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We had a few days holiday last month in the Yorkshire Dales and went to see James Cox's famous Silver Swan Automaton at the Bowes Museum. Well worth watching the youtube video, or visit if you can! No new books have been published this month, and summer madness is upon us, so we have listed below various books we have had in stock for some time. For every book on this month's list we are open to sensible offers. I will not be offended by any offer, and hopefully you will not be offended if I decline any offers which I feel unable to accept.
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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% Make an Offer or View details
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Die Uhrenmacher des hohen Schwarzwaldes
und ihre Werke (2 volumes)
Gerd Bender
O/P. An excellent and well illustrated account of Black Forest clockmakers and their work and still the definitive work on the subject. The volumes include illustrations of clocks and movements, workshop views, portraits, tools and machinery. As well as an excellent bibliography two rare works on Black Forest clockmaking are reproduced in facsimile. [German language]
Volume 1: 536 pages, 36 colour and 223 b&w illustrations, 2nd edition, 1979; volume 2: 689 pages, 24 colour and 168 b&w illustrations, 1978.
£195.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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BHI: Principles and Explanations of Timekeepers by Harrison, Arnold and Earnshaw
O/P. £130.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Chapuis (A.) & Droz (E.): Les Automates - Figures Artificielles D'hommes et D'animaux -Histoire et Technique (French language)
O/P. £150.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Le Monde des Automates, Etude Historique et Technique
Chapuis (A.) & Gelis (E.)
O/P. The classic work on all types of automata and their makers which has never been bettered. This book is a comprehensive study ranging from simple ancient Egyptian articulated heads to the complex androids of Jaquet-Droz. There are six chapters about clocks with automata and there is even a chapter on the history of mechanical artificial limbs! The later work by Chapuis & Droz (in 1949/1958) was written as an update to, and not a replacement of, this book. A nicely bound copy in quarter grey calf with marbled boards, with ribbed and gilt tooled spine (now a little rubbed). A very good copy of a rare and valued book. [French language]
2 volumes, 348 pages + 352 pages with 540 figures and 7 plates in total, original card covers bound in, 1928.
£875.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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David (Jacques): Rapport A La Société Intercantonale Des Industries Du Jura Sur La Fabrication De L'Horlogerie Aux Etats-Unis
O/P. £75.00 Make an Offer or View Details
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Derham (W.): The Artificial Clock-Maker. A Treatise of Watch and Clock-Work,... (3rd edition, 1714)
O/P. £330.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Gordon (G.): La Danza Delle Ore / Twentieth Century Wristwatches - Timeless Elegance
O/P. £50.00 Make an Offer or View Details
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The Lost Science of John "Longitude" Harrison
William S. Laycock
O/P. Laycock investigated and explained the theory behind many of Harrison's ideas used on his wooden regulators and his marine clocks. As Harrison's own writings are very difficult to understand, Laycock's analysis of his ideas is of value to all enthusiasts. A very good copy with very good dust (faded to spine), of a scarce book.
159 pages, 144 figs., signed by author, 1976.
£265.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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A History of English Furniture (4 volumes)
Percy Macquoid
O/P. One of the classic works on English furniture covering the period 1500 to 1820, published in 4 volumes as follows:
The Age of Oak: 243 pages, 15 plates, 215 figs., 1919.
The Age of Walnut: 245 pages, 15 plates, 223 figs., 1919.
The Age of Mahogany: 271 pages, 15 plates, 253 figs., 1919.
The Age of Satinwood: 260 pages, 15 plates, 243 figs., 1919.
Generally a good copy, with minor damage to top of spine on two volumes, a few bumped corners and the red cloth now darkened with age.
£250.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Maitzner (F.) & Moreau (J.): La Comtoise, La Morbier, La Morez - Son Histoire - Sa Technique - Ses Particulatites....
O/P. £90.00 Make an Offer or View Details
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Mercer (V.): The Life and letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker and some account of his Successors
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Moore (A.J.), Rice (R.W.) & Hucker (E.)
Bilbie and The Chew Valley Clock Makers
O/P. £175.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers 1352 - 1880
Chris Pickford
O/P. An excellent, well researched book about the clock makers of Bedfordshire with lots of biographical information as well as a brief history of timekeeping in Bedfordshire. This book is now very hard to find. A very good copy, paperback, card covers a little marked.
252 pages, 35 plates, 2 figs., 1991.
£110.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Ridgway (M.H.) & Priestley (P.T.): The Compendium of Chester Gold and Silver Marks, 1570 to 1962 from the Chester Assay Office Registers
NEW. £65.00 Make an Offer or View Details
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Sellink (J.L.): Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks, ca. 1670 - 1870 and some related examples
O/P. £145.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Ungerer (A.) & Ungerer (T.)
L'Horloge Astronomique de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg
O/P. £235.00 less 10% Make an Offer or View Details
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Vermeij (K.) & Rijn (L. van)
Early Swiss Wristwatches and their Manufacturers 1910 - 1930 - A Research into the 13-ligne Lever Escapement Movement
NEW. £75.00 Make an Offer or View Details
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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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