Christmas will soon be upon us and hopefully you will have plenty of reading matter for the holiday period.

We have three books which have recently been reprinted and are pleased to be able to offer several fine copies of 'Huygens Legacy' which has been out of print for several years. Happy reading!

Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks
Anthony Ells

A comprehensive guide to finding and buying longcase clocks, telling you what to look for and what to avoid, and a guide to purchase and restoration costs. The book also has a section on the practical aspects of restoration. A book always in demand and now available in paperback.

144 pages, 8 pages of colour and about 180 b&w photographs, paperback edition, 2009.

£16.99   Order here

The Digital Watch Repair Manual
Louis A. Zanoni

A complete manual on the repair of LED and LCD watches. Learn failure analysis and repair techniques by understanding the fundamentals for LED and LCD watches, including the electronic portion of the analog quartz timepieces.

Spiral bound, card covers. 76 pages, 65 figs., 3rd edition, 1980 reprinted 2009.

£20.00      Order Here

The Quartz Watch Repair Manual
Louis A. Zanoni

Written as a supplement to the above volume, this book reports the advances of the early 1970's when the LCD and LED digital watch revolutionized timekeeping throughout the world. The major emphasis in this volume is devoted to the quartz analog watch. 68 pages, 85 figs., 1983 reprinted 2009.

£20.00     Order Here

Huygens' Legacy - The Golden Age of the Pendulum Clock
H. van den Ende et al

This excellent book was published to accompany an exhibition of 90 superb French, English and Dutch clocks at Het Loo Palace in Holland from September 2004 to November 2004. The book has 4 main sections; Prologue 1600 - 1656, Invention and Early Development 1656 -1666, Progression and Innovation 1666 - 1685, and Further Developments and Perfection 1685 - 1710. This is an important reference for the early implementation and development of the pendulum clock. Pristine copies. 301 pages, profusely illustrated in colour, 2004.

Hardback: £195.00 - less 10%       Order Here

Card covers: £165.00 - less 10%       Order Here

A British Act of Parliament: An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use

The printed British Act of Parliament (with its addendum 'The New Calendar, Tables, and Rules, ...) which introduced the Gregorian calendar into Britain and its Empire by the simple method of declaring that the day after the 2nd day of September 1752 was to be the 14th day of September 1752 and that a leap year was to be omitted every 400 years (the year 2000 was the first such example). This act also declared that the 1st day of the year 1752 was to be the 1st of January (not the 25th of March as in previous years). This is a fine copy of a fascinating historical document, disbound, no covers. Only one copy available. 34 pages, 1751.

£145.00 - less 10%   Order Here