Last updated 15 January 2012 Orders totalling £100 or more will receive an automatic 10% discount at the checkout.
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 | Macquoid (P.): A History of English Furniture (4 volumes) O/P. One of the classic works on English furniture covering the period 1500 to 1820, published in 4 volumes as follows: The Age of Oak: 243 pages, 15 plates, 215 figs., 1919. The Age of Walnut: 245 pages, 15 plates, 223 figs., 1919. The Age of Mahogany: 271 pages, 15 plates, 253 figs., 1919. The Age of Satinwood: 260 pages, 15 plates, 243 figs., 1919. Generally a good copy, with minor damage to top of spine on two volumes, a few bumped corners and the red cloth now darkened with age. Bindings tight. [Heavy book - weighs 12.0 kg]
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(Ref: K1248) Price: £395.00 |
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 | Marmottan (P.): A.-L. Breguet son génie, sa légende, son oeuvre / his genius, his fame, his work NEW. 72 pages, illustrated; plus 20 pages, illustrated; no date. Published in 1991 by Montres Breguet S.A. the first part of the book is a republication of Paul Marmottan's Abraham-Louis Breguet first published in 1923, now with an English translation. The second part, Breguet Today, is a well illustrated guide to Breguet's modern products including photographs taken at the bench during construction. A fine copy, card covers. [Part 1 is in French and English; Part 2 is in French, English, German, Italian and Japanese] (Ref: N2440) Price: £50.00 |
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Morgan (H.): Price List of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Electroplate, Challenge and Presentation Cups, Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Bicycles, etc., Sold by H. Morgan, Watch and Clock Maker, Jeweller, Park House Blaengarw [South wales] O/P. 44 pages, illustrated, no date. A catalogue, with prices, issued by Howell Morgan of Park House Blaengarw, a small coalmining community in Glamorgan South Wales, circa 1900. Morgan sold English, Swiss and American Watches, American clocks, as well as jewellery, electro-plated tableware, barometers, musical instruments and bicycles. Catalogues such as this rarely survive, and give an insight into what was sold by a typical trader at the start of the 20th century. A good copy, the pages a little browned with age, the paper covers worn around the edges with small area of loss to rear cover. A rare item. (Ref: K1742) Price: £20.00 |
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 | Morrison (J.E.): The Astrolabe NEW. 438 pages, illustrated, 2007. The Astrolabe is a complete treatise on the astrolabe and includes the description, history, use, theory and design of all types of astrolabes and several related devices. The book is not about specific historical instruments but covers the principles and design details of each instrument type as well as the application of computers to astrolabe design and practical advice on making an inexpensive working astrolabe. Card covers. (Ref: N2277) More information
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 | Mörzer Bruyns (W.F.J.) & Dunn (R.): Sextants at Greenwich NEW. A Catalogue of the Mariner's Quadrants, Mariner's Astrolabes, Cross-staffs, Backstaffs, Octants, Sextants, Quintants, Reflecting Circles and Artificial Horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. 323 pages, 694 photos (22 in colour), 76 figs., 2009. The first section of the book gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and used for that purpose, between about 1450 and the 1970's. The second part of the book is a catalogue of the 347 instruments in the National Maritime Museum collection. With dust jacket and slipcase. A companion volume to Sundials at Greenwich and Astrolabes at Greenwich, which we also stock.
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(Ref: N1932) More information
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 | Murray (H.): Directory of York Goldsmiths, Silversmiths & Associated Craftsmen NEW. 160 pages, 14 plates, 1998. This well researched book includes York watch and clock makers who may also have worked in gold and silver. Each entry includes dates, addresses and family details where known. Card covers. (Ref: N695) More information
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 | Oechslin (L.): Astronomische Uhren Und Welt-Modelle Der Priestmechaniker Im 18. Jahrhundert NEW. 2 volumes, about 456 pages in total plus a portfolio of plans, illus., 1996. A very detailed and scholarly study of astronomical clocks produced in the 18th century primarily by educated monks in religious orders. Volume 1 describes the astronomical observations and how they were modelled by clockmakers to represent the heavens as accurately as possible. Volume 2 is a catalogue of 29 clocks and orreries by 11 different makers, each illustrated and described with a list of complexities shown on the dial and how they are derived. The portfolio contains figures showing the layout of the clock trains with wheel and pinion counts. The two volumes each have a dust jacket and the portfolio of plans has heavy boards with cloth spine and blue ribbon ties. An excellent reference book for the serious enthusiast. Limited edition of 550 copies. [German language].
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(Ref: N657) OUT OF STOCK Price: £185.00 |
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Parker (P.): Clockmaking in the Vale of Clwyd O/P. 78 pages, 41 figs., 1993. A detailed account of clock and watch making in The Vale of Clwyd, an area in North Wales which includes Denbigh, Henllan, Llanrhaedr, Rhuddlan, Rhyl, Ruthin and St. Asaph. The appendix has a list of clock and watch makers in the area. A good copy, inscription on title page, card covers. (Ref: K2400) Price: £15.00 |
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![[Patek Philippe]: Timepieces for Royalty - 1850-1910](N2288.jpg) | [Patek Philippe]: Timepieces for Royalty - 1850-1910 NEW. 192 pages, illustrated, only 1000 copies printed, 2005. Produced as a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Patek Philippe Museum in 2005 this book is a history of the Royal families of Europe in the 19th century and their watches purchased from Patek Philippe. The volume also contains a history of the firm and details of their participation in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Card covers. (Ref: N2288) More information
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 | Pfeiffer-Belli (C.): Die Taschenuhrensammlung von Gerd Ahrens NEW. 2 volumes, 655 pages, about 1250 illustrations, number 187 of 1200 copies, 2006. An excellent reference book, describing and illustrating the Gerd Ahrens collection of 538 pocket watches with escapement drawings by David Penney. Each watch is described and illustrated with at least two colour photographs and a drawing of the escapement. The watches are grouped by their escapement type into 7 chapters (verge, cylinder, duplex, chronometer, tourbillon/karrusel, lever, miscellaneous). With dust jackets and slipcase. [German language]
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(Ref: N2110) Price: £175.00 |
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Rees (A.): Clocks, Watches and Chronometers (1819 - 20) O/P. 295 pages, figures. The 1970 facsimile of the horological sections of Rees's Cyclopaedia. This book has a lot of information on chronometers, clocks, horological tools, compensated balances, dials and dialling, escapements, pendulums and their compensation, remontoirs, etc. An interesting book factually and historically. Very good copy (book plate on ffep), with good dust jacket Spine a little worn and faded. (Ref: K250) Price: £30.00 |
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Reid (T.): Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, Theoretical and Practical O/P. iv, 466 pages, 19 folding plates, 2nd edition, 1846. The second edition of this celebrated work by Thomas Reid, the famous Edinburgh clock and watch maker. The book is a comprehensive treatise on clocks, watches and chronometers with information on orreries and turret clocks. Basically a good copy with trivial foxing to the pages, half-title page missing. The plates, title page and end papers with foxing and stains caused by water. The book is still in its original binding, the boards now a little marked. (1.1 kg)
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(Ref: K665) Price: £150.00 |
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 | Roberts (D.): English Precision Pendulum Clocks NEW. 296 pages, well illustrated, many in colour, 2003. This is a splendid book, the second of Derek Roberts' three volumes on precision clocks. The book describes and illustrates clocks by all the famous English makers - John Shelton, Thomas Mudge, John Ellicott, John Arnold, Thomas Earnshaw, the Vulliamys, Robert Molyneaux, James Condliff, Dent and Frodsham, to name but a few! This is the only book on English regulators and will be regarded as the standard reference work on the subject for many years to come. With dust jacket. (Ref: N259) More information
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 | Roberts (D.): Precision Pendulum Clocks - France, Germany, America and Recent Advancements NEW. 288 pages, profusely illustrated, 2004. The third and final book in Derek Roberts' excellent series on precision clocks. This volume includes the work of Berthoud, Janvier, Robin, Breguet, Lepine, Riefler and Strasser & Rohde amongst the European makers plus Seth Thomas, Charles Fasoldt and William Bond and other American makers. The final chapters on the 20th century concentrate on the work of Fedchenko, Professor Hall and Phillip Woodward. All 3 books in the series are essential reading. With dust jacket. (Ref: N432) More information
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