Clockwork Music: An Illustrated History of Mechanical Musical Instruments from the Musical Box to the Pianola from Automaton Lady Virginal Players to Orchestrion
by Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bottom edge rubbed, jacket price-clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0517500000
- ISBN 13
- 9780517500002
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bottom edge rubbed, jacket . price-clipped.. 1973. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0517500000 . Green cloth. Black and white illustrations, appendix, and index. The history and evolution of instruments of mechanical music told with the help of facsimile reproductions of early advertisements, announcements, catalogs and newspaper articles. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39520
- Title
- Clockwork Music: An Illustrated History of Mechanical Musical Instruments from the Musical Box to the Pianola from Automaton Lady Virginal Players to Orchestrion
- Author
- Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bottom edge rubbed, jacket price-clipped.
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517500000
- ISBN 13
- 9780517500002
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 0517500000, MECHANICAL Music Players, MUSIC Boxes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectables; Music;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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