Antique American Clocks - Types Makers Dates Clockmakers / Scarce Book + Values

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AMERICAN CLOCKS & CLOCKMAKERS
by Robert W. & Harriet Swedberg, Wallace-Homestead Book Company, PA, 1989.
Over 350 clocks available to today’s collector are shown and described, with 1989 prices.  A concise review of pricing guidelines and smart buying practices is followed by the fascinating history of American clocks and clockmakers, including Eli Terry and Seth Thomas.  Important inventions, patents, and events in horological history are described, with special detail on the Ansonia, Waterbury, New Haven, E.N. Welch, Gilbert, and Ingraham clock manufactories.  Special descriptive and pictorial sections include:  Old Timers:  banjo, pillar-and-scroll, looking-glass, transition and OG clocks; wall clocks: regulators, octagons, gallery and mission-style clocks, advertising and calendar clocks; shelf clocks: steeple, parlor and historical motif styles; calendar, mantel, alarm and celluloid clocks; novelty clocks: Lux, two-timers, and Art Deco styles; classics:  statuary, crystal, porcelain, and grandfather clocks.”  A glossary and bibliography round out this fine collector’s guide on American antique clocks.
7“ x 9.9“ softback in very good condition.  179 pages.
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