William Drost (16 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (clocks and watches, new jersey ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by author on the title page. A nice copy with only minor wear, foxing on fore-edges. 291 pages, well illustrated. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Limited edition, 264/500. Octavo, xi, 291 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is blue with white print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, mild shelf wear. Boards in tan cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to hinges and edges. Illustrated: b&w. Signed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1396123. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on the half-title. 291 pp. Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket. A damp spot and small tear at the foot of the spine, else fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is a little bent, or swaybacked. Pages are clean unmarked. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has a two small tears. In mylar cover, Extra postage may be required due to size of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 291 pps., includes bibliograph, glossary, index;; DJ in plastic cover. slight soiling of upper edges, plastic cover lightly scuffed else Fine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Elizabeth, New Jersey: Engineering Publishers , 1966. Very Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (one chip, the size of a 50 cent coin, to rear panel of jacket). NOT price clipped ($15.00). Bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Hardcover. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall. Profusely illustrated with superb photos of both clock cases and works. The standard reference on the subject, with a wealth of horological and some genealogical history. For example, there is discussion of the first torsion clock, later known as the 400 day or Anniversary clock, made by Aaron Crane (active in NJ from 1842-1848). Contains an invaluable biographical directory of clock and watchmakers. Among them: Isaac Brokaw, John Brokaw, Calculograph Company, Aaron D. Crane, Lebbeus Dod, Matthew Egerton (Jr. and Sr.), Joakim Hill, Joseph Hollinshead (Jr. and Sr.), Morgan Hollinshead, Aaron Lane, Leslie & Williams, Aaron Miller, John Tappen, Oliver Parcell, John Scudder, John Nicholl, Isaac Mickle Cooper, Isaac Pearson, Henry S. Prentiss, Moses Stiles, Stephen Tichenor, United States Watch Company, Ichabod Williams, etc. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. The author was founder and first president of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. Mr. Drost was also a member of American Watchmakers Institute, British Horological Institute, Watchmakers Association of New Jersey, Horological Society of New York, and Antiquarian Horological Society (England). Bound in the original yellow cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "Clocks and watches have an important part in the history of the Colony and State of New Jersey. This book brings to you a thorough and authentic history of the clocks and watches, and their makers, made in New Jersey during the past 256 years." . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. xi, 291pp.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. HC/DJ - both in AS NEW condition.Dust Jacket in protective archival plastic sleeving; fitted. MINT EXTERIOR/INTERIOR/DJ. B/W Illustrated throughout. A.A.S.L.H. Award Winner: LAID-IN is an original copy of the Certificate of Commendation Sept. 27, 1968 by the American Association for State and Local History. COLLECTIBLE. RARE. 4to. 291pp. --B.R. Box 116.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. XI + 291 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, BIBLIOGRAPHY, GLOSSARY, INDEX. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER. NO INK, NAME, SOIL, CREASES, LEAN, FOXING NOR BOOKPLATE. AN EXCELLENT COPY. Size: QUARTO. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small crease to corner of front flap. Rubbing to jacket. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

DROST, William E. Clocks and Watches of New Jersey. Elizabeth, N.J.: (1966). 1st. ed. 4to. Illus. 291pp. Orig. cloth, d/j. Fine copy.

DROST, WILLIAM E. Clocks and Watches of New Jersey. Elizabeth, [1966]. xi, 291 p. Profusely illustrated. Cloth. One of 500 numbered copies. The standard reference work on the subject, and the only book devoted exclusively to New Jersey clocks. Contains an alphabetical biographical directory of clock- and watchmakers, superb photographs of both cases and works, and considerable other information.