The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900, with a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1976. Cloth, 359 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The most of all encomposing work on the subject to be published in many years, The American Clock is certain to become a standard reference work in this important and ever-growing field of collecting. The book is not intended to be a history of clockmaking in America; instead, its purpose is to collect into one volume a very large number of significant clocks of all types so that the collectors will have a substantial pictorial reference with which to compare their own acquisitions and to extend their knowledge of the field. . ." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Tower clocks; Tall case clocks; Dwarf tall case clocks; Bracket clocks; Massachusetts shelf clocks; Lighthouse clocks; Shelf clock; Calendar clocks; Novelty clocks; Tools; Wall clocks; Banjo clocks and Lyre clocks; Girandole clocks; New Hampshire mirror clocks; Calendar clocks.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.