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Aked (C.K.): Horological Dialogues by J. S., Clockmaker 1675
O/P. 66 pages, 1986. Horological Dialogues by John Smith is important as it was the first book on clocks and watches in the English language. This edition has been transcribed for the modern reader, with bibliographical notes and comments, making this classic work easier to understand. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1255 - J1) in stock.
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Baier (J.G.): Striking Clocks - A hands-On Survey for the Clockmaker
O/P. 51 pages, figs., 1983. An introductory booklet written for attendees at courses held by the American Watchmakers Institute. A very good copy. (Ref: K4379 - BX16) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Belville (J.H.): Mid-Nineteenth Century Barometers: Being a Reprint of Manual of the Mercurial and Aneroid Barometers (1858) to which is appended The Aneroid Barometer, How to Buy it and Use it. (1849)
O/P. 54 pages, 2 figs.; 32 pages, 12 figs., 1975. An interesting book for barometer and weather enthusiasts. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3424 - P1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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Breitling: Breitling for Bentley (English language edition)
O/P. 72 pages, illustrated, 2005. A hardback catalogue of the wristwatches produced by the Swiss watchmaker Breitling S.A. for Bentley Motors Ltd, illustrating and describing the various watches in the Breitling for Bentley collection. With price list in US dollars. Very good copy (two lightly bruised corners). (Ref: K5114 - S1) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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Bulova: Bulova Accutron Quartz - Service Manual for Stepping Motor Quartz (S.M.Q.) Series 242
O/P. 11 pages, illus., 1978. Service manual for the 242 series of Accutron quartz watches. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K4994 - BX12) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Chandlee (E.E.): Six Quaker Clockmakers
O/P. 260 pages, 163 figures, first edition, 1943. An interesting study of the six clockmakers (Abel Cottey and 5 members of the Chandlee family) who worked in Nottingham on the Maryland/Pennsylvania border in the late seventeenth and all of the eighteenth century. Cottey, trained in England, was Pennsylvania's first clockmaker. A very good copy complete with original slip case (the latter now with some splits and wear). (Ref: K5088 - A2) in stock.
Price: £55.00 |
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Dekker (E.) & Krogt (P. van der): Globes from the Western World
O/P. 183 pages, 55 colour plates and 82 b&w figures, 1993. An excellent introduction to terrestrial and celestial globes made in Europe and America from 1492 onwards. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K4008 - F1) in stock.
Price: £55.00 |
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![[Exposition Universelle de 1900]: Catalogue de l'exposition collective Allemande d'instruments d'optique et de méchanique de précision](K2467.jpg "[Exposition Universelle de 1900]: Catalogue de l'exposition collective Allemande d'instruments d'optique et de méchanique de précision") | [Exposition Universelle de 1900]: Catalogue de l'exposition collective Allemande d'instruments d'optique et de méchanique de précision
O/P. 245 pages, illustrated, reprinted 1984. The catalogue of the German scientific instrument exhibitors and exhibits at the World Fair in Paris in 1900. A very useful guide to German scientific instrument making at the start of the 20th century. A fine copy. [French language] (Ref: K2467 - A1) in stock.
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 | Garnier (R.) & Hollis (L.): Innovation & Collaboration - The Early Development of the Pendulum Clock in London
O/P. 412 pages, illustrated, 2018. Written to coincide with an exhibition held in London in September 2018, this book explores the innovation surrounding the development of the early pendulum clock in London and the lines of collaboration that made it happen. The book has chapters on 17th Century clockmaking in London, architectural clock cases, the Fromanteel Family and Cornelius Drebbel, a previously unrecognised influence on the Fromanteels; followed by excellent full colour photographs and descriptions of each of the 119 exhibits dating from circa 1500 to circa 1725. The standard edition of the book, in fine condition with near fine dust jacket - the book has probably never been read. This book has become impossible to find - this is the first copy I have seen since it went out of print in 2019.
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(Ref: K5242 - N3) in stock.
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 | Jennings (T.S.): The Development of British Bell Fittings
NEW. 168 pages, 23 plates, 74 figures, 1991. The installation of bells so that they can be rung is a skilled job. This book investigates the historical development of the fittings required, the patents applied for. A detailed study of the subject. With dust jacket.
(Ref: N2919) in stock.
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 | Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'
O/P. 244 pages, frontis, 8 plates, 7 figs., 1976. Martin was a teacher, author, lecturer - demonstrator and started a scientific instrument making business in London. Martin also wrote tracts on table clocks and dialling as well as designing and making at least two clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). This book is now hard to find.
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(Ref: K3020 - P1) in stock.
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Priestley (P.T.): Watch Case Makers of England: A History and Register of Gold and Silver Watch Case makers of England 1720-1920
O/P. 216 pages, 126 figures, 1994. The first half of the book is a detailed review of watch case making, including the development of case styles and watch bow shapes together with a history of English hallmarking and the location and history of the case making trade. The second half of the book contains a fully detailed list of watch case makers and their marks. An essential book for all English pocket watch enthusiasts. A very good copy (inscription on title page), soft covers. (Ref: KW962 - N3) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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 | Saunier (C.): Treatise on Modern Horology in Theory & Practice
O/P. 844 pages, 21 folding colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations, 1st edition, no date but published in 1880. One of the best reference books produced hence it has been reprinted many times over the years. This is a very good copy, now nicely bound, the leather spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, and cloth covered boards. [Note: This is the first English edition of this book, the text calls for 21 plates which are all present. All later printings have 22 plates, the last being of the English lever escapement drawn by Tripplin & Rigg (ie not by Saunier who drew the first 21 plates)].
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(Ref: K785 H4) in stock.
Price: £250.00 |
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 | Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington (to 1850)
O/P. 64 pages, 9 figures, 1981. A useful contribution to knowledge about regional clockmakers. As well as the two towns in the title the book also covers the clockmakers of the nearby villages of Barford, Leek Wootton and Sherbourne. A very good copy, card covers.
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(Ref: K467 - G5) in stock.
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O/P. The work includes:
o Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Author (Frontispiece, 20 pages)
o In Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the earth ([10 pages] + 283 pages, 7 plates (5 folding))
o An Attempt towards obtaining Invariable Measures of Length, Capacity, and Weight, from the Mensuration of Time ([ ii ] + xiii + 34pages)
o An Appendix to the Attempt (6 pages)
o Three papers from the Philosophical Transactions (9 pages, 3 folding plates)
(I) Thermometrical Observations at Derby
(II) An Account of a Machine for Raising water, at Oulton in Cheshire
(III) Experiments on Ignited Substances
o Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms; On the Construction of Chimneys; and on Garden Stoves (1 folding plate, [ vi ], 52 pages) Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms
The Collected Works was edited by C. Hutton and published in 1792. The Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms was completed by R. Willan, from John Whitehurst's unfinished manuscript, and published in 1794.
Bound in at the front of the book is a one-page handwritten manuscript letter by John Whitehurst, signed by him and dated 27(?) August 1787. The book is in very good condition, now re-backed with the original spine laid down, using new end papers and the original cloth covered boards (binding tight, light wear to cloth edges, corners a little bumped).
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(Ref: K5241 - F4) in stock.
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