[Photo Album and Music Box] "Olympia
by THOMPSON, W.H.S., and H. Bunnett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The front half of the album consists of 14 thick cardboard leaves, including an illustrated chromolithographic title leaf and 13 leaves with cut-out mounting frames for photographs, 10 of which are illustrated with sporting scenes: including Golf and Cricket, La Crosse and Base Ball, and American Foot Ball. A wooden music box chamber comprises the back half of the album, designed to blend in with the rest of the album on the outside. The glass door mounted at the center of the box is framed by another chromolithographic illustration of Skating, Snowshoeing, Sleighing, Toboggening, and Ice Yachting. The comb and cylinder device mounted inside includes the brass key to be inserted in a winding hole located on the back cover.
There are three small contemporary owners' names (dated 1895, 1899, and 1916) in ink on the front pastedown, the spine back is torn at the head and tail and is split along the right vertical edge, else very good with toning to the cardboard leaves. The framed photo mounts are empty, with two miniature contemporary portrait photographs (of an infant and young man) mounted at the center of two non-illustrated leaves. A charming Victorian album designed and made in Germany for the American market. A list of the chromolithographic illustrations is available.
Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 426585
- Title
- [Photo Album and Music Box] "Olympia
- Author
- THOMPSON, W.H.S., and H. Bunnett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Art/Illustration, Sports/Non-specific, Tennis, Photography, Music
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Music; Tennis;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Glossary
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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....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.