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BEYOND PILGRIM SOUVENIRS AND SECULAR BADGES.
Essays in Honour of Brian Spencer.
Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007. Large 8vo., pp.xvi,200, pictorial hardcover, b/w illustrations; neat ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy indeed.
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BRASS AND GLASS.
Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland as Illustrated by Instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland.
National Museums of Scotland, 1989. 4to., pp.xiii,320, paperback, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; light crease to lower margin of front wrapper and early leaves, else very good.
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BREITLING.
The History of a Great Brand of Watches. 1884 to the Present. With Price Guide. A Schiffer Book for Collectors.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1995. 4to., pp.176, red cloth lettered in black, colour and b/w plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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BRITISH WATCHCASE GOLD AND SILVER MARKS 1670 TO 1970.
A History of Watchcase Makers and Registers of Their Marks From Original Assay Office Records in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Columbia: The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, 2018. 4to., pp.xii,497, pictorial glazed hardcover, b/w figures; lower corner of rear board lightly curved, puncture to paper covering over spine at rear inner margin, else a fresh and near-fine copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.
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DORSET CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS.
With a Supplement on the Channel Islands.
Oswestry: Tanat Books. Limited edition, one of 150 specially bound copies, 8vo., pp.234, red cloth, gilt, with inlaid paper title label to front board, b/w illustrations, endpaper maps; a near-fine copy, in plain acetate jacket, as issued.
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ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM CHARLES II TO GEORGE II.
A Full Account of the Design, Material and Quality of Worksmanship Of Walnut and Mahogany Furniture of this Period; and of how Spurious Specimens are Made. With more than 260 Illustrations from examples in the Collection of Percival D. Griffiths.
Antique Collectors’ Club. Limited edition of 1500 copies, 4to., pp.xviii,269, brown faux suede, gilt, b/w plates and illustrations; lightly sunned to spine and front upper margin, else fine.
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HENRY HINDLEY OF YORK, 1701-1771.
Reprinted from two quarterly issues, June 1971 and September 1972, of Antiquarian Horology, the official journal of The Antiquarian Horological Society.
1701. Large 8vo., pp.205-221,682-701, paperback (pictorial stapled wrappers), b/w illustrations; a very good copy.
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HENRY WILLIAM LANCARVAN
‘A Clock and Watchmaker and a Great Farmer’
Cardiff: Tathan Books, 2003. Signed, limited edition, no.296 of 300 copies, tall 8vo., pp.ix,136, wine hardcover, gilt, b/w and colour illustrations; a fine and fresh copy in a very good, unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with very minor signs of shelfwear.
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MODERN BRITISH POTTERS AND THEIR STUDIOS.
London: A&C Black, 2009. Signed by all featured potters, 4to., pp.159, black hardcover, silver lettering, colour plates throughout; relevant ink signature to each potter’s title page, a fresh and fine copy, in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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NORFOLK AND NORWICH CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS.
Chichester, Phillimore. Large 8vo., pp.xxi,223, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations and plans, map to front paste down endpaper; very good indeed, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly indented and has square sellotape stain to front of jacket.
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OLD SCOTTISH CLOCKMAKERS FROM 1453 TO 1850.
Compiled from Original Sources, With Notes.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1921. Second, revised and enlarged edition, 8vo., pp.xv,436, uncut, blue cloth, gilt, t.e.g., 25 b/w plates; rubbing to extremities, light marking to front board, with small tear to cloth at foot of front board, internally clean and otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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PAINTED DIAL CLOCKS.
Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club. 4to.,pp.280, blue cloth, gilt, b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has some light surface scratches.
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STOKESLEY’S CLOCKMAKERS
Clockmaking in a North Yorkshire Market Town.
Northallerton: privately printed, 2008. Signed, limited edition, no.181 of 250 copies, 8vo., pp.x,139, paperback, b/w and colour illustrations; a fine, fresh copy.
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STUDIES IN NUMISMATIC METHOD.
Presented to Philip Grierson.
Cambridge University Press. Digitally printed, Large 8vo.,pp. xxx,337, paperback, b/w figures and tables; a fine copy.
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ZOOMORPHIC PENANNULAR BROOCHES.
Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No.XXXIX.
London: The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1980. 4to.,pp. viii,153, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities with light wear to head of spine and a small closed tear to front and rear upper margin.
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