125 Vintage Books

A curated PDF reference collection on a physical USB drive

Explore a carefully organised historical library devoted to horology, clock repair, watchmaking, mechanical clocks. ZipMyBook is a UK-based seller. This is a tangible product: one USB drive will be posted to you; it is not an email or download link.

Subjects inside the collection

• Clock construction and escapements
• Watch cleaning, repair and adjustment
• Workshop tools and bench practice
• Pendulums, balance wheels and timekeeping
• Historic makers and mechanical design

A selection of included titles

• The Wonder Clock — Howard Pyle
• Garrett and Company postcard, The Largest Clock in the World — Unknown
• The fourth watch [microform] — Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred), 1872-1948
• Catalogue auction sale of a miscellaneous collection of Canadian, American and standard works, novels, Christmas books, &c., some very rare and difficult to obtain [microform] : the collection includes, Quebec mercury, first 5 vols., 1805, Christy's Canada ... : the sale will take place at our salesrooms, 241 & 243 St. James Street, at 2 and 7:30 o' clock, Thomson & Gowdey, auctioneers
• When we wind up the watch on the Rhine — ['Thompson, Gordon V. (Gordon Vincent), 1888-1965.', 'Davis, William.', 'Pfeiffer, E. H.. Illustrator.']
• Edwin Drood & Master Humphrey's clock — Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
• Catalogue of medical & miscellaneous books [microform] : the library of the late Dr. Widmer, surgical instruments, &c. to be sold at the above rooms, on Thursday evening, October 18, 1866, sale at seven o' clock, terms cash, Wakefield, Coate & Co., auctioneers — Wakefield, Coate & Co
• Catalogue of a very valuable collection of coins & medals including Egypt 1801, the Highland Society's silver medal to the Black Watch, with bust of Abercrombie, with suspender; [etc.] ... [06/26/1914] — Glendining & Co.

Please note: These are scans of historical publications. Typography, spelling, illustrations and scan quality naturally vary between volumes. They are supplied for reading, research and historical interest.

What you will receive

One tested physical USB drive containing the organised PDF collection and title index, securely packaged and dispatched by ZipMyBook from the UK.

All listing images are illustrative previews of the supplied collection. No printed books are included. File count, titles and compatibility should be checked against the completed USB before purchase.