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This is our first newsletter of 2024 so Ros and I wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year. This month we feature below various new arrivals, including several titles we have not had in stock for several years.
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Bringing the Work On 1675 to 1680
Martin Ball
O/P. A re-appraisal, based on contemporary evidence, of the part played by Robert Hooke and Thomas Tompion in the development of the English balance spring for watches. The book includes horological references in Hooke's diaries of the period and William Derham's account published in 1696. A fine copy in the original quarter leather binding (leather spine and marbled paper covered boards).
126 pages, illus., number 49 of a limited edition of 50 copies, 1999.
£160.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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A New Book of Single Cyphers, comprising Six Hundred; Invented & Engraved by Php. Barraud
Philip Barraud
O/P. The first 5 engraved pages are: title page; dedication page to Queen Charlotte (wife of George III); and cyphers CR for Queen Charlotte; GR for George III; and a cypher for the name Barraud. The 600 cyphers (six to a page) are for all single and double letter combinations from A to Z and AA to ZZ, the letters I and U not being used. Each cypher (usually called monograms today) is enclosed in a circle, ideal for engraving on the rear of pocket watch cases. A good copy, the plates generally clean - a few with very minor foxing, now nicely bound in half-leather.
5 engraved preliminary plates, 100 numbered engraved plates of cyphers, second edition, 1805.
£195.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Aked (C.K.): A Conspectus of Electrical Timekeeping
O/P. £12.50 Order Here
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Bingham (T.) & Turner (A.): Metronomes and Musical Time
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Chapuis (A.) & Droz (E.): Les Automates - Figures Artificielles D'hommes et D'animaux -Histoire et Technique
O/P. £150.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Clockmakers' Company:
Catalogue of the Nelthropp Collection in the Guildhall Library (1897)
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Cumming (A.): The Elements of Clock and Watch-work - Adapted to Practice in Two Essays (1st edition, 1766)
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Old English Clocks
F. H. Green
O/P. A rare book limited to 300 copies, on handmade paper, uncut, with black leather spine and green cloth boards. A good copy, crisp and clean internally, bookplate inside front cover, the leather spine very rubbed as usual, corners bruised.
89 pages, 51 plates, with errata slip, first edition, number 88 of 300 copies, 1931.
£395.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Cunnington (B.H.):
Clock and Watch Makers of Wiltshire of the 17th and 18th Centuries
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Dawes (H.): Instruments of the Imagination: A history of drawing instruments in Britain 1600 - 1850
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Gibbs (J.W.): Buckeye Horology - A review of Ohio Clock and Watch Makers
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Gould (R.T.):
The Marine Chronometer its History and Development (1st edition, 1923)
O/P. £195.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Hoopes (P.R.): Shop Records of Daniel Burnap Clockmaker
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Howgrave-Graham (R.P.):
Some Clocks and Jacks, with Notes on the History of Horology (Bound, 1928)
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Hudson (F.): Scottish Longcase Clocks 1780 - 1870
O/P. £9.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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International Wristwatch : International Wristwatch (issues 25 - 36) (in slipcase)
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Master of Omega
Speedmaster - Flightmaster - Speedsonic
Alberto Isnardi
O/P. A comprehensive and detailed guide to the full range of Speedmaster, Flightmaster and Speedsonic wristwatches produced between 1957 and 2006, with illustrations of cases, movements, dials and bracelets. Complete with separate 21-page price guide. Fine copy (hardback) with fine dust jacket; the price guide also in fine condition, card covers. [English & Italian language]
367 pages, well-illustrated, 2006.
£250.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Lane (J): Coventry Apprentices and their Masters, 1781 - 1806
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Neale (J.A.):
Joseph and Thomas Windmills Clock and Watch Makers 1671 - 1737
O/P. £125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Pollard (D.): The Astronomical Clockmaker Edward Cockey, & other Warminster Horologists
O/P. £65.00 Order Here
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Raistrick (A.): Quakers in Science and Industry (1st edition, 1950)
O/P. £12.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Randall (A.G.): The Time Museum Catalogue of Chronometers
O/P. £85.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Cyclopędia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (a volume of plates)
Abraham Rees
O/P. Plates, Volume II, Basso Relievo to Horology, 1820.
A single volume (only) of about 230 plates from this famous cyclopaedia. The plates include all 50 Horology Plates, as well as plates on Dialling, Drawing Instruments and Engines. The latter section includes Henry Hindley's Cutting Engine and Jesse Ramsden's Dividing Engine. A more detailed list of the plates is on the website. Enthusiasts will be familiar with the poor quality 1970 reprint of the horological sections of the Cyclopędia - the original plates, as here, are much clearer. A very good copy, the plates generally very clean and bright with only minor foxing to a few plates. Now smartly rebound in half-leather.
£140.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
See also:
Rees (A.): The Cyclopędia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (5 volumes)
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Reeve (C.B.): The Musical Clock
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Reid (T.): Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical
(1st edition, 1826)
O/P. £275.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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[Smiths] compiled by Smith (B.): Smiths Watches
NEW. £25.00 Order Here
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Thomas Tompion His Life and Work
Robert W. Symonds
O/P. The deluxe edition, signed by author, printed on handmade paper, top edge gilt, limited to 350 copies, burgundy half calf binding and gilt lettering, with red cloth covered slipcase. An important book about England's most famous clock and watch maker. A very good copy, the slipcase also good, but a little discoloured.
320 pages, 272 plates + 2 folding plates, first edition, 1951.
£275.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Dictionnaire des Horlogers Franēais
Tardy
O/P. An essential reference book which lists French clock and watchmakers with place of work and working dates, many entries also have additional information. A very good copy of a hard to find title, the card covers now a little worn. [French language]
2 volumes, 760 pages in total, illustrated, 1971 & 1972. £195.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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[Trade Media Ltd]: Asian Sources Timepieces Magazine (7 issues)
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Ullyett (K.): English Clock Masterpieces (1946, very rare)
O/P. £175.00 less10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Wayman (M. L.) (editor): The Ferrous Metallurgy of Early Clocks and Watches - Studies in Post Medieval Steel
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Wilbourn (A.S.H.) & Ellis (R.):
Lincolnshire Clock, Watch and Barometer Makers
NEW. £65.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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With best wishes,
Jeff & Ros Formby
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Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in Horological Books & English Clocks
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558
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