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WATCHES : THEIR HISTORY, DECORATION AND MECHANISM
by BAILLIE, G.H
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0719801400
- ISBN 13
- 9780719801402
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: N.A.G PRESS LTD. BOUND IN MOST ATTRACTIVE RED LEATHER, WITH GILT ABSTRACT DECORATION AND TITLES TO SPINE, THIS DATED 1979 FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL 1929 EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET (PRICE CLIPPED). XX111/383pp WITH PREFACE, 20 CHAPTERS, 75 PLATES( MANY OF MECHANISMS), BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX. SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: INVENTION OF WATCHES : EARLY MOVEMENTS : WATCH CASES : PENDULUM AND BALANCE SPRING : CHINESE WATCHES : HISTORY OF WATCH MAKING :WATCH ESCAPEMENTS ; ALARUM AND STRIKING MOVEMENTS, REPEATING AND MUSICAL WATCHES : KEYLESS WATCHES: CALENDAR & EQUITATION WORK : THE TOURBILLION ETC. SMALL, NEAT INSCRIPTION TO FFEP, OTHERWIAE ALL VG/VG . Very Good. Full Leather. Facsimile Reprint. 1979.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00220020
- Title
- WATCHES : THEIR HISTORY, DECORATION AND MECHANISM
- Author
- BAILLIE, G.H
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0719801400
- ISBN 13
- 9780719801402
- Publisher
- N.A.G PRESS LTD
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 383
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- "WATCHES : THEIR HISTORY, DECORATION AND MECHANISM" BY G.H. BAILLIE 4to FULL LEATHER BINDING, 1979 FACSIMILE REPRINT PUBLISHER N.A.G. PRESS, CONDITION VG IN VG JACKET (PRICE CLIPPED)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- 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...
- VG/VG
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
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