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The Fifth String
by Sousa, John Philip
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dustjacket
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill, 1902. Book. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill, 1902. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator. Copyright 1902 with no additional printings listed. Binding decoration by J. Alden Peirson. Unfaded ribbed black cloth boards with bright unworn gold decoration and touch of red, line border on cover and spine. Fraying to corners at top spine edge, fraying to cloth at base of spine. Boards are clean, with a few light surface scuffs to rear board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis illustration with clean printed tissue guard; five additional illustration with clean printed tissue guards -- all by Howard Chandler Christy. 125 pp. A book about music by the famed American composer..
Synopsis
The coming of Diotti to America had awakened more than usual interest in the man and his work. His marvelous success as violinist in the leading capitals of Europe, together with many brilliant contributions to the literature of his instrument, had long been favorably commented on by the critics of the old world. Many stories of his struggles and his triumphs had found their way across the ocean and had been read and re-read with interest.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020745
- Title
- The Fifth String
- Author
- Sousa, John Philip
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Publisher
- Bowen Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- FICTION, NOVEL, HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY, JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, DECORATED AMERICAN TRADE BINDING, DATB, J. ALDEN PEIRSON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Decorated American Trade Binding;
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About the Seller
Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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