Search Results: Clocks/Watches from Newbury Books

np: Cartier, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 9.4x6.5x0.5in. not issued with a dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated in color. 120pp 1.13lb 9.4x6.5x0.5in

Bronxville, NY: Clock Trade Enterprises, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 11.2x8.8x0.7in. dust jacket with small tear at top of spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. This impressive volume features one hundred examples of the most sought-after carriage clocks in this country that are still in private collections, each beautifully photographed in color. Often several views of a clock are given to show parts of the case, the engraving, enameling or other features in greater detail. 224pp 2.82lb 11.2x8.8x0.7in

Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10.8x7.5x0.8in. not issued with a dust jacket; previous owner's blindstamp at bottom of half-title page. Illustrated with 2 maps, a frontispiece, a genealogical chart, and 76 plates, all in black and white. 165pp 1.67lb 10.8x7.5x0.8in

London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 11.3x8.7x0.8in. dust jacket slightly faded on spine, rubbed at folds, small tears at top and bottom of front fold. Dust jacket in clear protector. The collection is organized into four sections: Printed Books with 901 described and indexed; Manuscripts with 176 described and indexed; Portraits with 39 described; and Prints, Drawings, Paintings and Photographs with 35 described. Illustrated with 52 black and white plates. 136pp 2.33lb 11.3x8.7x0.8in

New York: Neale Watson Academic Publications, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 11.4x8.8x1.2in. Dust jacket in clear protector. This book is the catalogue of the exhibition The Clockwork Universe shown in Munich at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum from April 15 to September 30, 1980, and in Washington, D.C. at the National Museum of Science and Technology from November 7, 1980 to February 15, 1981. 128 clocks are described and illustrated, several in color. 84 figures accompany the text. 321pp 3.50lb 11.4x8.8x1.2in

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 10.3x7.6x0.8in. The book is organized into two parts. Part One, Clockmaking in Eighteenth Century Connecticut discusses the pioneers, early clocks, brass clockmaking, wood clockmaking, and public clocks. Part Two, Clockmakers in Eighteenth Century Connecticut has biographies of seventy-nine clockmakers, illustrations (8 of clock works, 24 of clock faces, and 24 of clock cases), bibliography, index of names, and index of plates. 178pp 1.80lb 10.3x7.6x0.8in

Villingen/Schwarzwald: Verlag Muller, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. As New/As New. 9.9x6.7x3.3in. in cardboard slipcases, volume 2 published 1979. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated in black and white with some color. Text in German. 1225pp 7.62lb 9.9x6.7x3.3in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY

New York: Praeger, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.8x5.7x0.7in. 2nd printing 1969; light foxing to top edge of text block, dust jacket price-clipped with foxing to exposed area of flaps. Dust jacket in clear protector. With illustration on 22 black and white plates. 26 figures accompany the text. 146pp 0.94lb 8.8x5.7x0.7in

New York: The New York University Press, 1932. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. 9.2x6.3x1.0in. Signed by Author(s). presentation from author to Richard T. Cox, physics professor at NYU and later Johns Hopkins; slight fading to spine, lacking glassine dust jacket. Illustrated with 89 figures, 8 in color. 121pp 1.82lb 9.2x6.3x1.0in

Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1996. 1st. Hardcover. New. 11.3x8.8x0.9in. glossy pictorial boards, not issued with a dust jacket. This book provides a checklist of Maryland clockmakers and is illustrated with 281 black and white plates. 248pp 3.04lb 11.3x8.8x0.9in

Barcelona: Coleccion F. Perez de Olaguer-Feliu, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 10.0x7.0x1.2in. in slipcase; in slipcase with light edge wear to opening. 238 objects are described and illustrated in black and white. Text in Spanish. 238pp 2.59lb 10.0x7.0x1.2in

Nahant, MA: Husher and Welch, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 11.3x8.9x0.9in. dust jacket with light foxing to front and back panels. Dust jacket in clear protector. The book is organized into ten chapters and is illustrated in black and white: 1. The thirty hour Grafton wall clock (26 illustrations); 2. Willard shelf clocks (26 illustrations); 3. The improved timepiece or banjo clock (35 illustrations); 4. The regulator banjo clock (14 illustrations); 5. Gallery clocks (33 illustrations); 6. The patented alarm or lighthouse clock (25 illustrations); 7. Tall case clocks (26 illustrations); 8. Tower clocks (10 illustrations); 9. Clockwork roasting jack (5 illustrations); 10. Orrery (2 illustrations). In addition, 24 clocks are illustrated in color. 292pp 3.23lb 11.3x8.9x0.9in

Nahant, MA: Husher and Welch, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11.3x8.9x0.9in. Signed by Author(s). signed by authors; light foxing to edges of text block, dust jacket with light foxing to front and back panels, small tear at bottom of front panel, small tear at top of back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. The book is organized into ten chapters and is illustrated in black and white: 1. The thirty hour Grafton wall clock (26 illustrations); 2. Willard shelf clocks (26 illustrations); 3. The improved timepiece or banjo clock (35 illustrations); 4. The regulator banjo clock (14 illustrations); 5. Gallery clocks (33 illustrations); 6. The patented alarm or lighthouse clock (25 illustrations); 7. Tall case clocks (26 illustrations); 8. Tower clocks (10 illustrations); 9. Clockwork roasting jack (5 illustrations); 10. Orrery (2 illustrations). In addition, 24 clocks are illustrated in color. 292pp 3.23lb 11.3x8.9x0.9in

New York: Abrams, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9.3x9.3x0.9in. Inscribed by Author(s). inscribed by author. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with more than 680 photographs of men's watches, including details of dials and movements. 256pp 2.56lb 9.3x9.3x0.9in

New York: Tabard Press, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 11.3x9.8x1.1in. owner's blindstamp on half-title page. Dust jacket in clear protector. This work sets forth the history of the watch, not only from the technical standpoint but also from the artistic perspective. It examines how watch decoration has kept pace with fluctuations in decorative style. The influence of new techniques, such as over-enamel painting, is also taken into account. It draws on classical works and personal research of unpublished documents. 106 illustrations in full color, 74 in black and white. 237pp 3.43lb 11.3x9.8x1.1in

Secacus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1989. Hardcover. New/New. 11.3x9.9x1.1in. reprint edition. This work sets forth the history of the watch, not only from the technical standpoint but also from the artistic perspective. It examines how watch decoration has kept pace with fluctuations in decorative style. The influence of new techniques, such as over-enamel painting, is also taken into account. It draws on classical works and personal research of unpublished documents. 106 illustrations in full color, 74 in black and white. 237pp 3.44lb 11.3x9.9x1.1in