Practical Clock Repairing
Donald de Carle was a Fellow and Medallist of the British Horological Institute and a Freeman of the City of London by virtue of being a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Mr de Carle's earlier book, Practical Watch Repairing, has enjoyed phenomenal success, running into many editions, and has been translated into several languages. He contributed to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and was the author of many other horological works including Clock and Watch Repairing, Complicated Watches and their Repair, Watch and Clock Encyclopaedia, Clocks and their Value, The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe, Horology ('Teach Yourself Series'), Practical Watch Adjusting and Springing, Watches and their Value, etc.  Donald de Carle died in 1989.