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Pearson (M.): The Beauty of Clocks
O/P. 96 pages, 143 colour illustrations, 1979. This book is useful for the illustrations that chart the development of longcase and bracket clocks as well as other English clocks. Good copy, poor dust jacket. (Ref: K385 - A3) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 85 pages, 7 plates, 1st edition 1945. The first book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. A very good copy of the first edition, now nicely hardbound in blue cloth, original card covers bound in. (Ref: K852 - Q1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 107 pages, 7 plates, 2nd edition 1960. A useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. A fine copy with fine dust jacket (the best copy of this book I have seen for a long time). (Ref: K548 - F5) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 112 pages, 7 plates, 11 figs., 3rd edition, 1975. A useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. A good copy of the hardback edition (bookplate on ffep), with good dust jacket (faded to spine). (Ref: K1043 - D1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Pellaton (J.C.): Watch Escapements
O/P. 126 pages, 269 figures, 23 pages of adverts, 3rd edition, [ 1949 ]. An excellent book for the serious workman by a Swiss expert. This is the English edition and has a detailed analysis of the lever, pin pallet, cylinder and detent escapements. Card covers a little worn, but a decent copy for its age. (Ref: K1193 - Z2) in stock.
Price: £18.00 |
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 | Penfold (J.B.): The Clockmakers of Cumberland
O/P. 284 pages, 118 illustrations, 1st edition, signed by author, 1977. This is one of the best books on English counties and has become the most sought after and difficult to find. Many famous clockmakers were born in Cumberland - George Graham, John Barwise, John Brockbank and James Gandy to name a few. This well researched book has information about all the Cumberland makers and is an essential reference book for enthusiasts. A very good copy, the original wrapper now worn and torn.
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(Ref: K872 - F3) in stock.
Price: £295.00 |
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 | Penman (L.): Practical Clock Escapements
NEW. 248 pages, well illustrated, reprinted 2002. An excellent book for the practical enthusiast. The book is comprehensive in its treatment of virtually all escapements including platform escapements on carriage clocks. Useful chapters on pendulum suspensions and pendulums are also included. With dust jacket. Please note: this is old stock, still in publisher's shrink wrap, now with a bump to one top corner. (Ref: N242) in stock.
Price: £60.00 |
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Penman (L.): The Clock Repairer's Handbook
O/P. 176 pages, 301 figures, 1985. This is an excellent book that describes in detail how to find and assess a clock's mechanical problems and how to fix them. The fault-finding chart is very useful as are the author's diagrams and descriptions of repair techniques. A book of great use to enthusiasts and restorers. A very good copy of the hardback edition with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K919 - E6) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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Penman (L.): The Clock Repairer's Handbook
O/P. 176 pages, 301 figures, 2000. The paperback edition of a book first published in 1985 which has been in demand ever since. This is an excellent book that describes in detail how to find and assess a clock's mechanical problems and how to fix them. The fault-finding chart is very useful as are the author's diagrams and descriptions of repair techniques. A book of great use to enthusiasts and restorers. A good copy, bookplate on half-title page. Paperback. (Ref: K2161 - B1) in stock.
Price: £17.00 |
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 | Penman (L.): Using the Engineer's Lathe in Clockmaking
NEW. 144 pages, over 160 illustrations, 2022. A practical guide to selecting, setting up and using an engineer's lathe to make the parts necessary when making and repairing clocks. A very useful book for those who have little or no experience of using a lathe. With dust jacket. (Ref: N5192) in stock.
Price: £19.99 |
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 | Penney (D.): Box-Chronometers, c.1750 - 1980: an historical overview of English Work
NEW. 24 pages, illustrated, 2023. Profile No 5 in a series of booklets by well-known horologist David Penney. While much has been written about the technology of chronometers, this overview is an attempt to place these timekeepers into a proper context, one that better explains their invention, the business of their manufacture, and their subsequent development. Card covers. (Ref: N5199) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penney (D.): Enamel Watch Dials: A Celebration of English Work
NEW. 24 pages, illustrated, 2022. Profile No 3 in a series of booklets by David Penney. The manufacture and use of vitreous enamel dials on English pocket watches started in the late 17th century and became the norm in the 18th century. This book describes the production methods and the changing designs from 1725 to 1930 and mentions the makers - the Willis family, Mathews, Weston, Marnham and Clarke. Card covers. (Ref: N5183) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penney (D.): English Wristwatches: The Untold Story
NEW. 24 pages, illustrated, 2021. Profile No 2 in a series of booklets by David Penney. A very good account of the early history of the development of the wristwatch, starting with leather converters to hold a small fob watch, followed by watches with added lugs to take a one-piece strap, then the wristwatch more or less as we know it today. The wristwatch concept was invented in England in the 1870's and this book includes watches by Rotherhams, Nicole Nielson, J. W. Benson, W. H. Williamson and the Lancashire Watch Company (LW Co watches were cased up for the wrist after the firm went bankrupt in 1910). Card covers. (Ref: N5164) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penney (D.): Morton's Patent Watches
NEW. 24 pages, well illustrated, revised and corrected edition, 2022. The first book in a series of Horological Profiles by well-known horologist David Penney. The book features the rare English watches with the single-impulse detached escapement patented by George Morton in 1856. The watches were retailed as Morton's Patent, Morton's Patent Improved, Patent Chronometer, London Patent Chronometer, and Patent Union Chronometer. 15 watches are described in detail with excellent colour photographs of each and line drawings of several escapement variations. A listing of known watch serial numbers is given together with the case hallmark, enabling these watches to be dated. Essential reading for owners, dealers and enthusiasts as this information is not available elsewhere. Card covers. (Ref: N4557) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penney (D.): Tyrer's DUPLEX Escapement: A Century of Use
NEW. 24 pages, well illustrated, 2022. The fourth book in a series of Horological Profiles by David Penney. The origins of the duplex escapement lie with Daniel Delander, Jean-Baptiste Dutertre and Pierre Le Roy but the original English patent for the escapement was taken out by Thomas Tyrer in 1782. The duplex escapement was used by many of the best English makers between 1790 and 1890 including by Vulliamy, McCabe, and Nicole & Capt. Card covers. (Ref: N5194) in stock.
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Perregaux (C.): Les Ecoles Professionnelles de France - Notes de Voyage
O/P. 59 pages, illus., 1912. An account of French engineering and technical colleges including the horology schools at Lyon, Paris, Cluses. Good copy of a rare item. Card covers. [French language] (Ref: K3141 - BX15) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Perégol (J.-E.): Nouveau Manuel Complet de L'Horloger Rhabilleur
O/P. 229 pages, 59 figures, 500 copies only, reprinted 1977. A facsimile reprint, of the 4th edition (published 1926) of Perségol's complete manual for the clock and watch repairer, first published in 1882. A fine copy. [French language] (Ref: K4539 - F5) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Phillips (A.): The Story of Big Ben
O/P. 20 pages, illustrated, 1st edition, 1959. A small booklet telling the story of 'Big Ben', the famous clock at the Palace of Westminster in London. The book was published to celebrate the clock's first 100 years in operation. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2307 - BX7) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Phillips (E.): Treatise on the Balance Spring
O/P. 102 pages, figs., 1978. A translation into English, by J. D. Weaver, of the works by Edouard Phillips on the isochronism of balance springs and pendulums. The original French articles are fairly inaccessible so this work is very useful and now hard to find. Good copy, card covers, ring bound. (Ref: K2499 - F4) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Philpott (S.F.): Modern Electric Clocks
O/P. 215 pages, 153 figs., 1st edition, 1933. One of the best known works on electric clocks explaining the principles of operation as applied to all types of electrical clocks including synchronous clocks and turret clocks. A very good copy. (Ref: K2813 - R1) in stock.
Price: £60.00 |
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