Book 1,697 – Lot of 4 clock books

Description

Up for sale are 4 clock books:
Antique Clocks: American, English, French, and German
,
Clock Identification and Price Guide
Book 3,
Clocks
, and
Clocks: an Illustrated History of Timepieces
.
This lot includes:
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Antique Clocks: American, English, French, and German
. Author unknown. This catalog is composed entirely of sound and restorable or restored antique clocks. All the clocks are coded as to the condition of the works, case, and dial. The greatest majority of the clocks listed in this booklet are pictured. However, a list at the end shows a group that is not pictured. Soft cover. Copyright date unknown. Good condition.
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Clock Identification and Price Guide
Book 3 by Roy Ehrhardt and Red Rabeneck. This book consists of carefully selected pages from actual factory catalogs, factory advertisements, supply house catalogs, and sales brochures covering important clocks from 1881 to the 1950’s. This book will give the year it was offered for sale, the factory description and the price for which it originally sold. The book has 190 pages, many pages have 12 or more clocks. We tell you 1,966 clocks in this book, descriptions and pictures, and prices. Covers American and some foreign makers and every style of clock. This is a great research book. 190 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1983. Excellent condition.
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Clocks
by Simon Fleet. Simon Fleet spent his life reporting on antiques and objects d’art, has written a book on antique timepieces. He writes of the domestic clock from the fourteenth century, to the clock of the present day. He writes of the patronage by Royalty of clockmakers all over Europe. This book gives an insight to the clockmakers of Europe, not found in books with American authors. This book should be in your library. 136 illustrations in color and black and white. Copyright 1961. 96 pages. Hard cover with jacket. Excellent condition.
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Clocks: An Illustrated History of Timepieces
by John Hunter. Horology – the study of old clocks – is a fascinating hobby. Clocks can be admired as things of beauty or studied mechanically; they are almost like living things, sitting quietly in a corner ticking away and marking the passage of time, and this is part of their appeal.
Clocks
is a fascinating study of timepieces through the ages, with an authoritative text and over 200 color and black and white photographs of some of the world’s most beautiful and intricate clocks. 160 pages. Copyright 1991. Hard cover with jacket. Excellent condition. – Book 1,697