We now have an interesting new book in stock about Clockmaking on Lothbury, a street which still exists in London today. It is interesting reading for lantern clock enthusiasts and covers the early period from 1630 - 1670.

Also this month we have some special offers on good books, in good condition, which I bought at a sensible price with the request that I find then all good homes with enthusiasts. These are listed below and on the website here.

New Book:

Clockmaking on Lothbury: Craft, Community and Conflict in Pre-Fire London
James Nye

NEW. 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.

149 pages, 14 illustrations, 2023.

£26.00 Order Here

Out of Print Books:

Antiquarian Horology from Volume 1 to Volume 19
(Beautifully bound in full red morocco)

O/P. A set of Antiquarian Horology from volume 1 issue 1 (December 1953) to volume 19 issue 6 (December 1991) beautifully bound in full red morroco with raised bands and gilt lettering to the spines. Sold with volumes 20 to 26 (March 1992 to June 2002), unbound as issued. All volumes are complete with index.

£475.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Atkins (C.E.):
The Company of Clockmakers: Register of Apprentices 1631 - 1931
O/P. £99.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Atkins (S.E.) & Overall (W.H.): Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of the City of London
O/P. £75.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Beeson (C.F.C.): English Church Clocks 1280 - 1850 Their History and Classification
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Bell (G.H.) & Bell (E.F.): Old English Barometers
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Britten (F.J.): Britten’s Old Clocks & Watches and their Makers
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

The History of Clocks and Watches
Eric Bruton

O/P. A very good copy of a well-produced and useful book. A very good copy, with good dust jacket and complete with original slip case.

288 pages, illus., 1979.

£10.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

[Clockmakers' Company]: Catalogue of the Museum of the Clockmakers' Company of London, including the Nelthropp Collection (1902)
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Cescinsky (H.): The Old English Master Clockmakers and their Clocks 1670-1820
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Four copies only *

Craven (M.A.J.B.):
John Whitehurst of Derby: Clockmaker & Scientist 1713 - 88
O/P. £50.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Darwin (J.): The Triumphs of Big Ben
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Dawson (P.G.), Drover (C.B.) & Parkes (D.W.): Early English Clocks
O/P. £30.00 Order Here * Four copies only *

Dinsdale (N.V.): The Old Clockmakers of Yorkshire
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Dowler (G.): Gloucestershire Clock & Watch Makers
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: stating Mr Thomas Earnshaw's Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers
Thomas Earnshaw

O/P. This is a facsimile reprint of Earnshaw's appeal to the Board of Longitude for a reward for his inventions, first published in 1808, with a new introduction by John Griffiths. A fine copy, leather spine/marbled boards.

[xxii + 280 pages + 35 pages of appendices], portrait, 6 plates, 1986.

£85.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Goodison (N.): English Barometers 1680 - 1860
O/P. £30.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Green (F.H.): Old English Clocks
O/P. £45.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Haggar (A.L.) & Miller (L.F.): Suffolk Clocks and Clockmakers
O/P. £95.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Hughes (R.G.) & Craven (M.): Clockmakers & Watchmakers of Derbyshire
O/P. £40.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Huygens (C.): Horologium
O/P. £9.00 Order Here

Paul Philip Barraud - a study of a fine Chronometer Maker, and of his Relatives, Associates and Successors in the Family Business 1750 - 1929
Cedric Jagger

O/P. An excellent book about the Barraud business with a useful listing of known chronometers, clocks, watches and their serial numbers, very useful when trying to date other examples. Complete with the supplement published in 1979, making a total of 283 pages and 33 plates. Barraud's are one of the most respected 19th century chronometer makers so this book is essential reading for enthusiasts.

177 pages, 21 plates, 1968.

£55.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Jagger (C.): The Artistry of the English Watch
O/P. £10.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Laycock (W.S.): The Lost Science of John "Longitude" Harrison
O/P. £125.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Loomes (B.): Grandfather Clocks and their Cases
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Marryat (H.): Watches Vol. 1 Henlein to Tompion
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Mason (B.): Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester
O/P. £30.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Penfold (J.B.): The Clockmakers of Cumberland
O/P. £145.00 less 10% Order Here * One copy only *

Bedfordshire Clock & Watchmakers 1352 - 1880
Chris Pickford

An excellent, well researched book about the clock makers of Bedfordshire with lots of biographical information as well as a brief history of timekeeping in Bedfordshire. This book is now very hard to find. A very good copy, paperback, card covers a little marked.

252 pages, 35 plates, 2 figs., 1991.

£55.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Pickford (C.): Turret Clocks: Lists of clocks from makers' catalogues and publicity materials
O/P. £17.00 Order Here * Two copies only *

Plomp (R.): Spring-driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks 1637 - 1710
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Ponsford (C.N.): Time in Exeter
O/P. £25.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Roberts (D.): Amazing Clocks
O/P. £8.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Roberts (D.): British Skeleton Clocks
O/P. £60.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Robertson (J. D.): The Evolution of Clockwork
O/P. £20.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Rose (R.E.): English Dial Clocks
O/P. £15.00 Order Here * Three copies only *

Sellink (J.L.): Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks, ca. 1670 - 1870 and some related examples
O/P. £70.00 Order Here * One copy only *

Symonds (R.W.): Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks
O/P. £35.00 Order Here * One copy only *

That's all for this month; thank you for reading..

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