This months special offers are all small books, booklets or pamphlets, all priced at £5.00 or less, with many at just £1.00. Please check out these special offers here.

When sorting out the small books on the shelves I discovered lots of intersting items I had forgotten about, so I have listed some of them below for your perusal.

A few the books currently in stock:

"Vienna Regulators"
of Lenzkirch and Lorenz Bob ca. 1870
Dana J. Blackwell

NEW. A reprint of the oldest known Lenzkirch catalogue illustrations together with those from a Lorenz Bob catalogue of similar date. This edition has an additional 24 pages showing many early Lenzkirch models not found in the 1870's catalogue. The book includes an introduction, historical essay and suggestions for the care of Vienna regulators, by the author. Soft covers.

144 pages, illustrated, 2nd edition, 1990.

£8.00 Order Here

The Bulle-Clock of Favre-Bulle, a Practical Manual
Robert H. A. Miles(Translator)

NEW. An English translation of a practical manual published by Favre-Bulle circa 1929. The book describes the design principles of the Bulle electric clock and the practical aspects of checking, testing and adjusting the movement and the electrical circuit. If you have the clock, you need the book! Soft covers.

55 pages, illus., reprinted 2012.

£20.00 Order Here

Watts (M.J.) & Watts (C.T.): The Burton Family of Clockmakers
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Harding (R.E.M.): The Metronome and its Precursors
O/P. £14.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Antiquarian Horological Society: Continental Clocks and Watches
NEW. £5.00 Order Here

Playtner (H.R.): An Analysis of the Lever Escapement
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Britten (F.J.): Watch and Clockmakers' Dictionary and Guide
O/P. £5.00 Order Here

Thompson (D.): Watches in the Ashmolean Museum
O/P. £8.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Thomson (M.M.):
The Beginning of the Long Dash - A History of Timekeeping in Canada
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * one copy only *

Breitling Sales Handbook (parts 1 & 2)
[Breitling]

O/P. A handbook, produced circa 2005, to inform specialist retailers about Breitling watches and the Breitling brand. Part 1 covers the Navitimer, Windrider, Professional, Aeromarine and 'Breitling for Bentley' ranges of watches with details of functions, special features, dial options, straps, etc. Part 2 covers 'Useful Tips for Caring for your Watch', 'Special Characteristics', Technology, and a brief history of the brand. A wealth of information for the enthusiast. Two volumes, spiral bound in hard covers, housed in original slipcase, all in very good condition.

£25.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Jagger (C.):
Royal Clocks, The British Monarchy & its Timekeepers 1300 - 1900
O/P. £20.00 Order Here

Turner (G. L'E.): Nineteenth~Century Scientific Instruments
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Baillie (G.H.): Clocks and Watches, an Historical Bibliography Volume 1
NEW. £5.00 Order Here

Hasluck (P.N.): The Clock Jobber's Handybook
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Penney (D.): English Wristwatches: The Untold Story
NEW. £15.00 Order Here

Cotthem (T.H. van): 200 Jaar Antieke Barometers 1670 - 1870
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Heal (A.): Sign Boards of Old London Shops
O/P. £5.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Tyrer's DUPLEX Escapement: A Century of Use
David Penney

NEW. The origins of the duplex escapement lie with Daniel Delander, Jean-Baptiste Dutertre and Pierre Le Roy but the original English patent for the escapement was taken out by Thomas Tyrer in 1782. The duplex escapement was used by many of the best English makers between 1790 and 1890 including by Vulliamy, McCabe, and Nicole & Capt. Card covers.

24 pages, well illustrated, 2022.

£15.00 Order Here

Battison (E.A.) & Kane (P.E.): The American Clock 1725 - 1865
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

[Antiquorum]: Prestigious Wristwatches
O/P. £5.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Ronan (C.A.): Greenwich Observatory - 300 Years of Astronomy
O/P. £5.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Stuart (S.E.): Biographical List of Clockmakers, North Lancashire and South Westmorland 1680 - 1900
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Smith (E.P.): Striking and Chiming Clocks - their Working and Repair
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Smith (J.): Horological Dialogues (facsimile reprint)
O/P. £55.00 Order Here * One copy only *

L'Horlogerie une Tradition Helvétique
Alfred Chapuis (Editor)

O/P. A comprehensive review of Swiss horology from early times up to 1948. Chapters on electric clocks, marine chronometers, watch balances, wristwatches etc. A fine copy with fine dust jacket and original cardboard box. [French language]

325 pages, 1948.

£25.00 Order Here

BHI: Principles and Explanations of Timekeepers by Harrison, Arnold and Earnshaw
O/P. £85.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Lonsdale (H.): George Graham Clockmaker
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

[Christie's]: The Mostyn Tompion
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Phillips (E.): Treatise on the Balance Spring
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *

David (Jacques): American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876
NEW. £15.00 Order Here

Wendel (S.): Datenspeicher-Musikinstrumente / Data Storage Musical Instruments / Instruments de Musique à Programme Pré-Enregistré
O/P. £30.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Reynolds (C.F.): The Great George Liver Clock on the Royal Liver Friendly Society Building Liverpool
NEW. £17.50 Order Here * One copy only *

Gothic Clocks to Lantern Clocks - Short Duration Clocks & Rural Clocks 1480 - 1800
John Robey

NEW. An enlarged and revised edition of an excellent book on a neglected subject, charting the development of early domestic clocks in central Europe, Italy, France and the Low Countries, Sweden and England; and their continuation in rural areas as short duration clocks, some with iron frames, others of brass. The book has a wealth of illustrations showing the mechanical and constructional details of the clocks as well as dials and movements. The appendices include a translation of an Italian treatise on clocks (published in 1665), and details of English lantern clocks with an original balance.

424 pages, almost 2000 colour illustrations, 2nd edition, 2024.

£75.00 Order Here

Gouk (P.): The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg 1500 - 1700
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Haswell (J.E.): Horology the Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers
O/P. £15.00 Order Here

Diderot & D'Alembert: L'Encyclopédie - Horlogerie
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

That's all for this month, so by the next newsletter spring will be well under way, in the northern hemisphere at least. We are looking forward to better weather and the spring flowers.

With best wishes, Jeff & Ros Formby

Jeffrey Formby Antiques
Specialist in Horological Books & English Clocks
www.formby-clocks.co.uk
Phone UK: (0) 1608 650558