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[Christie's]: The Albert Odmark Collection of Important Clocks and Watches
O/P. 450 lots, all illustrated in colour. A fine collection which included a complicated quarter striking automaton skeleton clock with oscillating dial by Hubert Sarton, a walnut loncase clock with grasshopper escapement attributed to Daniel Delander and some rare early pocket watches. A very good copy. [Sale @ London 11/03/2005] (Ref: A80)

Price: £20.00

[Christie's]: The Celebrated Collection of English and Continental Clocks formed by the late Courtnay A. Ilbert, Esq., F.B.H.I.
O/P. 96 pages, 26 b&w plates, 1 colour plate, 1958. The Christie's sale catalogue (illustrated) for the famous Ilbert collection; the collection was sold to the British Museum prior to the auction. A good copy, the boards a little discoloured. Hardback. [Sale @ King Street, London 6 & 7/11/1958] (Ref: A201)

Price: £20.00

[Christie's]: The Collection of the Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild
O/P. 224 lots, all illustrated in colour. The sale of two important 19th century collections of musical instruments, arms & armour, manuscripts, coins & medals, Silver, ceramics, glass, sculpture, scientific instruments, clocks, furniture and textiles. The clocks included a fine longcase clock by Berthoud, the scientific instruments included a Jost Bürgi globe, several astrolabes and several items by Christoph Schissler of Augsburg. A very good copy, hardback [Sale @ King Street, London 08/07/1999] (Ref: K4731 - H5)

Price: £25.00

[Christie's]: The Mostyn Tompion
O/P. The auction catalogue for a single item - the famous year-going spring driven table clock made by Thomas Tompion for William III. The catalogue has 12 photographs of the clock and 4 pages of description and provenance. Prior to the sale taking place the clock was sold to the British Museum. A good copy, card covers now worn and marked. [Sale @ King Street, London 14/07/1982] (Ref: AW242)

Price: £15.00

Cipolla (C.M.): Clocks & Culture 1300 - 1700
O/P. 192 pages, 8 plates, 1967. Put down the depthing tool, switch off the wheel-cutting engine for an evening and read about the history of clock development and production which led to Europe's industrial supremacy. A good copy (stained to edge of page block) with good dust jacket good. (Ref: K1109 - F2)

Price: £10.00

Clark (B.E.) & Clark (M.A.): William Clark, Clockmaker of Kendal, 1716 - 1763
O/P. Pages 135 - 160, 4 plates, 2 figs., 1992. A well researched and detailed account of the life and work of William Clark of Kendal who was apprenticed to Isaac Hadwen, also of Kendal. 22 clocks by Clark are known and described here. This article is contained in a volume of Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. A fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K1520 - F2)

Price: £25.00

Clark (J.E.T.): Musical Boxes
O/P. 72 pages, illustrated, [ 1948 ]. A good introduction to cylinder and disc musical boxes, and to barrel organs. A good copy, spine faded. (Ref: K1775 - E5)

Price: £6.00

Clarke (T.N.), Morrison-Low (A.D.) & Simpson (A.D.C.): Brass & Glass, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland
O/P. 320 pages, illustrated, 1989. An excellent book, the result of many years of detailed research and of great use to clock enthusiasts for its chapters on the chronometer makers Alexander Dobbie, Duncan McGregor, Kelvin White, and Whyte Thomson & Co. Barometer collectors will want this book for its information about Alexander Adie and his successors including English branches of the business. Sundial enthusiasts are not forgotten, there is a chapter on Richard Melville and his slate sundials. The book's illustrations are of instruments in the Museum's Arthur Frank Collection, and this copy of the book has a presentation inscription signed by Arthur Frank on the title page. Recommended reading. A very good copy. Soft covers. (Ref: K2093 - N2)

Price: £70.00

Clarke (T.N.), Morrison-Low (A.D.) & Simpson (A.D.C.): Brass & Glass, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland
O/P. 320 pages, illustrated, 1989. An excellent book, the result of many years of detailed research and of great use to clock enthusiasts for its chapters on the chronometer makers Alexander Dobbie, Duncan McGregor, Kelvin White, and Whyte Thomson & Co. Barometer collectors will want this book for its information about Alexander Adie and his successors including English branches of the business. Sundial enthusiasts are not forgotten, there is a chapter on Richard Melville and his slate sundials. Recommended reading. A good copy, covers and edges worn. Soft covers. (Ref: K4707 - G6)

Price: £45.00

Claterbos (F.H. Van W.): Viennese Clockmakers and What They Left Us

Claterbos (F.H. Van W.): Viennese Clockmakers and What They Left Us
NEW. 336 pages, 82 figures, 1979. The first 112 pages chart the development of Viennese clocks from 1683 to 1848, including the Empire, Biedermeier and Neo-classical periods. The remainder is a very useful and detailed list of Viennese clockmakers not available elsewhere. The book also has a German-English dictionary of clockmaking terms. With dust jacket. (Ref: N469)

Price: £49.50

[Clockmakers Company]: British Clock and Watch Making Today
O/P. 56 pages, illustrated, 1987. The catalogue of an exhibition held in London in 1987 to show the work of British horological craftsmen including items by George Daniels, Thomas Mercer and Derek Pratt. A fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K2722 - H2)

Price: £10.00

[Clockmakers'  Company]:  Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company of London

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company of London
O/P. 205 pages, 2nd edition, 1898. An interesting historical listing of documents and books which may still be consulted at the Guildhall Library in London. A very good copy (2 corners a bit bruised) in original green cloth with gilt armorial of the Clockmakers Company to front cover. (Ref: K687 - L2)

Price: £95.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
O/P. 79 pages, 3rd edition, 1951. The catalogue of the Library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, compiled by G.H. Baillie. The collection is still housed in London and is available for reference. A very good copy. (Ref: KW4308 - C1)

Price: £8.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Museum of the Clockmakers' Company of London
O/P. 137 pages, 3rd edition, 1949. The catalogue of the Museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, compiled by G.H. Baillie. The collection is now housed in the Science Museum, London and is well worth a visit. A companion volume about the Library was published in 1951 in a uniform binding (see ref K4308). A good copy. (Ref: K76 - F5)

Price: £14.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Museum of the Clockmakers' Company of London, including the Nelthropp Collection

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Museum of the Clockmakers' Company of London, including the Nelthropp Collection
O/P. Catalogue of the Museum: 95 pages, 2nd edition, 1902; Catalogue of the Nelthropp Collection: 85 pages, 2nd edition, 1900. The collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is now on display at the Science Museum, London. A good copy, front end papers marked and with bookplates, front cover creased. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and armorial to front cover. (Ref: K4259 - Q1)

Price: £75.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Nelthropp Collection in the Guildhall Library
O/P. 54 pages, portrait, + 15 page addendum, 1895 & 1897. Catalogue of the clocks, watches and chronometers donated to the Cockmakers Company by Revd. H. L Nelthropp. The addendum lists additional items donated after 1894. A very good copy (large bookplate on front end paper), card covers. (Ref: KW2956 - BX11)

Price: £35.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: Short Guide to the Clocks and Watches owned by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers displayed at the Guildhall Museum of the City of London
O/P. [12 pages], illustrated, no date. A brief guide to the superb collection housed in the Guildhall Library, London. The booklet is undated but was probably produced in the 1980's. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2100 - BX4)

Price: £4.00

[Clockmakers' Company]: The Livery 1981
O/P. 56 pages, 1981. A list of the Master, Wardens and Liverymen on the 350 Anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, together with a brief history of the Company. A fine copy, stiff card covers. (Ref: K3076 - BX12)

Price: £9.00

Cloutman (E.W.):  English & Scottish Musical Clocks

Cloutman (E.W.): English & Scottish Musical Clocks
O/P. 58 pages, 2000. Contemporary scores from longcase and bracket clocks to aid dating and restoration. The book includes scores, which will be of help in identifying tunes on other clocks. A useful book for the enthusiast and restorer. Fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K77 - E7)

Price: £30.00
Cloutman (E.W.) & Linnard (W.): Henry Williams Lancarvan - 'A Clock and Watchmaker and a Great Farmer'

Cloutman (E.W.) & Linnard (W.): Henry Williams Lancarvan - 'A Clock and Watchmaker and a Great Farmer'
O/P. 136 pages, b&w illustrations, 4 colour plates, 1st edition, signed by authors, number 237 of 300 copies, 2003. A detailed study of the life and work of Henry Williams (1727 - 1790) who made good quality longcase clocks in the Vale of Glamorgan. As with many provincial clockmakers, Williams was also a farmer hence the book's sub-title. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K537 - P1)

Price: £60.00

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