The Star Singer; For Singing Schools, Musical Institutes, Conventions and Societies
by Straub, S.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co, 1879. Hardcover. pp. 192. Oblong 8vo. Green pictorial card covers with fabric bound spine. Covers are well rubbed, showing loss at corners and chipping along edges. Spine is threadbare and shaken. Hinges are cracked to expose mull but remain attached. Penciling to endpapers, textblock is age toned but clean and readable throughout. Fair. Containing a complete and progressive elementary department and a large collection of glees, anthems, hymn tunes, sacred and secular choruses, quartets and songs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 068798
- Title
- The Star Singer; For Singing Schools, Musical Institutes, Conventions and Societies
- Author
- Straub, S.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jansen, McClurg & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- music; chart music; history
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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,...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....