CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC: A Collection of Facts Not Generally Known, Regarding the Music of Ancient and Savage Nations
by Elson, Louis C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston/New York/Chicago/Philadelphia/Boston: Oliver Ditson Company/C. H. Ditson & Company/Lyon & Healy/J. E. Ditson & Company/John C. Haynes & Company (1880) 364+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Few, tiny blue paint spots (?) on front cover. Modest wear to corners; light fraying to spine ends. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Edges of leaves lightly age toned, otherwise, contents nice.. Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8780
- Title
- CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC: A Collection of Facts Not Generally Known, Regarding the Music of Ancient and Savage Nations
- Author
- Elson, Louis C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Oliver Ditson Company/C. H. Ditson & Company/Lyon & Healy/J. E. Ditson & Company/John C. Haynes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston/New York/Chicago/Philadelphia/Boston
- Keywords
- MUSIC SONGS ANCIENT NATIONS SAVAGE NATIONS MODERN NATIONS HINDOO MUSIC ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EGYPT BIBLICAL AND HEBREW MUSIC GREEK MUSIC GREECE GREEK THEATRE CHORUS THEATER ROMAN MUSIC ROME CHINESE MUSIC CHINA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS COMPOSITIONS DANCES DANCE JAPA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Theater; Dance;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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