MUSICAL BOX: A HISTORY AND COLLECTOR'S GUIDE by Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G - 1980

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This first edition is in very good condition with a good dust jacket. Ex libris plate on the inside cover. Otherwise a very good clean coArthur Ord-Hume's earlier book Collecting Musical Boxes quickly established itself as the best introduction to the subject. In this new book, a very much larger, more comprehensive and more profusely illustrated work, he tells the detailed story of the birth of the musical box and its development from a charming novelty to an instrument capable of serious musical interpretation. Written by a worldwide authority on automatic musical instruments, the book is the fruit of more than thirty years' study of musical boxes and their history. It traces the progress of the musical box during the nineteenth century and shows how it reached its peak of perfection round about the time of the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851, while its peak of production came much later with the mass production… Read More

Boston: George Allen & Unwin. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 004789007X . Book small previous owner sticker bottom left corner fep, outer edges of first few pages darkened, otherwise fine. DJ trace cornerwear. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering spine, DJ, 409pp. Illustrated with numerous b&w plates. .

Schiffer Pub Ltd, January 1997. Hardcover. Used Very Good/Very Good. This item is oversized, and may require additional shipping for some destinations. Please contact us for shipping estimates. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. Very good +/Near fine. A Schiffer Book for Collectors. 343 p. 29 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with some colour. Black cloth with mylar-covered dustjacket. Lower front corner of book and jackea bit t bumped. Former owner's label on a front endpaper.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near fine/near fine, used, marbled end papers, 343pp. Interior clean no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, dj enclosed in protective sleeve.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1980. A comprehensive and profusely illustrated history of musical boxes, with a biographical listing of makers and patentees, and an appendix illustrating tune sheets with a list of the makers who used them. Blue boards with bright gilt print on the spine. Spine ends gently rolled with faint foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine slightly darkened, in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 190mm x 250mm. Clipped jacket has moderate wear and minimal bumping/chipping. Light wear to cloth. Minor foxing to top edge of page-block. Internally clean. Binding tight. 409pp.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Schiffer Publishing, 1997-01-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!