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David (Jacques): Rapport A La Société Intercantonale Des Industries Du Jura Sur La Fabrication De L'Horlogerie Aux Etats-Unis
O/P. [ 11 ] + 120 pages and 8 plates, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, 1992. A facsimile reprint of the manuscript report written by Jacques David following his visit to America in 1876. The report is written in beautiful copperplate handwriting and has finely drawn plates. The facsimile is published with a biography of David and a history of the manuscript. An as new copy with original and very good slipcase. [French language] (Ref: K3024 - L3)  in stock.

Nye (J.): Clockmaking on Lothbury: Craft, Community and Conflict in Pre-Fire London
O/P. 149 pages, 14 illustrations, 2023. Lothbury, a short street in the City of London, was home to several clockmakers, metal founders and other trades. This is a detailed study of the life and times of the street's most famous lantern clockmakers, from about 1630 to 1670, including where on the street they lived, their apprentices and their network of contacts in the local community. A wealth of information about early clockmaking in London, of interest to all those interested in early lantern clocks or those fortunate enough to own one. With dust jacket. (Ref: N5240)  in stock.

Smith (B.): Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Stow on the Wold
NEW. 184 pages, 95 illustrations, 2024. A well researched new book, by Barnaby Smith, who has collected information about the Stow (Gloucestershire) clockmakers (especially the Archer family) for well over 30 years. Walter Archer was working in Stow by 1699 and his descendants continued in Stow until 1824. Other Stow makers worked from 1719 up to about 1939, the practitioners from the mid 19th century onwards being retailers/repairers not 'makers'. The book includes an appendix with details of (6 miles away) Moreton in Marsh clockmakers from the 1690's to the early 20th century. (Ref: N5238)  in stock.