PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN: A History of Coin-Operated Pianos and Orchestrions
by Bowers, Q. David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Vestal, NY: The Vestal Press, 1966. 248 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Corners bumped. Foxing to pg. text block and endpapers. Previous owner's initials on front endpaper. DJ has light wear to edges. Small piece scuffed to middle of spine. Inside flap edges foxed. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10733MUS
- Title
- PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN: A History of Coin-Operated Pianos and Orchestrions
- Author
- Bowers, Q. David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Publisher
- The Vestal Press
- Place of Publication
- Vestal, NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Music, Music Instruments, Musical Instruments, Pianos, Coin Operated Pianos, Orchestrions
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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