Wrist Watches : the collector's guide to selecting, acquiring, and enjoying new and vintage wrist watches / Isabella de Lisle Selby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selby, Isabella de Lisle.

Contributor:

Forrester, Paul, photographer.

Quintet Publishing Limited (London, England), publisher.

Courage Books (Firm), publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wrist watches.

Wrist watches--Collectors and collecting.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

80 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1994.

Contents:

Introduction

1. What Makes a Wrist Watch Tick?

2. Interesting and Complicated Movements

3. Designs over the Decades

4. Jewelry Watches

5. Sports Watches

6. Classic Collectibles

7. The Swatch Phenomenon

8. Tips for Collectors

A Chronology of Wrist Watch Invention.

Notes:

"A Quintet Book"--Title page verso.

"This book was designed and produced by Quintet Publishing Limited, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH"--Title page verso.

"Creative Director: Richard Dewing. Designer: Peter Laws. Project Editor: Katie Preston. Editor: Ruth Baldwin. Picture Researcher: Isabella Selby. Photographer: Paul Forrester."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.

Running Press copies are "1" printing.

ISBN:

1561384313

9781561384310

OCLC:

31358357