The Grandfather Clock: An Historical And Descriptive Account Of The LONG-CASE Clock Edwards, Ernest L. Collecting,Visual Arts

Large Octavo, 165 pages with 22 plates. In Good condition with Good minus dust jacket. Sunned beige spine with blue and black text. Dust jacket has spine edges chipped off, sunning to spine, creasing to spine, corners chipped, scratching to spine, tearing to edges of both covers, clipping to front flap, and moderate edge and shelf wear. Boards have discoloration to spine, bumping to spine edges, bumping to corners, and mild edge wear. Textblock has mild age toning, bookplate of Silvio Bedini on front pastedown, and heavier toning to endpapers. Two advertising catalogs for books by the author loose inside. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378685. Special Collections.