The Clock Book : Being a Description of Foreign and American Clocks - Profusely Illustrated
by Nutting, Wallace
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Framingham, Massachusetts: Old America Company, 1924. First edition, 1924, signed by Nutting on the front free endpaper. Previous owner has also indicated where and when the book was signed above and below the signature, and inserted or mounted small clippings about auction results of certain types of clocks throughout the text section. Brown cloth lettered in gilt, 312 pages, no dustjacket. Some cover wear, wrinkling to the fabric surface (not at all unusual for Nutting first editions), good hinges, sound text block with no loosened pages, endpapers darkened, pages a bit age-toned but clean. Comprehensive guide to American and European clocks, illustrated with photographs of 250 examples in black and white. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034393
- Title
- The Clock Book : Being a Description of Foreign and American Clocks - Profusely Illustrated
- Author
- Nutting, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Old America Company
- Place of Publication
- Framingham, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CLOCKS TALL MANTEL HISTORY NUTTING SIGNED COPIES HOROLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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