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 | Pearson (M.): Kent Clocks and Clockmakers
NEW. 320 pages, illus., 1997. A comprehensive account of over 1200 clockmakers from the earliest period until the late 19th century. This edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies. Another useful regional title. With dust jacket. (Ref: N241) in stock.
Price: £34.99 |
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Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 107 pages, 7 plates, 2nd edition 1960. A useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. A fine copy with fine dust jacket (the best copy of this book I have seen for a long time). (Ref: K548 - F5) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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 | Penfold (J.B.): The Clockmakers of Cumberland
O/P. 284 pages, 118 illustrations, 1st edition, signed by author, 1977. This is one of the best books on English counties and has become the most sought after and difficult to find. Many famous clockmakers were born in Cumberland - George Graham, John Barwise, John Brockbank and James Gandy to name a few. This well researched book has information about all the Cumberland makers and is an essential reference book for enthusiasts. A very good copy, the original wrapper now worn and torn.
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(Ref: K872 - F3) in stock.
Price: £295.00 |
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 | Pickford (C.): Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers 1352 - 1880
O/P. 252 pages, 35 plates, 2 figs., 1991. An excellent, well researched book about the clock makers of Bedfordshire with lots of biographical information as well as a brief history of timekeeping in Bedfordshire. This book is now very hard to find. A very good copy, paperback, card covers a little marked. (Ref: K1358 - D1) in stock.
Price: £75.00 |
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Pipping (G.): The Graham Clock of Uppsala Observatory in Sweden
O/P. 8 pages, 7 figures, 1989. Reprinted from Antiquarian Horology as a stand alone booklet. An account of George Graham's observatory regulator, ordered by Anders Celsiusand shipped to Uppsala in 1741. Fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K5175 - BX9) in stock.
Price: £8.00 |
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 | Platt (J.G.): Lancashire Watch Company - History and Watches
NEW. 528 pages, about 1000 illustrations, 2016. A well researched and definitive account of the Lancashire Watch Company and its Watches. The Company was founded in 1888 for the large-scale production of pocket watches, but after some initial success was dissolved in 1906. This book documents the rise and fall of the company, as well as its watches, and will be of great interest to enthusiasts and collectors. The book includes an analysis of the company's ledgers and reproduces sales catalogues, LWC documents and the auction catalogue from 1911 when the remaining assets of the company were sold. With dust jacket.
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(Ref: N3966) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Pollard (D.): The Astronomical Clockmaker Edward Cockey, & other Warminster Horologists
O/P. 320 pages, 370 illus., limited edition of 500 copies, 1998. This book contributes to our knowledge of the Cockey family as well as collating all previously published information. The section on other Warminster clockmakers is also useful. Very good copy, soft bound. (Ref: K247 - G3) in stock.
Price: £65.00 |
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Ponsford (C.N.): Devon Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 360 pages, 12 figs., 47 plates, 1985. A good book with lots of information about clock and watch making in Devon with notes on Devonshire makers. A good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1288 - D2) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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Ponsford (C.N.): Time in Exeter
O/P. 200 pages, 50 illustrations, hardback, 1st edition, 1978. A well researched book on the history of 700 years of clockmaking in Exeter. Biographical details are given for more than 300 makers. A good copy with bookplate inside front cover and a dust jacket. (Ref: K812 - D1) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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 | Potts (M.S.): Potts of Leeds Five Generations of Clockmakers
NEW. 432 pages, illustrated, 2006. An excellent book about William Potts & Sons, later Charles Potts & Company, who made turret clocks and dial clocks in Leeds from 1790 until 1958. Potts was one of the most important turret clock makers in Britain and exported to the British Empire, Russia and Argentina. The book has a complete history of the business together with a listing of over 1600 public clocks by Potts. The book has over 700 illustrations and reproduces a number of the firm's catalogues. With dust jacket. (Ref: N878) in stock.
Price: £45.00 |
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 | Priestley (P.T.): Watch Case Makers of England: A History and Register of Gold and Silver Watch Case makers of England 1720-1920
NEW. 216 pages, 126 figures, 1994. The first half of the book is a detailed review of watch case making, including the development of case styles and watch bow shapes together with a history of English hallmarking and the location and history of the case making trade. The second half of the book contains a fully detailed list of watch case makers and their marks. An essential book for all English pocket watch enthusiasts. The book is long out of print, we have the last new copies available. Soft covers. (Ref: N923) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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 | Pryce (W.T.R.) & Davies (T.A.): Samuel Roberts Clock Maker
O/P. 450 pages, 129 figs., 1985. The definitive work on Samuel Roberts, an eighteenth-century craftsman in the Welsh rural community of Llanfair Caereinion. Roberts produced about 600 clocks and his Account Book for the period 1755 - 1774 is reproduced as an appendix. A very good copy of an excellent book, with good dust jacket.
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(Ref: K777 - E6) in stock.
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Quill (H.): John Harrison, Copley Medallist and the £20,000 Longitude prize
O/P. 26 pages, 21 figs., 1976. Published in commemoration of the bicentenary of the death of John Harrison, 24th March 1776. An interesting review of the life of the famous chronometer pioneer and the longitude prize. A very good copy, card covers a little faded.
* Was £8.00, now on special offer at £3.00 *
(Ref: K248 - BX2) in stock.
Price: £3.00 |
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 | Quill (H.): John Harrison the Man who Found Longitude
O/P. 255 pages, 33 illustrations, 1st and only edition, 1966. An excellent book on the life and work of John Harrison, his 4 marine timepieces and the £20,000 longitude prize. Essential reading for chronometer enthusiasts. A very good copy, the dust jacket with some wear to top edges.
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(Ref: KW1313 - C2) in stock.
Price: £145.00 |
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Raistrick (A.): Quakers in Science and Industry
O/P. 361 pages, illustrated, 1st edition, 1950. The book charts the origin and rise of Quakers as citizens and businessmen with chapters on Ironmasters, Merchants, Miners, Clockmakers, Doctors, Botanists and Bankers. The clock chapter includes information about Thomas Tompion, George Graham and Daniel Quare. A good copy. (Ref: K2931 - T1) in stock.
Price: £12.00 |
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 | Reichhold (N.): The Perigal and Duterrau Watch and Clockmakers
NEW. 82 pages, 6 figures, 2015. This new book contains detailed biographical information on the various branches of the Perigal family, the clockmaking descendants of Huguenot refugees. The book also has information about the Duterrau family, clock and watch makers descended from a Swiss immigrant to London. If you wish to understand the various London businesses of the Perigal's, the family relationships, and the various partners in Perigal & Dutterau then this book is essential reading. Card covers. (Ref: N3885) in stock.
Price: £7.50 |
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Reid (C.L.): North Country Clockmakers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
O/P. 102 pages, 6 plates, 1925. An early and well-known work on the clockmakers of Northern England which is always in demand. A good copy of the original publication contained within a volume of Archaeologia Aeliana. (Ref: K1533 - S2) in stock.
Price: £60.00 |
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 | Robey (J.) Editor: Your Time - Including the Contribution of Northwest England to the Development of Clocks and Watches
NEW. 136 pages, illustrated in colour, 2008. The catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Northern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society, with interesting introductions on Chronometers, Watchmaking in Prescot & South Lancashire, Edward Massey's Lever Escapement, Unfinished or Raw Movements, Turret Clocks and the Lancashire Watch Company by Edward Powell, Alan Smith, Alan Treherne and Chris McKay. The interesting text and good illustrations of the 127 exhibits mean that this will be a useful reference book in the years to come. Card covers. (Ref: N1698) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Rooney (D.): Ruth Belville - The Greenwich Time Lady
S/H. 192 pages, illustrated, 2008. An interesting book telling the story of how the Belville family sold accurate time to their subscribers in central London from 1836 to 1940 using an 18th century pocket chronometer. Fine copy (presentation inscription signed by author of half-title page) with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K3744 - V1) in stock.
Price: £18.00 |
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Rycroft (C.H.): Thomas Lister 1745 - 1814 The Thomas Listers, Clockmakers
O/P. 18 pages, 10 pages of plates, 1976. Thomas Lister senior (1717 - 1779) worked at Luddenden, then moved to Halifax in 1765 where Thomas, his son (1745 - 1814), joined the business. They made some fine clocks including one with a planisphere and musical examples. Fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K4912 - BX3) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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