Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers
by Britten, Frederick James
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
POOLE, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: E. & F, N, Spon, Ltd, 1922. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1922 5th edn h/b, 822pp in Acceptable cond. Plain brown covers (no jacket) are marked and dingy and poor with 2" splits at the spine ends and wear at the corners. Inside text block is unmarked but much foxing esp end pages. Page edges are foxed and brown. Binding is a little sloppy but o/twise firm. Heavy/large book (2 kgs) so parcel or courier delivery, UK only. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Embull Enterprises
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003714
- Title
- Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers
- Author
- Britten, Frederick James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- E. & F, N, Spon, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Embull Enterprises
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Embull Enterprises
Biblio member since 2009
POOLE, Dorset
About Embull Enterprises
Located in Dorset, U.K. selling used books online only
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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