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Last updated 29 February 2024

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We are overstocked with several titles and need to free up some much needed shelf space. The following books are on special offer, many at 50% off their previous listed price:


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Antiquarian Horological Society: Collectors' Pieces, Clocks and Watches
O/P. 91 pages, illustrated, 2nd edition, 1964. Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition to commemorate the AHS's 10th anniversary in 1964. The book describes a collection of early precision watches. The softbound edition, a good copy.

* Was £9.00, now on special offer at £4.50 *

(Ref: K3 - E2)

Price: £4.50

Asprey: The Clockwork of the Heavens
O/P. 92 pages, 88 photographs, 1973. A useful and informative exhibition catalogue of astronomical clocks, watches & scientific instruments. A good copy, card covers.

* Was £8.00, now on special offer at £4.00 *

(Ref: K11 - H3)

Price: £4.00

Baillie (G.H.): Watches Their History , Decoration and Mechanism
O/P. 383 pages, 75 plates, facsimile reprint, 1979. Written in 1929 this is still a respected reference book on the subject and well worth reading. The book covers the history of 4 centuries of watch development with 189 b&w and 35 colour photographs, together with 82 line drawings of mechanisms. Essential reading. A very good copy with very good dust jacket.

* Was £20.00, now on special offer at £12.00 *

(Ref: K978 - G4)

Price: £12.00

Britten (F.J.): Watch and Clockmakers' Dictionary and Guide
O/P. 499 pages, illus., 1976. A reprint of the 11th edition (originally published in 1915) of this well known handbook. Most enthusiasts have a copy of one of the editions of this work. Good copy with good dust jacket.

* Was £14.00, now on special offer at £7.00 *

(Ref: K866 - B1)

Price: £7.00

Brown (H.M.): Cornish Clocks and Clock Makers
O/P. 96 pages, 10 plates, 3rd edition, 1980. A very good copy, with good dust jacket, of the only book about the clock and watch makers of Cornwall.

* Was £15.00, now on special offer at £7.50 *

(Ref: K1013 - D1)

Price: £7.50

Burton (S.H.): The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton
O/P. 456 pages, illustrated, 1981. The book describes and illustrates 900 complete pocket watches (70 in colour) as well as about 600 watch movements. A useful book for the serious student of pocket watches. A very good copy, with very good dust jacket.

* Was £30.00, now on special offer at £15.00 *

(Ref: K979 - E2)

Price: £15.00

Cuss (T.P. Camerer): The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches
O/P. 332 pages, 179 plates, 15 figures, reprinted 1994. A very good book on the subject covering the period from 1500 to 1900, with a chapter on the history of the firm Usher & Cole. A very good copy with good dust jacket.

* Was £30.00, now on special offer at £15.00 *

(Ref: K539 - H1)

Price: £15.00

Hewitt (P.A.): Turret Clocks in Leicestershire and Rutland

Hewitt (P.A.): Turret Clocks in Leicestershire and Rutland
O/P. 48 pages, 18 figures, 1994. A survey of all the turret clocks in these two English counties with details about the clocks and their makers. Very good copy, card covers.

* Was £17.50, now on special offer at £9.00 *

(Ref: K1522 - BX17)

Price: £9.00
Kaltenböck (F.): Viennese Timepieces

Kaltenböck (F.): Viennese Timepieces
NEW. 263 pages, 527 illustrations, 1993. A comprehensive description of clock and watch production in Vienna from the 17th century up to the second half of the 19th century. The book, which has excellent photographs, has chapters on watches, zappler clocks, bracket clocks, wall clocks, longcase clocks, and a listing of Viennese clock and watch makers. For collectors of true Viennese regulators this is the best book on the subject. With dust jacket and slipcase.

* Was £19.50, now on special offer at only £10.00 *

(Ref: N424)

Price: £10.00
Marshall (T.): Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers

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)

Price: £35.00

Mercer (V.): John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762 - 1843
O/P. 302 pages, 212 plates, 1972, complete with the supplement (pages 303 - 320, plates 213 - 218, 1975. The definitive volume on the life and work of John Arnold and his son John Roger Arnold. An essential book for chronometer collectors and enthusiasts. A very good copy with fair dust jacket (wear to corners and top of spine). Book hardback, the supplement with card covers.

* Was £195.00, now on special offer at £120.00 *

***Automatic 10% discount at the checkout on this book.***

(Ref: K208 - H4)

Price: £120.00

Musée International D'Horlogerie: Chronatome de L’Horlogerie Electrique a L’Electronique
O/P. 56 pages, illus., 1978. A history of the growth of the electric and electronic watch and clock industry in Switzerland. Very good copy. Card covers. [French language]

* Was £9.00, now on special offer at £4.50 *

(Ref: K3096 - BX15)

Price: £4.50

Nuttall (R.H.): The Arthur Frank Loan Collection - Early Scientific Instruments
O/P. 60 pages, illustrated, 1973. The catalogue of a large collection of scientific instruments collected by Arthur Frank, a trained optician and optical instrument maker. Good copy.

* Was £9.00, now on special offer at £4.50 *

(Ref: K2748 - BX12)

Price: £4.50

Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington (to 1850)

Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington (to 1850)
O/P. 64 pages, 9 figures, 1981. A useful contribution to knowledge about regional clockmakers. As well as the two towns in the title the book also covers the clockmakers of the nearby villages of Barford, Leek Wootton and Sherbourne. A very good copy, card covers.

* Was £14.00, now on special offer at £7.00 *

(Ref: K467 - G5)

Price: £7.00

Shenton (A.) & Shenton (R.): The Price Guide to Clocks 1840 - 1940
O/P. 541 pages, illustrated, 1st edition, 1977. A very useful guide to a wide range of collectable clocks but the prices are obviously out of date. Good copy, signed by authors, with good dust jacket.

* Was £15.00, now on special offer at £7.50 *

(Ref: K458)

Price: £7.50

Watson (H. F.): Grantham Clock and Watch Making
O/P. [ 40p ], illus., 1988. A descriptive catalogue of an exhibition of clocks and watches made in Grantham with details about their makers. A very good copy, card covers.

* Was £9.00, now on special offer at £4.50 *

(Ref: K2379 - BX9)

Price: £4.50

Aked (C.K.): A Conspectus of Electrical Timekeeping
O/P. 80 pages, illustrated, signed by author, 1977. This book consists of 6 articles originally published in Antiquarian Horology together with a two-page bibliography on electrical timekeeping. The articles cover Murday's electrically driven balance wheel clock, Alexander Bain, the first electric clock, early batteries, electricity and magnetism, and an early electrical turret clock. Very good copy, card covers.

* Was £25.00, now on special offer at £12.50 *

(Ref: K476 - BX12)

Price: £12.50

Antiquarian Horological Society: Antiquarian Horology from Volume 11 to Volume 20
O/P. A complete run of Antiquarian Horology from volume 11 issue 1 (September 1978) to volume 20 issue 6 (June 1993) complete with indices. Unbound, card covers, as issued.

The set is in good condition. [Packed weight is about 18 kg, UK postage will be £7.95, for other countries please email us for a quote - website calculator can not handle this weight]

* Was £50.00, now on special offer at £25.00 * (Ref: J973)

Price: £25.00

Antiquarian Horological Society: Antiquarian Horology, Volume 1
O/P. Complete volume of 12 issues and index. This volume covers the period December 1953 to September 1956. Bound with the volume are the 5 supplements issued by the Society during 1954 and 1955. The original first volume of this journal is now hard to find - this is not the 1970's reprint. A good copy, bound in grey cloth with gilt lettering (now faded).

* Was £95.00 , now on special offer at £45.00 * (Ref: J2079)

Price: £45.00

Bertele (H.): Konrad Kellenbergers Uhrensammlung im Winterthurer Rathaus
O/P. Pages 71 - 103, 12 plates, 1971. This is an offprint from the Winterthur Yearbook. The Kellenberger clock collection is on view in the Winterthur City Hall, Switzerland. Very good copy, paper covers. [German language]

* Was £15.00, now on special offer at £7.50 *

(Ref: K2623 - BX5)

Price: £7.50


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