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This page details Books for Sale.Please contact me for full details of any item plus p&p cost.
I am not a book dealer,the items listed are from several small libraries which I am selling for myself and others for practical use by enthusiasts.
Part exchanges for interesting horological and other technical items/tools are welcome.
All the books on this site are in stock,available for inspection.

 

This page updated 22nd Feb 2012.

Antiquarian Horology Journal.Ilbert Collection
        Commemorative Issue 1958.                               £7.

Antiquorum.The Art of Horology in Geneva.Nov 1999.   £15.
                    

Atterbury.Discovering Britain's Lost Railways (AA) 1999.£8.

Banfield. Antique Barometers.1st Edn. 1976.         £5.

Baillie. Watch and Clockmakers of the World.Vol 1.1988.
                                                                 Price £10.

Barder.English Country Grandfather Clocks.1983.         £30

Borer.Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting.1942.      £10.

Brackett. English Furniture Illustrated.1950.                  £10.

British Clockmakers Heritage Exhibition.
         Science Museum Catalogue.1952.                         £10.

Britten.Horological Hints and Helps. 1988.4th Edn.        £12.

Britten.On the Springing and Adjusting of Watches.1898.£22.

Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers.
              9th edn,ed Clutton.1986.                                 £25.

Britten.Watch and Clockmakers Dictionary and Guide.
                            16th edn.1987.                                £30.

Britten. As above but 1886 edition.                               £35.

Bruton.The Long Case Clock.1964.                                 £20.

Bruton.Clocks and Watches.1968.                                  £12.

Bruton.The History of Clocks and Watches.1979.            £12.

Bruton.Antique Clocks and Clock Collecting.1983.           £5.

Bunt.Hallmarks on Gold and Silver Plate.1949.               £12.

Camm.Watches Adjustment and Repair.1946.                £8.

Camerer Cuss.The Country Life Book of Watches.1967.   £10.

Cantrill et al.The Practical Painter and Decorator Illustrated.
          1930's.Scumbelling and painted effects.                £6.

Cescinsky.The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture.1969.         £35.

Cescinsky.English Domestic Clocks.1976.                        £30.

Clark.Musical Boxes.A History and Appreciation.1961.     £20.

Cumhail.Investing in Clocks and Watches.1970.              £7.

Cunynghame.Theory and Practice of Clockmaking.
        Royal Society of Arts.Cantor Lectures.1909.           £10.

Curtis ed.Clocks and Watches.Lyle Antiques Valuations.
         Identification and price guide.1988.
          Free with the book below.

Curtis ed. As above but much expanded.1993.               £10.

Cutmore.The Watch Collectors Handbook.1976.              £12.

Cutmore.Watches.1850-1980.  1989.                              £15.

Cutmore.The Pocket Watch Handbook.1985.                   £10.

Dawson.The Design of English Domestic Clocks 1660-1700.
             Antiquarian Horology Soc lecture 1956.              £8.

de Carle. Horology.Teach Yourself series.1965.               £5.

de Carle.Clocks and their Value.1969.                             £5.

de Carle.Watches and their Value.1978.                          £5.

de Carle. Practical Watch Repairing.1947.                       £6.

                Ditto   same price.
Doloff. Evolution of the Anglo-American Clock.1986?   £10.

Echeverria.Coleccionismo de Relojes Antiguos.1979.     £7.                                                                              

Edwards.The Grandfather Clock.1976.                             £20.

Fairclough & Wills ed.Southern Steam Locomotive Survey.
                Bullied Light Pacifics.Undated.                         £6.

Fleet.  Clocks.1992.                                                         £5.

Fried.Bench Practices for Watch and Clockmakers.1974.SOLD

Fried.Watch Repairers Manual.1973.         SOLD

Garrard.Clock Repairing and Making.1918. SOLD.                     £12.

Gazeley.Watch and Clock Making and Repairing.1958.     £20.

Gethin. Restoring Antique Furniture.1974.                       £8.

Goodrich. The Modern Clock.1978.                                  £15.

Gould.John Harrison and his Timekeepers.1958.
        Reprint from The Mariners Mirror 1935.                   £7.

Haeder and Powles.Handbook on the Steam Engine.1893.£35

Hana.  English Lantern Clocks.1977.                                £15.

Harris. 19th Century American Clocks.1981.                   £15.

Harrison P. Gledhill-Brook Time Recorder Co.1912-1964.
                  Limited edition,private print,1991.       £7.                                       

Haswell. Horology.1951.                                                 £15.

Hayward. Cabinet Making for Beginners.1975.                £8.

Hayward.The Woodworkers Pocket Book.1992.Free with any
                      other purchase.

 

Hayward.Woodwork Joints.1970.                                    £10.

Hayward.Staining and Polishing.1981.                             £8.

Hope-Jones.Electrical Timekeeping.2nd Edn.1949.           £30.

Hope-Jones.Electric Clocks and How to Make Them.SOLD.
                                                                                    

Howse and Hutchinson.The Clocks & Watches of James Cook.
     1769-1969. AHS articles 1969.                                   £8.

Jagger. Royal Clocks.1986.                                            £20.

Jagger. Clocks.1973.                                                      £7.

Jagger.The Worlds Great Clocks and Watches.1980.        £15.

Jendritzki and Matthey.Repairing Antique Pendulum Clocks.
                                    1973.                                         £30.

Judge ed.Centre,Capstan and Automatic Lathes.
               Vols 1 and 11,Caxton 1950.                          £35.
Judge ed.Engineering Workshop Practice.Vol 1.
              Toolroom Practice Vol 11.Caxton 1950.       £35.                                    

 

Kemlo.Watch Repairers Handbook.1891.     Sold.

Kemp. The Englishmans Watch.1979.                              £15.

"Kinostan".Electric Clocks.Cassells Work Handbooks.
                                                              Undated.          £8.

kochman. Gustav Becker Story.1976.                              £7.

Kochman. Junghans Story.Vol 2.1976.                             £7.

Langman and Ball.Electrical Horology.1927.                   £60.

 LLoyd.Old Clocks.1970.                                                 £10.

Lloyd. Chats on Old Clocks.1951.                                    £8.

Lloyd.The Collectors Dictionary of Clocks.1964.               £10.

Loomes. Painted Dial Clocks 1770-1870.   1997.              £65.

Loomes.White Dial Clocks,the Complete Guide.1981.      £15.

             Ditto   same price.

Loomes.Grandfather Clocks and their Cases.Sold.          £20.

Loomes. The White Dial Clock.1974.                               £12.

Loomes.Identifying Early Unsigned Provincial 30hr Longcase
            Clocks. BHI article 1995. Price £3.

Loomes.Watch and Clockmakers of the World. Vol 2.1989.
                Price £10.                                  

Low.Pocket-Book for Mechanical Engineers.1919.           £15.

Mallalieu ed. Popular Antiques Yearbook 1987.                £5.

Marshall ed.Electric Clocks and Chimes.1976.                  £10.

Masse. Chats on Old Pewter.1949.                                 £8.

Maust ed. Early American Clocks vol 1.1971.                 £10.

Maust ed. Early American Clocks vol 2.1973.                 £10.

Maust ed. Early American Clocks vol 3.1975.                 £10.
          All 3 Vols above  £25.

McDonald. Long Case Clocks.1982.                                £20.

Meccano Magazine,June 1938.                                       £3.

     

Mercer.John Arnold and Son,with supp.1972.                 £160.

Miller.Clock Guide Identification and Prices.1981.
          Mostly American,lots of pictures.NOT the other Guide .                           £15.

Minter.Haynes Manual.Vauxhall Cars,(petrol).
           Astra & Belmont,Oct '84-Oct '91.                      £12.

Mitchell & Smith.Midland Main Lines.1st Edn.2006.
              Bromsgrove to Gloucester.                          £10.

NAWCC Bulletins,useful articles listed below but each bulletin
contains much more info:
            Feb 2006.German patents and Torsion Clocks.
                          History of G.Steele Tiffany clocks etc.   £3.
            Oct 2004.Dutch Secret &Jefferson electric clocks.
                          Mastercrafter electric clocks 1939-1988.£3.
            Oct 2007.Navigation Watches & Clocks,German Air
                          Force,WW11.
                          Article on Ato Clocks.                           £5.
             Dec 2000.Lux-Keebler Pendulette clocks.Part 1.
                          Article on Ato clocks.                            £3.
            June 2003.Cont copies of English 18thC lever watches.
                           Ato clocks.                                         £5.
            Oct 2002. Etalage & Rex Cole Mystery Clocks.
                          Ceramic Clocks,in colour                                  £3.
            Oct 2000. First Japanese Chronometers.
                          German Letter Patent Clues.
                          The Poole Clock.                                 £5.
            Oct 2005. 400 day/Torsion Clocks.Good article.    £3.
            Aug 2002. Japanese Military Timepieces of WW11.
                            In colour.                                        £6.
            Aug 2003.Dublin Clocks.Part 1,Longcased Clocks.
                           In colour. 
            Oct 2003. Dublin Clocks.Part 2.Regulators,Bracket,Wall etc.In colour.
            The above 2 bulletins                                      £12. 
            Dec 2003. German bomb timers (stop watches) 
                           1920's, in colour.                             £5.
                                                                                           

           

Needham et al.Heavenly Clockwork.The great astronomical
           clocks of medieval China.2nd Edn.1986.               £25.

Nicholls.  Clocks in Colour.1975.                                      £8.

Odhams Press.General Engineering Workshop Practice.
          Wayne,Watson,Town et al.c1940.                          £8.

Oxley.Mechanical Engineering Science for Technicians.1963.
               Free with any other purchase.

Pearson.The Beauty of Clocks.1979.                               £10.

Pellaton.Watch Escapements.3rd Edn. 1930's .                £35.
              268 line drawings,very useful.

Philpott. Modern Electric Clocks.1945.                        £30.                                                        

Pieces of Time.9 Catalogues,1999-2001.Lots of  very good
          pics,mainly watches,excellant resource. SOLD.

 Pieces of Time. 2 Catalogues,Spring and Autumn 2001.
               Very good watch photo resource.                     £6.


 

Player. Watch Repairing.1946.                                      £12.

Rawlings.The Science of Clocks and Watches.1948.         £35.

Ripper.Heat Engines.1919.                                             £7.

Roberts.A Collectors Guide to Clocks.1992.                      £5.

Roberts. Collecting Clocks. 2002.                                     £5.

Roberts.Precision Pendulum Clocks,the beautifully illustrated
              exhibition booklet.1986.                                   £25.

Roberts.The Precision Pendulum Clock.
                Catalogue of the 1978 exhibition. Sold.                 

Robinson et al.Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting.1933 ?
                                                                                      £12.

Robinson.Modern Clocks,Their Repair and Maintenance.1955.
                                                                                      £15.
Robinson.Modern Clocks,Design and Maintenance.1934.  £10.                                                           

Robinson.The Long Case Clock.1985.                             £25  

Rose.English Dial Clocks. 1st Edn.1978.                      £15.                                                                                                                 

Savage.The Art and Antique Restorers Handbook.1954   £5.

Selwyn ed.Jewellers and Watchmakers Pocketbook.1951.Sold.

Shenton.Collectable Clocks 1840-1940.                           £25.

Shugart & Engle.Complete Guide to American Watches.1982.
                                                                                   £15.

Smith.Clocks and Watches.1989.                                  £10.

Spon's Workshop Reciepts,1924-1926,4 vols.               £135.

Stokes.Beginners Guide to Power Tools.1974.                £5.

Symonds.A Book of English Clocks.1950.                      £3.

Symonds.Thomas Tompion his Life and Work.1969.      £45.

Taylor & Babb.Making and Repairing Wooden Clock Cases.
               1986.                                                            £18.

Taylor.American Clocks in Britain,the Early Years 1842-55.
           BHI journal article featuring Jerome clocks.       £3.

Thorpe. The French Marble Clock.1990.1st edn,signed by
              the author.                                                    £30.

Tremayne.Everybody's Clocks.1950's ? Musical notation for
    the chimes of Palmers Green,Norwich,Canterbury and the
    usual ones.                                                             £3.

Tyler.Clocks and Watches.1975.                                   £12.

Tyler. The Craft of the Clockmaker.1977.                      £10.

Tyler. European Clocks.1968.                                        £15.

Villiard. Manual of Veneering.1975.                               £8.

Ward. Science Museum Handbook of the Collections 
          Illustrating Time Measurement.
          Part 1 Historical Review.1949.                             £7.

Warring.Beginners Workshop Manual.1964.
                       Free with any other purchase.

Way.How to Make an Electric Clock.1976.                      £10.

Wenham.Old Clocks for Modern Use.1951.                     £10.

Wheeler. Old English Furniture.1909.                             £20.

Wise.Electric Clocks.1st Edn,1948.                                 £60.

         More to come in the next few days,including some
          catalogues and articles


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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