Time & Timekeepers; Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches

Milham, Willis I.

Published by The MacMillan Company, New York, 1945

About this Item

Small octavo covered in red cloth with a gilt title and blindstamped borders, and dull gilt tilte on spine enclosed in a gilt line drawn clock silhouette. Some rubbing along the edges of the boards with dogeared bottom tips of the first several pages. Square, clean and tightly bound. Later but early printing. Comprehensive history of timepieces and keeping time, copiously illustrated in black ad white with line drawings and historic photographs. Small piece of pressed vegetation laid in, leaving offset brown coloration on pages 6-7. xix, 616 pp. History, Timekeeping, Clocks, Watches, Timepieces. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time & Timekeepers; Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches
• Publisher: The MacMillan Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1945
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ
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