.I
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- rare clock books, clock making, clock repairing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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