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This month's newsletter has a a complete mixture of books so hopefully there is something for everybody. Please do let us know if you are looking for something in particular.
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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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Spheres - The Art of the Celestial Mechanic
Alexis Kugel
O/P. An excellent hardback catalogue of an exhibition held by Jacques Kugel in Paris in 2002. Each of the 7 celestial globes, 11 terrestrial globes, 15 armillary spheres, 13 mechanical spheres and 6 astronomical ring dials are described in detail, each with several photographs. A very good copy of the English language edition, with very good dust jacket.
254 pages, profusely illustrated in colour, 2002.
£150.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Britten (F.J.): Former Clock & Watchmakers and their Work
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Tardy: Calibres de Montres Nos 1 - 3: Les Principaux Calibres de Montres identifiés par leur plaque de remontoir (frein de tirette)
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Hughes (R.) & Rowe (M.): The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals (fine leather binding)
O/P. £120.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Dunn (R.) & Higgitt (R.): Ships, Clocks and Stars - The Quest for Longitude
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Berthoud (F.): Essai sur L'Horlogerie
O/P. £200.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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English Lantern Clocks
George White
O/P. A very large and comprehensive work which has become the standard reference book on English lantern clocks. This is the essential book on the subject and all lantern clock enthusiasts need a copy. The book covers styles and development of lantern clocks in London and the provinces in great detail and has lots of information about how to spot conversions, alterations and fakes. A very good copy of a rare book, with good dust jacket.
539 pages, 8 colour plates and lots of b&w illustrations, 1st and only edition, 1989.
£350.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Berner (G.-A.): Dictionnaire Professionnel Illustré de L'Horlogerie
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Distin (W.H.) & Bishop (R.): The American Clock
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Saunier (C.): Treatise on Modern Horology in Theory & Practice
O/P. £70.00 Order Here
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Higginbotham (C.): Precision Time Measures their Construction and Repair
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Turner (A.J.): The Time Museum: The Time Museum: Time Measuring Instruments: Water-Clocks, Sand-Glasses, Fire-Clocks
O/P. 110.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Reid (T.): Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical
(2nd edition, 1843)
O/P. £235.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Gordon (G.):
La Danza Delle Ore / Twentieth Century Wristwatches - Timeless Elegance
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Meis (R.): Pocket Watches from the Pendant Watch to the Tourbillon
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Lennox-Boyd (M.): Sundials - History, Art, People, Science
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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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% Order Here * One copy only *
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Hatton (T.): An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work (1st edition, 1773)
O/P. £475.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Daniels (G.): English & American Watches
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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British Clockmakers & Watchmakers Apprentice Records 1710 - 1810
Dennis Moore
O/P. The apprenticeship details of over 14,000 horological tradesmen have been extracted from the tax records in the Public Records Office and are listed under the apprentice as well as the master. The listing includes apprentices in the Clockmakers' Company, apprentices in other London companies and, most importantly, provincial names which have never before been published. This is an important book that is an essential research tool. A fine copy.
367 pages, 2003.
£195.00 less 10% Order Here * Three copies only *
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The Clock-Maker's Assistant or, A Treatise Concerning The Calculation of all Manner of Numbers belonging to all Sorts of Clocks. As Also The Calculation of the Lengths of all Sorts of Pendulums, for the Benefit of the Public
Henry Elliott
O/P. A facsimile reprint of only 500 copies of a book by Henry Elliott, previously unknown to the literature and bibliography of horology. The original was published, by the author, in 1726 and only one copy is known to exist. The reprint has an introduction by Anthony Turner. A fine copy, card covers.
107 pages, reprinted 2011. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Surrey Dane (E.): Peter Stubs and the Lancashire Hand Tool Industry
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Roberts (D.): Skeleton Clocks Britain 1800 - 1914
O/P. £100.00 less 10% Order Here * Two copies only *
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Hambly (M.): Drawing Instruments 1580 - 1980
O/P. £60.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Imai(K.): Rolex - 3621 Wristwatches
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Pickford (C.): Turret Clocks: Lists of clocks from makers' catalogues and publicity materials
O/P. £45.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Dekker (E.): Globes at Greenwich
O/P. £345.00 less 10% Order Here
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Darken (J.) (editor): Horological Masterworks - English Seventeenth-Century Clocks from Private Collections
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Phillips (E.): Treatise on the Balance Spring
O/P. £45.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Artificial Clockmaker
William Derham
O/P. The full title is The Artificial Clockmaker. A treatise of Watch, and Clock-Work: Wherein the Art of Calculating Numbers for most sorts of Movements is explained to the capacity of the Unlearned. The most famous of the early English language books on horology. A very good copy, bookplate on ffep, boards a little marked.
xii, 132 pages, 1 folding plate, the 1962 facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1696.
£75.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Stuart (S.E.): Biographical List of Clockmakers, North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680 - 1900
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Middleton (W.E. K.): The History of the Barometer
O/P. £18.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Tyler (E.J.): The Clockmakers of Sussex
O/P. £22.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Rolex Story
Franz-Christoph Heel (editor)
NEW. A history of the Rolex company with a well illustrated description of the important wristwatch models made since its inception. The last section of the book is an overview of various models with a photograph, description and estimated value (in Euros and US dollars) of each item.
144 pages, illustrated, 2014.
£38.99 Order Here * One copy only *
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Turner (A.): John Carte on Horology and Cosmology
NEW. £25.00 Order Here
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Goodison (N.): Matthew Boulton: Ormolu
NEW. £85.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Dzik (W.H.): Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking, 1675-1725
NEW. £99.00 Order Here
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Shenton (R.): Christopher Pinchbeck and his Family
NEW. £8.00 Order Here
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Linnard (W.): Cardiff Clocks: A Comprehensive Account of Watch and Clockmakers in Cardiff, the Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan
NEW. £14.50 Order Here
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Engraving on English Table Clocks
Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800
Sunny Dzik
NEW. Art on a Canvas of Brass is the first book devoted to an analysis of the decorative engraving found on the backplates of English table clocks. Based on engravings from over 1,000 backplate images, the text focuses on the design patterns and imagery from the advent of the pendulum clock until the close of the 18th century. Throughout the book, the figures reveal relationships between different clockmakers who shared the talents of the same engraving artist. With dust jacket.
439 pages, 738 illustrations, 2019.
£75.00 Order Here
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Ord-Hume (A.W.J.G.):
The Musical Box - A Guide for Collectors Including a Guide to Values
NEW. £66.50 Order Here * One copy only *
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Claterbos (F.H. Van W.): Viennese Clockmakers and What They Left Us
NEW. £49.50 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Marshall (T.): The Quaker Clockmakers of North Oxfordshire
NEW. £48.00 Order Here
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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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