London: Spring Books, 1969. Very Good condition in a Very Good full-color pictorial Dust Jacket. The jacket is still bright and shiny but its edges and corners are rubbed with a few small chips. Jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 12" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated throughout with 300 fine photographs on glossy paper -- many full-page and a few in full color. Includes two fold-out plates. This biography and study of the 17th century craftsman, Thomas Tompion, is a reprint of a book first published in 1951 by B. T. Batsford. It is the definitive reference work on the man known as "the Father of clockmakers." Among the chapters are: Background; Craftsman and Scientist; The King's Watch; His Clocks; Clock Casemaking; His Watches; The Will of Thomas Tompion. Notes on the Plates; Appendices; Association Oath Roll of the Members of the London Clockmakers' Company of 1697. Index. Bound in the original tan boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "Thomas Tompion was to clockwork what Thomas Chippendale was to furniture; his workmanship has that same unmistakable stamp of skill and supreme quality. This is a book that nobody interested in clocks and watches will want to be without. It contains everything that is to be known about one of England's greatest craftsmen." Shipping for this large, heavy book is most economical by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available, but ONLY by special arrangement, and at significantly greater cost. Keywords: Horology. Clocks. Clockmaking. Reprint of the 1951 original. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. viii, 320pp.

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Title

Thomas Tompion, His Life and His Work

Publisher

Spring Books, London

Publication Date

1969

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

Reprint of the 1951 original.

Condition

Very Good condition

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good dust jacket

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