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Illustrated Catalogue of Piano-Forte Actions
by Wessell, Otto; Nickel, Adam; Gross, Rudolph
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: self published, 1893 Hard cover, oblong quarto, in publisher's brown pebbled cloth, titles to topboard blocked in blind and gold. Unpaginated, prelims + 53pp of color lithographed plates. Condition: Good. Covers worn at corners and head/tail of spine, Gold faded. with the front hinge cracked. Internally the pages are about Very Good. ** A commercial catalogue from the company that still specializes in piano action parts. With full-page color plates showing the internal mechanics of a piano. OCLC 12405253.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Lithographers Lidner, Eddy & Claus, NY.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7012
- Title
- Illustrated Catalogue of Piano-Forte Actions
- Author
- Wessell, Otto; Nickel, Adam; Gross, Rudolph
- Illustrator
- Lithographers Lidner, Eddy & Claus, NY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- self published
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
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selling Rare, Antiquarian and "other interesting finds" to individuals and institutions around the world. Some of our books are now housed among the world's leading libraries and collections.
We work to promote the significance of a wide variety of ideas, from whatever era they might originate. We celebrate, and work to preserve, the artistry of the printed page, the handwritten word, and the craftsmanship of the hand-made object in today's virtual, digital world.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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