Eli Terry and the Connecticut shelf clock
by Roberts, Kenneth D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 091360206X
- ISBN 13
- 9780913602065
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Bristol,Conn.: Ken Roberts Pub. Co, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. blue cloth, gile cover and spine ,xvi, 320 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portrait, dust jacket has over all light soil, spine soiled, dust jacker chipped at head and tail. text is tight and clean.CONTENTS: Introduction,Successes with Plymouth tall clocks Introduction of the shelf clock.The five-wheeled train movement The patent suit: Terry vs. Thomas,Chauncey Jerome: the promoter Ephraim Downs: clockmaker & miller.Samuel Terry: clockmaker's clockmaker.Clockmaking in the neighboring towns,The end of an era Bibliographical essay,Check list of Connecticut shelf clock firms Appendices,Index.
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558332
- Title
- Eli Terry and the Connecticut shelf clock
- Author
- Roberts, Kenneth D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091360206X
- ISBN 13
- 9780913602065
- Publisher
- Ken Roberts Pub. Co
- Place of Publication
- Bristol,Conn.
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1800-1899,Clock and watch makers,Clock and watch makers Connecticut History 19th century,Clock and watch making Clock and watch making Connecticut History 19th century Connecticut,History,Horlogerie Connecticut Histoire 19e sie`cle Horlogers Connecticut H
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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