Old Clocks by Lloyd, H. Alan - 1970

NY:: Dover Publications,. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 048622662X . Sixth printing of the fourth edition (revised and enlarged). Near fine in a very good (minor shelf wear) dust jacket. .

London & New York: Ernest Benn Limited/Dover. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. 1970. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Jacket is price-clipped. Gift inscription. Rear of jacket has area of surface paper removed where there had been some tape. Rest of jacket is sharp. ; Numerous illustrations. "Authoritative survey of the whole field of clockmaking from the earliest times. The author did much research into the lives of the more famous seventeenth- and eighteenth-century clockmakers, and this provides the background to fresh discoveries on the escapements and equation work. "; 8vo; 216 pages .

London, Eng.: Ernest Benn, 1958. 2nd edition, extensively revised - 176 pages - 100's of clocks illustrated on 54 photographic plates, glossary & index - a popular handbook by a well known horological & technological scholar . Red cloth with some staining & off-setting to dj, but still a very presentable copy .. First Thus. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ernest Benn Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1965. 2nd Impression. 176 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to edges. Foxing overall.

Ernest Benn Limited, 1964. 3rd Revised. Hardcover. Good/Good. 3rd revised edition. the jacket has a few small chips and creases. some usage markings. all pages are clear, intact and presentable. may require extra postage outside South Africa. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Ernest Benn Ltd, 1970-01-01. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice looking book, has minor edge wear.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1970. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, foxing to edges of plates only and tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little scratching/rubbing, sunned spine and nicks to edges. 80 pages of plates plus 216pp. Updated fourth edition of this popular book on clocks, suitable both for beginners and knowledgeable collectors. There are eighty pages of multi-image plates from Dondi's clock of 1364 onwards.. Hard Cover. Very Good (+)/Very Good (-). 8.75 x 5.75 inches.

London, Ernest Benn Limited, (1964).. Third Edition; 8vo; pp. 176; illustrated frontispiece, list of illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index; original cloth, damaged dustjacket, price clipped; cloth bumped; a good copy.

Ernest Benn, 1958. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn tanning. light marks. well bound. fairly good copy.[S.N]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Revised & reset.* Impression: 1st. thus.* Date of Publication: 1958* Publisher: Ernest Benn Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Slight bumps & rubs, wear to tail of spine. Boards damp stained. ACC* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated paper dust wrapper. Gilt ground with black and red text. Considerable rubbing and shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 30s. net. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, owners signature to fep, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: 50+ b/w photos and line drawings within text.* Pages: 168 pp. text. viii pp. bibliography, glossary & index at rear.* Description: This volume is one in the series of "Practical Handbooks for collectors". It is, as it implies more of a guide to collecting, purchasing and looking after old clocks than their… Read More