Search Results: Clocks / Watches from Terra Australis Books

London, United Kingdom: David & Charles, 1988. Jacket has some fading to spine. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. 160 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Traces the design and decorative development of the English watch, from the bejewelled novelties of Royalty through to the purely functional timepiece. Styles, techniques and materials are analysed, then related to dating and the use of machinery. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

United Kingdom: Baros Books , 1991. Previous owners name and bookplate to minor title page. 246 pages with b/w illustrations. Lists alphabetically more than 4,000 barometer makers and retailers who were active in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Switzerland: Montres Breguet S.A. 102 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

USA: American Reprint Company General wear to covers. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. Three catalogues of clocks and watches in one. . Facsimile Reprint. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Country Life Books, 1969. Jacket has small chips to top edge at rear. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. Top edge gilt. Approximately 18 pages have some highlighting. 436 pages with b/w illustrations. A history of provincial clockmaking from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries in the oldest recorded town in Great Britain. Comes in a worn slipcase in fair condition. . Hard Cover in Slipcase. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Mayfield Books, 1998. 256 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: The New England Publishing Co , 1975. Light wear to boards. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. 178 pages with b/w illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NAG Press , 1981. Title page is missing and pages 141, 142, 147 & 148 are photocopies tipped in. 608 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1981. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. 160 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Schiffer Publishing, 1988. Jacket has fading to spine. Previous owners bookplate to blank page opposite minor title page and small pen notes at top and bottom of title page. 334 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Over 700 pendulum-run wall, shelf and floor clocks from France, England, Holland, Germany and scandinavia are presented in this book in chronological order. Heavy book (2.5kg). . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

United Kingdom: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1984. Previous owners name to top of minor title page with bookplate to page opposite. 230 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tourbillon International , 2005. Usual library marks. 416 pages with colour illustrations. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

United Kingdom: Mayfield Books, 1996. Previous owners name impressed to top of title page. 272 pages with b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Ken Roberts Publishing Company , 1973. Some tanning to covers. 88 pages with b/w illustrations. Consists of Part I - Essay by Alan Smith, Part II - A trade catalogue, c. 1905 Part III - Papers by Henry G. Abbott reprinted from 1893 American Jeweler. . Soft Cover. Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Marlborough, United Kingdom: Crowood Press, Limited,, 2005. Usual library marks. 160 pages with b/w illustrations. Covers the complete overhaul of at least one typical example of each type of watch. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

United Kingdom: Brant Wright Associates 251 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . SECOND EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

USA: Bradley University , 1944. Marks to boards and spine. Previous owners bookplate to front free endpaper. The page between the title page and the preface has been cut out. 253 pages with b/w illustrations. . REVISED EDITION. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

USA: Bonanza Books Foxing to endpapers. 229 pages with b/w illustrations. . Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Spring Books, 1970. Previous owners name and bookplate to front free endpaper. 272 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy book (2.6kg). . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Spring Books, 1969. Jacket has fading to spine. Usual library marks. 320 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Tomas Tompion has been called the 'Father of clockmakers'. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.