The Calendar Concept and Its Evolution

Arthur, Daniel

Published by Jewelers' Circular Publishing Co., New York, 1910

About this Item

1910. First edition thus, reprinted from Jewelers' Circular Weekly. [i], 10pp. (printed on one side only of each leaf). and 15 figures within the text. Daniel Arthur was (1866-1910) was born in Scotland and emigrated with his family to America at the age of six. A noted horologist and author of scientific articles, he was a sone of .James Arthur (1842-1912), who owned and operated a New York machine shop for patent models and established Arthur Machine Works in New York City for the construction of original and special machinery and was especially interested in horology and timekeeping devices. This book on the evolution of the calendar is a reprint of articles that had previously appeared in the Horological Department of The Jewelers' Circular-Weekly. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with white titling on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and light soiling on the boards and a fairly heavy bump to the top of the spine that has caused some creasing in the clothj around the top spine corner of the front board. The contents are tight and clean and the author has signed and inscribed the front free endpaper thus: "To Mr John Smith with kind regards of Daniel Arthur. Oct 1910" John Smith was an Edinburgh horologist and author of 'Old Scottish Clockmakers'. Attached to the front fixed endpaper is a death notice of Daniel Arthur from The Horological Review and tipped-in on the front free endpaper is a letter from Daniel Arthur to John Smith, dated October 1910. Loosely inserted at the end of the book is a signed letter from James Arthur to John Smith together with various related items of ephemera. These are concerned with the tragic death of Daniel Arthur.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Calendar Concept and Its Evolution
• Publisher: Jewelers' Circular Publishing Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1910
• Binding: Blue Cloth Hardback
• Edition: First Edition Thus
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed and Signed by the au
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