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The Classic Watch.

By: BALFOUR, Michael:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: The Wellfleet Press. 1989:

Seller ID: 84824

9.5 x 13.0 inches. In black cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Black endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W spine slightly faded and rubbed at ends, Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 192pp. With colour photographs and plates throughout. The authoritative, illustrated introduction to the world of the classic wrist watch.
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Modern Watch Repairing and Adjusting. Third edition.

By: BORER, E:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: N.A.G.Press. 1942. 3rd edition.:

Seller ID: 84827

5.75 x 8.5 inches. In red cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Slight lean. Spine slightly faded. Handling marks. Small white mark to back. Mild foxing to edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 221pp. With b/w photographs and diagrams. One fold out diagram. Adverts at front. A detailed manual for repairing and adjusting watches.
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Image for Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. A Historical and Descriptive Account of the different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past in England and Abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand Makers. Eighth edition, by G.H. BAILLIE, C.CLUTTON & C.ILBERT. With endpapers by L.H.Cresswell & diagrams by F.Janca.

Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. A Historical and Descriptive Account of the different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past in England and Abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand Makers. Eighth edition, by G.H. BAILLIE, C.CLUTTON & C.ILBERT. With endpapers by L.H.Cresswell & diagrams by F.Janca.

By: BRITTEN, F.J.:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Eyre Methuen. London. 1975 8th edition.:

Seller ID: 84821

Size 8.75 x 11.25 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. Maroon top edge. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maroon pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. slightly rubbed along edges with small chips. Price clipped. Old card pasted to back flap). Relevant pamphlet loose in front. Else a clean and tight copy. 532pp. With b/w photographs and diagrams and colour frontis. After being out of print for nearly 20 years, it is now published in a new edition, virtually re-written and completely re-illustrated. The list of former makers has been enlarged ...
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Clocks and Watches.

By: BRUTON, ERIC:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited. 1969 2nd imp.:

Seller ID: 84820

8.5 x 11.0 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (D/W. Rubbed at ends and edges with small tears. Price clipped). Relevant photograph loose in front. Else a clean and tight copy. 140pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. The history of clocks and time keeping from the earliest devices using the sun, to quartz and atomic clocks.
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Watches. Adjustment & Repair. A Practical Handbook on Modern Watches. With 154 illustrations.

By: CAMM, F.J:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: G.Newnes Ltd. 1941 second edition.:

Seller ID: 84828

5.0 x 7.5 inches. In dark blue limp cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at edges. Small creases to boards. Else a clean and tight copy. 166pp. 154 Photographs, diagrams and illustrations. Detailed guide to watch adjustment and repair.
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The Orpheus Clocks. The translation of Dr Neumann’s German text was made by Dr P.Foulkes.

By: COOLE, P.G. / NEUMANN, E.:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Hutchinson of London. 1972 1st.:

Seller ID: 84830

7.5 x 9.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Light brown endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; small marks to spine. Creases to edges with old repairs and small tears. Old sticky tape inside front flap. Not price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 164pp. With b/w photographs and colour plates.. A group of 16th century table clocks all have cast representations of Orpheus which are so similar that they must have come from the same workshop. The The movements do vary. Nine have so far been identified with one known but never f...
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The Pocket Watch Handbook.

By: CUTMORE, M.:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London. Bracken Books. 1985 1st thus.:

Seller ID: 84829

Size 6.5 x 9.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dust wrapper (dw; Spine slightly faded. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 208pp. With b/w photographs and diagrams. Comprehensive guide to pocket watches from 1750 to 1900. The author explains what to look for and what to avoid and concentrates on affordable watches found on the open market. Most photographs show the face and open back.
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Clocks and their Value. Illustrated guide to ancient and modern clocks with a unique chart of all known Thomas Tompion clocks.

By: de CARLE, DONALD:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: N.A.G.Press. 1971 second edition.:

Seller ID: 84856

Size 5.75 x 8.25 inches. In blue cloth covers with silver to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Slightly creased along top edge with small chip to front. Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Else a clean and tight copy. 159pp. With b/w diagrams in text. The author gives the then current prices as well as brief descriptions of the clocks.
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Watch and Clock Making and Repairing. Dealing with the Construction and Repair of Watches, Clocks and Chronometers.

By: GAZELEY, W.J:

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Heywood Books. 1973 4th imp.:

Seller ID: 84826

6.0 x 8.5 inches. In marbled red cloth covers with silver gilt to spine. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1975. Else a clean and tight copy. 425pp. Over 300 b/w ills.; . A detailed guide to watch making and repairing.
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Principles and Explanations of Timekeepers

By: HARRISON, ARNOLD and EARNSAHW:

Price: £45.00

Publisher: British Horological Institute. 1984 reprint.:

Seller ID: 84818

8.5 x 10.5 inches. In marbled hard card covers with gilt to brown cloth spine. With protective plastic wrap. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. 63pp. With b/w illustrations and diagrams, some fold out. A British Horological Institute reprint celebrating its 125th anniversary year.
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The World's Great Clocks & Watches.

By: JAGGER, CEDRIC:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Hamlyn 1980 reprint for WH Smith.:

Seller ID: 84822

9.0 x 12.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper. (D/W slightly rubbed around edges with small chips and tears. Price clipped). Small marks to half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 256pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. A history of clock and watch development and manufacture through the ages.
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The Beauty of Clocks. Produced by Ted Smart and David Gibbon.

By: PEARSON, MICHAEL:

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Colour Library International. 1979 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 84823

Size 9.25 x 12.75 inches. In dark brown cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Dark brown endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; slightly creased along top edge with small chips and tears. Owner’s small label to front. Not price clipped). Else a clean and tight copy. 96pp. With colour photographs. A history of timekeeping. Includes a bibliography and list of clockmakers whose work features in the book.
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