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Ly (Tran Duy): Kroeber Clocks - American & Imported
NEW. 584 pages, 2015 illustrations, 2006. Florence Kroeber, based in New York but German by birth, was a major retailer of American, German and French clocks in the second half of the 19th century. The book illustrates many of the different clock types and styles sold by the firm and is a very useful guide to dating them. The section on French and German clocks includes gilt and marble mantel clocks, "Vienna regulators" and cuckoo clocks. With 2006 price guide in US dollars.

* Was £55.00, now on special offer at £30.00 *

(Ref: N1312)  in stock.

Lyman (I.P.): Railway Clocks
O/P. 359 pages, 700+ photographs, 2004. An excellent book, a detailed study of the mechanical clocks used by the railway companies of England, Scotland and Wales. This book is essential reading for railway clock enthusiasts, railway buffs and English dial clock enthusiasts. Now hard to find. A fine copy with very good dust jacket.

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(Ref: K1664 - Y2)  in stock.

Macquoid (P.): A History of English Furniture (4 volumes)
O/P. One of the classic works on English furniture covering the period 1500 to 1820, published in 4 volumes as follows:
The Age of Oak: 243 pages, 15 plates, 215 figs., 1919.
The Age of Walnut: 245 pages, 15 plates, 223 figs., 1919.
The Age of Mahogany: 271 pages, 15 plates, 253 figs., 1919.
The Age of Satinwood: 260 pages, 15 plates, 243 figs., 1919.
Generally a good copy, with minor damage to top of spine on two volumes, a few bumped corners and the red cloth now darkened with age. Bindings tight. [Heavy book - weighs 12.0 kg]

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(Ref: K1248 - E7)  in stock.

Maitzner & Moreau: Comtoise Clocks - The Morbier, the Morez
O/P. 449 pages, 22 colour plates, 474 b&w photographs, 1st English language edition, 1991. A very good book about the clocks from the Franche-Comté region of eastern France, near the Swiss border. The book opens with a history of Comtoise clocks and their development with details of escapements and striking mechanisms. Many different mechanisms, from many periods, are described and illustrated which will be of great help to restorers. The book concludes with a detailed listing of Franche-Comté makers, a guide to dating clocks from their features and a bibliography. A fine copy with very good dust jacket, still in publisher's cardboard box.

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(Ref: K2541 - E6)  in stock.

Maitzner (F.) & Moreau (J.): La Comtoise, La Morbier, La Morez - Histoire - Technique
O/P. 449 pages, 22 colour plates, 474 b&w photographs, 5th edition, 1985. A very good book about the clocks from the Franche-Comté region of eastern France near the Swiss border. The book opens with a history of Comtoise clocks and their development with details of escapements and striking mechanisms. Many different mechanisms, from many periods, are described and illustrated which will be of great help to restorers. The book concludes with a detailed listing of Franche-Comté makers, a guide to dating clocks from their features and a bibliography. A very good copy. [French language]

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(Ref: K2706 - F1)  in stock.

Maitzner (F.) & Moreau (J.): La Comtoise, La Morbier, La Morez - Son Histoire - Sa Technique - Ses Particulatites....
O/P. 178 pages, 4 pages of colour plates, 330 illustrations, 2nd edition, 1976. A very good book about the clocks from the Franche-Comté region of eastern France near the Swiss border. The book opens with a history of Comtoise clocks and their development with details of escapements and striking mechanisms. Many different mechanisms, from many periods, are described and illustrated which will be of great help to restorers. The book concludes with a detailed listing of Franche-Comté makers. A good copy. [French language] (Ref: K5021 - S3)  in stock.

Marchenoir (J.): Treasures of Vacheron Constantin - A legacy of Watchmaking since 1775
NEW. 211 pages, illustrated, 2011. Published in conjunction with an exhibition in Singapore, held in collaboration with Vacheron Constantin, this is a brief history of this famous watchmaking company with descriptions and illustrations of many fine pocket watches and wristwatches produced by them in the last 250 years. With dust jacket. (Ref: N2680)  in stock.

Marozzi (D.) & Toselli (G.): Longines
NEW. 387 pages, illustrated in colour, 1990. A good, well illustrated, guide to Longines pocket watches and wristwatches; written with the cooperation of the Longines company. As you would expect the book starts with a history of the firm, details of calibres produced and a brief table of serial numbers with approximate dates when they were produced. With dust jacket. [Text in Italian, French and English]

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(Ref: N1353)  in stock.

Marrison ( W.A.): The Crystal Clock
O/P. 11 pages, figs., 1930. A very important paper as the author, who worked for Bell telephone Laboratories in New York, built the first clock controlled by the constant frequency of the oscillation of a quartz crystal in 1927. The development of solid state electronics in the 1980's led to quartz timekeepers becoming the most common form of timekeeper. Very good copy. Card covers. (Ref: K3697 - BX13)  in stock.

Marshall (T.): Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers
NEW. 421 pages, over 500 illustrations, 2019. An excellent, much needed, addition to the books about clock and watch makers in the English counties. The book traces the history of clock and watch making in Buckinghamshire from the early 17th to the 20th century; with biographical information on over 600 men and women associated with the craft together will illustrations of their work. Also included is a large section on turret clocks in the county, with more than 100 clocks listed including over 40 seventeenth and eighteenth century examples. With dust jacket.

* Was £48.00, now on special offer at £35.00 *

(Ref: N4948)  in stock.

Marshall (T.): The Quaker Clockmakers of North Oxfordshire
NEW. 252 pages, approx 530 colour illustrations, 2013. An excellent book on the group of Quaker blacksmith/clockmakers, in the form of the Gilkes and Fardon families - who, along with their descendants, relatives and apprentices, produced one of the most iconic styles of English country clockmaking, instantly recognisable to clock collectors - the iron-posted hoop and spike clock with distinctive ring and zigzag engraved dials. With dust jacket.

* This book is now out of print - These are my final copies *

(Ref: N3184)  in stock.