1919 First Edition 8vo. pp. 294  24 illustrations.  Published in 1919 for Robert H. Ingersoll & Bros. to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their entrance into the watch industry.  Beige linen cloth back blue paper boards. Paper label to spine. Cover slightly browned corners bumped.

Impressively illustrated with tissue-guarded plates including frontispiece. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress.

A history of timekeeping from the stone age through to American mass production, covering timepieces from the sundial and water clock through the key inventions driving advances in the accuracy of clocks and watches in both Europe and America.