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Heal (A.): Sign Boards of Old London Shops
O/P. 220 pages, illus., reprinted 1988. The trades represented include clock & watch makers, and scientific instrument makers. Good copy, with good dust jacket. (Ref: K3356 - T2) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | Heel (F.-C.) editor: The Rolex Story
NEW. 144 pages, illustrated, 2014. A history of the Rolex company with a well illustrated description of the important wristwatch models made since its inception. The last section of the book is an overview of various models with a photograph, description and estimated value (in Euros and US dollars) of each item. (Ref: N3672) in stock.
Price: £38.99 |
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[Heinz(H.J.]: Catalog of the Collection of Watches belonging to Mr J.J. Heinz of Pittsburgh
O/P. 31 pages, 33 plates, 1917. The collection was deposited in the Carnegie Museum and consisted of 100 examples (some of them sundials) dating from 1600 to 1830. Very good copy, corners a little bruised. (Ref: K142 - Y2) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | Hellich (E.): Alt-Wiener Uhren - Die Sammlung Sobek im Geymüller-Schlössl 1750 - 1900
O/P. 131 pages, illus., 1989. An illustrated catalogue of the 161 clocks of the Sobek collection housed in the Geymüller-Schlössl, Vienna. Very good copy, card covers. [German & English language] (Ref: K4037 - F2) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Hellyer (B.) & Hellyer (H.): The Astronomical Clock Hampton Court Palace
O/P. 28 pages, illus., 1973. The clock was built in 1540 and was probably designed by Nicholas Kratzer and made by Nicholas Oursian. The dial still exists but is now driven by a Gillet and Bland movement installed in 1879. A useful booklet which describes the clock and how to read the information on the dial. Good copy, bookplate on half-title page, card covers. (Ref: K868 - BX16) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Henry (C.): Huygens et Roberval Documents Nouveaux
O/P. 43 pages, 1880. Letters and documents written by the famous 17th century scientists Christiaan Huygens and Gilles Personne de Roberval. Some of the Huygens material relates to pendulums. Binding poor, pages clean and unopened, paper covers very worn with some loss. [French language] (Ref: K3197 - BX16) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Henslow (T.G.W.): Ye Sundial Booke
O/P. 422 pages, illustrated, 1935. A delightful book with sketches of sundials (mainly in Great Britain), verses for sundials, the setting of a sundial and a brief history of the sundial. With foreword by Beverley Nichols. A very good copy. (Ref: K3591 - R1) in stock.
Price: £30.00 |
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Henwood (G.): Abbot Richard of Wallingford - Fourteenth Century Scholar and Instrument Maker
O/P. 40 pages, illustrated, 1988. A short but interesting account of the life and work of Richard of Wallingford, best known for his 'Great Clock' built and installed at St Albans Abbey. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5126 - BX8) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Hepton (J.): The Hepton Clockmakers of Northallerton
O/P. Pages 24 - 26, family tree, 1997. Five generations of Hepton clockmakers worked in Northallerton, Yorkshire and, in Victorian times, Wellingborough Northamptonshire. A useful article contained in a volume of the Yorkshire Family Historian magazine. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4525 - BX3) in stock.
Price: £19.50 |
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Herbert (A.P.): Sundials Old and New
O/P. 198 pages, 15 plates, 1st edition, 1967. A practical book on dialling, explaining the science of dials and their construction. A good copy, with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1974 - K1) in stock.
Price: £40.00 |
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Hering (D.W.): The Lure of the Clock
O/P. 121 pages, 89 figures, 1932. An account of the James Arthur collection of clocks and watches at New York University. A good copy, spine faded. (Ref: K2941 - Y1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Hering (D.W.): The Lure of the Clock
O/P. 121 pages, 89 figures, 1963. An account of the James Arthur collection of clocks and watches at New York University. A good good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K2942 - Y2) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Hernick (J.L.) & Arnold (R.F.) editors: Hampden Watch Co. Canton, Ohio
O/P. 214 pages, 500+ illustrations, 1997. A detailed collectors guide to the history, watches, sizes, grades, serial numbers, and dates of the pocket watches produced by the Hampden Watch Company of Springfield, Massachusetts and Canton, Ohio; and the Dueber-Hampden Watch Co. of Canton, Ohio. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5187 - R2) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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 | Hesketh (D.): Penny-In-the-Slot Automata and the Working Model
NEW. 224 pages, over 300 colour illustrations, published January 2005. The first comprehensive guide to those ingenious amusements which have delighted visitors to the seaside and the fairground for over a century (1860's to 1970's). The book has chapters on the British makers Ahrens, Bolland, Canova, Dennison, Kraft, Lee and Tansley as well as on American working models and coin-operated mechanical music. A price guide and list of museums with good collections are also included. With dust jacket. (Ref: N599) in stock.
Price: £75.00 |
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Heuer (P.) & Maurice (K.): European Pendulum Clocks
S/H. 334 pages, 730 plates, 1st English edition, 1988. A good pictorial review of English, French, Dutch, Swedish and German pendulum clocks for standing on the floor, placing on a table or hanging on the wall. A well illustrated book showing some fine clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). (Ref: K1152 - F1) in stock.
Price: £35.00 |
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 | Heurck (H. van): The Microscope: Its Construction and management. Including Technique, Photo-Micrography, and the Past and Future of the Microscope
O/P. 382 pages, over 250 engraved illustrations, frontispiece + 1 plate, facsimile edition, no date. A late 20th century facsimile of the English language edition published in 1893. The instructions for the use of the microscope and its accessories are very clear, and the survey of microscopes then in production is of great interest historically. A very good copy. (Ref: K4509 - E7) in stock.
Price: £35.00 |
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 | Hewitt (P.A.): Turret Clocks in Leicestershire and Rutland
O/P. 48 pages, 18 figures, 1994. A survey of all the turret clocks in these two English counties with details about the clocks and their makers. Very good copy, card covers.
* Was £17.50, now on special offer at £5.00 *
(Ref: K1522 - BX17) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Higginbotham (C.): Precision Time Measures their Construction and Repair
O/P. 345 pages, 211 figs., reprinted 1952. A manual on the theory and mechanical laws governing the construction of timekeeping machines and accepted methods of their maintenance and repair. The author was a well respected craftsman; he was master watchmaker with the Hampden Watch Company then superintendent with the Seth Thomas Watch Company, the Illinois Watch Company and the South Bend Watch Company. The first edition was published in 1913. A fine copy. (Ref: K1586 - S1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Hilker (E.W.): Horological Books and Pamphlets in the Franklin Institute Library
O/P. 185 pages, 3rd edition, 1974. A useful bibliography of over 3000 volumes. Sadly the library was reorganised in the mid 1980's and most of the collection sold. A good copy (wear to top and bottom of spine), card covers. (Ref: K2945 - Y3) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Hill (D.R.): On The Construction of Water Clocks
S/H. 46 pages, figures, 1976. An English translation of an Arabic manuscript which exists in 3 versions, one of them dated 1620. The manuscripts commence with the words ' This is the Book of Archimedes on the Construction of Water Clocks'. A good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2137 - BX4) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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