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Hewitt (P.A.): The Deacon Family of Leicestershire Clockmakers
O/P. [30 pages], illustrated, 1987. An interesting account of a clock and watch making family and their longcase clocks. Card covers. (Ref: K2549 - BX3) in stock.
Price: £9.00 |
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Hughes (R.G.) & Craven (M.): Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire
O/P. 256 pages, illus., 1998. A very useful contribution to information about regional clocks and clockmakers. A fine copy with very good dust jacket. This book is now out of print and becoming hard to find. (Ref: K1523 - M2) in stock.
Price: £65.00 |
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Hughes (T. Cann): Notes on Some Westmorland Clockmakers
O/P. Pages 42 - 55, 1935. This scarce paper is contained in a volume of the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. The paper is a listing of Westmorland clockmakers indexed by town. A good copy. (Ref: K2371 - M1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Hughes (T. Cann): Notes on Some Westmorland Clockmakers - Part III - Winster
O/P. Pages 171 - 189, 4 plates, 1939. This is a scarce paper contained in a volume of the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, and is about the life and work of Jonas Barber (father and son) of Winster. The wills of the two men are given in an appendix and a list of known clocks by the Barbers is included. A very good copy. (Ref: K431 - Y1) in stock.
Price: £20.00 |
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Jagger (C.): Paul Philip Barraud - a study of a fine Chronometer Maker, and of his Relatives, Associates and Successors in the Family Business 1750 - 1929 - The Supplement
O/P. In this supplement the pagination and plate numbers are continued from the main work, this volume has pages 178 - 283, plates 22 - 33 and was published in 1979. A good copy of the supplement (only) to the excellent book on the Barraud family of clock and chronometer makers. A good copy, signed by author, bruised to bottom of spine, card covers. (Ref: K4066 - F4) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | Laycock (W.S.): The Lost Science of John "Longitude" Harrison
O/P. 159 pages, 144 figs., signed by author, 1976. Laycock investigated and explained the theory behind many of Harrison's ideas used on his wooden regulators and his marine clocks. As Harrison's own writings are very difficult to understand, Laycock's analysis of his ideas is of value to all enthusiasts. A very good copy (owners name and blind stamp on ffep, author's obituary pasted inside front cover) with very good dust (faded to spine), of a scarce book.
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(Ref: K413 - E7) in stock.
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 | Linnard (W.): Cardiff Clocks: A Comprehensive Account of Watch and Clockmakers in Cardiff, the Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan
NEW. 80 pages + 44 page appendix, figs., 1999. The appendix is a facsimile of a catalogue and price list issued by Howell Morgan of Blaengarw, circa 1900. Card covers.
* Was £14.50, now reduced to £10.00 *
(Ref: N182) in stock.
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 | Loomes (B.): Clockmakers of Britain 1286 - 1700
NEW. 543 pages, 267 illustrations, 2014. This is an important biographical reference source detailing all that is known about every recorded British maker of clocks and watches born before 1700. The book includes 6,230 makers and thousands of their apprentices and journeymen. An essential reference book for everyone interested in British clocks and watches. With dust jacket. (Ref: N3651) in stock.
Price: £65.00 |
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Loomes (B.): Country Clocks and their London Origins
O/P. 192 pages, illus., 1st and only edition, 1976. This book is often overlooked these days but it is essential reading for the chapter on the Fromanteel family; it contains accurate information, the result of much research. Very ood copy with very good dust jacket.
* Was £25.00, now on special offer at £15.00 *
(Ref: K359 - D3) in stock.
Price: £15.00 |
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Loomes (B.): Lancashire Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 184 pages, 16 photographs, 1975. A useful book with a list of Lancashire makers. This is a fine copy of a scarce book with very good dust jacket, the spine of the latter faded as usual. (Ref: K194 - D1) in stock.
Price: £30.00 |
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 | Loomes (B.): Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World - Complete 21st Century Edition
NEW. 873 pages, reprinted 2022. This book contains over 90,000 names of makers of clocks, watches, scientific instruments, sundials and barometers, all in alphabetical order. This work covers the period from the late 16th century to the early 20th century and includes all the names in the old 'Baillie' and 'Loomes' plus an additional 20,000 names brought to Loomes' attention since their publication. An essential book for all clock and watch enthusiasts. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1079) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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Loomes (B.): Westmorland Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. 120 pages, 8 plates, 1974. A useful book on this county with a list of Westmorland clockmakers. Good copy with good dust jacket, the latter faded on the spine a usual.
* Was £10.00, now on special offer at £5.00 *
(Ref: K199 - D1) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | Marshall (T.): Buckinghamshire Clock & Watchmakers
NEW. 421 pages, over 500 illustrations, 2019. An excellent, much needed, addition to the books about clock and watch makers in the English counties. The book traces the history of clock and watch making in Buckinghamshire from the early 17th to the 20th century; with biographical information on over 600 men and women associated with the craft together will illustrations of their work. Also included is a large section on turret clocks in the county, with more than 100 clocks listed including over 40 seventeenth and eighteenth century examples. With dust jacket.
* Was £48.00, now on special offer at £35.00 *
(Ref: N4948) in stock.
Price: £35.00 |
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 | Mason (B.): Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester
O/P. 436 pages, well illustrated, 1st and only edition, 1969. This is a very detailed account of Colchester makers and their output and set a standard for regional books which has never been equalled. A very good copy, the dust jacket good with light wear to top of spine, in original card slipcase (worn to corners and splitting on one edge). (Ref: K823 - V2) in stock.
Price: £85.00 |
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 | McEvoy (R.) & Betts (J.) editors: Harrison Decoded - Towards a Perfect Pendulum Clock
NEW. 183 pages, 82 illustrations, 2020. A thorough study of Harrison's pendulum clockmaking from a practical perspective and the story of around forty years of collaborative research into John Harrison's complex and surprising pendulum clock theory. An unofficial test of Martin Burgess's 'Clock B' at the Royal Observatory, made from modern materials and following the perceived format laid out in Harrison's convoluted text 'Concerning such mechanism ...', showed exceptional timekeeping and proved that Harrisons ideas were sound. With dust jacket. (Ref: N5026) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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 | 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) in stock.
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McKenna (J.): Watch, Clock & Dialmakers of Birmingham (1547 - 1900)
O/P. 96 pages, 13 illustrations, no date. A listing of Birmingham makers. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1355 - F5) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | Mercer (A.): Mercer Chronometers - History, Maintenance & Repair
O/P. 239 pages, 300 illustrations, 2003. A book about the history of the Mercer firm from the early days of watchmaking in Liverpool to the large scale manufacture of chronometers in Clerkenwell and St. Albans. The book includes information on historic chronometers serviced by Mercer together with details of Mercer and Kullberg serial numbering. The repair, maintenance and rating of chronometers is given special attention. Now out of print and in demand. A very good copy with good dust jacket (with 5 cm tear).
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(Ref: K1662 - G3) in stock.
Price: £135.00 |
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Mercer (V.): John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762 - 1843 (with supplement)
O/P. 302 pages, 212 plates, 1972, complete with the supplement (pages 303 - 320, plates 213 - 218 published 1975) bound in. The definitive volume on the life and work of John Arnold and his son John Roger Arnold. An essential book for chronometer collectors and enthusiasts. A very good copy (bookplate on front end paper) with poor dust jacket (very worn to edges, small tear to front).
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(Ref: K208 - H4) in stock.
Price: £110.00 |
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 | Mercer (V.): The Frodshams - the Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers
O/P. 458 pages, 106 plates, 1981. This is the standard work on the various branches of the Frodsham family. Charles Frodsham and Parkinson & Frodsham are two of the most famous chronometer making enterprises of the 19th and early 20th century. The book also covers the business of Frodsham & Keen as well as that of other family members. This is an excellent reference book about this family of chronometer, clock and watchmakers. A very good copy (top edge dust stained), the dust jacket complete but with wear to edges and corners.
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(Ref: K958 - V3) in stock.
Price: £245.00 |
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