Technique and History of the Swiss Watch Jaquet Eugene Chapuis Alfred (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. White spine lettering & front cover watch illustration on red covers. Heavy 9-1/4" x 12-1/.4", 272 page well illustrated book.

HARD BACK RED. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: TATTERED DJ. Price clipped dust jacket, somewhat frayed at edges and has been repaired with celophane tape. Hundreds of color and black and white photos accompany a very detailed history of the Swiss art of watch making. DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: 272.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Boards worn with some dampstain at rear board. Dampstain affects right margin of pages & in a few cases reaches into images or text. New York Univ. gift bookplate at front endpaper, small university stamp at base of copyright page and at end of index, & dewey decimal number at spine but no other library markings. No pocket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First of this edition. Jacket slightly chipped.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Boards moderately edgeworn. Stain to front board. New York Univ. gift bookplate at front endpaper, small university stamp at base of copyright page and at end of index, & dewey decimal number at spine but no other library markings. No pocket. Text in English.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 272 Pp. Red Cloth. Massive History. Book Near Fine, No Names Or Marks. Dj Price Clipped, Bright And Clean But With A Few Short Edge Tears (1/4" At Bottom Of Front Panel, Two 1/4" At Top Of Spine, With Creasing And Wear, And 2" And 1/4" At Bottom Of Rear Panel).

cloth, dustjacket, large 4to 272 pp., 46 plates with ca. 200 ills., num. text ills. development of watch industry in the Jura; the modern watch; calibres; automatic winding; very good condition.

Revised Edition Hardcover vg in good jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a few large chips and tears to jacket edges else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; revised 1970 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. the jacket is a bit chipped. mild foxing and usage marks. all pages are clear, intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very heavy book. the jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, a few tears. mild tanning. light marks. old tape residue. well bound. good copy.[S.N]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition in slipcase. First edition. Jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth, fine in fine dust jacket. In origiinal cardboard slipcase. A absolutely beautiful copy same for same foxing along the edges. A large and heavy book requires extra postage.

Condition: Fair. Olten: Urs Graf-Verlag, 1953. 4to. 278pp. Illus. Fair book. No dust jacket. No slipcase. Ex-library. Spine tail frayed. Joints torn on lower 2/3 of spine. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, corners frayed. Tape residue on boards; bar code on back board. Shelfmark on spine tail; library name stamped on endpages, copyright page, and page edges; card pocket on back endpage. Hinges cracked. Textblock bumped at spine tail. Binding loose overall. Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Updated from the 1953 publication with additional material. Red cloth covers with white cross and watch vignette to front top right.White titles to spine. Two tiny tears to covers one front top and one spine bottom. Internally as new with marks or inscriptions. A heavy book so please check postage prior to ordering.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English language edition. Quarto. 278pp. Gilt-stamped burgundy cloth. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a three-inch tear on bottom edge of front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition in English of Histoire et technique de la montre suisse de ses origines à nos jours. (1945). 278 pp; 190 plates; 30 figs. Original cloth, large 4to. Very Good, in very good dust jacket (slightly edgeworn).

Quarto. Plates, text illustrations. Cloth. Former owner's name in ink, a little spotting to fore-edge. Good to very good in like dust jacket. Jackethas several tears and tape repairs, but is bright and clean. Reprint of 1953 edition, with additional material.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tall Quarto. 278pp illustrated. A very good copy in like dj in publisher's slipcase. non authorial inscription on front fly leaf.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

VG+, spine faded, dark purple streak (slightly darker than color of cloth) front cover, top edge of front/rear covers somewhat discolored, but pages bright and unmarked. Overall a tight solid sound beautiful copy of this book. ; Large 4to, red cloth with gilt lettering and medallion from cover, gilt lettering spine, 278pp. , index. Includes numerous b&w and color photo illustrations. Translated into English by D. S. Torrens and C. Jenkins.

Rilegato. Condition: ottimo. Dust Jacket Condition: buono. Il testo è in inglese. Numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Lievi strappi alla sovraccoperta.

Slipcased. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. There is foxing in the foredge. The jacket has slight edge wear and slight chippinhg. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated with over 250 plates including 190 full-page photographs in full colour and in black and white. 278 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Purple cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase Illustrated with over 250 plates including 190 full-page photographs in full colour and in black and white. 278 pp. 1 vols. 4to.

Spring Books.London.1970.Publishers decorated cloth. Size: 31 x 24 cm. 272 pages. Illustrated. Nice copy in fine condition.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. folio. pp. 272. 95 double-sided b/w plates & 23 double-sided colour plates. index. cloth (institutional rubberstamps on p. 7 and label on rear flyleaf). dw. (some short tears, edges chipped at spots). Second Enlarged Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Swiss watch. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-two colour plates, one hundred and ninety monochromatic plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A detailed history of the Swiss watch, with chapters on the beginnings of watch-making in Switzerland, the watch industry, the eighteenth century, decoration, commerce, nineteenth century, chronometry, later evolution and the modern watch. Written by Eugene Jaquet and Alfred Chapuis, Swiss historians and writers. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning and the odd mark to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Urs-Graf Verlag, 1953. Quarto. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author Norman Mailer and his wife, Norris Mailer, and separately inscribed to historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Book is very good with light toning to the page ends and slight bumps to the top corners. Dust jacket is very good with a few tears to the bottom front edge, and top back edge, and some light edgewear. A wonderful unique association copy of this look at the history of Swiss watches.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Olten, Urs Graf 1953(?). Quarto publisher's cloth and dustwrapper; 278pp, numerous plates (42 colour), illustrations & diagrams through the text. A nice copy. First edition in English.

Color, Black & White Plates (illustrator). Olten, Switzerland: Urs Graf-Verlag. Good plus condition: corners bumped, jacket frayed, stained/No Dustjacket. (1953). 4to., 278pp. . Good plus condition: corners bumped, jacket frayed, stained/No Dustjacket.