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Atthill (R.): Time Passed in Somerset - Clockmakers of Ashwick and Oakhill
O/P. 2 pages, 3 illustrations, 1976. An extract from Country Life magazine, The Hardwick and Roper families lived and worked as clockmakers in the Ashwick and Oakhill area for 200 years. Richard Hardwick, the founder of the dynasty was apprenticed as a clockmaker in 1715. A good copy, now folded. (Ref: K5253 - BX 3) in stock.
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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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Brown (O.): The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Catalogue 2 Balance & Weights
O/P. 32 pages, illustrated, 1982. A useful description of the collection of balances and weights at this well-known Museum in Cambridge. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3790 - G3) in stock.
Price: £7.00 |
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Brown (O.): The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Catalogue 4 Spheres, Globes & Orreries
O/P. 24 pages, illustrated, 1983. A useful description of the spheres, globes and orreries at this well-known Museum in Cambridge. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5250 - E3) in stock.
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Cescinsky (H.): The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture
O/P. 168 pages, 292 plates, 1st edition, 1931. An interesting book about the detection of fakes and 'improvements' in English furniture and woodwork. The book includes a chapter on longcase and bracket clocks. A very good copy, covers a little faded. (Ref: K2087 - G2) in stock.
Price: £30.00 |
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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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Ditisheim (P.): The Timing of Chronometers and Watches - A Review of the History and Progress of Adjusting
O/P. A nicely bound photocopy, 14 pages, 25 figs. This is an English translation, of item K3325 above, (Le Progrès du Réglage des Chronomètres et des Montres), which first appeared in "English Mechanics" March-April 1926. A good useable copy. (Ref: K5249 - P1) in stock.
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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.
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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.
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Robinson (T.): Thomas Walder, Clockmaker of Arundel 1766 - 1861
O/P. 8 pages, illustrated, no date (1980's?). Walder was a prolific clockmaker and many of his clocks still exist. His longcase clocks from the late 18th century have beautifully engraved silvered dials and elegant cases. Good copy, paper covers. (Ref: K5255 - BX3) in stock.
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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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Wrexham Heritage Centre: Clocks & Watches of the Wrexham Area
O/P. 4 pages, illustrated, no date (1980's?). An overview of clock and watchmaking in Wrexham, with a list of known makers. A good copy. (Ref: K5254 - BX2) in stock.
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