Contemporary observations on security from the Chubb Collectanea 1818 - 1968
Language: English
Published by Chubb and Son's Lock and safe company, 1968
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: mcgbooks, Worthing, United Kingdommcgbooks
AbeBooks seller since January 25, 2012
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Extraordinary book about Chubb safes and locks from their collection. As well as the history of the company the book has numerous ephemera including advertisments, newspaper articles, invitations, pictures of burglar's kits, pictures of the factory, pictures of locks and safes.Christmas cards, picture of their steam motor lorry. canteen pictures and many others, all reproduced on coloured irregular cut card interspersed into the spiral bound book - truly a work of art in itself. Editor and captions David Uglow, design Michael Tucker.Back page is a [portrait and potted biography of Noel Currer- Briggs.Unpaginated but must be over 100 pages. 21cm x 21cm bound with sturdy spiral binding, and thicker card as covers. All very Good.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Contemporary observations on security from the Chubb Collectanea 1818 - 1968
- Author
- Noel Currer-Briggs
- Publisher
- Chubb and Son's Lock and safe company
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
mcgbooks
Worthing, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 25, 2012
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mcgbooks
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