Schumann Album of Children's Pieces for Piano
by Le Mair, H. Willebeek (Illustrations)
- Used
- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Augener. No Date but Presentation Plate dated 1922. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Heavy card covers with cloth spine and pictorial inlay. Some rubbing to corners and spine ends. Front and rear hinge have been reinforced with tape. Some faint tape marks to free endpapers. Lovely illustrations by Baroness Henrietta Willebeek Le Mair. Unpaginated. First published in 1913. These pieces were chosen to appeal to children and to encourage them to dance to them. Each piece is headed by a charming colour illustration most of them involving movement. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB324735
- Title
- Schumann Album of Children's Pieces for Piano
- Author
- Le Mair, H. Willebeek (Illustrations)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Augener
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No Date but Presentation Plate d
- Bookseller catalogs
- music & dance;
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
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- Quarto
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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.