I am pleased to announce that our secure website is fully upgraded and the ordering of books online is now possible again. Our apologies for the break in service towards the end of last month.

We have various special offers this month and some of them are included below with this month's list of some of the books currently in stock.

New Books:

Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
John G Platt

NEW. A well researched and definitive account of the Lancashire Watch Company and its Watches. The Company was founded in 1888 for the large-scale production of pocket watches, but after some initial success was dissolved in 1906. This book documents the rise and fall of the company, as well as its watches, and will be of great interest to enthusiasts and collectors. The book includes an analysis of the company's ledgers and reproduces sales catalogues, LWC documents and the auction catalogue from 1911 when the remaining assets of the company were sold. With dust jacket.

528 pages, about 1000 illustrations, 2016.

£45.00 Order Here

Attree (W.): Ein neues Uhrenformat entsteht Die Evolution des Ulysse Nardin Kalibers 22/24
NEW. £80.00 Order Here

Bergmann (S.): Comtoise-Uhren
NEW. £85.00 Order Here

Kent (P.) & Chapman (A.) Editors:
Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance
NEW. £10.00 Order Here

Kreuzer (A.): Omega Designs
NEW. £57.99 Order Here

Ly (Tran Duy): Kroeber Clocks - American & Imported
NEW. £30.00 Order Here

Marchenoir (J.): Treasures of Vacheron Constantin - A legacy of Watchmaking since 1775
NEW. £30.00 Order Here

Oechslin (L.): Astronomische Uhren Und Welt-Modelle Der Priestmechaniker Im 18. Jahrhundert
NEW. £220.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Schaaf (B.): Schwarzwalduhren
NEW. £50.00 Order Here

Lexicon der Deutschen Uhrenindustrie 1850 - 1980
Hans Heinrich Schmid

NEW. This book is the standard reference work on the German industrial watch and clock making industry, now much expanded in a second edition. The first volume is an alphabetical listing of 2360 firms with brand names, trademarks and dates etc. illustrated. The second volume gives more detailed information on 480 of the firms listed in volume 1. Also in volume 2 is an alphabetical list of all companies included, and a detailed bibliography. [German language]

2 volumes each of 496 pages, 2nd edition, 2012.

£65.00 Order Here

Severs (D.F.):
A Concise Guide to the Clockmakers of Northallerton and their Clocks
NEW. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

White (I.): English Clocks for the Eastern Markets - English Clockmakers Trading in China & the Ottoman Empire 1580 - 1815
NEW. £75.00 Order Here

The Majesty of the Chinese Market Watch - The Life and Collection of Gustave Loup of Tientsin and Geneva, Watch Dealer and Collector (1876-1961)
Ian White

NEW. This important new publication charts the history of a remarkable nineteenth century phenomenon - the Chinese market for the finest horological timepieces. In the chaos following the Boxer Rebellion, Loup assembled a fabulous collection, but his fortunes later waned, and bankruptcy saw the collection broken up in the 1930's. This book charts his remarkable life and examines in detail over 100 of his best pieces. With dust jacket.

371 pages, over 280 illustrations, 2019.

£17.50 Order Here

Whyte (D.): Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Scotland
NEW. £35.00 Order Here

Wild (J.M.): Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology - a Historical and Practical Guide
NEW. £29.95 Order Here

Wiles (M.W.):
Maintaining and Repairing Mechanical Watches - A Practical Guide
NEW. £25.00 Order Here

Out of Print Books:

Bringing the Work On 1675 to 1680
Ball (M.)

O/P. One of only a handful of copies produced by the author for researchers interested in the subject. A re-appraisal based on contemporary evidence on 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 bound in red buckram as issued.

About 126 pages, illustrated, 1988.

£125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Atkins (S.E.) & Overall (W.H.): Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Blaise (C.):
Time Lord, Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time
O/P. £8.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Crom (T.R.): Horological Wheel Cutting Engines 1700 to 1900
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Globes at Greenwich
Elly Dekker

O/P. A catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. This was the first in a series of excellent catalogues of the Greenwich instrument collections, other volumes in stock are on Sundials, Astrolabes, Sextants and Chronometers. A fine copy, with very good dust jacket and very good original slipcase.

592 pages, illus., 1999.

£345.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Earnshaw (T.): Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: stating Mr Thomas Earnshaw's Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers 1986 facsilime reprint
O/P. £175.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *

Good (R.): Victorian Clocks
O/P. £25.00 Order Here

Gunther (R.T.): Early Science in Oxford - Volume 1
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Hackmann (W.D.) editor:
Alexander Bain's Short History of the Electric Clock (1852)
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Harrold (M.C.): American Watchmaking - A Technical History of the American Watch Industry 1850 - 1930
O/P. £9.00 Order Here

Kaltenböck (F.) & Schwank (O.): Taschenuhrschlüssel - Geschichte und Entwicklung der Taschenuhrschlüssel über drei Jahrhunderte
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Mechanik Dialling; or, the New Art of Shadows, ....
Charles Leadbetter

O/P. This is the 4th edition of Charles Leadbetter's well known work. As well as instructions for laying out dials the book has a collection of sundial mottos in English and Latin, the latitude of towns and cities around the world and instructions for painting sundials. This is a very good copy complete with all plates, in an 18th or 19th century full leather binding, neatly re-backed with contemporary spine, leather covered boards a bit rubbed, corners worn.

xi + 148 pages (page size 21 x 12.5 cm), 12 plates, 1773.

£225.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Lester (J.) editor: Mrs Crowley's Sundial Sketchbooks of Devon & Cornwall
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

[Sotheby's]: The Percy Webster Collection (2 volumes)
O/P. £85.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Turner (A.): Early Scientific Instruments Europe 1400 -1800
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

As always, if there are any books you are looking for please let us know and we will try to find them for you.

With best wishes, Jeff & Ros Formby

Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in Horological Books & English Clocks
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558