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Atkins (C.E.): The Company of Clockmakers: Register of Apprentices 1631 - 1931
O/P. 339 pages, 18 plates, 1931. A scarce and useful reference book which is now very hard to find. A very good copy, corner clipped from front end paper. (Ref: W101) in stock.
Price: £99.00 |
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Barraud (E.M.): Barraud, The Story of a Family
O/P. 190 pages, frontispiece + 20 plates, 11 pedigree charts, 1967. The story of the Barraud family in England, New Zealand and America, all descended from Philippe Barraud who was born in France and became a British citizen in 1704. The family includes several distinguished artists as well as the clock and chronometer makers. A fine copy (bookplate inside front cover) with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K25 - F2) in stock.
Price: £75.00 |
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Dawson (P.G.), Drover (C.B.) & Parkes (D.W.): Early English Clocks
O/P. 552 pages, 800 illustrations, 1982. This book has become the standard work on English clocks made prior to 1710 and is an essential reference work. A fine copy, with good dust jacket. (Ref: W111 - G4) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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Drinkwater (P.I.): Oronce Finé's Second Book of Solar Horology
O/P. 32 pages, illustrated, 1993. A translation and interpretation of Finé's second book of solar horology which deals with observational instruments (quadrants, ring dials, universal astrolabes, Regiomontanus dial) whose main purpose is to tell the time. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3781 - J1) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Gatty (A.): The Book of Sun-Dials. Collected by Mrs Alfred Gatty
O/P. 156 pages, 5 engraved plates, 1st edition, 1872. A wealth of information on sundials and sundial mottoes by Mrs Alfred Gatty. A very good copy in original Victorian binding with gilt logo and blind tooling to front, gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate inside front cover.
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(Ref: K4300 - G3) in stock.
Price: £125.00 |
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Horological Journal: Horological Journal - 1858 September
O/P. An original first issue of the Horological Journal which was published in September 1858 by the British Horological Institute which was founded earlier the same year. 16 pages, a good copy, very clean internally but outside of paper covers very discouloured. (Ref: J2344) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penney (D.): Mail Guards' Watches: As used on Mail Coaches and early Railways
NEW. 24 pages, well illustrated, 2025. The latest book in a series of Horological Profiles by well-known horologist David Penney. A brief history of the British Post Office's mail coaches and the strong, durably cased watch movements, often of several day's duration, as needed on some of the longer routes. Official post was first carried in mail coaches in 1784 and continued until the business transferred to the railways in the 1830's and 1840's. A useful contribution on a little known subject that is becoming very collectable. Card covers. (Ref: N5243) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Taylor (J.C.): Joseph Knibb's First Grande Sonnerie Clock?
O/P. 6 pages, 10 illustrations, 2002. An extract from Antiquarian Horology. The author argues that this clock, circa 1672, was probably Knibb's first grande sonnerie clock as it uses a single mainspring (a barrel with a great wheel at each end) to drive the two striking trains, each without a fusee. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5251 - BX3) in stock.
Price: £2.00 |
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