USED BOOKS - 2012 UPDATE
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(in US dollars)
A Book of English Clocks - 56 Illustrations - Revised Edition 1950 - Symonds, R. W. - 64 pp - 5 x 7 1/4 - HB - Good 15.00 11.00
A Catalogue of Tools For Watch and Clock Makers - John Wyke of Liverpool - 153 pp - 12 X 9 - HB - Very Good 45.00 33.50
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 7.50
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 5.00
A Survey History of The American Spring Driven Clock 1840-1860 - Shaffer, D. H. - 31 pp - 6 x 9 -  - Good 10.00 7.50
A Treasury of American Clocks, The - Palmer, B. - Contains more than 550 photographs. These illustrations of both faces and movements show the principal makes of clocks and timepieces in America from the early grandfathers clocks to recent times. 371 pp - 8 x 10 1/2

- Hardbound with dust cover, but cover shows some wear.  First blank page has last owner's name. Inside very good.

- Hardbound without dust cover. Corners, top and bottom binding have edge wear. Inside is very good, clean and no any marks.


 48.00

38.00


 36.00

28.50

An Encyclopedia of Small Antiques - Mackay, J. - 320 pp - 7 3/4 x 10 - HB - Good 20.00 15.00
Advanced Watch and Clock Repair - In simple precise language the leader is led step-by-step, 148 line drawings-10 halftones. Harris, H.G. - 272 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 - HB - Good 25.00 18.50
Alte Uhren - neu entdeckt - Landrock - Text in German - 160 pp - 8 x 9 - HB - Very Good 40.00 30.00
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 37.50
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 65.00 48.00
American  Clock, The - A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey 1723-1900. With a Listing of 6153 Clockmakers - Distin, W. H. & Bishop, R. - 359 pp - 9 x 11 1/2 - HB

- First Edition 1976 - Very Good  

- Second Edition 1983 - Very Good     

 

100.00

85.00

 

75.00

63.00

American Clock Making - Its Early History - 1870 - Terry, H. - 19 pp - 6 x 9 - Good 5.00 3.50
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 28.50
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 37.50
Analysis of the Lever Escapement - Playtner, H. R. - 57 pp - 5 1/2 X 8 - HB - Very good 19.95 15.00
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 Philp - Published 1973 - 144 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good 35.00 26.00
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 22.50
American Pocket Watch Identification & Price Guide - Ehrhardt, R. - Book 2 - 1974 - 192 pp - 9 x 11 - Fair 15.00 11.00
Antique Clock Value Guide - Values Updated 1979 - Wescot, A. - 215 pages - 8 1/2 x 11 - Good 15.00 11.00
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  50.00 37.50
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 15.00
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

45.00

40.00

33.50

30.00

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 71.00
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 7.50
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 30.00
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 26.00
Care and Repair of Antiques - Ormsbee, T. H. - 168 pp - 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 - HB - Good 12.00 9.00
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 20.00 15.00
Clockmakers of Lancaster County & Their Clocks - 1750-1850- Wood, S. - 224 pp 9 x 11 - HB - Very Good 95.00 71.00
Clocks - Fleet, S. - 1972 Edition - 136 illustrations include old prints of clockmakers and diagrams of clock mechanisms and the color photographs of beautiful French and Italian clocks of the 17th and 18th century. - 95 pp - 8 x 9 3/4 - HB - Very good 25.00 18.50
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 26.00
Clocks - Jagger, C. - 93 Illustrations of clocks & watches in color and 18 in black & white -64 pp - 9 x 12 - HB - Good 19.95 15.00
Clocks & Culture 1300-1700- Cipolla, C.M. - 192 pp - 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good 20.00 15.00
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 18.50
Clocks & Watches - 600 Years of the World Most Beautiful Timepieces - 136 Illustrations in color. - Willsberger, J. - 182 pp - 11 x 11 - HB - Very good 65.00 48.50
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 26.00
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 33.00
Clocks & Watches in colour- Nicholls, A. & Good, R. - Full colour illustrations of the most beautiful clocks & watches from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, France, England, The United States, Japan and China - 218 pp - 5 1/4 x 8 - HB - Very Good  35.00 26.00
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 56.00
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 30.00
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 13.50
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 48.50
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 11.00
Dictionary of Clocks and Watches - Brutton, E. - 201 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - HB - Good 15.00 11.00
Dixie Clockmakers - Over 60 photographs of some of the most outstanding of Southern clockmakers - Gibbs, J. W.- 191 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 - HB - Very Good 25.00 18.50
Early American Furniture Makers - Ormsbee, T. H. - With 122 illustrations - 183 pp -5 3/4 x 8 - HB - Very Good 15.00 11.00
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 30.00
English Domestic Clocks - Cescinsky, H. & Webster, M. - 407 Illustrations. Contents: Lantern clocks - Longcase Clock Dials, Longcase Clocks from 1670 to 1800, Chippendale and Sheraton clock cases, and Bracket Clocks from 1670 to 1800 -  354 pp - 9 1/2 x 12 - HB -Good 65.00 48.50
English Lantern Clocks - Hana, W. F. J. - With 127 plates. Contents: Collecting Antiques Clocks, English Lantern Clocks, Types and Variations and Smaller Lantern Clocks. - 159 pp - 7 1/2 x 10 - HB - Very Good 40.00 30.00
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 50.00 37.50
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 11.00
Five Centuries of British Timekeeping - An Exhibition at Goldsmiths Hall, London, Oct. 3-8, 1955 - 79 pp - 5 x 7 - Very Good 19.95 15.00
Foreign and American Pocket Watch book 3 - Ehrhardt, R. - 174 pp - 9 x 11 - Good 10.00 7.50
Forestville Clockmakers - Roberts, K. D. and Snowden Taylor Ph. D. - 177 pp - 8 1/2 X 11 - Very Good 59.50 45.00
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 63.50
Heirloom Furniture - Gottshall, F. H. - With full detailed illustrations and drawings. - 154 pp - 9 x 11 - HB - Very Good 25.00 18.50
History of Clocks & Watches - Brutton, E. - 288 pp - 9 x 11 3/4 - HB - Very Good 35.00 26.00
Horology Americana - Dworetsky, L. & Dickstein, R. - 212 pp - 7 x 10 - HB - Very Good 50.00 37.50
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 7.50
Horolovar 400-Day Clock Repair Guide, The - Terwilliger, C. - Seventh Edition 1974- 183 pp - 7 x 10 - HB - Good

Horolovar 400-Day Clock Repair Guide, The - Terwilliger, C. - Ninth Edition 1984 - 227 pp - 7 x 10 - HB - Good 

  15.00

20.00

  11.00

15.00

Howard Clock Co. - 1900 Catalog - 48 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 10.00 7.50
How You can make battery operated Clocks easily - Plumb, C. - 64 pp - 7 x 10 - Good 10.00 7.50
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 26.00
In Quest of Clocks - 48 pages of half-tones, with Collector's Glossary Diagrams of Movements. Hints on Cleaning and Care & Many Date Lists & Plates - Ullyett, K. - 264 pp - 5 1/2 x 9 - HB - Very good 30.00 22.00
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 18.50
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 18.50
Jewelers Dictionary, The - 1950 - Published by Chilton Company in 1950 - 230 pp plus 36 pp of Appendix - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 - HB - Very Good   35.00 26.00
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 18.50
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 18.50
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 93.00
Metalwork Essential - Tustion and Kranzusch - 176 pp - 6 x 9 - HB - Good 12.00 9.00
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 26.00
Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting - Bowman, J. J. - Third edition 1941 - 188 pp -  5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - HB - Good 30.00 22.00
Noble Jerome Patent - 30 Hr Brass Weight Movement & related movements - Taylor, S. - 66 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - Good 10.00 7.50
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 18.50
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 30.00
Old English Master Clockmakers And Their Clocks 1670-1820 - Cescinsky, H. - First edition 1938 - 281 Illustrations - 174 pp - 7 1/2 x 10 - HB - Very Good 75.00 56.00
Pneumatic and Electric Tools and Accessories - 1924 - Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company - Catalog No. 560 - 335 pp - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 - HB - Good Condition 30.00 22.00
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 18.50
Rene Beguin Uhren - Pflegen & Verlag - Text in German - 129 pp - 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 - HB - Very Good 30.00 22.00
Repairing Old Clocks and Watches - Whiten, A. - 280 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good 27.50 20.50
Revolution In Time - Clocks and the Making of the Modern World - Landes, D. - 482 pp - 6 x 9 - Very Good 25.00 18.50
Saint Louis Clock & Silverware Company 1904 Clock Catalog - 86 pp - 9 x 12 - Fair condition 15.00 11.00
Science of Clocks and Watches, The - Rawlings, A. L. - Second Edition 1948 - 303 pp - 6 X 9 - HB - Good 40.00 30.00
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 7.50
Simon Willard And His Clocks - Willard, J. W. - 134 pp - 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 - HB - Very Good 75.00 56.00
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 41.00
Story of Antiques - Glencross, J. - Treasures of 400 years of antique furniture, silver glass and ceramics in Europe and America. Cutlery, clocks and musical instruments - with 240 illustrations including 40 in color - Published 1973 - 144 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good 30.00 22.00
Story of the Gems, The - Whitlock, H. P. - 206 pp - 6 x 9 - HB - Good 18.00 13.50
Sundials - How to Know, Use and Make Them - Completely illustrated with photographs, line drawings and diagrams - Newton, R. and Mayall, M. L. - 197 pp - 5 3/4 X 8 - HB - Very Good 75.00 56.00
Sundials On Walls - National Maritime Museum - Daniel, C. - 25 pp - 8 x 12 - Very Good 15.00 11.00
Technical Horology - Wright, T. D. - 114 pp - 6 X 9 10.00 7.50
Technique and History of the Swiss Watch - Jaquet, E. & Chapuis, A. - 272 pp - 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 - HB - Very Good 75.00 56.00
Thomas Cole & Victorian Clockmaking - Hawkins, J. B. - 253 pp - 8 X 11 - HB - Very Good 65.00 48.50
Thomas Tompinion His Life and Work - Symonds, R. W. - Nearly 300 photographs in black & white, some in color - 320 pp - 9 X 12 - HB - Very Good 95.00 71.00
Time and Its Measurement - From the stone age to the nuclear age - Profusely Illustrated - Cowan, H. J. - 159 pp - 8 X 11 1/2 - HB - Very Good 35.00 26.00
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 75.00 56.00
Time & Timekeeper - Including the History, Construction, Care and Accuracy of Clocks & Watches -  Milham, W. I. - 616 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - Hardbound - Good

Hardbound - Fair

  40.00

30.00

 

30.00

22.00

Time Telling through the Ages - Brearley, H. C. - Published 1919 - 294 pp - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 - HB - Good  45.00 33.50
Two Hundred Years of American Clocks & Watches - Bailey, C. - 254 pp - 9 x 11 - Clothbound and Jacket

Hardbound - Very Good

100.00

75.00

75.00

56.00

Waltham Industries - A Collection of Sketches of Early Firms and Founder - Sanderson, E. L. -  164 pp - 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 - HB - Excellent 65.00 48.50
Watches, The - From its origins to the XIXth Century - Cardinal, C. - Translated by Jacques Pages - 237 pp - 9 3/4 X 11 - HB - Very Good. No dust Jacket 45.00 33.50
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 26.00
Watch & Clock Making & Repairing -  Dealing with the Construction and Repair of Watches, Clocks and Chronometers - First Edition 1953 - Gazeley, W. J. - 425 pp - 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 - HB - Very Good 50.00 37.50
Watch & Clock Encyclopedia - De Carle, D. - Over 1,300 illustrations - 333 pp - 6 x 9 - HB - Very Good 29.50 22.00
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 37.50
Watch and Clockmaker's Manual - Horological Hints And Helps - Britten, F. W. - 361 pp - 5 X 7 1/4 - HB - Good 25.00 18.50
Watch Master-Watch-rate Recorder Handbook-1946 Revised Edition by American Time Products - 32 pp - 9 x 6 - Fair 7.95 6.00
Watches - By Clutton, C. & Daniels, G. - First edition 1965 - 597 Illustrations - 159 pp - 9 x 12 - HB  - Very Good. No dust cover. 65.00 48.50
Waterbury Clocks - History, Identification & Price Guide - Ly, T. D. - First edition 1989 with 1996 price up-date - 304 pp - 8 1/2 x 11 - Perfectbound - Very Good 30.00 22.00
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 22.00
World of Antiques, The - Plantagenet Somerset Fry - Over 140 illustrations - 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 - HB - Very Good 30.00 22.00
World of Time & Timepieces - The - 64 pp - 5 1/2 x 8 - Good 6.00 4.50

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