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PENNSYLVANIA CLOCKS and CLOCKMAKERS - George H Eckhardt - illustrated hb BOOK

$ 5.86

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Condition: moderate to heavy signs of wear to dust jacket - scuffs, bends and fades to covers and edges - tears to edges of dust jacket
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    Description

    This auction is for used illustrated hardback book with dust jacket.
    PENNSYLVANIA
    CLOCKS
    AND CLOCKMAKERS
    An Epic of Early American Science,
    Industry, and Craftsmanship
    by George H. Eckhardt
    Illustrated
    BONANZA BOOKS
    Copyright 1955 by The Devin-Adair Company
    This edition published by Bonanza Books, a division
    of Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement
    with The Devin-Adair Company
    229 pages
    CONTENTS:
    Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    The Pennsylvania Clock
    The Dial of Ahaz
    The Clockmaker
    Clockmakers of Pennsylvania
    The "Rules and Reason" of Pennsylvania Clocks
    The Almanac Built in a Clock
    Repair and Restoration
    Appraising
    Pennsylvania-German Folk Art and the Pennsylvania Clock
    Grandfather's Clock
    Watches, Watchmakers, and Watchpapers of Pennsylvania
    Clocks and Bells of the State House
    Christiaan Huygens:  Horologium
    Aspects of Time
    William Molyneux:  Astronomical Equation of Time
    Illustrations
    An Annotated List of the Clock- and Watchmakers of Philadelphia
    An Annotated List of the Clock- and Watchmakers of Pennsylvania (outside of Philadelphia)
    Index
    Scuffs, rubs and dents to covers and edges
    Tears to dust jacket edges
    Marked-through price on inner flap of dust jacket
    Binding is good
    Book weighs 1 pound 8.7 ounces - prior to packaging
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