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Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
by BRITTEN, F. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
S, R, Publishers Limited 1971. Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 891pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light foxing & tanning, light bruising to edges with chipping to spine extrems)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 182943
- Title
- Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
- Author
- BRITTEN, F. J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S, R, Publishers Limited 1971
- Keywords
- FJ Britten clocks watches timepieces clock makers horology
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...