USED BOOKS - 2014 UPDATE | ||
TITLE & DESCRIPTIONS | RETAIL PRICES (in US dollars) |
YOU PAY (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 | 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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