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In a few days time I will take delivery of a new book about the clockmakers of Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. The Archer family are probably the most well known, especially Walter Archer and his lantern clocks. I have not seen a copy yet but am told that it includes Moreton in Marsh where we live! Full details next month. This month's newsletter includes some recent purchases and various other items currently in stock which you may be interested in.
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New and Out of print Books:
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The Quest for Longitude
William J. H. Andrewes(Editor)
O/P. This is a valuable, learned volume, being a record of the contributions to the Longitude Symposium held at Harvard University in 1993. The symposium was held to commemorate John Harrison's birth 300 years before, and is the best contribution to understanding Harrison and time keeping at sea since Quill's book, John Harrison, the Man who found Longitude, was published in 1966. A fine copy with fine dust jacket.
437 pages, illustrated, 2nd edition, 1998.
£35.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Art of Breguet
[Antiquorum]
O/P. The Antiquorum auction catalogue for 14 April 1991 with good descriptions and illustrations of 204 clocks, watches and marine chronometers, with interesting biographies for many of the original purchasers. A very useful reference book for Breguet enthusiasts. A good copy of the hardback catalogue, the dust jacket with a few small tears. [Sale @ Geneva 14/04/1991]
479 pages, illus., 1991.
£55.00 Order Here
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Abell (S.G.), Leggat (J.) & Ogden (W.G.): A Bibliography of the Art of Turning & Lathe and Machine Tool History
O/P. £25.00 Order Here
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Airy (G.B.): Plan of the Buildings and Grounds of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with Explanation and History; .. (1847)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Anon: The Story of the British Clock Tower in the Plaza Britanica, Retiro, Buenos Aires
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Baker (G.L.): Seven Tales of the Pendulum
NEW. £25.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Ball (M.):
Masters of the Clockmakers Company and their Apprentices 1632 - 1850
O/P. £125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges
Ferdinand Berthoud
O/P. A facsimile reprint (limited to 500 copies) of the 2nd edition published in 1786. Berthoud's well known work on clocks and watches & clock and watch making, with several chapters on temperature compensation and two designs for a marine timepiece. A fine copy. [French language, the modern introduction in French and English]
2 volumes, 373 & 447 pages, 23 folding plates, 1976
£195.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Blackwell (R.J.) (translator):
Christiaan Huygens' The Pendulum Clock or Geometrical Demonstration Concerning the Motion of Pendula as Applied to Clocks
O/P. £110.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Corbishley (B.): Public and other Turret Clocks in Macclesfield
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Craven (M.): The Smiths of Derby - A Journey Through Time
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Cumming (A.): The Elements of Clock and Watch-work - Adapted to Practice in Two Essays (1st edition, 1766)
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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David (Jacques): American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876
NEW. £17.50 Order Here
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Dunn (R.) & Higgitt (R.): Ships, Clocks and Stars - The Quest for Longitude
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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The Illinois Watch
The Life and Times of a Great Watch Company
Frederic J. Friedberg
NEW. A history of the Illinois Watch Company with descriptions and illustrations of nearly every wristwatch design they created, and their variations. With price guide in US dollars and dust jacket.
288 pages, 433 illustrations, 2004.
£66.50 Order Here * Two copies only *
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Feek P.G.: Church Clocks of Worcestershire and Further Notes on Worcestershire Church Clocks
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Fritsch (P.): "Viennese" Travelling Clocks / "Wiener Reiseuhren"
O/P. £125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Häussermann (M.): 1001 Wristwatches - History, Technology, Design
O/P. £9.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Heuer (P.) & Maurice (K.): European Pendulum Clocks
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * Three copies only *
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Langman (H.R.) & Ball (A.): Electrical Horology
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Horological Journal
Volumes 35, 36 and volumes 39 to 43 (bound)
O/P. Seven volumes of the Horological Journal, each bound in red cloth as issued by the BHI at the time. Please note: these volumes bound at the time do not have the covers or the advertisement pages bound in. Each volume has all 12 issues of the journal plus index: All in very good condition.
Volume 35: September 1892 to August 1893
Volume 36: September 1893 to August 1894
Volume 39: September 1896 to August 1897
Volume 40: September 1897 to August 1898
Volume 41: September 1898 to August 1899
Volume 42: September 1899 to August 1900
Volume 43: September 1900 to August 1901
£125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Lester (E.R.): John Kalabergo of Banbury (A barometer maker who was murdered)
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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May (W.E.): 4 Steps to Longitude
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Mayson (G.T.): Mechanical Singing-Bird Tabatières
O/P. £250.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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McEvoy (R.) & Betts (J.) editors:
Harrison Decoded - Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock
NEW. £53.00 Order Here
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The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650 - 1900
A. James Moore
O/P. A well researched reference book with a wealth of information about the clockmakers of Bristol and Bath, over 3000 craftsmen are listed. The quality of the illustrations is not good as the book was published by the author. This is however the best reference book for Bristol makers and is now very hard to find. A very good copy with good dust jacket.
507 pages, illustrated, 1999.
£295.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
See also:
Moore (A.J.): The Clockmakers of Somerset 1650 - 1900
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Spring-driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks 1637 - 1710
Reinier Plomp
NEW. A good book showing the early development of Dutch clocks including the exchange of designs between London and Amsterdam. The book includes a chart for dating Hague clocks. With dust jacket.
251 pages, 134 clocks illustrated, 1979. £25.00 Order Here * Four copies only *
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[Palace Museum Beijing]: Clocks and Watches of the Palace Museum
(10 postcards)
O/P. £7.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Pin (L.): Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty - From the Collection in the Forbidden City
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington (to 1850)
O/P. £7.00 Order Here
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Shenton (A.): Pocket Watches of the 19th & 20th Century
O/P. £65.00 Order Here
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Snell (M.):
Clocks and Clockmakers of Salisbury - 600 Years of Skill and Invention
O/P. £50.00 Order Here
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Stevens (J.): Benjamin Gray 1676 - 1764 An Esteemed but Little-Known London Clockmaker
O/P. £10.00 Order Here
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Synchronome Syndicate Ltd: Some Applications of the "Synchronome" System of Electric Time Service with Opinions Thereon (circa 1900)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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White (G.): English Lantern Clocks
O/P. £295.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *
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Whittle (E.S.): The Inventor of the Marine Chronometer: John Harrison of Foulby (1693 - 1776)
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *
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With best wishes,
Jeff & Ros Formby
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Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in Horological Books & English Clocks
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558
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