The Book of Bells
by Coleman, Satis N
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket tattered and chipped.
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: The John Day Company. Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket tattered and chipped.. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding with gilt design of bells stamped on front boards. vii, 177pp, illustrations. An historical look at bells and bell-ringing throughout various parts of the world, religious use of bells, bell literature, bell making and playing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 462 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50443
- Title
- The Book of Bells
- Author
- Coleman, Satis N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket tattered and chipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bells, BELL, Ringing, Carillons, Bells
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectables; Music; All;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...