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Autographed copies of these titles can be
supplied within the UK direct from the author.
Antique Collectors' Club titles and Robert
Hale titles are available in America from
Antique Collectors'
Club, Wappinger's Falls, NY 12590, USA.
Tel 845 297 0003.
Non-UK customers can be supplied with any Brian
Loomes titles from
Shenton Books
Shentonbooks, La Rochelle, Venns Gate, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3BY, United Kingdom
nps@shentonbooks.com
Tel: +44 (0)845 838 5523.
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LANTERN CLOCKS AND THEIR MAKERS
A massive book, LANTERN CLOCKS AND THEIR MAKERS, by Brian Loomes is being published right now, his 25th book. As well as a summary of the development of lantern clock styles, this book will list every known British maker of lantern clocks (OVER 1,000 makers), what is known of their lives, where you can look up more about them and where you can find illustrations of examples of their work. The book contains in excess of 28 chapters, 200,000 words, about 525 pages, and 1,150 photographs. The book is likely to be published in the summer of 2008. Signed copies will be available direct from the author. Advance orders can be taken now, though the price will not be known till publication, so SEND NO MONEY at this stage.
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ANTIQUE BRITISH CLOCKS - A Buyer's Guide
A survey of British clocks seen from the
viewpoint of the potential buyer - whether experienced
collectors or novices buying their first clock.
Seen principally from a commercial viewpoint,
the book discusses those factors which influence
price - quality, genuineness and how to recognise
it, where to buy, investment, restoration, and
assembly. This book attempts to answer all those
questions which should be in the mind of the
first-time buyer. Points out potential pitfalls
and offers serious advice about buying your
first (or subsequent) clocks. You need to read
this book before you buy your first clock.
Published by Robert Hale. 224 pages, 70 photographs,
10in by 6in.
Signed copy: price (UK ONLY) including postage
and packing £23.50.
YORKSHIRE CLOCKMAKERS
A definitive, non-technical survey of the
watch and clock makers of the county, about
2,000 of them, summarising whatever is known
about each maker biographically. This (the second)
edition of 1985 of the 1972 book is much enlarged
with completely new photographs. Indexed by
maker and by town, this is an invaluable book
for any collector, enthusiast or restorer. Published
by George Kelsall. 206 pages, 53 photographs,
10in by 7in.
Signed copy: price (UK ONLY) including postage
and packing £21.20.
WATCHMAKERS & CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD
Complete 21st Century Edition
by Brian Loomes
Incorporating and extending the late G. H. Baillie's definitive work
First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G. H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clockmakers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers, collectors, dealers, museums, historians and libraries the world over.
The book went through numerous editions and reprints and was seldom out of print. The list of makers, has more than doubled, having been thoroughly updated and revised by Brian Loomes in this twenty-first century edition and now contains information on about 90,000 makers working between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries.
As well as the makers and retailers of clocks and watches the list includes makers of scientific instruments, sundials and barometers. A unique and essential work of reference.
See a sample page in PDF format.
The late G. H. BAILLIE was a consulting engineer who was absorbed by the history and science of horology. He was a pioneer in compiling and publishing facts about past clockmakers and watchmakers.
BRIAN LOOMES is today's best-known and most widely published author in the field of British antique clocks. As a dealer in clocks since the mid-1960s, he also has an understanding of the clocks themselves. He lives in Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales, where he and his wife run a specialist business dealing in antique clocks.
NOW AVAILABLE at £55.00 postpaid.
Size: 216 x 138 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches). 888 pages.
Price £55.00 postpaid (UK ONLY).
Publisher: Robert Hale, London.
COMPLETE BRITISH CLOCKS
A smaller book dealing with all types of
British-made clocks from the earliest times
till about 1870. The book has twelve chapters
covering: the apprenticeship system, lantern
clocks, London longcase clocks, rural clockmakers
and their work, city clockmakers and their work,
clocks with painted dials, glossary of technical
terms. A complete re-appraisal of the subject
based on new research, published here for the
first time. This book should enable the reader
to identify and date any British clock and is
a good general survey. Published by David &
Charles. page size 9in by 6in, 256 pages,
93 photographs.
Now out of print but we have stocks.
Signed copy: price (UK ONLY) including postage
and packing £18.00.
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BRITISH CLOCKS ILLUSTRATED
The first fully-pictorial survey of antique
clocks, each of almost 300 pages being a self-contained
photograph with textual explanations of aspects
such as age, functions and quality. Separate
sections cover longcase clocks, hooded clocks,
bracket clocks and lantern clocks, as well as
spring-and weight-driven wall clocks. Each text
section points out plus and minus points in
the illustrated example, which helps the novice
differentiate and identify quality features.
Useful for collector and novice alike, but also
of particular assistance to restorers. Published
by Robert Hale. 272 pages, 300 photographs 10
in by 6.5 inches. Usual price £25.00 plus
postage.
Now out of print, but we have stocks.
Signed copy: our special price (UK ONLY) including
postage and packing £20.00.
CLOCKMAKERS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND
Covers details of the main clockmakers of
the six northernmost English counties - the
old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, Northumberland,
County Durham, Lancashire and Yorkshire. The
fullest known details are provided of over 800
clockmakers with many illustrations of examples
of their work. Those whose output was small,
or who were late 19th century 'retailers', of
clocks have been omitted in order to give greater
coverage of those makers who are included.
The early origins of northern clockmaking in
the late 17th and early 18th centuries are covered
county by county in great detail in the early
chapters, seven chapters in all. Then the main
body of the text provides biographies of the
makers alphabetically with comments on the kind
of clocks they made, its quality, work styles,
etc.
Many illustrations, about 400 photographs
in all, a great many appearing in print for
the first time. A further section lists each
clockmaker by town, which should be helpful
for those undertaking further research, local
historians, and for restorers having difficulty
in reading a name. Highly detailed index. Published
by Mayfield
Books. 320 pages 10in by 7in.
Signed copy: price (UK ONLY) including postage
and packing £39.99.
PAINTED DIAL CLOCKS
Covers those types of clock with a japanned
dial, sometimes called a 'white' dial or a 'painted'
dial, the type which followed on from brass
dials. Discusses the introduction, origin and
stylistic development of these dials, and how
to assess the age from the stylistic features.
Separate chapters covers Scotland and America.
Much information included on casework, including
regional styles.
This book replaces and enlarges upon my previous
book called 'White Dial Clocks' in a larger
format with more illustrations. Published by
the Antique Collectors' Club. 280 pages,
275 photographs plus 44 in colour, mostly
taken purposely for this book.
NOW OUT OF PRINT. WE HAVE THE ONLY STOCKS AVAILABLE. PRICE £65.00 POSTPAID.
THE EARLY CLOCKMAKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN
A massive book of over 600 (six hundred)
pages, page size about 9in by 6in, the result
of twelve years' research, being a biographical
listing of every known clock and watch maker,
and scientific instrument maker, working in
Britain by the year 1700, in other words the
earliest clockmakers in the land. All known
details of the life of each one are included,
such as are known, including apprenticeship,
apprentices taken, etc. Each entry runs until
the end of the maker's life, which may be long
after the year 1700, but no maker is included
unless he began work before the year 1700.
The book covers details of over 5,000
makers with something like 25,000 apprentices.
No other book gives this much detail on these
makers. Published by NAG Press, now owned by
Robert Hale.
Signed copy: price (UK ONLY) including postage
and packing £31.50.
SPECIAL PURCHASE - WE CAN NOW OFFER THIS BOOK AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE OF £20.00 POSTPAID INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL PRICE OF £31.50.
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