Penrose Hoopes (84 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (1975), 178pp, indices, bibliography, profusely illustrated. VG. An exhaustive listing of the clockmakers plus numerous photos of their work.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Near fine book and jacket and slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. One corner bumped. Previous owner blindstamp. Price-clipped.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VG+/VG+. Minimal wear. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Tuttle Edition. boxed book in fine d/j no writing no tearing no markings unused book found in unused box book has fine dust jacket price is 12.50 on d/j 1st Edition. . 178 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Red silk bds. In original card slipcase. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Originally published in 1930. A compilation of 18th century Connecticut clockmakers and their work. Includes bibliography, index of names & index of plates.UNUSED book .edges on side have minimal very minimal foxing. see picture on left.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Tuttle Edition. 178 pages. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

2nd ed. 182 p. Audience: General/trade. clean and tight, light shelf wear, no markings. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Small light spot on front cover. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 178 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No DJ. Reprint Edition. 182 pps. Titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos (listed). Usual handling wear. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Reprint of the 1930 second edition. Clockmaking history. A compilation of 18th century Connecticut clockmakers and their work. Includes bibliography, index of names & index of plates. For the horologist in everyone.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth, lettered in gold foil. As new/as issued, in glossy dust jacket also as issued, slipcased. Slipcase shows one small area of surface loss on a side panel. 2nd ptg.: 1986. [xii],178 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Trade paperback in very good + condition. 2nd edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Trade paperback in very good condition. 2nd Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. ***Please Read*** mylar cover over the dj - No marks on text - My shelf location 35-d-20.

HC. 178pp ISBN 0804811520 Originally published in 1930. SMALL OWNER INSCRIPTION ON FFEP. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) small owner inscription FFEP. B&W illustrations (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1974. Good quality 1974 reprint of the 1930 edition. Divided into two sections, one on clocks and one on their Connecticut based makers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Softcover, 182 pages. Light shelfwear, internally fine with no names or other markings. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. None. 182 pages. Softcover. Very Clean and tight copy. Features the known information on each Connecticut clockmaker. Black and white photos of their clocks. 60 illustrations. Record # 2230507.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. The New England Publishing Company, Stratford, CT. 1975. Facsimile copy of the 1930 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; scant shelfwear. No DJ. Yellow sloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 178 pp 8vo. Reprinted hardcover book with detailing commentary from a historical retrospective of clockmakers working in Connecticut in the 18th century. Includes chapters on early clocks, brass clockmaking, wood clockmaking, and valuable indexes of names and plates presented in valuable black-and-white photographs. Part One covers Clockmaking in 18th Century Connecticut; Part Two is a listing of Clockmaking/Clockmakers (79 of them) of 18th Century Connecticut A clean very presentable copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Covers darkened, a fray to head and heel of spine.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Charles E. Tuttle hardcover in dust jacket in slipcase, 1975, unused and carefully stored, No remainder marks or "shelf wear" (as New/as New) in a Fine slipcase. We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking.…

Cloth. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. . 178 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Red silk bds. In original card slipcase. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Originally published in 1930. A compilation of 18th century Connecticut clockmakers and their work. Includes bibliography, index of names & index of plates. For the horologist in everyone.…

Condition: New.

Pictorial Softcover. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Second Revised Edition. A VERY GOOD, clean, tight copy. 60 black-and-white illustrations (many full page) with accompanying descriptive captions. "In this book Penrose Hoopes closely examines the early clockmakers from Ebenezer Parmele, the first Connecticut clockmaker (1712), to Eli Terry and the rise of the factory system. Early chapters examine the lives of the clockmakers and the clocks they made, early clocks, brass clocks, wooden clocks and town clocks.In this section details are given about the distribution of models chronologically, mode of manufacture, apprenticeship and innovations, with tips to collectors and others interested in determining authenticity. The second part examines everything known about seventy-nine clockmakers of Connecticut". 182 pages. GH2.…

1st tuttle edition. Near fine/Near fine-, clipped DJ corner in a VG++ slipcase. ; 8vo, burgundy cloth, DJ, 178pp. , index of plates, numerous photographic plates of clocks, slipcase.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Boxed; B and w photos; 8.9 X 6.4 X 0.9 inches; 178 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Published for the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut. 31 pages. Staples are rusted. Book.