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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. North Pomfret, Vermont: Westbridge Books, 1980. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Square and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are bright white, clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with photos, maps, and diagrams. The seven contributors are: Roy Porter, Richard Knox, Chris Morgan, EWJ Phipps, Iain Nicolson, Brian John, and Colin Wilson. Index. Bound in the original black cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "We consider that we are constantly aware of the passage of time, and yet we understand next to nothing of its nature. Among the topics discussed are the measurement of time. development of the calendar, the cycle of the seasons, biological clocks and 'bodytime'. the evolution of the clock escapement." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 320pp.