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Harrold (M.C.): American Watchmaking - A Technical History of the American Watch Industry 1850 - 1930
O/P. 144 pages, 210 photographs, 36 figures, 1984. Published as supplement # 14 to the NAWCC Bulletin in 1984 this book is a comprehensive overview of the American Watchmaking industry with information about the watches, how they were made and the companies that made them. The quality of the text and photographs is much superior in this original edition than it is in the 2017 reprint. Very good copy, card covers.
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(Ref: K1319 - G4) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Haselton (P.H.): The Watchman's Clock in America - A Brief History
O/P. 114 pages, illus., 1 folding plate, 1993. A good history, with details of the clocks and their manufacturers, from the introduction of the watchman's clock by J. E. Buerk in 1861 up to their decline in the 1970's. Good copy, the card covers now faded. (Ref: K2979 - Y1) in stock.
Price: £40.00 |
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Hasluck (P.N.): The Clock Jobber's Handybook
O/P. 159 pages, 105 figures, 12th edition, 1948. This book is well-known to clock enthusiasts who want to clean and overhaul clock movements. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (how rare is that!). (Ref: K1031 - V1) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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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.
Price: £18.00 |
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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.
Price: £15.00 |
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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.
Price: £5.00 |
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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.
Price: £22.00 |
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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.
Price: £25.00 |
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 | Hatton (T.): An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work
O/P.Containing all the arithmetic and geometry necessary, with their particular application in the said branches, a work very useful for the Working Mechanic, or Gentlemen mechanically inclined.
xvi, 400 pages, 18 engraved folding plates, page size 20 x 12 cm, first edition, London 1773. This is a good copy of a well-known work by a London watchmaker, in full leather binding, re-backed using original boards and later gilt tooled spine.
Most of the book is lessons in arithmetic and geometry but there are chapters on pendulums and the drawing of watch calibres, plus an appendix of practical tips for those working at the bench.
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(Ref: K4330 - N1) in stock.
Price: £475.00 |
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 | Hatton ( T.): An Introduction to the Mechanical Part of Clock and Watch Work
NEW. 400 pages, 18 folding plates, first published in 1773, facsimile reprint 1978. The sub title is: containing all the arithmetic and geometry necessary, with their particular application in the said branches, a work very useful for the working mechanic, or gentlemen mechanically inclined. An excellent copy of this famous work which, as well as the arithmetic and geometry, includes the calculation of trains, construction of a fusee engine, pendulums, etc. (Ref: N473) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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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.
Price: £9.00 |
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 | Häussermann (M.): Sports Watches - Aviator Watches, Diving watches, Chronographs
NEW. 144 pages, 254 colour illustrations, 2014. A well illustrated book on sports watches, tracing their evolution in the 20th century then assessing the models produced in the 21st century. (Ref: N3674) in stock.
Price: £38.00 |
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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.
Price: £45.00 |
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 | Hawkes (A.J.): The Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Wigan 1650 - 1850
O/P. 84 pages, 13 plates, published by the author in 1950. A very scarce title on regional clockmaking. This book concentrates on William Barker, Archibald Coates, Peter Fearnley, Laurence Leicester, John Burgess and Thomas Bridge. A very good copy - the dust jacket in fair condition with some loss, now nicely conserved in a film wrapper.
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(Ref: K139 - J1) in stock.
Price: £120.00 |
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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.
Price: £8.00 |
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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 (shelf wear to lower edge), the dust jacket worn and torn with some loss. (Ref: K1074 - E1) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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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.
Price: £6.00 |
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Hayward (J.F.): Two English Watches in Livrustkammeren
O/P. pages 233 - 249, 14 illustrations, 1952. A detailed description and illustrations of a gold clock-watch by Thomas Tompion and a gold watch hallmarked for 1700 by J. Bellette, London - an unrecorded maker. The watches are in the Royal Armoury, Stockholm. An off-print from the Royal Armoury Journal, Stockholm. A very good copy, card covers. [English language with a Swedish language summary] (Ref: K2740 - BX12) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Heal (A.): London Tradesmen's Cards of the xviii Century
O/P. 110 pages, 100 plates, one of 700 copies only, 1925. A pioneering work illustrating 100 London trade cards, including the card of Matthew Gaucheron a clock and watch maker. A good clean copy with light spotting to a few pages, binding very loose along inner hinge lines, edges and corners worn. (Ref: K4680 - B1) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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Heal (A.): Sign Boards of Old London Shops
O/P. 220 pages, illustrated, 1st edition, 1947. The trades represented include clock & watch makers, and scientific instrument makers. Good copy, end papers foxed, spine faded. (Ref: K5226 - E2) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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