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Sunny Dzik's new book Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking, 1675-1725 is now in stock and selling quickly. This book will become the standard reference work on pull quarter strike designs in the golden age. Continuing the theme of Ten Books on.... this months newsletter features books on Table Clocks, Journals and Scientific Instruments.
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Beneath the Dial:
English Clock Pull Repeat Striking, 1675-1725
Sunny Dzik
NEW. Beneath the Dial is the first book in almost 40 years devoted to pull repeat striking in early English clocks. The book is divided into two parts - part 1 reviews the origins of pull repeat striking during the last quarter of the 17th century; part 2 presents a detailed illustrated Atlas which categorizes pull quarter strike designs for over 200 clocks and timepieces produced between 1675 and 1725. The book includes expert technical contributions by Roger Still, an experienced clock restorer.
600 pages, 1000 illustrations, 2023.
£99.00 Order Here
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Ten Books on Table Clocks:
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Carriage Clocks - Their History and Development
Charles Allix
O/P. The best book about the history and manufacture of carriage clocks from around the world. This book is essential for understanding carriage clocks and their development. A very good copy with dust jacket (wear to edges and corners).
484 pages, illustrated, first edition, 1974.
£95.00 Order Here
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The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714 - 1830
Richard C. R. Barder
O/P. This is the standard reference work on bracket clocks and an essential part of the library for every collector and enthusiast. Now out of print and hard to find. A fine copy with very good dust jacket.
233 pages, 33 colour plates and numerous b&w illustrations, 1993.
£195.00 less 10% Order Here
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Coole (P.G.) & Neumann (E.): The Orpheus Clocks
O/P. £15.00 Order Here
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Dawson (P.G.), Drover (C.B.) & Parkes (D.W.): Early English Clocks
O/P. £60.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Dzik (W.H.):
Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
NEW. £75.00 Order Here
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Kemp (W.B. & Sons): Reproductions and Specialities in Bracket Clocks (1906)
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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[Christie's]: The Mostyn Tompion
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Nicholls (A.): English Bracket and Mantel Clocks
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Roberts (D.): Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks
NEW. £90.99 Order Here
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Vitale (L.) & Vitale (F.): The Carriage Clock: 200 Years of Timely Allure
NEW. £5.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Antiquarian Horology
Volume 5 to Volume 9, Leather Bound
O/P. A bound set of Antiquarian Horology from volume 5 issue 1 (December 1968) to volume 9 issue 8 (September 1976) complete with indices.
The set, now nicely bound in quarter red leather (leather spine and corners, red cloth boards), is complete with indices (index of volumes 5 & 7 bound in, the others supplied loose).
£95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
See also:
We have large stocks of Antiquarian Horology, both complete volumes and Odd Issues.
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Radio Time
The radio-controlled clock & watch magazine
O/P. Seven issues of Radio Time, issues #1 to #6, and #8 (August 1989 to spring 1992). This journal was published with 3 issues per year and was originally a newsletter about radio-controlled clocks and watches, but the scope widened to include the history and development of clocks and watches regulated by time signals broadcast by radio, including time distribution by electric clock systems.
£7.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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[Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd]: The Dial (December 1921)
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Horological Journal: September 1858 (the very first issue!)
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only * See also:
We have large stocks of the BHI's Horological Journal, both complete volumes and Odd Issues.
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International Wristwatch : International Wristwatch (issues 25 - 36)
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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[IWC]: Watch International (9 issues)
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Naas (R.): Watches International 2005
O/P. £9.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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NAWCC: Bulletin - volume 13 (Bulletins 131 - 142)
O/P. £5.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Scientific Instrument Society Bulletin: 13 issues
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Tremayne (A.) editor: The Watch & Clock Maker - November 1932
O/P. £4.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Ten Books on Scientific Instruments:
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The Construction and Principal Uses of
Mathematical Instruments
Nicolas Bion
O/P. 325 pages, 30 plates, 2nd edition, 1972. A large format facsimile reprint by Holland Press, of the English edition of Bion's famous work, translated and supplemented by Edmund Stone and originally published in 1758. An excellent book for researching slide rules, drawing instruments, surveying instruments, telescopes, microscopes, sun dials and more. A very good copy.
325 pages, 30 plates, 2nd edition, 1972.
£75.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Historical Aspects of Microscopy
S. Bradbury & G.L'E. Turner
O/P. An interesting collection of 6 scholarly papers read at a Royal Microscopical Society conference in 1966. The papers include The Quality of the Image Produced by the Compound Microscope 1700 - 1840 and The History of the Electron Microscope. A good copy, dust jacket worn.
227 pages, illustrated, 1967.
£27.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Clarke (T.N.), Morrison-Low (A.D.) & Simpson (A.D.C.):
Brass & Glass, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland
O/P. £70.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Cleempoel (K. van): Astrolabes at Greenwich - A Catalogue of the Astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Cotter (C.H.): A History of the Navigator's Sextant
NEW. £21.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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McConnell (A.): Jesse Ramsden (1735 - 1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Willach (R.): The Development of the Reflecting Telescope in the 18th Century from John Hadley to James Short
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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As always, if there are any books you are looking for please let us know and we will try to find them for you.
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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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