I expect that many members of this forum will already be well aware, but in case not, the new and revised second edition of Bob Miles's Synchronome: Masters of Electrical Timekeeping is now available (see here where there are full details of the book). From soon after the publication of the first edition, Bob was hoping that a new edition could be possible. There were no large errors in the first edition, but a few small things came to light, and the eagle-eyed among you spotted many of them. Unfortunately we lost Bob earlier this year, but when I last saw him he was delighted to know that plans were very well-advanced to produce this new edition. The original run was 500, and went out of print after nearly three years. The revised edition run is 300, of which 100 have already shipped. You will see that we have managed to find a different image of Hope-Jones for the cover. This was given to me by Arthur Mitchell a few years ago, and he assured me it had not been published. It therefore seemed fitting to use it for the dustjacket.
The AHS has tried very hard to keep costs as low as possible, and the layout designer who produced the original edition very kindly gave all his time pro bono. The new edition is half the list price of the original edition, but it is still over 2kg in weight, and therefore postage costs are regrettably significant. This is, however, the definitive study of the marque.
With best wishes,
James Nye
The AHS has tried very hard to keep costs as low as possible, and the layout designer who produced the original edition very kindly gave all his time pro bono. The new edition is half the list price of the original edition, but it is still over 2kg in weight, and therefore postage costs are regrettably significant. This is, however, the definitive study of the marque.
With best wishes,
James Nye