British Longcase Clocks, Derek Roberts, Schiffer Publishing, 1997, HC, VG.

Roberts, Derek. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1997.

English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 12 1/4" x 9 1/4", [9] 373 pp. 

ISBN: 0887402305

Yellow cloth over board, black lettering to front and spine, minor foxing to top-edge, light sunning to edges, otherwise, clean, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good yellow pictorial dust jacket, featuring full-color photographs of various clocks to front, back, and spine, black-and-white photograph of the author standing with a longcase clock to interior flap, black and brown lettering to front, spine, and interior flaps, some small closed tears to edges, some wear to tips, head, and tail, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [9] 373 pp. Includes over 500 black-and-white and full-color photographs, feather marbled endpapers, list of the Kings and Queens of England, Preface,19 chapters, Appendix: Maps and List of Place Names, Glossary of Terms, Makers Index, and General Index. From inside dust jacket: "In Derek Robert's important new book, readers find a wealth of valuable information detailing the British origins, evolution, and wide range of longcase clocks that have been produced since the sixteenth century."