HARDCOVER WITH NO JACKET AS ISSUED. EXTERIOR BOARDS HAVE FADING, SOME SOILING AND SPOTTING WITH FRONT BOARD HAVING UNEVEN FADING DUE TO A SMALLER BOOK THAT WAS ADJACENT (PHOTO 2). 

END PAPERS HAVE FOXING BOTH FRONT AND REAR (PHOTO 19) BUT NO FOXING BEYOND THAT. 

THE TEXT BLOCK IS A GLOSSY STOCK WHICH HAS AGE RELATED TONING TO THE PAPER THAT IS DARKER ON THE EDGES. 

THERE WERE TWO INSTANCES OF LEAVES LIGHTLY STUCK TOGETHER THAT RESULTED IN MINOR LOSS OF SURFACE AND TEXT AS SHOWN IN (PHOTO 20 & 21- the close up photos of text). IT IS MINOR BUT IT EXISTS.

 MANY OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE "TIPPED IN" (PHOTO 17) WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WERE INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED ON DIFFERENT PAPER STOCK, CUT OUT AND THEN HAD THEIR CORNERS GLUED INTO THE BOOK. MANY OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THESE PHOTOS ARE "TIPPED IN" (typically considered to be a higher quality book) EVEN IF YOU CAN'T TELL IN THE PHOTOS. 

THERE IS LIGHT SPOTTING TO THE EXPOSED PAGE EDGES. 

OVERALL CONDITION WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY GOOD MINUS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE FADING TO THE OUTER BOARDS.

ALFRED CHAPUIS & EUGENE JAQUET: THE HISTORY OF THE SELF-WINDING WATCH 1770-1931.
Printed in Switzerland. This is the first English Edition and was revised from the first French edition.

Individual chapters on Abraham-Louis Perrelet, Hubert Sarton, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Louis Recordon, Jaquet-Droz & Leschot, James Cox

The book then moves on to pedometers and self-winding watches after 1830: Nicolas Grollier, Spencer & Perkins , Ralph Gout, Jacques Frederick Houriet, Von Loehr, Theurer & Fils, Leon Leroy, Henri Audemars, 

Finally, the book moves into the self-winding wrist watch: John Harwood, Harry Cutts and ending with The Rolex Oyster Perpetual

While all of the copies of this book out there have similar paper toning, there are a few with nicer external boards. This copy is stable and sound with a clean interior. You get a discount for the fading to the exterior.

PLEASE USE ZOOM FUNCTION ON ALL PHOTOS AS THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.



























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