ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSIC BOX.
by Jaccard, Louis Gustave. (b. 1861)
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
(Musical Box Society International), (1967).. (1967).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wrappers decorated in black. The edges of the wraps are a bit darkened. The top corner of the front wrap is lightly bumped & there is a stain to its inner edge by the tail of the spine. 12 pages. 1 black-and-white illustration. Good. <p>This material was originally prepared for the Edison Institute and is reprinted here from Hobbies Magazine of Chicago, Illinois. Also included is a brief posthumous autobiography of Jaccard, who is described as "The Last of the Music-Box Craftsmen".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34447
- Title
- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSIC BOX.
- Author
- Jaccard, Louis Gustave. (b. 1861)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- (Musical Box Society International), (1967).
- Date Published
- (1967).
- Keywords
- MUSIC; MUSIC BOXES; CRAFTS; ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSIC BOX; HISTORY OF MUSIC BOXES; LOUIS GUSTAVE JACCARD; J. L. JACCARD. AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...