Vincent J. M. Eras - Locks & Keys throughout the Ages - Lips' Safe and Lock Manufacturing Company, 1957 - First Edition - Hardcover with dust jacket - 194pp - 27x19 cm
Condition Good: Dust jacket some damage at the edges and missing a small piece at the spine. Pages not as white as they used to be. No notes or writing, binding tight, no obvious signs of use.
Locks and Keys throughout the Ages is widely considered the best book ever written on the history of locks. It is illustrated throughout with photos from the extensive Lips' Collection. Vincent J.M. Eras was not only a master locksmith who developed several important patents but he was also an avid collector and was passionate about the history and development of locking mechanisms.
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Product code: Locks & Keys throughout the Ages - Vincent order Eras - 1957, First Edition