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ANON.  The Sir Francis Legh clock collection: a technical guide
Stockport Leisure Services, n.d.(c.1990).Paper covers.New /No Jacket.Lists the 16 important clocks in the National Trust collection at Lyme Park, including instruments by Du Chesne, Dunant, East, Fromanteel, Gould, Graham, Grimes, Heyes, Knibb, Quare, Tompion, Webster and Henry Young, with important technical information on the movements and descriptions of the dials and cases.8 pp. In English.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 4727
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DE CARLE, DONALD  Clocks and their value
N.A.G.Press, n.d.(c.1970), 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 7198 0010 2.V.g./V.g. Written by a Fellow of the B.H.I.this book summarises and values the different kinds of clock commonly encountered in the salerooms.An appendix lists the numbered series of Tompion clocks.viii, 144 pp. In English.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 2754
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DALY, ANTHONY  Ormskirk clockmakers and watchmakers
Mayfield Books, 2006, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 9540525 9 5.As new /As new.Signed by the author.142, (2) pp. In English.
GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 US$ 39.98 | JP¥ 3557] Book number: 4164
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PLASSMEYER, PETER  Von Dresden nach Glashuette: die Wurzeln der Praezisionsuhrmacherei in Sachsen / The roots of precision clockmaking in Saxony
A.Lange & Soehne, Glashuette, 2007, 1st edition.Wrap-around paper covers.New /No Jacket.Catalogue of an exhibition at the Mathematisch-Physikalischen Salons in Dresden, which holds one of the foremost collections of central European clocks and watches and is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) in Dresden.Beautifully designed and with many fine illustrations this is a publication of the high quality, as befits the subject.45 pp.(plus 3 blank numbered pages). In German, English.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3884
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SOBEL, DAVA; PREFACE BY NEIL ARMSTRONG  Longitude: the true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time
Harper Perennial, 2005, New edition, first published by Fourth Estate in 1996.Paper covers.0 00 721422 7.Fine /No Jacket.Classic account of John Harrison's battle against the conservatism of the Admiralty in building a marine chronometer accurate enough to permit the calculation of longitude on long voyages.xviii,184, (3) pp. In English.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 4008
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