Isbn: 9780706400366 - clocks (21 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. solid hardcover edition minor wear to cover overall good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. reprint. Small 4to, 96 pp. Color & b/w plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hardcover - Very Good condition. Contains address label for previous owner.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used - Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Dust jacket is protected by mylar. Name of previous owner inside cover.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. This work begins with man's earliest timepiece, a stick stuck in the ground to cast a shadow, and traces its history and evolution through sundials and waterclocks, hour glasses and measured candles to the mechanical clock as we know it. Photographs and illustrations are included. This copy is clean and solid.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition. Some light shelf and use wear, including an inscription written inside of the front end paper to a prior owner, and a corner clipped from the front inside flap of the dust jacket, otherwise appears to be a good clean copy.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG++/VG+/VG++. y First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK "OCTOPUS EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint, revised. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1972 (1961)* Publisher: Octopus.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated boards matching jacket, white title to spine and face. No bumps, minor rubs, no other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing three antique clocks to front and one to rear. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG++ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners name to title & code to reverse. Coloured end papers, dark blue. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight age marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: 136 Illustrations in colour & b/w. * Pages: 96 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: In this delightful book about all kinds of clocks, Simon Fleet begins his story with man's earliest timepiece, a stick stuck into the ground to cast a shadow, and traces its history and evolution through sundials and waterclocks, hour glasses and measured candles to the mechanical clock as we know it. The illustrations include old prints of clockmakers and diagrams of clock mechanisms: and among the colour photographs are beautiful French and Italian clocks of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.* A NEAR FINE copy reduced by minor faults to VG+.* 1972-01-01. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. New-looking book with dust edges; tight and unmarked in lightly rubbed dust jacket. 136 illustrations; 9.50 X 8.10 X 0.70 inches; 96 pages.

Zustand: Good.

Hardback. Zustand: good. dw clipped, good. with dw.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st edition. Clocks by Simon Fleet. Published by Octopus Books Ltd, London, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG in Chipped & Taped DJ. Gift dedication in ink inside front cover. Some chipping bottom edge of book, overal content excellent. 96 Pgs. ISBN 0706400364. The author begins his story with man's earliest timepiec, a stick stuck in the ground to cast a shawod, and traces its history and evolution through sundials and waterclocks, hour glasses and measured candles to the mechanical clock as we know it. He deals with domestic clocks from the end of the 14th century to the present day and with chronometers, Japanese clocks and monumental clocks. Famous clockmakers, both European and American, and the patronage by Royalty of clockmakers all over Europe, are described in some detail. The 136 illustrations include old prints of clockmakers and diagrams of clock mechanizms; and among the color photos are beautiful French and Italin clocks of the 17th and 18th centuries. Description text copyright 2010 BooksForComfort. Item ID 23317. book.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light bumping at spine crown. Light foxing on top/bottom edges of text block. Owner inscription.; 9.5 X 8.1 X 0.7 inches; 96 pages.