The Classic Watch: the Great Watches and Their Makers from the First Watch to the Present Day
by Balfour, Michael
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Seacaucus, New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1989. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine, near gift-quality condition copy, and the "Makers Featured Include: Audemars Piguet * Baume & Mercier * Bertolucci * Blancpain * Breguet * Breitling * Cartier * Chopard * Corum * Dunhill * Ebel * Georg Jensen * Gerald Genta * Girard-Perregaux * Ingersoll * International Watch Company * Jaeger-LeCoultre * Longines * Mido * Movado * Omega * Patek Philippe * Piaget * Raymond Weil * Rolex * Rotary * Tissot * Ulysse Nardin * Vacheron Constantin." Bound in black cloth cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. [10], 11-191 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351278
- Title
- The Classic Watch: the Great Watches and Their Makers from the First Watch to the Present Day
- Author
- Balfour, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Wellfleet Press
- Place of Publication
- Seacaucus, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Michael Balfour watches clocks horology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectibles;
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