The news this month is that a book about the Watchmakers of Kingston upon Hull has just been published and that we have recently purchased all remaining stock of the excellent book on The Thristle Family of Somerset which we are able to offer at a bargain price.

The other news this month is that there is a significant price increase for posting small books to the United States. This is because the USPS has more than doubled its charges to postal services around the world for the cost of delivering overseas parcels within the United States. Courier services, which we use for the heavier parcels are unaffected by this change.

New Books:

Watchmakers of Hull
Peter Croton

NEW. A new book about almost 400 watchmakers who worked in Hull from about 1750 to 1950, with 45 colour illustrations of dials and movements and many other drawings and photographs of watchmakers and their premises. Soft covers.

176 pages, illustrated, 2020.

£14.99 Order Here

The Thristle Clockmakers of Somerset 1765 - 1899 including James Cole of Stowey, John Millard of Stogursey and the Dial Makers Pyke of Bridgewater and Cox of Taunton
Nial & Deborah Woodford

NEW. An excellent book about the life and work of 4 generations of the Thristle family who made longcase clocks in several Somerset villages. The Thristles used painted dials by Pyke and Cox. The book also includes new information about James 'Conjuror' Cole of Nether Stowey who made 3 year-going longcase clocks and was father of the famous London clockmakers Thomas Cole and James Ferguson Cole.

448 pages, illustrated, limited edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by authors, 2012.

£19.50 Order Here

Bates (K.): Early Clock and Watchmakers of the Blacksmiths' Company
NEW. £95.00 Order Here

Brown (P.): The Noel Terry Collection of Furniture & Clocks
NEW. £19.50 Order Here

Collins (P.R.): FitzRoy and his Barometers
NEW. £9.95 Order Here

Montre A Une Roue - ou les complications du simplifié
Yves Droz & Joseph Flores

NEW. A detailed historical and technical study, well illustrated with photographs and diagrams, of two watches each with only a single wheel - the only two examples known. The watches were designed and made by Pierre-Laurent Gautrin and his son Pierre-François, who worked in Paris in the late 18th century. A watch with a single wheel is a simple idea, but very complicated to achieve in practice. [French language]

128 pages, illustrated, 1998.

£27.50 Order Here

Galizia (M.): Military Wristwatches - Sky, Land, Sea
NEW. £95.00 Order Here

Garnier (R.) & Hollis (L.): Innovation & Collaboration - The Early Development of the Pendulum Clock in London(deluxe edition)
NEW. £470.00 less 10% Order Here

Gee (B.): Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
NEW. £85.00 Order Here

Knirim (K.): British Military Timepieces / Uhren der britischen Streitkräfte
NEW. £125.00 less 10% Order Here

Kochmann (K.): Black Forest Clockmaker and the Cuckoo Clock
NEW. £25.00 Order Here

Ly (Tran Duy): Kroeber Clocks - American & Imported
NEW. £65.00 Order Here

Marshall (T.): Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers
NEW. £48.00 Order Here

The Global Transformation of Time: 1870-1950
Vanessa Ogle

NEW. Improvements in communications and speed of travel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries meant that previously small discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. This book chronicles the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars and to establish international standards. With dust jacket.

260 pages, 2015.

£32.95 Order Here

Platt (J.G.): Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
NEW. £65.00 Order Here

Russo (T.A.): Antique Office machines: 600 Years of Calculating Devices
NEW. £33.50 Order Here

Severs (D.F.): A Concise Guide to the Clockmakers of Northallerton and their Clocks
NEW. £25.00 Order Here

Vost (J.): Channel Islands Clockmakers 1680 - 1830
NEW. £14.50 Order Here

White (I.): English Clocks for the Eastern Markets - English Clockmakers Trading in China & the Ottoman Empire 1580 - 1815
NEW. £75.00 Order Here

Out of Print Books:

Plan of the Buildings and Grounds of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with Explanation and History; ..
George Biddell Airy

O/P. This offprint was produced in 1847, extracted from the Introduction to the Greenwich Observations, 1845. An historically interesting article showing the uses of the observatory rooms and grounds in Airy's time with notes on changes and additions since Flamsteed's appointment as first Astronomer Royal. A very good copy, unbound, no covers; now in a smart purpose-made folder.

8 pages, 1 folding plan, 1847.

£95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Aked (C.K.): A Conspectus of Electrical Timekeeping
O/P. £30.00 Order Here

[A.H.S.]: The Royal Society and the Fourth Dimension: The History of Timekeeping
O/P. £9.00 Order Here * Four copies only *

[Antiquorum]: The Art of Breguet
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * Two copies *

Attali (J.): Mémoire de Sabliers - Collections, mode d'emploi (sandglasses)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Beeson (C.F.C.): English Church Clocks 1280 - 1850 Their History and Classification (second edition)
O/P. £95.00 Order Here

Berthoud (F.): Essai sur L'Horlogerie (1978 facsimile reprint)
O/P. £250.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Biolchini (G.): Westclox®: An Identification and Price Guide
O/P. £33.50 Order Here

The Clockmakers of Llanrwst
Colin & Mary Brown

O/P. This excellent book, about pre-industrial clockmaking in a Welsh market town, is primarily about the life and work of John and Watkin Owen who made clocks in Llanrwst between about 1745 and 1809. There is a wealth of information about the clock movements and the very identifiable Llanrwst clock cases. A fine copy with very good dust jacket.

277 pages, 11 colour plates and 197 figures, the original hardback edition, 1993.

£35.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Brusa (G.): Italian Night Clocks
O/P. £5.00 Order Here

Bryden (D.J.): James Short and his Telescopes
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Carrera (R.): Hours of Love / Les Heures de l'Amour Volume II
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

[Christie's]: The Albert Odmark Collection of Important Clocks and Watches
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

[Christie's]: The Collection of the Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

King (A.): From a Peal of Bells - John Harrison 1693 - 1776
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Salomons (D.L.): Breguet (1747 - 1823) (1921)
O/P. £325.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Shadwell (C.F.A.): Notes on the Management of Chronometers and the Measurement of Meridian Distances
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Pin (L.): Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty - From the Collection in the Forbidden City
O/P. £27.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Zantke (H.): Louis-Benjamin Audemars - Sein Leben und Werk / His Life and Work
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Please also check out our special offers page to see if there is anything of interest to you. If there are any books you are looking for that we do not have in stock please let us know and we will try and find them for you.

With best wishes, Jeff & Ros Formby

Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in English Clocks & Horological Books
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558