The Contemporary American Organ; Its Evolution, Design and Construction
by William Harrison Barnes
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J. Fischer, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. Fifth Edition. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Slight cracking to gutters of a few pages. Light thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Small white sticker to rear board. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Book is slightly forward leaning.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1660242370GEO
- Title
- The Contemporary American Organ; Its Evolution, Design and Construction
- Author
- William Harrison Barnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Fischer
- Date Published
- 1952
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...