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ABBOTT'S AMERICAN WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER : AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THE HOROLOGIST, JEWELER, GOLD AND SILVERSMITH; Containing hundreds of private receipts and formulas compiled from the best and most reliable sources. Complete directions for using all the latest tools, attachments and devices for watchmakers and jewelers
by Abbott, Henry G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago, IL: Hazlitt & Walker, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Chicago, IL: Hazlitt & Walker, 1910. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 378, [14]. Original burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gold gilt on cover and spine. Plus 14 pages of period advertisements. Decorated endpapers, Over 250 text figures, one foldout.
Some frays to head and tail of spine, corners rubbed and bumped, titles bright. Bookplate inside front cover. Name and location written in pencil on upper edge of title page. Some light foxing, toning. Text clean, unmarked. Binding solid.
Some frays to head and tail of spine, corners rubbed and bumped, titles bright. Bookplate inside front cover. Name and location written in pencil on upper edge of title page. Some light foxing, toning. Text clean, unmarked. Binding solid.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99
- Title
- ABBOTT'S AMERICAN WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER : AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THE HOROLOGIST, JEWELER, GOLD AND SILVERSMITH; Containing hundreds of private receipts and formulas compiled from the best and most reliable sources. Complete directions for using all the latest tools, attachments and devices for watchmakers and jewelers
- Author
- Abbott, Henry G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hazlitt & Walker
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Jewelry repair
Terms of Sale
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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