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Hasluck (P.N.): The Watch Jobber's Handybook
O/P. 144 pages + 10 pages of advertisements, 106 figures, 1st edition, 1887. A practical manual on the cleaning, repair and adjusting of watches with information on the tools and materials used. A good copy, very clean internally, cloth now a little worn, corners a little bruised. (Ref: K1148 - E5)  in stock.

Hasluck (P.N.): The Watch Jobber's Handybook
O/P. 144 pages, 106 figures, 1936. A practical manual on the cleaning, repair and adjusting of watches with information on the tools and materials used. A very good copy, covers faded. (Ref: K1253 - M1)  in stock.

Hasluck (P.N.): The Mechanic's Workshop Handybook
O/P. 136 pages, 8th edition, 1911. A practical manual of information of use to the enthusiast in his workshop. Spine very worn, front cover partly detached. (Ref: K3498 - W1)  in stock.

Haswell (J.E.): Horology the Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers
O/P. 288 pages, 19 plates, 111 figures, reprint of 2nd edition, 1976. A useful book about the technical aspects of clocks, watches and chronometers, including turret clocks and electric clocks. Very good copy with good, but faded, dust jacket. (Ref: K1149 - T3)  in stock.

Haswell (J.E.): Horology The Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers
O/P. 288 pages, 19 plates, 111 figures, 2nd edition, reprinted 1947. A useful book about the technical aspects of clocks, watches and chronometers, including turret clocks and electric clocks. Good copy (owners name and blind stamp on ffep) with fair dust jacket. (Ref: K545 - K1)  in stock.

Häussermann (M.): 1001 Wristwatches - History, Technology, Design
O/P. 225 pages, illustrated, 2007. A well illustrated volume of watches produced by a wide range of makers, including chronographs; aviator & diver's watches; tourbillon, calendar & repeater watches as well as world time watches and those with an alarm. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. [Book is identical in content to 1001 Wristwatches from 1925 to the Present by same author] (Ref: K3882 - A2)  in stock.

Havard (H.): L'Horlogerie
O/P. 182 pages, 82 figs., no date (1890?). A study of timekeeping including sundials and clocks. Very good copy, nicely bound with leather spine (raised bands and gilt lettering) and marbled paper covered boards (a little worn to edges), marbled end papers, all edges gilt. [French language] (Ref: K3438 - S2)  in stock.

Hawking (S.): A Brief History of Time
O/P. 248 pages, 1988. Hawking's celebrated work on the universe, cosmology, "the big bang", "wormholes" particle physics and more. Very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K2410 - Q1)  in stock.

Hawkins (J.B.): Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking
O/P. 256 pages, illus., 1975. The standard reference book on the life and work of Thomas Cole who made some fabulous clocks before his death from typhoid in 1864. Cole is probably the best clockmaker of the early Victorian period famed for the elegance of his designs and the quality of his engraving. This book is also very useful for the horology extracts from the 1851 and 1862 London exhibitions, and the 1855 Paris exhibition. A good copy, bookplate inside front cover, covers a little worn. (Ref: K1074 - E1)  in stock.

Hayward (J.F.): English Watches
O/P. 10 pages, 47 plates, 1st edition, 1956. Published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Good copy (title written on spine by hand), card covers. (Ref: K140 - H5)  in stock.

[Heinz(H.J.]: Catalog of the Collection of Watches belonging to Mr J.J. Heinz of Pittsburgh
O/P. 31 pages, 33 plates, 1917. The collection was deposited in the Carnegie Museum and consisted of 100 examples (some of them sundials) dating from 1600 to 1830. Very good copy, corners a little bruised.

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(Ref: K142 - Y2)  in stock.

Henry (C.): Huygens et Roberval Documents Nouveaux
O/P. 43 pages, 1880. Letters and documents written by the famous 17th century scientists Christiaan Huygens and Gilles Personne de Roberval. Some of the Huygens material relates to pendulums. Binding poor, pages clean and unopened, paper covers very worn with some loss. [French language] (Ref: K3197 - BX16)  in stock.

Henslow (T.G.W.): Ye Sundial Booke
O/P. 422 pages, illustrated, 1935. A delightful book with sketches of sundials (mainly in Great Britain), verses for sundials, the setting of a sundial and a brief history of the sundial. With foreword by Beverley Nichols. A very good copy. (Ref: K3591 - R1)  in stock.

Herbert (A.P.): Sundials Old and New
O/P. 198 pages, 15 plates, 1st edition, 1967. A practical book on dialling, explaining the science of dials and their construction. A good copy, with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1974 - K1)  in stock.

Hering (D.W.): The Lure of the Clock
O/P. 121 pages, 89 figures, 1932. An account of the James Arthur collection of clocks and watches at New York University. A good copy, spine faded. (Ref: K2941 - Y1)  in stock.

Heuer (P.) & Maurice (K.): European Pendulum Clocks
S/H. 334 pages, 730 plates, 1st English edition, 1988. A good pictorial review of English, French, Dutch, Swedish and German pendulum clocks for standing on the floor, placing on a table or hanging on the wall. A well illustrated book showing some fine clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). (Ref: K1152 - F1)  in stock.