Ernest L Edwardes (61 results)

hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 7 1/2 x 10 " 270 pages plus many pages of photos. ex library. no spine label, stamped on first page, also stamped withdrawn. library sticker on first and third pages. tape reinforced inner hinges, but no indication of looseness or separation. old price sticker on front inner flap of dj (dj now in mylar protector). shipping will be extra, please inquire. This book has been rebound in sturdy maroon colored cloth wiht white lettering on spine with call #. Third edition revised and enlarged and reprinted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Book.

1965 John Sherratt hardcover; light soiling/edgewear to dust jacket; pages clean/tight; good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ.NO FOXING. Minimal wear to large hard back book 253 pages. Pages are very clean,bright and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Complete DJ with faded spine.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1971. Signed by Author on Title page. Reprint. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner name. 271 pages. 6103L.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. The book has very light wear on the spine tips, cover corners & along the edges. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. Reprint of the 1965 edition. The yellow dust jacket is price clipped, has a 5 cm closed tear on the top of the front cover near the spine, wear on the spine tips & smaller closed tears on the spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. UK 1952 hardcover reprint edition in good condition. Jacket is a little worn, see pics. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. pp.vii, 126 pages, a Fine hardback in a fine dust-jacket [085427054X].

Hb in Dw xviii, 270pp, coloured frontisplate and 221 mono plates An Historical and Descriptive Treatise on the English Long Case Clock with Notes on some Scottish , Welsh and Irish examples A Vg/Vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd. Book is in nice condition, text is unmarked. Name/address stamp on front endpaper and inside of rear cover. Dust jacket is price clipped and has a tiny closed tear on top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1974 Reprint. The book has moderate wear. The dust jacket has notable shelf wear with a jagged top edge. Clean pages with no highlighting or writing detected on pages. 30-day return policy. Shipments destined outside Canada may be subject to duties in the country where the customer resides. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; R0 s0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Volume I of this series. Black and white illustrations. Second printing. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, else very good in a very good, price clipped dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd. Price clipped jacket has light wear, a small tear to the top corner, binding sound, internally clean. The Grandfather Clock by Ernest L. Edwardes, published by John Sherratt & Son Ltd., Altrincham. Volume III in a four-volume series on the evolution and development of the weight-driven clock over 500 years, covering Old Weight-driven Chamber Clocks 1350?1850. This volume focuses specifically on the grandfather/longcase clock in detail, illustrated throughout with half-tone plates and diagrams. Part of a serious scholarly series whose other volumes cover Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Vol. I), The Pendulum and the Clockmaker's Art in Old Japan (Vol. II), and Weight-driven Chamber Clocks of Holland 1550?1850 (Vol. IV). Published by a specialist British publisher; a reference work sought by serious horologists, antique clock collectors, and dealers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Dustwrapper, small stout 4to, pp.xviii, 270 followed by plates section ( 221, mostly full page plates depicting long case clocks or details of such ). A standard introductory work on the study of these clocks. Ex library edition, wrapper almost free of signs of this save indentations of dewey numbers near foot of spine - that wrapper spine a little faded, top edge a little worn. Priceclipped. Blank label pasted onto inside cover, label traces and a tippexed out name on front endpaper. Stamp to title page verso but rest of contents clear of library origins signs. VG in VG wrapper. A heavy book, when wrapped appropriately it weighs c1800g thus exceeding the 1000g default for the automatic postage quotation - the extra postage will be requested at time of order or in response to prior enquiry. if to be sent by 1st class UK post ( 2nd class not affected ) or overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 'The Grandfather Clock' by Ernest L. Edwardes. John Sherratt & Sons Ltd 1971 revised and enlarged edition. Very good in very good, price clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. With Dust Cover. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Dustjacket good although some surface wear and ruffling to edges, boards good with depressing to top and bottom of spine, internally appears generally clean and good.

Rev.ed. Revised edition,1952. Long gift inscription on front free end paper; slight foxing to free end papers; some wear to d/j edges, with small areas of loss. "An archaeological & descriptive essay on the long-case clock with its weight-driven precursors and contemporaries." Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition. First published in 1949, this is a third revised and enlarged edition of 1971. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, Jacket corner clipped but not price clipped (£6.00), old price in biro to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 271pp, lavishly illustrated. Classic text on the study of long case clocks. Large very heavy book, extra postage may be required.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Second or Revised Edition. An apparently unused copy in sl chipped dw. 253p, 54 plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The book has moderate wear. Clean pages with no highlighting or writing detected. The dust jacket is intact but has considerable wear with jagged edges which include cuts, tears and/or tear-outs . 30-day returns. Shipments destined outside Canada may be subject to duties in the country where the customer resides. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; R0 s0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Actual photo of book. Please ignore the following text relating to stock photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Boards are insect damaged,damp marked and bumped.Rubber stamps.Foxing.One inscription.Well bound.Poor copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. This work explains time systems and their application to the wheel clock of the middle ages, quoting many contemporary references to the various methods of time measurement which culminated in the general adoption throughout Europe of the twenty-four hour system we know today. The book contains photographs, illustrations, footnotes, plates, notes, and an index. This copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. VG / -- New edition, revised and enlarged. B/w frontispiece and other b/w illustrations. Green titles to spine on maroon cloth boards. Binding is very firm and tight. Couple of small holes to head of spine and moderate soiling to covers. Light tanning and spotting to page edges. Some tanning and spotting to end papers, otherwise interior is clean with no inscriptions. Not ex-library.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Third Edition. Third edition revised and reprinted with alterations. Xviii + 270 pages. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and 221 black & white plates. The story of the weight driven clock, both chronologically and in historical importance. Fine light brown leatherette hardback with fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions or marks. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 270 pages.

1st edition. Small 4to. xvi + 160pp. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations. Original red cloth. Pictorial yellow d/w. lettered in blue, slightly faded to spine, otherwise very good. US$22.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Includes publisher's advertisement. The dust jacket has some closed tears and edgewear.