CURIOSITIES OF MUSIC; A COLLECTION OF FACTS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN, REGARDING THE MUSIC OF ANCIENT AND SAVAGE NATIONS.
by Elson, Louis C
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1880. 363 pp. Brown cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, minor soiling to cover faces, scuffing to spine, spine ends are bent and worn with some fraying. Spine is cocked. Gilt top page edge. Ex. library with stamp on front free endpaper and on bottom of title page. Front free endpaper is creased and is starting to separate from book. Back hinge broken, spine also broken in several places within interior. Interior pages browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4". Music.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007244
- 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
- Publisher
- Oliver Ditson Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Music, Education
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Education;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4"
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...