BELLS AND MAN
by Price, Percival
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1983. 288pp. An encyclopedic account of bells and their role in past and present society from ancient Chinese civilization to the modern carillon. The author discusses bells in both church and secular life, its use as music and for marking the passage of time. Numerous photographs of notable bells and bell towers existing in the world as well as the many sizes and shapes that have served various purposes. A rare and important book. Our copy is in great shape with a like dust jacket - clean, bright and tight. This book is one of the most sought after bell books of recent vintage.. First Ediiton. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15625
- Title
- BELLS AND MAN
- Author
- Price, Percival
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Ediiton
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 4vo
- Keywords
- Bells, carillon, bell tower, campanology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bells and Carillons;
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...