Dials and Dialling

Aked (C.K.): Dialling References in Antiquarian Horology December 1953 – December 1989
O/P. 19 pages, 1990. A list of articles and references to dials and dialling, each with a brief synopsis. A fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K2362)
Price: £10.00

Bobinger (M.): Alt-Augsburger Kompassmacher - Sonnen-, Mond- und Sternuhren Astronomische und mathematische Geräte Räderuhren
O/P. 448 pages, illustrated, 1966. An excellent, book on the Augsburg instrument makers with full details of the makers themselves, and their instruments. This book, the best on the subject, is now very hard to find. A very good copy, the dust jacket very worn. [German language]

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(Ref: K1994)
Price: £175.00

Brookes (A.) & Stanier (M.): Cambridge Sundials
NEW. [56 pages], 29 colour plates, [published 1991]. A description of 25 dials located in and around Cambridge, with location map. Many of the dials are located in the Colleges. Card covers. (Ref: N1806)
Price: £10.50

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

Cousins ( F.W.): Sundials
O/P. 247 pages, 93 figs., 1969. This is one of the best books on sundials with a clear exposition of the design of most types of dial with good diagrams and illustrations. A very good copy, the dust jacket good but with light wear to edges. (Ref: K2494)
Price: £70.00

Cowham (M.): A Dial In Your Poke
NEW. 208 pages, over 300 colour illustrations, 2nd edition, 2011. A new enlarged edition of a good book about pocket sundials of all types with detailed explanations of how to use them. The book has around 25% new additional content and is now A4 in size, with useful appendices on caring for dials, fakes, magnetic deviation and museums with sundial collections. In case you are wondering 'he drew a dial from his poke' is a quotation from Shakespeare. With dust jacket. (Ref: N2533)
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Price: £49.50

Cowham (M.): A Dial In Your Poke
O/P. 212 pages, well illustrated in colour, published by author, 2004. A good book about pocket sundials of all types with detailed explanations of how to use them. The book has useful appendices on caring for dials, fakes, magnetic deviation and museums with sundial collections. In case you are wondering 'he drew a dial from his poke' is a quotation from Shakespeare. A fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K417)
Price: £40.00

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

Daniel (C. St. J.H.): Sundials
S/H. 32 pages, illustrated, 1986. A good inexpensive introduction to sundials. A fine copy. Card covers. (Ref: K1965)
Price: £2.50

Davis (J.) & Lowne (M.): The Double Horizontal Dial and associated instruments
NEW. 241 pages, 394 illustrations, 2010. A good, detailed study of the double horizontal sundial devised by William Oughtred. The book reproduces some of the early literature on this type of dial, including Oughtred's original description of 1636, then discusses the development of the instruments and their design. Other sections deal with 17th & 18th century double horizontal dial makers and their dials; and the design and manufacture of modern dials. The book also has a catalogue of all known instruments using the horizontal stereographic projection. Card covers. (Ref: N2298)
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Price: £29.50

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.

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(Ref: K689)
Price: £375.00

Fulcrand (J.) & Bourge (P.): Midi au Soleil - Comment réaliser un cadran solaire?
O/P. 112 pages, illustrated, 5th edition 1994. A practical book showing how to make various types on sundial, illustrated with photographs of extant dials located around France. A fine copy, card covers. [French language] (Ref: K1971)
Price: £18.00

Glasemann (R.): Erde, Sonne, Mond & Sterne
O/P. 166 pages, illustrated, 1999. A catalogue of the 96 globes, sundials, astronomical and other scientific instruments in the Historischen Museum, Frankfurt am Main. A fine copy, card covers. [German language] (Ref: K2002)
Price: £15.00

Gouk (P.): The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg 1500 - 1700
O/P. 144 pages, 18 plates, 131 figures, 1988. A comprehensive study of the Nuremberg ivory diptychs including why they are made of ivory, how they work, who made them and the market for them. The final 30 pages are a catalogue of an exhibition of 61 dials, held at Cambridge in 1988. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1952)
Price: £14.00

Herbert A.P.: Sundials Old and New
O/P. 198 pages, 15 plates, 1st edition, 1967. A practical book on dialling, explaining the science of dials and their construction. A clean copy, owner's name on ffep, the dust jacket worn to edges and spine faded. (Ref: K1974)
Price: £40.00

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. This book is now out of print. (Ref: N144)
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Price: £35.00

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.

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(Ref: N145)
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Price: £120.00

Kaye (G.R.): The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh
O/P. 151 pages, 26 plates, 67 figs., folding map, reprinted 1982. Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur was born in 1686 and died in 1734. This book originally written in 1918 is an archaeological record of the observatories Jai Singh built in India together with illustrations and descriptions of the known metal and masonry instruments (mainly astrolabes and dials). A good copy with one bruised corner, card covers. (Ref: K1975)
Price: £65.00

Lennox-Boyd (M.): Sundials - History, Art, People, Science
NEW. 144 pages, well illustrated, 2006. An excellent new book about all types of sundials from pre-history 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

Michel (H.): Les Cadrans Solaires de Max Elskamp
O/P. 68 pages and 30 plates, 1966. An illustrated catalogue of the sundials, of many different types, in the Max Elskamp collection. Good copy, card covers. [French language] (Ref: K1979)
Price: £20.00

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

Pattenden (P.): Sundials at an Oxford College
O/P. 100 pages, 5 plates, 9 figs., 1979. A history, description and explanation of the sundials at Corpus Christi College, Oxford based on manuscripts in the College archives. The first dial by Nicolaus Kratzer is now lost but the book describes his other known dials and his period in Oxford. The second dial, usually called the Pelican sundial, was designed by Charles Turnbull and installed in 1579. The dial still exists and was restored to working order in 1976. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1301)
Price: £5.00

Pattenden (P.): The Pelican Sundial - Description of the Tables
O/P. 52 pages, 10 figs., 1980. A companion volume to the authors other book "Sundials at an Oxford College". This book is a detailed explanation of the tables on Turnbull's famous 'Pelican' sundial at Corpus Christie College, Oxford. Good copy card covers. (Ref: K1302)
Price: £5.00

Rohr (R.R.J.): Sundials - History, Theory, and Practice
O/P. 142 pages, 4 colour and 51 b&w plates, 105 figures, 1996 paperback edition. A good book for the dials and dialling enthusiast. Paperback. (Ref: N2506)
Price: £10.00

Savoie (D.): Sundials - Design, Construction, and Use
NEW. 181 pages, illustrated, 2009. Originally published in French as Les cadrans solaires this is an excellent book on how to construct equatorial, horizontal, vertical, polar, horizontal analemmatic, and altitude sundials. The book also has a chapter on sundials in the tropics - a subject most books ignore. Card covers. (Ref: N2531)
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Price: £19.99

Scott (D.) & Cowham (M.): Time Reckoning in the Medieval World: A Study of Anglo-Saxon and Early Norman Sundials
NEW. 139 pages, figures, photographs, 2010. The book opens with a description of medieval hour systems, general notes on dial construction and how to recognise an Anglo-Saxon dial. The remainder of the book is a comprehensive study of all known Anglo-Saxon and early Norman dials in England and Wales, with notes on some Irish and European dials. Card covers. (Ref: N2318)
Price: £29.50

Sharma (V.N.): Sawai Jai Singh and his Astronomy
O/P. 347 pages, illustrated, 1995. Jai Singh built 4 monumental observatories in India in the early 18th century. The large masonry instruments include the world's largest equinoctial sundial; another instrument is the world's largest brass astrolabe - over 2 metres in diameter. With dust jacket, binding slightly loose. (Ref: K2011)
Price: £15.00

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

Stanier (M.): Oxford Sundials
NEW. 40 pages, 24 colour plates, 2nd edition, 2003. Descriptions of many of the sundials in Oxford, with a location map. Many of the dials are located in the Colleges. Card covers. (Ref: N1807)
Price: £10.50