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The Marine Chronometer
Book Description
The Marine Chronometer - Its History and Development by Rupert T. Gould (The Holland Press, reprint 1978), foreword by Sir Frank W. Dyson.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [4], xvi, 287, plus b/w line drawings, plus b/w plates. Size: 8.75 x 6 inches approx. (222mm x 150mm).
Dustwrapper rubbed and worn; sunned and faded to spine and front panel; tanned to spine and flap folds. Bumped to upper corner of boards; wear to spine ends. Age tanning to edges of page-block; occasional dustiness but otherwise pages appear clean throughout.
Nonetheless, remaining a nice, clean copy in a worn and faded dustwrapper.
Dealer Notes
A detailed study of the marine chronometer. The standard work and originally published in 1923 by J. D. Potter, this copy being a reprint of the 1960 edition published by Holland Press.
Author
Rupert T. Gould
Date
1978
Publisher
Holland Press
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