Title: When We Speak of a Tenth Author: Morley, Christopher Place: [Lancaster, PA] Publisher: [Hamilton Watch Company] Date: [1931] Description: 26, [2] pp. Illustrated from photographs. (4to), original green cloth-backed textured grisaille boards with abstract pattern, green cloth title-author label. No. 260 of 260 copies. Explores the nature of "a tenth of a second" and the Hamilton Watch Company. The author describes the methods that the Hamilton Watch Company engineers use in the production of some of the various parts used in making watches. One of Morley's more uncommon commercial endeavors. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to cloth and cover label, rubbing to boards; typical offsetting from photographic plates onto text block of facing versos; very good. Item number: 299042
Title: When We Speak of a Tenth Author: Morley, Christopher Place: [Lancaster, PA] Publisher: [Hamilton Watch Company] Date: [1931] Description: 26, [2] pp. Illustrated from photographs. (4to), original green cloth-backed textured grisaille boards with abstract pattern, green cloth title-author label. No. 260 of 260 copies. Explores the nature of "a tenth of a second" and the Hamilton Watch Company. The author describes the methods that the Hamilton Watch Company engineers use in the production of some of the various parts used in making watches. One of Morley's more uncommon commercial endeavors. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling to cloth and cover label, rubbing to boards; typical offsetting from photographic plates onto text block of facing versos; very good. Item number: 299042
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