Mechanical Musical Instruments
by Buchner, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Batchworth Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Pictorial black cloth binding with gilt lettering slightly rubbed at spine ends, corners; first few leaves bent at top corners; leaf edges, front endpapers just a bit smudged. Dj rubbed/chipped at edges; surface scuffed & smudged; 10" closed tear to front panel; 1" chips to spine ends. ; Boxed; many wonderful b&w, color photo ils.; trans. by Iris Urwin. ; 4to; 174 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23419
- Title
- Mechanical Musical Instruments
- Author
- Buchner, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Batchworth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Mechanical Devices, Orchestrions, Music Boxes, Automatons, Cuckoo Clocks, Mechanical Novelty, Music History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Cloth
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- 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...
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- Jacket
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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....