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[Council of Industrial Design]: Book J - Clocks and Watches
O/P. 4 pages, 12 plates. Probably 1950's. A design portfolio prepared by the Council of Industrial Design, London. The b&w plates each illustrate one clock and the descriptions are on a perforated sheet, so the plates were probably produced as an educational tool. The illustrations include Wells Cathedral Clock (the dial), a Jeffrey Bailey lantern clock, a longcase clock by Ahasueras Fromanteel, a Thomas Tompion bracket clock and John Harrison's marine timekeeper (H4). Good copy, corners a little worn, card covers, page size 45cm x 35 cm. (Ref: K3485)

Price: £20.00

Coventry Watch Museum Project: The History of the Coventry Watch Industry Volume 1
O/P. 50 pages, illus., 1996. A good introduction to the Coventry watch industry. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2993 - BX11)

Price: £10.00

Cowham (M.): A Dial In Your Poke (1st edition)

Cowham (M.): A Dial In Your Poke
NEW. 212 pages, well illustrated in colour, 1st edition, 2004. A good book about pocket sundials of all types with detailed explanations of how to use them. The book has useful appendices on caring for dials, fakes, magnetic deviation and museums with sundial collections. In case you are wondering 'he drew a dial from his poke' is a quotation from Shakespeare. With dust jacket. New copies, found in box at back of storeroom. (Ref: N417)

Price: £38.00

Cowham (M.): A Dial In Your Poke
O/P. 212 pages, well illustrated in colour, 1st edition, 2004. A good book about pocket sundials of all types with detailed explanations of how to use them. The book has useful appendices on caring for dials, fakes, magnetic deviation and museums with sundial collections. In case you are wondering 'he drew a dial from his poke' is a quotation from Shakespeare. A fine copy with very good jacket. (Ref: K417 - P1)

Price: £27.00

Craven (M.): John Whitehurst: Innovator, Scientist, Geologist and Clockmaker

Craven (M.): John Whitehurst: Innovator, Scientist, Geologist and Clockmaker
NEW. 288 pages, illustrated, 2015. The author's previous book on Whitehurst is long out of print, so this new book with up to date information is most welcome. Whitehurst of Derby was a very talented man - instrument maker, mechanical engineer, clockmaker, the father of modern geology, and a member of the Royal Society. The book has very detailed information on the clockmaking activities of John Whitehurst and his successors. With dust jacket. (Ref: N3465)

Price: £30.00
Craven (M.A.J.B.): John Whitehurst of Derby: Clockmaker & Scientist 1713 - 88

Craven (M.A.J.B.): John Whitehurst of Derby: Clockmaker & Scientist 1713 - 88
O/P. 272 pages, illus., 1996. A delightful biography of the famous instrument maker, engineer and clockmaker who became a member of the Royal Society. The second half of the book concentrates on the clockmaking activities of John Whitehurst and his successors to 1857 and beyond. Now scarce. A very good copy (bookplate inside front cover) with good dust jacket. (Ref: K623 - G2)

Price: £95.00
Craven (M.): The Smiths of Derby - A Journey Through Time

Craven (M.): The Smiths of Derby - A Journey Through Time
O/P. 278 pages, illustrated, 2011. A history of the well known firm, Smiths of Derby, founded by John Smith in 1849 and best known for their turret clocks. The book concentrates on the Company, the Smith family and the staff showing how the company has successfully adapted to a changing market place over the last 160 years. Fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K2592 - G2)

Price: £40.00

Creese (H. & Co.): The Electro-Gravity Clock Wheel
O/P. 16 pages, figs., no date. A small sales brochure advertising H. Creese & Co.'s patented method of using an electro-gravity clock wheel to drive existing clocks instead of weights or a spring. As the brochure states Why buy electric clocks when you can have your own electrified at a very small cost. The UK patent is dated 1909 so this brochure must date from the 1910's. Good copy, one page torn and repaired, paper covers now worn. (Ref: K4753 - BX10)

Price: £20.00

Crom (T.R.): Early Lancashire Horological Tools and their Makers

Crom (T.R.): Early Lancashire Horological Tools and their Makers
O/P. 275 pages, 282 figs., 1994. The last of Ted Crom's books on horological tools containing a wealth of information not available elsewhere. The makers include Wyke & Green, Daniel Mather, the Jones family, Thurston Lassell, the Leyland family, William Whitmore and several more. Ted Crom's lasting memorial to the horological world is these 4 books on horological tools - well researched, comprehensive and definitive. The three books with 'Tools' in the title are uniform in size and binding, brown cloth with gilt lettering. Essential reading. Unused copy (old stock) recently released by publisher, in fine condition.

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(Ref: K2101)

Price: £195.00
Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other  Shop Tools 1700 to 1900

Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900
O/P. 388 pages, 754 figs, 1987. This book is a supplement and companion volume to Horological Shop Tools with more information on tools and tool makers including reprints of catalogues by Swiss, English and American makers. Unused copy (old stock) recently released by publisher, in fine condition.

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(Ref: K2102)

Price: £195.00
Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900

Crom (T.R.): Horological and Other Shop Tools 1700 to 1900
O/P. 388 pages, 754 figs, 1987. This book is a supplement and companion volume to Horological Shop Tools with more information on tools and tool makers including reprints of catalogues by Swiss, English and American makers. A near fine copy, but with one lightly bruised corner.

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(Ref: K1868 - A3)

Price: £150.00
Crom (T.R.): Horological Wheel Cutting Engines 1700 to 1900

Crom (T.R.): Horological Wheel Cutting Engines 1700 to 1900
O/P. 150 pages, 142 figs., 2nd impression, 1976. A well researched and comprehensive study of English, European and American wheel cutting engines. The book includes engines for cutting clock and watch wheels. The hardback edition. A very good copy but a few pages at each end of the book lightly foxed, bookplate on front endpaper. (Ref: K347 - E2)

Price: £70.00

Crum (E.G.) & Keller (W.F.): 150 Years of Electric Horology
O/P. 101 pages, illustrated, 1992. A book produced for a NAWCC exhibit, with details of a wide variety of electric clocks from Alexander Bain to the atomic clock era, plus a few watches. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2737 - H3)

Price: £15.00

Cuchet-Albaret (E.): Au Tic-Tac des Montres a Clef: Le Cabotinier Poète Paul Tavan La Genève Horlogère de 1750 A 1850
O/P. 254 pages, 17 plates, 1950. The book is about the Geneva watchmaker and poet Paul Tavan and the Tavan watchmaking dynasty from 1750 to 1850. A good copy, the spine a little creased, card covers. [French language] (Ref: K3086 - J1)

Price: £40.00

Cumhaill (P.W.): Investing in Clocks & Watches
O/P. 159 pages, illustrated, the 1971 reprint of a book first published in 1967. A useful introduction to the subject but the prices are obviously totally out of date! Good internally but spine and rear cover faded, no dust jacket. (Ref: K479 - G1)

Price: £5.00

Cumhaill (P.W.): Investing in Clocks & Watches
O/P. 159 pages, illus., reprinted 1970. A useful introduction to the subject but the prices are obviously totally out of date! Good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K84 - G1)

Price: £8.00

Cumming (A.): Elemente der praktischen Gross-und Klein-Uhrmacherkunst
O/P. 180 pages, 16 plates, 1978. A facsimile reprint of the 1789 German language edition of Alexander Cumming's well know work The Elements of Clock and Watchwork, Adapted to Practice in Two Essays first published in 1766. A very good copy with poor dust jacket. [German language]

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(Ref: K4031 - F5)

Price: £5.00

Cumming (A.):  The Elements of Clock and Watch-work - Adapted to Practice in Two Essays

Cumming (A.): The Elements of Clock and Watch-work - Adapted to Practice in Two Essays
O/P. [ 8 ] pp, 192 pages, 1 page errata, 16 engraved plates, [ 14 ] page index, published by author, 1st and only edition, 1766. Page size 10 x 8 inches. Alexander Cumming was a well-respected 18th century watchmaker. The first essay - An Essay Towards the Improvement of Clock-work - deals with pendulum design including temperature compensation, the use of oil and the design of recoil and deadbeat escapements. The second essay - An Essay Towards the Improvement of Watch-work - deals with the design of watch main springs, balances and balance springs. A very good copy, first two pages slightly foxed, other pages in very clean condition, the plates in even better condition. Full leather binding, re-bound many years ago with new spine (which has blind tooling and a red lettering piece), the boards with the original leather covering laid down.

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(Ref: KW5204 - N2)

Price: £295.00

Cunnington (B.H.): Clock and Watch Makers of Wiltshire of the 17th and 18th Centuries
O/P. 5 pages, 1938. One of the earliest listings of Wiltshire makers this is an article contained in an issue of the Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine. Good copy, thin card covers now splitting along spine. A rare item. (Ref: K1060 - BX3)

Price: £10.00

Cunynghame (H.H.): Time and Clocks
O/P. 200 pages, frontispiece, 82 figs., re-issued 1909. A description of ancient and modern methods of measuring time with an appendix on the shape of the teeth of wheels. A very good clean copy, with light wear to boards, tight binding. (Ref: K85 - C1)

Price: £25.00


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