British Clockmakers

Allan (C.): Old Stirling Clockmakers
O/P. 111 pages, illustrated, 1990. A very detailed account of Stirling and St Ninians' clockmakers and their clocks up to 1900. A pristine, as new copy, with excellent dust jacket. (Ref: K6)
Price: £25.00

Andrews (H.C.): A Hertfordshire Worthy - John Briant Bell-Founder and Clockmaker 1749 - 1829
O/P. 95 pages, 11 plates, 1930. A biography of John Briant who worked in Hertford, together with a detailed list of his bells, turret clocks and longcase clocks. This is a very rare book. A good copy, the card covers a little worn and marked. (Ref: K1534)
Price: £195.00

Anon: En Engelsk Urmagerslægt der Havnede i Aabenraa
O/P. 25 pages, 7 plates, no date but 1946. Peter Green, a Liverpool clockmaker, and his family emigrated to Denmark in 1746 and settled in Aabenraa; his clocks are usually signed Peter Green, Apenrade (the old name for Aabenraa). Peter's descendants, William and Jonathan Green, were also clockmakers. Card covers. [Danish language] (Ref: K1519)
Price: £22.00

Atkins (C.E.): The Company of Clockmakers Register of Apprentices 1631 - 1931
O/P. 339 pages, 18 plates, 1931. A scarce and useful reference book for researchers and enthusiasts which is now very hard to find. Covers a little marked, corners scuffed, with small inscription on front free end paper, otherwise a good copy. (Ref: K12)
Price: £320.00

Atkins (S.E.) & Overall (W.H.): Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London
O/P. 346 pages, privately printed, 1881. A good copy of the standard brown cloth edition with gilt decoration to the spine. Bruising to top edge of front cover, wear to head and foot of spine, very good internally with slight foxing to a few pages. An historical account of the Company and its working practices with information about early London clockmakers. Now scarce. (Ref: K13)
Price: £350.00

Bates (K.): Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham
O/P. 303 pages, 126 plates, signed by author, number 297 of 1000 copies, 1980. A useful reference book on the clockmakers of these two English counties. A scarce book, good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K1578)
Price: £90.00

Bellchambers (J.K.): Devonshire Clockmakers
O/P. 41 pages, 12 plates, 1962. A good copy of the first book on Devonshire clockmakers. Card covers. (Ref: K338)
Price: £20.00

Bellcambers (J.K.): Somerset Clockmakers
O/P. 79 pages, 20 plates, folding map, 1st edition, 1968. The book has notes on famous makers as well as lists of Bristol and Somerset clockmakers. A good copy internally, the card covers a little worn. (Ref: K1011)
Price: £20.00

Bellchambers (J.K.): Somerset Clockmakers
O/P. 79 pages, 20 plates, folding map, the 1986 reprint. The book has notes on famous makers as well as lists of Bristol and Somerset clockmakers. An excellent copy. Card covers. (Ref: K612)
Price: £15.00

Beney (D.R.): Beaminster Clocks & their Makers
O/P. 61 pages, illustrated, 1996. A useful book about the clocks and clockmakers of this Dorset town written by a Beaminster resident. Card covers. (Ref: K1335)
Price: £11.00

Britten (F.J.): Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers
O/P. 517 pages, illustrated. This is a copy of the 1970's reprint of the 3rd edition, first published in 1911. Every enthusiast should have a copy of one of the editions of this book, which has a useful listing of former clock and watch makers. A good copy with good dj. (Ref: K1368)
Price: £25.00

Britten (F.J.): Britten’s Old Clocks & Watches and their Makers
O/P. 700 pages, illus., 9th edition, 1989. A good copy of the latest edition of this well-known work which has a very good listing of London clock and watch makers. Every enthusiast should have a copy of one of the editions of this book. With dust jacket. (Ref: K673)
Price: £65.00

Brown (H.M.): Cornish Clocks and Clock Makers
O/P. 96 pages, 10 plates, 3rd edition, 1980. A good copy, with good dust jacket, of the only book about the clock and watch makers of Cornwall. (Ref: K1013)
Price: £20.00

Clark (B.E.) & Clark (M.A.): William Clark, Clockmaker of Kendal, 1716 - 1763
O/P. Pages 135 - 160, 4 plates, 2 figs., 1992. A well researched and detailed account of the life and work of William Clark of Kendal who was apprenticed to Isaac Hadwen, also of Kendal. 22 clocks by Clark are known and described here. This article is contained in a volume of Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. Card covers. (Ref: K1520)
Price: £18.00

Daniell (J.): Leicestershire Clockmakers
O/P. 44 pages plus 10 pages of illustrations, 1975. A very useful directory of watch and clock makers working in Leicestershire before 1900. The only book on the county. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1114)
Price: £32.00

Daniell (J.A.): The making of Clocks and Watches in Leicestershire and Rutland
O/P. 36 pages, 8 plates, 1952. This small book is still an excellent source for information about makers in these two counties. This is the reprint, with revisions, of a paper originally published in the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society. A good copy, the blue card covers worn at top and bottom as usual. (Ref: K580)
Price: £35.00

Dinsdale (N.V.): The Old Clockmakers of Yorkshire
O/P. 82 pages, portrait, 13 plates, with presentation inscription signed by author, 1946. The first book about Yorkshire clockmakers and now very hard to find. A good copy still with its dust jacket, the latter now worn with some loss to edges and with several tears. Card covers. (Ref: K448)
Price: £25.00

Dowler (G.): Gloucestershire Clock & Watch Makers
O/P. 230 pages, 37 plates, 1984. A well researched and written book, one of the better titles on provincial makers. This book is a lot more than just a simple list of makers; one maker was convicted and transported to Australia! A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1021)
Price: £40.00

Elliott (D.J.): Shropshire Clock and Watchmakers
O/P. 172 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 1979. This is the only book on the county and is always in demand as it contains information not to be found elsewhere. The book also contains a chapter on the history of J.B. Joyce & Co. Ltd of Whitchurch, famous for their turret clocks. With dj. (Ref: K1024)
Price: £45.00

Ferriday (P.): Lord Grimthorpe 1816 - 1905
O/P. 230 pages, illus., 1957. A biography of Edward Beckett Denison, later Sir Edmund Beckett, later Lord Grimthorpe who designed the Great Clock at Westminster and rebuilt the Abbey at St Albans. A lawyer by profession he is one of the most famous horologists of the Victorian era. Good copy with dj. (Ref: K675)
Price: £20.00

Galvin (D.): Charles Heap, Watchmaker of Finsbury
O/P. 3 pages, 1 photo, 1989. Notes about a mid-nineteenth century watchmaker, and his three sons who followed him into the business, contained in a volume of 'The Journal of the North Middlesex Family History Society'. Good condition, card covers. (Ref: K1249)
Price: £9.00

Greenlaw (J.): Swansea Clocks – Watch and Clockmakers of Swansea and District (Llanelli, Llandeilo, Neath)
O/P. 123 pages, illus., 1997. A comprehensive list of watch and clock makers for Swansea and neighbouring towns with notes on the development of horology in Wales. The book also has short chapters on the clockmaker's workshop and the clockmaker's apprentice. Soft covers. (Ref: K575)
Price: £25.00

Haggar (A.L.) & Miller (L.F.): Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. Complete with the Supplement. In total: 203 pages, 93 figs., 1974, Supplement 1979. This is a very useful reference book and is the only book about this county. A good copy with previous owners name on title page and a worn and torn dust jacket. Main work hardback, the supplement has card covers. This book is now very hard to find. (Ref: K846)
Price: £250.00

Haggar (A.L.) & Miller (L.F.): Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. Complete with the Supplement. In total: 203 pages, 93 figs., 1974, Supplement 1979. This is a very useful reference book and is the only book about this county. A good copy except it's missing the fold out map. Main work hardback with poor dust jacket as usual with this work. The Supplement has card covers. (Ref: K412)
Price: £230.00

Hawkes (A.J.): The Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Wigan 1650 - 1850
O/P. 84 pages, 13 plates, published by the author in 1950. A very scarce title on regional clockmaking. This book concentrates on William Barker, Archibald Coates, Peter Fearnley, Laurence Leicester, John Burgess and Thomas Bridge. A very good copy, spine slightly discoloured and with bookplate inside front cover. (Ref: K139)
Price: £120.00

Jagger (C.): Paul Philip Barraud - a Study of a Fine Chronometer Maker, and of His Relatives, Associates and Successors in the Family Business 1750 - 1929
O/P. 177 pages, 21 plates, 1968. An excellent book about the Barraud business with a useful listing of known chronometers, clocks, watches and their serial numbers, very useful when trying to date other examples. Complete with the supplement published in 1979, making a total of 283 pages and 33 plates. Barraud's are one of the most respected 19th century chronometer makers so this book is essential reading for enthusiasts. The book is in very good condition and the supplement is as new. Book: hardback without dust jacket, supplement: card covers. (Ref: K952)
Price: £120.00

Jagger (C.): Paul Philip Barraud - the Supplement
O/P. In this supplement the pagination and plate numbers are continued from the main work, this volume has pages 178 - 283 and plates 22 - 33. A very good copy of the supplement (only) to the excellent book on the Barraud family of clock and chronometer makers. Soft covers. (Ref: K425)
Price: £9.50

Lane (J.): Coventry Apprentices and their Masters 1781 - 1806
O/P. 144 pages, 1983. About 9% of the boys listed were apprenticed into the watch and clock making trades and the book has indices for occupation, location, apprentice name and master name. A useful reference source. A good copy. (Ref: K1513)
Price: £18.00

Lee (R.A.): The Knibb Family Clockmakers
O/P. 187 pages, 5 colour and 190 b&w plates, 1st and only edition, number 678 of 1000 copies, 1964. This volume, now hard to find, is the standard reference book on the life and work of John, Joseph, Peter and Samuel Knibb. A good clean copy with tight binding, the dust jacket with wear to top and bottom of spine and a small tear to the top of the front cover with slight loss. (Ref: K798)
Price: £950.00

Lee (R.A.): The Knibb Family Clockmakers
O/P. 187 pages, 5 colour and 190 b&w plates, 1st and only edition of 1000 copies, 1964. This volume, now hard to find, is the standard reference book on the life and work of John, Joseph, Peter and Samuel Knibb. A good clean copy with a slight watermark to the very bottom of most of the pages, the dust jacket is also good with a slight wear to top of spine and corners. (Ref: K702)
Price: £900.00

Linnard (W.): Cardiff Clocks - A Comprehensive Account of Watch and Clockmakers in Cardiff, The Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan
NEW. 80 pages + 44 page appendix, figs., 1999. The appendix is a facsimile of a catalogue and price list issued by Howell Morgan of Blaengarw, circa 1900. Soft covers. (Ref: N182)
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Price: £10.00

Lloyd (H.A.) & Drover (C.B.): Nicholas Vallin (c. 1565 - 1603)
O/P. Pages 110 - 116, illustrated, 1955. A detailed seven page article about Nicholas Vallin and his family contained in a volume of the Connoisseur Year Book. Vallin was born in Flanders and came to London to work as a clockmaker; the article illustrates and describes all known items from the Vallin workshops (5 clocks and 4 watches). (Ref: K1511)
Price: £15.00

Loomes (B.): Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 184 pages, 16 photographs, 1975. A useful book with a list of Lancashire makers. This is a good copy of a scarce book with good dust jacket, the spine of the latter faded as usual. (Ref: K194)
Price: £55.00

Loomes (B.): The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain
O/P. 608 pages, 1981. This is the definitive list of British clockmakers working before 1700. An excellent book if you want information about early British clock makers. Good copy with dust jacket. (Ref: K1036)
Price: £30.00

Loomes (B.): The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain
O/P. 608 pages, 1981. This is the definitive list of British clockmakers working before 1700. An excellent book if you want information about early British clock makers. A new unused copy, with dust jacket, of a book that is now out of print. (Ref: K1510)
Price: £42.00

Loomes (B.): Westmorland Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 120 pages, 8 plates, 1974. A useful book on this county with a list of Westmorland clockmakers. Good copy with good dust jacket, the latter faded on the spine as usual. (Ref: K199)
Price: £20.00

Loomes (B.): Yorkshire Clockmakers
O/P. 192 pages, illus., 1st edition, 1972. A useful source for biographical information on Yorkshire clockmakers. A decent copy of the 1st edition, card covers a little creased as usual. (Ref: K848)
Price: £15.00

Lumsden (H.) & Aitken (P.H.): History of the Hammermen of Glasgow
O/P. 446 pages, illustrated, 1912. A very detailed account of the Incorporation of the Hammermen of Glasgow, a craft guild founded in the 16th century for all the metal working trades including clock and watch makers. The book is a fascinating account of the guild and its relationship with the city and people of Glasgow and has an appendix listing members, their date of joining and their craft, from 1616 to 1911. A good copy of an interesting book. (Ref: K1516)
Price: £50.00

Mather (H.H.): Clock and Watch Makers of Nottinghamshire
O/P. 93 pages, 9 figs., 15 plates, 1979. A useful listing of Nottinghamshire makers, this is the only book on the county. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1041)
Price: £15.00

Mayne (R.): Jersey Long-Case or “Grandfather Clocks”
O/P. Pages 147 - 150, 1970. A rare three page listing of Jersey clockmakers with a one page introduction, contained in a volume of the Annual Bulletin published by the Société Jersiaise - a society for the study of jersey archaeology, history, and for local research. The Bulletin, of 200 pages, has lots of interesting articles but this is the only one of horological interest. Good copy card covers. (Ref: K1152)
Price: £18.00

McKenna (J.): Watch & Clockmakers of Warwickshire (1436 - 1900)
O/P. 59 pages, 9 illustrations, no date. A listing of Warwickshire makers, excluding Birmingham and Coventry. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1354)
Price: £7.00

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. Part of the print run of the book must have been bound after 1975 as the supplement is bound in with the main volume. A good copy (top edge a little stained) with a poor dust jacket (worn and torn with some loss). (Ref: K363)
Price: £160.00

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 of 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 good dust jacket, but the latter has been permanently laminated to the book. Supplement in good condition, paper covers as issued. (Ref: K716)
Price: £170.00

Mercer (V.): The Frodshams - the Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers
O/P. 458 pages, 106 plates, 1981. This is the standard work on the various branches of the Frodsham family. Charles Frodsham and Parkinson & Frodsham are two of the most famous chronometer making enterprises of the 19th and early 20th century. The book also covers the business of Frodsham & Keen as well as that of other family members. This is an excellent reference book about this family of chronometer, clock and watchmakers. An excellent copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K958)
Price: £295.00

Money (R.): The Clocks of St. Dunstans, Mayfield and Mayfield Clockmakers
O/P. 18 pages, illus., 1988. The first clock in the church was erected in 1657 by Thomas Punnett, the present clock is the third to be installed and the Mayfield (Sussex) clockmakers listed were all working in the second half of the 19th century. Card covers. (Ref: K1445)
Price: £5.00

Moore (N.): Chester Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 19 pages, illus., 1976. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester in 1976, illustrating the variety of clocks that were produced in the Chester area over a period lasting from 1650 to 1850. The booklet includes a list of Chester makers. Card covers. (Ref: K1184)
Price: £7.00

Moore (D.S.) & Priestley (P.T.): Some Account of Liverpool Watch Case Makers 1785 - 1798
O/P. 13 pages, 3 figs., 1997. Useful information about Liverpool watch case makers and their marks, first published in Antiquarian Horology. Card covers. (Ref: K1357)
Price: £4.00

Morton (H.E. ) & Hudleston (C.R.): Bristol Gold and Silversmiths and Clock and Watchmakers
O/P. 30 pages, an extract from the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Transactions, 1938. A detailed listing of makers compiled from the Bristol Apprentice and Burgess Books from the 16th century up to 1938. Good copy, card covers, the last page is a photocopy. (Ref: K974)
Price: £8.00

Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 112 pages, 7 plates, 11 figs., 3rd edition 1975. A good copy of this useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. With good dust jacket (spine faded). (Ref: K1043)
Price: £20.00

Peate (I.C.): Clock and Watch Makers in Wales
O/P. 107 pages, 7 plates, 2nd edition 1960. A good copy of this useful book with a listing of Welsh clock and watch makers. Hardback edition, the dust jacket in good condition for its age. (Ref: K548)
Price: £20.00

Penfold (J.B.): The Clockmakers of Cumberland
O/P. 284 pages, 118 illustrations, 2nd edition, 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. (Ref: K872)
Price: £350.00

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)
Price: £75.00

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)
Price: £55.00

Ponsford, Scott & Authers: Clocks and Clockmakers of Tiverton
O/P. 67 pages, 33 illustrations, 2nd edition with supplement, 1982. Good copy internally, card covers have remains of 2 sticky labels on front. (Ref: K1667)
Price: £10.00

Ponsford, Scott & Authers: Clocks and Clockmakers of Tiverton
O/P. 61 pages plus 3 page index, 33 illustrations, 1st edition, 1977. Good copy with bookplate inside front cover. Card covers. (Ref: K1370)
Price: £14.00

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 good copy of an excellent book, with dj. (Ref: K777)
Price: £32.00

Reid (C.L.): North Country Clockmakers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
O/P. 140 pages, 6 plates, 1925. An early and well known work on the clockmakers of Northern England which is always in demand. A good copy with a small stain to a few pages, still in the original thin card covers now a little worn. (Ref: K1533)
Price: £120.00

Reid (C.L.): North Country Clockmakers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
O/P. 140 pages, 7 plates, 1981. A useful reprint of a work first published in 1925 and now hard to find. Good copy with good dj. (Ref: K1946)
Price: £35.00

Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington
O/P. 64 pages, 9 figures, 1981. A useful contribution to knowledge about regional English 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. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K467)
Price: £12.50

Smith (A.): The Lancashire Watch Company Prescot, Lancashire, England 1889 - 1910
O/P. 89 pages, illustrated, 1973. This is a very useful reference book about the company. The book is in 3 parts, an historical essay on the company by Alan Smith, a reprint of a company catalogue of circa 1905, and a reprint of 4 articles about the company written by Henry Abbott which appeared in the American Jeweler in 1893. A good copy. Card covers. (Ref: K459)
Price: £45.00