Curiosities of Music; A Collection of Facts Not Generally KNown, Regarding the Music of Ancient and Savage Nations
by Elson, Louis C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-VG
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson and Co., 1880. Book. Good-VG. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth, lettered in gilt, bevelled edges. Moderate shelf wear, some repair evident along joints (both quite firm), narrow strips of loss and mild fraying at spine extremities. Corners mildly rubbed, binding intact, interior fully intact with text block edges a bit toned by age. 363,vi pp..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035362
- 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-VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oliver Ditson and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1880
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....