Dorset Clocks and Clockmakers, with a Supplement on the Channel Islands by Tribe, Tom & Whatmoor, Philip - 1981

Oswestry, Shropshire, England : Tanat Books, 1981. First edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges mostly neat and clean, some faint browning The book lists over 600 notable makers of clocks in Dorset, such as Ralph Norman of Poole, John Harvey of Weymouth and Henry Ward of Blandford. The book includes a detailed study of the astronomical dial, clocks and chimes of the Wimborne Minster. B & W photos

Shropshire: Tanat Books, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Price-clipped. 234pp. 38 b/w illustrations. As well as listing over 600 notable makers of clocks in Dorset, such as Ralph Norman of Poole, John Harvey of Weymouth and Henry Ward of Blandford, the book includes a detailed study of the astronomical dial, clocks and chimes of the Wimborne Minster..

Oswestry, Shropshire : Tanat Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/a. 234pp. (light brown spine) 8vo. sized. 1981. First edition. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight near fine copy in a very good jacket. Original publisher's brown boards - gilt embossed to the spine. Maps to the endpapers. The text supported by some photographic reproductions in b/w. Slight bumps to the lower and rear board corners. The jacket has not been price-clipped and has slight spotting to the verso. It has a strip of fading to the tail of the front panel and much less so to the tail of the spine. The spine of the jacket itself is slightly faded. A lovely, fresh, clean, tight near fine copy in very good jacket.