Antiquarian Horology: A Private Library. Online Auction

June 27, 2013

LOT 36

Lot 36

Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology

Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology
Lot 36 Details
Ten Volumes on Antiquarian Horology

Reid, Thomas, TREATISE ON CLOCK AND WATCH MAKING,Blackie & Son, Glasgow, 1847

Brearly, TIME TELLING THROUGH THE AGES, Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 1919

Cunynghame, TIME & CLOCKS, Archibald Constable & Co., 1906

Wood, CURIOSITIES OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES, Richard Bentley, London, 1866

Kendal, A HISTORY OF WATCHES AND OTHER TIMEKEEPERS, Crosby Lockwood, London, 1892

Nelthropp, TREATISE ON WATCH-WORK PAST AND PRESENT, E. & F. N. Spon, New York, 1873

Robertson, THE EVOLUTION OF CLOCKWORK, Cassell & Co., London, 1931

Overton, CLOCKS AND WATCHES, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Bath, 1922

Playtner, ANALYSIS OF THE LEVER ESCAPEMENT, E & A Gunther, Brantford, c.1920

Robinson, MODERN CLOCKS, THEIR DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE, N.A.G. Press, London, 1934

Estimate $100-$200

Realised: $60
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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