Dialling

Clarke (T.N.), Morrison-Low (A.D.) & Simpson (A.D.C.): Brass & Glass, Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland
NEW. 320 pages, illustrated, 1989. An excellent book, the result of many years of detailed research and of great use to clock enthusiasts for its chapters on the chronometer makers Alexander Dobbie, Duncan McGregor, Kelvin White, and Whyte Thomson & Co. Barometer collectors will want this book for its information about Alexander Adie and his successors including English branches of the business. Sundial enthusiasts are not forgotten, there is a chapter on Richard Melville and his slate sundials. Recommended reading. Card covers. (Ref: N576)
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Price: £25.00

Cole (T.W.): Origin and Use of Church Scratch Dials
NEW. 16 pages, 2001. A facsimile reprint of a booklet first published in 1935, giving an interesting account of these dials which are often found on British churches. The book gives the locations of over 1300 scratch dials and includes a description of the medieval time system and an explanation of the various lines that have survived on the dials. Card covers. (Ref: N528)
Price: £3.00

Cowham (M.J.) [Editor]: Sundials of the British Isles
NEW. 258 pages, well illustrated in colour, 2005. An excellent book describing and illustrating sundials from the Saxon period to the present day. The dials, of many different types, are located at stately homes, churches and other interesting buildings. The book also has chapters on the early dials of Great Britain and on dials in stained glass windows. With dust jacket. (Ref: N829)
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Price: £48.00

Emerson (W.): Dialling. Or the Art of Drawing Dials, on All Sorts of Planes Whatsoever
O/P. iv, 164 pages, 18 folding plates, [London, 1770]. The book has 3 sections dealing with the fundamental principles and practice of dialling and the construction of useful dials, with many worked examples. This copy is missing pages 157 - 160 (worked examples IX & X on section 3), otherwise it's a very good clean copy with good plates, trivial staining and trivial spotting to a few pages, in a good recent half leather binding with raised bands on spine. I believe this book was originally published as part of a larger work hence the publisher, place and date of publication are not given - hovever the only edition was published in 1770, in London by J. Nourse. (Ref: K689)
Price: £375.00

Higton (H.): Sundials - an Illustrated History of Portable Dials
NEW. 136 pages, well illustrated in colour, 2001. A book about the history of sundials from ancient Egyptian times through to the late 19th century when dials were displaced by more accourate pocket watches. A good book which properly covers the subject for the first time. With dust jacket. (Ref: N144)
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Price: £30.00

Higton (H.): Sundials at Greenwich
NEW. 463 pages, 450 black and white illustrations, 16 pages of colour illustrations, 2002 An important new work. The first part of the book is about sundials and their history, the second part is a detailed catalogue of the sundials, nocturnals and horary quadrants in the National Maritime Museum, which has a world-class collection. This and Higton's book on portable dials will be the standard reference work for many years to come. With dust jacket and slip case. (Ref: N145)
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Price: £120.00

Lennox-Boyd (M.): Sundials - History, Art, People, Science
NEW. 144 pages, well illustrated, 2006. An excellent new book about all types of sundials from prehistory up to the present day. The illustrations are really excellent as are the descriptions; the book has an appendix on dial theory & geometry as well as a glossary of dialling terms. Interest in sundials is growing; I can recommend this book to all who are interested in the subject. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1062)
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Price: £30.00

Ovens (R.) & Sleath (S.): Time in Rutland - a History and Gazeteer of the Bells, Scratch Dials, Sundials and Clocks of Rutland
NEW. 400 pages, illustrated, 2002. A very comprehensive book, with a wealth of information for horologists and campanologists, about England's smallest county. The book has a gazeteer of all bells, sundials and turret clocks known to be in Rutland and a biographical listing of all Rutland clockmakers plus notes on clockmakers from outside the county who made clocks which are now located in the county. A useful section is devoted to information about British bell founders who supplied bells to Rutland - this information is not easily available elsewhere. A good book which deserves a place on your bookshelf. With dust jacket. (Ref: N234)
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Price: £24.00

Somerville (A. R.): The Ancient Sundials of Scotland
NEW. [36 pages], 17 illustrations, plus 104 page catalogue of Scottish sundials, 1994. This interesting book reprints a paper, which originally appeared in a learned journal, detailing the 'Renaissance' sundials in Scotland. The dials date from the 17th and early 18th centuries and are free standing stone sculptures; the list includes examples still in existence as well as those known only from records. The catalogue describes each dial and gives its location. Card covers. (Ref: N1303)
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Price: £11.00