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A Book of English Clocks - 56 Illustrations - Revised Edition 1950.

Symonds, R. W. - 64 pp - 5 x 7 1/4 - HB - Good

15.00 7.50

A Fortune In The Junk Pile - Over 300 Illustrations. A guide to valuable antiques that may be Hidden in attic or cellar - Jenkins, D. H. 

439 pp - 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 - HB - Good condition

10.00 5.00
A Maxton Book About Time - Measured Time, The Divisions of the Earth, etc.  Published 1959 by Maxton Publishers, Inc. - 28 pp - 7 1/4 x 10 1/4   Illustrations in color, black & white. -  HB - Good 7.00 3.50

An Encyclopedia of Small Antiques - Mackay, J.

320 pp - 7 3/4 x 10 - HB - Good

20.00 10.00

Alte Uhren - neu entdeckt - Landrock - Text in German 

160 pp - 8 x 9 - HB - Very Good

40.00 15.00

American Antique Furniture - A Book For Amateurs - First Edition 1937, volume 2 - Contents : Mirrors, Tables and Stands, Pole Screens, Stools, and 165 pages on Clocks. - Miller, E. G. - 1106 pp - 8 1/4 x 11 - HB

No dust cover - Good condition

50.00 25.00
American Clock, The - 1725-1865 -  From the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University.  The clocks illustrated in this book are among the most interesting works of early American craftsmanship. Battison, E. D. & Kane, P. E. - 207 pp - 9 1/2 x 10 - HB - Very good 60.00 30.00
American  Clock, The - A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey 1723-1900. With a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers - Distin, W. H. & Bishop, R. 

- First Edition 1976 - 359 pp - 9 x 11 1/2 - HB -  Very Good  

- Second Edition 1983 - 359 pp - 9 x 11 1/2 - HB Very Good     

 

75.00

65.00

 

37.50

32.50

American Clocks and Clockmakers - With 400 Illustrations and the names of important American clockmakers. Second Edition 1958 - Drepperd, C. W.

364 pp - 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 - HB - Good

37.95 18.95
American Heritage - History of American Antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War. Over 700 illustrations, 90 of them in color. - By the Editors of American Heritage - The Magazine of History. - 416 pp - 9 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good  50.00 25.00
American Pocket Watch Identification & Price Guide - Ehrhardt, R. - Book 2  1974 - 192 pp - 9 x 11 - Fair 15.00 7.50
Antique - A Popular Guide to Antiques for Everyone: Furniture, China, Clocks, Silver, Glass, Jewelry, Prints, Sculpture and Watches. Beautifully illustrated, nearly 200 photographs, 47 of them in color. - Introduction by Peter Philip  Published 1973 - 144 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good 35.00 17.50
Antique American Clocks & Watches - With the aid of line drawings and over 50 photographs - Thompson, R.- 192 pp - 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 -  HB - Very Good 30.00 15.00

Antique Clock Value Guide - Values Updated 1979 - Wescot, A.

215 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - Good

15.00 7.50

Art of Drawing in France 1400-1900, The - Published 1987 - Bjurstrom, P. 

48 color and 125 black & white illustrations - 223 pp - 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 - HB

Very Good 

60.00 30.00
Beauty of Clocks, The -  Contents : Early history and early mechanical clocks. The development of the Bracket Clock, French Clocks of the late 18th Century. English Longcase Clocks, Dials and List of Clockmakers. Beautifully Illustrated in color. -  Pearson, M. - 1978 - 96 pp - 9 1/4 x 13 - HB - Very good 20.00 10.00

Book of American Clocks, The - Palmer, B. - Over 300 Illustrations by Wallace Nutting and Brook Palmer, and a list of American clock and watch makers.

318 pp - 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 - HB - Very Good.

- With dust jacket

- Without dust jacket

40.00

35.00

20.00

17.50

Book of Old Silver, The - English, American, Foreign. More than 100 Photographs and over 20,000 Authentic Hallmarks - Eleven Printing 1949 - Wyles, S. B.

401 pp - 7 6/8 X 10 - HB - Very Good

95.00 47.50
British Clocks and Clockmakers - With 8 Plates in Colour and 24 Illustrations in Black & White -  Ullyett, K. - 48 pp - 6 1/2 x 9 - HB - Good 10.00 5.00

Britten's Old Clocks & Watches & Their Makers -  7th Edition -  A historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches in the past in England and abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand makers.

517 pp - 9 x 11 - HB - Good

40.00 20.00

Classic Watch - The great watches and their makers from the first wrist watch to the present day. Copy right 1989 - Balfour, M.

192 pp - 9 1/2 X 13 - HB - Very Good

35.00 17.50

Care and Repair of Antiques - Ormsbee, T. H.

168 pp - 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 - HB - Good

12.00 6.00

Cavalcade of Time - A Visual History of Watches - from the private collection of the Zale Corporation - Fried, H. -  98 Illustrations in color.

126 pp - 5 1/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good

17.95 8.95

Clockmakers of Lancaster County & Their Clocks - 1750-1850- Wood, S.

224 pp 9 x 11 - HB - Very Good

70.00 35.00
Clocks -  Pleasures And Treasures - Fleet, S. - First Edition 1961 - Thirty-two illustrations in color and nearly 100 black & white illustrations, which include photographs of clocks from France, England, Germany, Italy, Japan and America. - 128 pp - 8 x 8 1/2 - HB with Box - Very Good 35.00 17.50
Clocks - Jagger, C. - 93 Illustrations of clocks & watches in color and 18 in black & white -64 pp - 9 x 12 - HB - Good 19.95 9.95

Clocks & Culture 1300-1700- Cipolla, C.M.

192 pp - 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good

20.00 10.00

Clocks & Watches - Brutton, E. - Illustrated with over 200 pictures, many in full color. Contents: The first timekeepers, Birth of the mechanical, Invention of the spring, The story of the watch. Clocks & watches in North America.

138 pp - 5 x 7 1/2 - HB - Very Good

25.00 12.50
Clocks & Watches - 600 Years of the World Most Beautiful Timepieces - 136 Illustrations in color. - Willsberger, J. - 182 pp - 11 x 11 - HB - Very good 60.00 30.00

Clocks & Watches - The Connoisseur Illustrated Guides - 1975 Edition - Smith, A. - Over 400 line of drawings, 26 colour photographs. From mechanical clocks before 1550 to Modern clocks and watches 1900 to the present day.

220 pp - 6 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good

35.00 17.50

Clocks Watches and Chronometers, 1819-20 - Reess - Contents: Chimes, Chronometers, Clepsydra, Clock-Movement  Clock-Maker, Dials, Pendulum Bob and Maintaining Power, Tools, Watch, etc.

295 pp - 8 3/4 x11 1/4 - HB - Very Good

45.00 22.50
Clockwork Music - An illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the pianola: From: automaton lady virginal players to the  orchestrion.- Over 550 illustrations - Ord-Hume, W. J. G. - First edition 1973. 334 pp - 7 1/2 x 10 - HB - Very good 75.00 37.50
Collector's Dictionary of Clocks, The - Lloyd, H. Alan - 1964 edition. Over 500 photographs and diagrams. - 214 pp - 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 - HB - Very good 40.00 20.00
Country Life Book of Clocks - Joy, E. T. - Illustrated with 90 photographs and 16 drawings.  96 pp - 7 1/2 x 10 - HB - Very Good 17.95 8.95

Country Life International Dictionary of Clocks, The - Smith, A. - Section 1: The history and styles of clocks. Section 2: The mechanical parts of clocks. Section 3: Tools, materials and workshop methods. Section 4: International Clockmaking.  Section 5: Sundials and Astronomical Instruments. - 64 illustrations in color and over 850 in black and white.

352 pp - 8 3/4 x 12 - HB - Good

65.00 32.50
Craft of the Clockmaker, The - Tyler, E. J. - 84 Illustrations with both photographs and diagrams. - 96 pages - 7 1/2 x 10 - HB - Good 15.00 7.50

Early American Furniture Makers - Ormsbee, T. H. - With 122 illustrations

183 pp -5 3/4 x 8 - HB - Very Good

15.00 7.50
Encyclopedia of Collectibles, The - Published 1980 by Time-Life Book, Inc.  Contents: Typewriters, Valentines, Victorian Furniture, Watches, Weather Vanes, Wedgwood, Wicker, Wildlife Prints, World's Fair Souvenirs and World War Memorabilia - 176 pp - 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 - HB - Very Good  40.00 20.00

Evolution of Clockwork, The - Robertson, J. D. - With a special section on The Clocks of Japan, fully illustrated from the author's collection and A Comprehensive Bibliography of Horology covering over six hundred authors.

358 pp - 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 - HB - Very Good

60.00 30.00
Everybody's Watches - Tremayne, A. - The Design, Manufacture and Adjustment of Usual and Unusual Watches - 64 pp - 4 1/2  x 7 - Good 15.00 7.50
Five Centuries of British Timekeeping - An Exhibition at Goldsmiths Hall, London, Oct. 3-8, 1955 - 79 pp - 5 x 7 - Very Good 19.95 9.95

Foreign and American Pocket Watch book 3 - Ehrhardt, R.

174 pp - 9 x 11  Good

10.00 5.00

Forestville Clockmakers - Roberts, K. D. and Snowden Taylor Ph. D.

177 pp - 8 1/2 X 11 - Very Good

59.50 29.75
Grandfather Clock, The - Edwardes, E. L. - An Historical and Descriptive Treatise on the English Longcase Clock with Notes on some Scottish, Welsh and Irish examples -  271 pp - 7 3/4 x 10 - HB - Very good 85.00 42.50
Heirloom Furniture - Gottshall, F. H. - With full detailed illustrations and drawings. - 154 pp - 9 x 11 - HB - Very Good 25.00 12.50

History of Clocks & Watches - Brutton, E.

288 pp - 9 x 11 3/4 - HB - Very Good

35.00 17.50

Horology Americana - Dworetsky, L. & Dickstein, R.

212 pp - 7 x 10 - HB - Very Good

50.00 25.00
Horological Exhibition catalogue - Containing the clocks, watches & other horological items exhibited at the 25th annual convention of the NAWCC at Philadelphia in 1968. - 54 pp -  7 x 10 - Good 10.00 5.00

How You can make battery operated Clocks easily - Plumb, C.

64 pp - 7 x 10 - Good

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Illustrated Guide to House Clocks - Bird, A. - Illustrated by 49 photograph and 25 line drawings.- 313 pp - 6 1/4 x 9 - HB - Very Good 35.00 17.50
Investing in Clocks & Watches - Cumhaill, P. W. - 200 black & white photographs and 16 plates in full color. - 159 pp - 8 1/2 x 12 - HB - Very Good 25.00 12.50
Introduction to Clock and Watchwork - Hatton, T. - Containing all the Arithmetic and Geometry necessary, with their Particular Application in the faid Branches. - 400 pp - 5 x 8 - HB - Very Good 25.00 12.50

Jewelers Dictionary, The - 1950 - Published by Chilton Company in 1950.

230 pages plus 36 pp of Appendix - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 - HB - Very Good  

35.00 17.50

Lure of the Clock - The - 89 Illustrations - An account of the James Arthur collection of clock and watches at New York University - Hering, D. W.

Preface by Brooks Palmer - 121 pp - 6 1/4 x 9 - HB - Very Good

25.00 12.50

Marion - A history of The United States Watch Company - Muir & Krause 

216 pp - 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 - HB - Very Good

25.00 12.50
Master Of Time - Negretti, N. & Franco, N. - 300 Fabulous Vintage Wristwatches of Our Century - 347 pp - 8 1/2 x 12 - HB - Excellent 125.00 62.50
Modern Clocks - Robinson, T. R. - Their Repair and Maintenance - Revised edition 1955. - 283 pp - 5 12/ x 8 1/2 - HB - Very Good 35.00 17.50

Old Clocks for Modern Use, with a guide to their mechanism - Wenham, E.

174 pp -  5 3/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good

25.00 12.50
Old Clock Book, The - Moore, N. H. - First edition 1911 - 104 Illustrations. Contents : English Clocks, Early Timekeepers, Bracket Clocks. Table Clocks and Early Watches. Longcase clocks, Scottish Makers and American Clocks & Clockmakers.  - 339 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - HB - Very Good 40.00 20.00

Precision Time Measures:  Their Construction & Repair - A manual of the theory and mechanical laws governing, the construction of timekeeping machines and accepted methods of their maintenance and repair - Higginbotham, C. T.

343 pp - 5 x 8 - HB - Very Good

25.00 12.50

Rene Beguin Uhren - Pflegen & Verlag - Text in German

129 pp - 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 - HB - Very Good

30.00 15.00
Revolution In Time - Clocks and the Making of the Modern World - Landes, D.  482 pp - 6 x 9 - Very Good 25.00 12.50

Saint Louis Clock & Silverware Company 1904 Clock Catalog

86 pp - 9 x 12 - Fair condition

15.00 7.50
Science of Clocks and Watches, The - Rawlings, A. L. - Second Edition 1948  303 pp - 6 X 9 - HB - Good 40.00 20.00

Silversmith in Eighteenth-Century, The - Williamsburg, An Account of his Life & Times & of his Craft - Published by Colonial Williamsburg.

36 pp - 6 x 9 - Very Good

10.00 5.00

Spur And Bevel Gearing - A treatise on the principles, dimensions, calculation, design and strength of spur and bevel gearing, together with chapters on special tooth forms and methods of cutting gear teeth - Compiled and Edited by Erik Oberg. First edition, second printing 1915.

306 pp - 6 X 9 - HB - Very Good

55.00 27.50
Story of the Gems, The - Whitlock, H. P. - 206 pp - 6 x 9 - HB - Good 18.00 9.00

Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking - Hawkins, J. B.

253 pp - 8 X 11 - HB - Very Good

65.00 32.50

Time & Space Measuring Instruments from the 15th to 19th century - More than 420 illustrations (20 in color) - Guy, S. & Michel, H.

289 pp - 10 1/4 X 10 - HB - Very Good

60.00 30.00
Time & Timekeeper - Including the History, Construction, Care and Accuracy of Clocks & Watches -  Milham, W. I. - 616 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - Hardbound - Fai 30.00 15.00

Time Telling through the Ages - Brearley, H. C. - Published 1919.

294 pp - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 - HB - Good 

45.00 22.50
Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches - Bailey, C.

- 254 pp - 9 x 11 - Clothbound and Jacket

- 254- 9 x 11 - Hardbound - Very Good

80.00

60.00

40.00

30.00

Watches Adjustment and Repair - A Practical Handbook on Modern Watches. Camm, F. J. - With 151 Illustrations - 166 pp - 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good 35.00 17.50

Watch & Clock  - Makers Handbook -  Dictionary and Guide - Britten, F. J.

With over 400 illustrations.  504 pp - 6 x 8 1/2 - HB - Thirteen Edition, 1922  Very Good

50.00 25.00
Watches - By Clutton, C. & Daniels, G. - First edition 1965 - 597 Illustrations. 159 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  - Very Good. No dust cover. 65.00 32.50
World Great Clocks & Watches, The - Jagger, C. - 370 Illustrations, some of them are in color. Contents: The Golden Age of Clocks & Watches in 17th & 18th Century. Marine Chronometry 1675 to 1820. The Industrial Revolution.  The 19th Century and Beyond - 253 pp - 8 1/2 x 12 - HB - Very Good 30.00 15.00

World of Antiques, The - Plantagenet Somerset Fry - Over 140 illustrations.

8 1/2 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good

30.00 15.00
World of Time & Timepieces - The - 64 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - Good 6.00 3.00

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