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Ponsford (C.N.): Time in Exeter
O/P. 200 pages, 50 illustrations, hardback, 1st edition, 1978. A well researched book on the history of 700 years of clockmaking in Exeter. Biographical details are given for more than 300 makers. A good copy with bookplate inside front cover and a dust jacket. (Ref: K812 - D1) in stock.
Price: £35.00 |
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Priestley (P.T.): Watch Case Makers of England: A History and Register of Gold and Silver Watch Case makers of England 1720-1920
O/P. 216 pages, 126 figures, 1994. The first half of the book is a detailed review of watch case making, including the development of case styles and watch bow shapes together with a history of English hallmarking and the location and history of the case making trade. The second half of the book contains a fully detailed list of watch case makers and their marks. An essential book for all English pocket watch enthusiasts. A very good copy (inscription on title page), soft covers. (Ref: KW962 - N3) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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 | Pryce (W.T.R.) & Davies (T.A.): Samuel Roberts Clock Maker
O/P. 450 pages, 129 figs., 1985. The definitive work on Samuel Roberts, an eighteenth-century craftsman in the Welsh rural community of Llanfair Caereinion. Roberts produced about 600 clocks and his Account Book for the period 1755 - 1774 is reproduced as an appendix. A very good copy of an excellent book, with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K777 - E6) in stock.
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Quill (H.): John Harrison, Copley Medallist and the £20,000 Longitude prize
O/P. 26 pages, 21 figs., 1976. Published in commemoration of the bicentenary of the death of John Harrison, 24th March 1776. An interesting review of the life of the famous chronometer pioneer and the longitude prize. A very good copy, card covers a little faded. (Ref: K248 - BX2) in stock.
Price: £1.00 |
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 | Quill (H.): John Harrison the Man who Found Longitude
O/P. 255 pages, 33 illustrations, 1st and only edition, 1966. An excellent book on the life and work of John Harrison, his 4 marine timepieces and the £20,000 longitude prize. Essential reading for chronometer enthusiasts. A very good copy, the dust jacket with some wear to top edges.
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(Ref: KW1313 - C2) in stock.
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Reid (C.L.): North Country Clockmakers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
O/P. 102 pages, 6 plates, 1925. An early and well-known work on the clockmakers of Northern England which is always in demand. A good copy of the original publication contained within a volume of Archaeologia Aeliana. (Ref: K1533 - S2) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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 | Robey (J.) Editor: Your Time - Including the Contribution of Northwest England to the Development of Clocks and Watches
NEW. 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. Card covers. (Ref: N1698) in stock.
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Rooney (D.): Ruth Belville - The Greenwich Time Lady
S/H. 192 pages, illustrated, 2008. An interesting book telling the story of how the Belville family sold accurate time to their subscribers in central London from 1836 to 1940 using an 18th century pocket chronometer. Fine copy with fine dust jacket. (Ref: K3744 - V1) in stock.
Price: £18.00 |
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 | Seaby (W.A.): Clockmakers of Warwick and Leamington (to 1850)
O/P. 64 pages, 9 figures, 1981. A useful contribution to knowledge about regional clockmakers. As well as the two towns in the title the book also covers the clockmakers of the nearby villages of Barford, Leek Wootton and Sherbourne. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K467 - G5) in stock.
Price: £5.00 |
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 | Severs (D.F.): Northallerton's Clockmakers: Hugh Pannell and his Successors
O/P. 244 pages, 36 plates, signed by author, 1998. Number 150 of 300 copies. A well researched and detailed book about the clocks and clockmakers of this Yorkshire market town. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K2196 - G1) in stock.
Price: £95.00 |
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 | Severs (D.F.): Stokesley's Clockmakers - Clockmaking in a North Yorkshire Market Town
NEW. 139 pages, 36 plates, a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, 2008. A well researched book with a detailed account of the 29 clockmakers, and their clocks, who worked in Stokesley between 1740 and 1900. Card covers. (Ref: N1926) in stock.
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 | Shenton (R.): Christopher Pinchbeck and his Family
NEW. 71 pages, 13 illustrations, 2nd edition, 1976. Christopher Pinchbeck, senior and junior, were both clockmakers but the family is best known for the invention of 'Pinchbeck' alloy and its use in making low cost trinkets. A useful reference book on the family. Still in publisher's card envelope. (Ref: N2920) in stock.
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 | 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.
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Smith (J.): Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850
O/P. 436 pages, 25 illus., reprint of 2nd edition, 1975. A good book and, for many years, the only source for a list of Scottish clockmakers. Still useful to have as some information about the makers is not contained in the more recent book by Whyte. A good copy, the dust jacket good but faded as usual. (Ref: K856 - R1) in stock.
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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 - D2) in stock.
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[Société Jersiaise]: Jersey Names on Long-Case Clocks
O/P. 4 pages, 1980. A listing of Jersey clockmakers in a small museum booklet with the title The Jersey kitchen (La Tchuîsinne Jèrriaise). Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K5071 - BX5) in stock.
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Stevens (J.): Benjamin Gray 1676 - 1764 An Esteemed but Little-Known London Clockmaker
O/P. [4 pages], 6 illustrations, no date. A good article on the life and work of Benjamin Gray, clockmaker to George II, who took François Justin Vulliamy as a partner in 1743. A very good copy, card covers. (Ref: KW2361 - E1) in stock.
Price: £10.00 |
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 | Stevens (J.C.): The Clockmaker from Claypole: Charles Gretton 1648 - 1731
O/P. 8 pages, 1 plate, [ 1965 ]. A useful offprint detailing the origins and life of Charles Gretton, the famous London clockmaker. Good copy, card covers. (Ref: K819 - BX4) in stock.
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Streeter (Edward W.): Catalogue of Designs, and Prices, of ...
O/P. 124 pages, illustrated, 1992. A facsimile reprint of a catalogue published circa 1885 by Edward W. Streeter, the Victorian retailer of jewellery, watches, clocks, and silverware. 35 pages are about pocket watches, carriage clocks, French table clocks, clock garnitures and marble clocks. A fine copy. (Ref: KW5220 - E5) in stock.
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Stuart (S.E.): Biographical List of Clockmakers, North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680 - 1900
O/P. 192 pages, 1st edition 1996. A useful reference work, the makers' biographies are more detailed than that found elsewhere. This item is now hard to find. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K3631 - E4) in stock.
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