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Asprey & Neilson: Exhibition of Fine Antique & Decorative Clocks 10th - 20th June, 1975
O/P. 57 pages, illustrated, 1975. 98 fine clocks are described and many of them are illustrated, some in colour. 23 of the clocks are skeleton clocks from the Major Heathcote collection. These are unused pristine copies with perfect dust jackets - a special purchase of old stock found in a booksellers warehouse. (Ref: N1856)
Price: £8.50

Beeson (C.F.C.): Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400 - 1850
NEW. 212 pages, 34 plates, portrait, folding map, 3rd edition, 1989. This is a reprint of the second edition with a new introduction by A.V. Simcock and a new enlarged index which contains some additional information about the clockmakers. This book is essential reading if you are interested in the clocks and clockmakers of this county. Card covers. Special purchase, was £20.00 now £10.00 (Ref: S1)
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Price: £10.00

Bird (C.): Metamec The Clockmaker Dereham
NEW. 382 pages, illustrated, 2003. Metamec of East Dereham in Norfolk, made a wide range of domestic clocks in the second half of the 20th century. This is a history of the firm, written whilst those with first hand knowledge of the business are still alive. The book has many photographs and details of the models Metamec made - at the height of their success they employed 1,000 people and were making 25,000 clocks a week! With dust jacket.
Special purchase - was £21.00 now on offer at £14.00 (Ref: S61)
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Cave-Brown-Cave (B.W.): Jonas Barber Clockmaker of Winster
O/P. 269 pages, 10-page index, 1979. A very detailed account about the Barber family and the clocks they made. The Barbers numbered their clocks hence this is a useful guide to the progression of styles. The book also covers the Philipson family who continued the Barber numbering system. Card covers. A special purchase of old stock found in the publishers warehouse means that we can sell these unused copies, all in excellent condition, at £14.50 each - prior to this second-hand copies were selling (and still are!) for £25.00 upwards. Buy now before stocks are exhausted. (Ref: K1016)
Price: £14.50

Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 - 1900
NEW. 388 pages, 754 figs, 1987. This book is a supplement and companion volume to Horological Shop Tools with more information on tools and tool makers including reprints of catalogues by Swiss, English and American makers.

***** Special Purchase - this book was on sale at £180.00, we can now offer it at £135.00 ******

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(Ref: N1868)
Price: £135.00

Drake (S.): Galileo Galilei Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass
O/P. 95 pages, illus., 1978. This is an English translation, with introduction, of Galileo's first publication printed in 1606. Galileo developed the sector (Galileo's "compass") into a useful calculation instrument sufficiently accurate to solve military problems associated with fortification and artillery as well as problems of proportion. A fine copy. Card covers. (Ref: K1966)
Price: £8.50

Robey (J.) Editor : Your Time - Including the Contribution of Northwest England to the Development of Clocks and Watches
NEW. 136 pages, illustrated in colour, 2008. The catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Northern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society, with interesting introductions on Chronometers, Watchmaking in Prescot & South Lancashire, Edward Massey's Lever Escapement, Unfinished or Raw Movements, Turret Clocks and the Lancashire Watch Company by Edward Powell, Alan Smith, Alan Treherne and Chris McKay. The interesting text and good illustrations of the 127 exhibits mean that this will be a useful reference book in the years to come. Card covers. Was £20.00, now on special offer at £12.00 (Ref: S21)
Price: £12.00

Wills (P.B.): Conservation of Clocks and Watches
NEW. 83 pages, 22 colour plates, 1995. Published by the British Horological Institute this book has a code of ethics for restorers together with conservation principles that apply when cleaning and restoring clocks and watches. Special Offer now only £6.00 (Ref: N1310)
Price: £6.00