WATCHES: Their History, Decoration and Mechanism
by Baillie, G. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co., 1929. (1929), 383pp, illus., red blindstamped cloth w/ gilt lettering to spine, corners bumped, some soiling & shelfwear to cover, front inner hinge broken, bookplate to fep, gift note to ffep, no dj, contents clean.. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Russ States (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19-1094
- Title
- WATCHES: Their History, Decoration and Mechanism
- Author
- Baillie, G. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Watches, History, Timepieces
Terms of Sale
Russ States
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....