Watch Keys As Jewelry; : Collecting Experiences Of A Husband And Wife #291 of 500 Copies by Smith Grace Howard & Smith Eugene Randolph; Smith Grace Howard & Smith Eugene Randolph - 1967

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, Black Opal, Bead Decorations, Dutch Keys, Swedish Keys, Scotch Keys, English Enamels, Carved Ivory, French Fleur-de-lis, Corals, Cameos, Phi Beta KappaKeys, Fraternity Keys, Stones Mounted in Keys, Keys Shaped Liked Musical Instuments, Seals, Pear Shaped Topaz, Crosses. A nice copy of a scarce book. ; Color Photographs; 6" x 9 1/2"; 135 pages .