Watches And Clocks from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

Furtwangen: Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, 2010. Trade paperback. Near fine. 189 pages. 8 by 11-1/4 inches. Furtwanger Beiträge zur Uhrengeschichte, neue Folge, Band 3. Exhibition catalog of rare German clock books. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs of title pages and representative plates. With bibliographic information and one or two paragraphs of description. Text in German. Uncommon. First edition (first printing). Near… Read more about this item

Ditchling, England: St. Dominics Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. 9 by 11-1/2 inches. "With over fifty plates taken from photographs of the finest specimens." Privately printed in an edition of 300 copies on handmade paper, with most of the illustrations printed separately and tipped in. A classic English clockbook, printed by Hilary Pepler at Ditchling, an… Read more about this item

Luzern: Sammlung Joseph Fremersdorf, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. 87 pages. 8-1/4 by 12 inches. Illustrated with 50 black-and-white and two color photographs. A detailed monograph on a single clock on a very decorative base. Limited to 300 copies. A fine copy in red cloth, no dust jacket. While the limitation is stated as 300 copies, this example has the… Read more about this item

Stamford: Rare Book Society, 1980. Leather bound. Very good. A facsimile of a much sought-after clock book, illustrated with 50 black-and-white plates. Limited to 100 copies. 89 pages. 8-1/2 by 11-1/4 inches. Fine binding, in blue leatherette. Preliminaries foxed. This is copy 3 of 100. It is inscribed, "To my very good friend Paul who introduced me… Read more about this item