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American Clocks "Volume 1" 2nd Edition - Ly, T. D. - The updated reprint in colorful hard cover is a beauty and a must in every clock collector's library.  This beautifully illustrated volume is arranged in logical, easy to follow, alphabetical order, and features nineteen clock companies. - 336 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1159 quality illustrations - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2000 Price Update.
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2000 Price Update only 

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59.50


10.00
  

American Clocks "Volume 3" - Ly, T. D. - First Published 2002.  Now you have access to hard to find information about Beehive, Column and Cornice, Column and Splat, Cottage, Mirror, Ogee and Bevel, Pillar and Scroll, Steeple, Torsion Pendulum, Wagon Spring and other clock types.  Looking at a Lux Pendulette?  You got covered.  Ball Watch Company clock?  Just look in the Index. This American Clocks Volume 3 contains NO clocks From Volume 1 and Volume 2.  352 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - 993 illustrations.
Smyth sewn hardbound with 2002 Price Update.
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59.50
American Clockmakers & Watchmakers.  New in 2000.  336 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 packed with 16,000 makers names, half never appearing in any other list. If you have a clock or watch with a name on it, this book will tell you all about the maker. A full paragraph of information on the hundreds of better known makers and half a page on the major manufacturers. This is the first book you will reach for from your reference library. The best and most complete American makers book ever written.
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39.95
Ansonia Clocks & Watches:  The most beautiful line of clocks ever produced in America was produced by the Ansonia Clock Company.  Ansonia clocks were first produced in Ansonia, Connecticut, the town named by the clockmaker, but the later Ansonia clocks were produced in Brooklyn.  Now Ansonia collectors eagerly pursue these exquisite clocks. The first edition of Ansonia Clocks was published in 1989 and the new, greatly expanded second edition was complete in 1998.  This is the largest, most complete book ever written on any clock manufacturer by any author.  752 pages 8 /12 x 11 and 3061 illustrations.  Smyth sewn Hardbound on white gloss enamel text. With 2004 Price Update.
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  89.50

   15.00
    

 

Bench Practices for Watch and Clockmakers - Second Edition - Fried, H. B. - 280 pp - 6 x 9
Softbound
Smyth sewn Hardbound

   T/O
   27.50

Calendar Clocks - Ly, T. D. - Mr. Ly has made every effort to make this book serve as an accurate reference source for beginning through advanced collectors. It covers 51 manufacturers and inventors.

360 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 858 quality illustrations.. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2000 Price Update.
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75.00


10.00


Chronometers Illustrated - History, Makers and Trials Records - With a Special Section on the History of the Deployment of U.S. Naval Ships Chronometers by Marvin Whitney.
This book is now in progress - If you want to display any of your chronometers in this book or have any related materials please contact:
Tran Duy Ly
215 Shadowood Drive - Johnson City - Tennessee 37604 USA
Phone:  423-283-9004  - Fax:  423-283-9001
Email:  tranduyly@aol.com
 
Collecting & Repairing Watches - Cutmore, M - 192 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - HB  24.95
Gilbert Clocks - This book was published in 1998. Gilbert was known for their wonderful clock sets and many Art Nouveau and Art Deco clocks.- Ly, T. D. - 448 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1698 quality illustrations and photographs - with Gilbert Clocks Supplement and 2000 Price Update - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text.
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Gilbert Clocks Supplement and 2000 Price Update:   Massive 120 page supplement to Gilbert Clocks.  Includes over 300 clocks and 24 pages of movements and parts information.  Contains all new clocks not shown in the book Gilbert Clocks.

69.50

 

     19.95

 

Ingraham Clocks & Watches - Ly, T. D. - With A Special Section on Early Ingraham Clocks - Spittler, T.  This book for the first time brings to light many new facts on this most interesting firm. The book contains a complete section on early Ingraham clocks produced before the Civil War. Also included is the most complete selection of Ingraham black mantle clocks ever presented. Ingraham Clocks & Watches was published in 1998.  384 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - 1269 quality illustrations and photographs - Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 1999 Price Update.
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1999 Price Update only

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     49.50

 

     10.00

 

Johann Ludwig Eberhardt and his Salem Clocks - by Frank P. Albright - Review by Thomas J. Spittler - 160 pages - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 with 56 black and white illustrations. - HB.
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   17.95

Kroeber Clocks - American & Imported - Ly, T. D. - Published in 2006.  The amount of information in this book is astonishing - 584 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 2000 quality illustrations and photographs in both black and white and in color.  Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2006 Price Update.
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85.00
Sessions Clocks - Ly, T. D. - With Sessions Clocks, Tran Duy Ly’s monumental task of documenting the production and history of the eight giants of the Connecticut clock industry is now complete. Starting with Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements, over 15 years ago, and finishing with the last of the major Connecticut firms, Sessions, Mr. Ly's series on Connecticut clock manufacturers is the unequaled reference on the history of the clockmaking industry in America. 8 1/2 x 11 - 336 pages.  843 illustrations and photographs.  Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2002 Price Update.
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 49.50
Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements - 3rd Edition - Revised and Enlarged - Ly, T. D - First published in 1985, second edition was completed in 1996, the greatly expanded and is the best selling book on an American clock manufacturer ever written.  Seth Thomas clocks are the most popular among American collectors and so is this book.

Volume 1 - 576 pp. - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 1,880 quality illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2005 Price Update.
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2005 Price Update for Volume 1 only.

Volume 2 - 576 pp. - 8 1/2 x 11 - Over 1,718 quality illustrations and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2005 Price Update.
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79.50


15.00


79.50


15.00


Waterbury Clocks & Watches - Volume 1 - 2nd Edition - Ly, T. D. - First edition published in 1989.  Second Edition.  Published in 2001, major revision, twice the size with 2001 price update. Every collector has Waterbury clocks; every collector needs the best book ever written about this major manufacturer.  From blinking eye clocks to Mickey Mouse watches, this book has it all. 584 pages 8 1/2 x 11.  Over 2300 Quality Illustrations  and photographs. Smyth sewn hardbound on white gloss enamel text with 2001 Price Update.  See Book Review

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Available Soon!
Waterbury Clocks & Watches - Volume 1 - 2nd Edition

69.50

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