A Handbook and Directory of Old Scottish Clockmakers

John Smith

Published by William J. May, Edinburgh, 1903

About this Item

First edition, ppxiv 97. illustrated with drawings. hardback in the original blue cloth which has wear to extremes and and joints, hinge cracked but book still reasonably tight, owner's name on front free end-paper of the well known clockmaker Charles Hobson which reads ? Charles Hobson, Hon Freeman Clockmakers Company 1967, Freeman City of London. On the paste down is a stamp for Hobson Bros. Clocks and Barometers, 202 Portland Road, Hove, Sussex. Includes an invoice from Eton College from Lord Hugh Cecil ( Was Provost of Eton College and MP for Oxford) This scarce original edition of this important directory, listing alphabetically, with locations and biographical details, all the known Scottish clockmakers of the period.

Seller Inventory # 548

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Handbook and Directory of Old Scottish Clockmakers
• Publisher: William J. May, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1903
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Clockmaking
  • horology