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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

Beeson (C.F.C.): English Church Clocks 1280 - 1850
O/P. 132 pages, 86 figures, 1st edition, 1971. The standard reference book on English church clocks, also known as turret clocks by enthusiasts and collectors. A good copy of the Phillimore hardback edition with dust jacket, the latter worn to edges and now in film wrapper. (Ref: K680)
Price: £60.00

Beeson (C.F.C.): Perpignan 1356 - The Making of a Clock and Bell for the King's Castle
O/P. 460 pages, illus., 1982. A detailed account of the construction of the great clock and its later demise, giving an insight into life at that period. The book has facsimiles and translations of the original Catalan manuscripts which detail who built the clock and how much they were paid. A good copy showing a little wear, the poor dust jacket worn to all edges with a few small tears. (Ref: K379)
Price: £27.00

BEESON (C.F.C.): Perpignan 1356 and the Earliest Clocks
O/P. 8 pages, illus., 1970. An offprint from Antiquarian Horology about the clock made for the Palace of the King of Aragon in 1356, and known only from a Catalan manuscript. Paper covers. (Ref: K1556)
Price: £2.00

Berman (G.): An Essay on Church Clocks
O/P. 58 pages, illus., 1974. An account of the workings of early public clocks with specific reference to the 3-train clock at Santa Cruz Hospital, Barcelona. A very good copy, but faded on spine. Card covers. (Ref: K33)
Price: £12.00

Bundock (M.) & McKay (C.): James W. Benson of Ludgate Hill - Turret Clock Makers
NEW. 72 pages, illustrated, 2002. James Benson was a prolific retailer of clocks and watches in the 19th and early 20th century. This book focuses on the turret clock activities of the company and reproduces rare catalogue and advertising material. A list of known Benson turret clock installations is also included. Card covers. (Ref: N527)
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Price: £12.00

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

Gents of Leicester: The B.P. System of Patent Silent Electric Impulse Clocks
NEW. 28 pages, illustrated, 2005. A reprint of the 1907 Gents of Leicester catalogue for their electric impulse clocks. The catalogue has illustrations and prices of master clocks and slaves for domestic, factory and external use. Card covers. (Ref: N795)
Price: £10.00

Gordon (G.F.C.): Clockmaking Past and Present
O/P. 232 pages, 35 plates, 29 figs., reprinted 1976. A reprint of the first edition which was published in 1928. This is a useful reference book because of its information about turret clocks and gravity escapements. With dust jacket. (Ref: K1631)
Price: £20.00

Grimthorpe (Lord): A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks, Watches and Bells for Public Purposes
O/P. 404 pages, 81 figs., 1 folding plate, 1975. A reprint of the 8th edition, originally printed in 1903, of this famous publication. Edmund Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe was one of the 19th century's great horological characters. The book contains lots of information on clocks, watches and chronometers. A good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K354)
Price: £60.00

McConnell (A.): Instrument Makers to the World - A History of Cooke, Troughton & Simms
NEW. 116 pages, illustrated, 1992. An excellent book about the history of Thomas Cooke & Sons of York and Troughton & Simms of London. The firms merged in 1922 and were eventually absorbed by Vickers Instruments Ltd. Thomas Cooke & Sons made turret clocks and several regulators as well as all kinds of optical instruments. Troughton, later Troughton & Simms, were one of the leading instrument makers of the 19th century. Soft covers. (Ref: N398)
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Price: £16.00

McKay (C.): John Moore & Sons of Clerkenwell - Turret Clock Makers
NEW. 72 pages, illustrated, 2002. This book reproduces two articles, first published in 1843 and 1852, about visits to the Moore factory. Also included is a brief history of the firm, a listing of turret clocks produced by Moore and photographs of typical Moore clocks. Card covers. (Ref: N530)
Price: £12.00

McKay (C.): J. Smith & Sons of Clerkenwell - Facsimiles
NEW. 72 pages, illustrated, 2001. Advertising material and catalogues, dating from 1880 and circa 1910, showing Smith's products are reproduced in facsimile, as well as a Victorian article about the firm from The Illustrated London News. The material covers all kinds of English clocks. Card covers. (Ref: N531)
Price: £12.00

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

Neale (F.) & Lovell (A.): Wells Cathedral Clock
NEW. 24 pages, 8 colour illustrations, new edition, 2006. An interesting booklet about the medieval clock and automata installed at Wells (Somerset, England) prior to 1392. The clock movement is now in the Science Museum in London, the internal and external dials are now driven by a Gillett & Bland movement made in 1880. The booklet describes the dials and the wooden figures as well as giving the history of the clock. Card covers. (Ref: N973)
Price: £5.00

North (J.): God's Clockmaker Richard of Wallingford and the Invention of Time
NEW. 441 pages, 89 illustrations, 2005 reprinted 2006. An important book about the life and times of Richard of Wallingford (1292 - 1336), the Abbey at St Albans, Wallingford's extraordinary astronomical and astrological clock and the birth of Western science. The author published an edition of Richard of Wallingford's writings, with introductions, translations and commentary, in 1976; this very readable work makes the details of Wallingford's life and times, and his clock, available to all. Hardback with dust jacket. (Ref: N602)
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Price: £35.00

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

Potts (M.S.): Potts of Leeds Five Generations of Clockmakers
NEW. 432 pages, illustrated, 2006. An excellent book about William Potts & Sons, later Charles Potts & Company, who made turret clocks and dial clocks in Leeds from 1790 until 1958. Potts were one of the most important turret clock makers in Britain and exported to the British Empire, Russia and Argentina. The book has a complete history of the business together with a listing of over 1600 public clocks by Potts. The book has over 700 illustrations and reproduces a number of the firm's catalogues. With dust jacket. (Ref: N878)
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Price: £45.00

Robey (J.) Editor : Your Time - Including the Contribution of Northwest England to the Development of Clocks and Watches
O/P. 136 pages, illustrated in colour, 2008. The catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Northern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society, with interesting introductions on Chronometers, Watchmaking in Prescot & South Lancashire, Edward Massey's Lever Escapement, Unfinished or Raw Movements, Turret Clocks and the Lancashire Watch Company by Edward Powell, Alan Smith, Alan Treherne and Chris McKay. The interesting text and good illustrations of the 127 exhibits mean that this will be a useful reference book in the years to come.

The exhibition is split over two locations - Prescot Museum from 1 February - 16 April 2008 and the Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Birkenhead from 9 February - 13 April 2008. A visit to the Prescot Museum is essential as the chronometer section includes, on display together for the first time, all three marine chronometers made by Thomas Mudge; number 1 normally lives in the British Museum, 'Blue' in a museum in Dresden and 'Green' in a private collection. Also at Prescot will be John Harrison's first longcase regulator which shows the inventive genius later used in his marine chronometers. The Birkenhead exhibit includes turret clocks and longcase clocks by Liverpool makers as well as watches made by The Lancashire watch Company. Card covers. (Ref: N1698)
Price: £20.00

[Sainsbury, Henry]: Illustrated Catalogue of Cathedral, Church, Turret & Musical Clocks
NEW. 38 pages, illus., 2005. A facsimile reprint of a trade catalogue from circa 1881 for the little known turret clock maker Henry Sainsbury founded in 1734. The range of products on offer, including clocks, carillons, bells and sundials, is extensive and suggests that the majority of the firms output was retailed and possibly signed by others. The catalogue includes detailed illustrations of the product range together with specifications and prices. Card covers. (Ref: N873)
Price: £10.00

Snell (M.): Clocks and Clockmakers of Salisbury - 600 years of skill and invention
O/P. 280 pages, 235 plates, figs., 1986. An excellent book on the clocks, watches and makers of Salisbury and South Wiltshire. The book has a section on turret clocks and lots of information about each clock and watch maker. A very good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K1209)
Price: £50.00

Ungerer (A.): Les Horloges Astronomiques et Monumentales les plus Remarquables de l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos Jours
O/P. 514 pages, 458 illus., 1931. The classic work on church & turret clocks from before 1300 up to 1930. This book describes and illustrates some fascinating clocks from Europe and America. A good copy, nicely bound in green cloth. (Ref: K667)
Price: £275.00

Wotton (P.) & Wotton (P.): The Kent Turret Clocks of Thomas Cooke of York
NEW. 36 pages, 8 pages of colour illustrations, b & w illus., 2004. A short history of Thomas Cooke's turret clockmaking activities with full details and photographs of 6 clocks in Kent churches and country houses. An inexpensive source for information about Thomas Cooke and his clocks. Soft covers. (Ref: N401)
Price: £6.50

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