Stephens, Carlene E., Smithsonian Institution Staff — On Time: How America Has Learned to Live by the Clock

Washington, D.C., Little Brown & Company, for the Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Stated First Edition, bound handsomely in two-tone, yellow cloth over boards, oblong format, blue cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 175 four-color and 50 black-and-white illustrations. A fine illustrated history of the ways Americans have measured, used, and thought about time over the past 300 years. Drawn from the popular exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Lavishly illustrated study of humankind's efforts to measure time, showcasing dozens of unusual timepieces from the museum's collection, from Helen Keller's pocket watch to the earliest bedside alarm clock. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-255 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,