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Syracuse University. Collectible - Acceptable. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, 1967. 1st edition. Sm 4to. 135pp. Illus. Limited edition, #300/500. Book Good. No dust jacket. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. (art collections) Inquire if you need further information.

Canada: Syracuse University. Fine+ in Fair dust jacket. 1967. Limited first edition. Hardcover. Copy #291 of 500 copies, with the number on the last printed page. Dust jacket has professionally repaired small tears and a few areas where a piece is missing entirely. It's still much better than having no missing jacket. Now in a protective mylar cover. Book contents are beautiful clean and tight and devoid of problems. 240 different keys pictured in 122 b/w and color photographs. For three hundred years prior to the invention of the stem-winder, watch keys were used to wind watches. The keys, specifically made to fit each watch, often were decorated so beautifully that they were worn as jewelry. Contents include: Introduction; How Our Hobby Started: The First and Second Keys; What Are Watch Keys? ; Key-Wound Watches; Photographs; and Index. Features a large variety of keys including Chatelaines, A Horseman's Fob, Hanging Watch Keys, Lockets, Lockets with Portraits, Weapons, Coins,… Read More