Hamlyn 1980 reprint for WH Smith.. 9.0 x 12.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (D/W slightly rubbed around edges with small chips and tears. Price clipped). Small marks to half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 256pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. A history of clock and watch development and manufacture through the ages.

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Bookseller: The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84822
Title: The World's Great Clocks & Watches.
Author: JAGGER, CEDRIC:
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamlyn 1980 reprint for WH Smith.
Keywords: COLLECTING::Clocks cedric jagger, world, clocks, watches, history, development, making, working, photographs, dustwrapper,

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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.

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