The Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Wigan
by Hawkes, Arthur J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Arthur John Hawkes. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardback. Dust jacket in two pieces but all present, small loss at head of spine, water-damaged w/ some staining, mould visible on rear, wrapped in archival film; Blue boards water-damaged and mouldered; Pages age-toned, mould running through text block adjacent to spine, previous owner's signature on ffep, B&W plates; Binding tight. ; 5 X 7.5"; 84 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47637
- Title
- The Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Wigan
- Author
- Hawkes, Arthur J
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair in Good dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arthur John Hawkes
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Horology, Clocks and watches
Terms of Sale
Walden Books
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About the Seller
Walden Books
Biblio member since 2010
London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...