![[Item #46364] The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey 1723-1900 With a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers. William H. DISTIN, Robert Bishop.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/46364.jpg?auto=webp&v=1571868483)
The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey 1723-1900 With a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers
New York: Dutton, 1976. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (29cm.); gilt-stamped, red publisher's cloth-backed boards in yellow pictorial dustwrapper; 359pp. Textblock foxed along edges and intermittently along page margins. Marked in ink on front pastedown. Gift inscription on front free endpaper (verso). Overall light handling wear, but sound; Very Good. Boards fading along upper and lower extremities, else Near Fine. Dustwrappers heavily sunned, particularly along spine. Some shelf wear and soiling, with creasing on front and rear margins. Some chipping on heel of spine, creasing on crown. Front inner jacket panel price-clipped. Wrappers Very Good. A compilation of historical American clocks, described and presented through nearly 700 b/w illustrations and 84 color plates. Also includes a glossary and a listing of 6153 American clockmakers.
Price: $30.00
