Pennsylvania Clocks & Clockmakers Book Rittenhouse Ahaz

 This is the classic text on Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers by George H. Eckhardt that was published in 1955. It has 229 pages with numerous illustrations. It is in very good condition except for the dust jacket which has some small tears. The interior pages are in very good condition. Please see the scanned images for more detail.

From the dust jacket:

The present volume represents the first to be devoted solely to the Pennsylvania clock, represents a century of research, twenty-five years on the part of the author, who is the recognized authority in this field, and seventy-five on the part of the clockmaker, B.T. Schmauk, who inspired it. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers is a mine of new information on old timepieces. It gives a detailed account of Pennsylvania tall case clocks and their european antecedents. It tells of their makers, who included Benjamin Franklin and Matthias Baldwin (of locomotive fame); of the part the clocks played in the development of Pennsylvania; of the succeeding styles in decoration, furniture, and folk art that strongly influenced their design.