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GREATNESS IN MUSIC.
by Einstein, ALFRED 1880-1952
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- Hardcover
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, (1945). Translated by CŽsar Saerchinger (1889-1971) from the German (but not published as Grosse in der Musik until 1951). First thus UK edition. [c.1941 OUP New York (287 pages)]. Navy cloth, gilt spine and topboard print. 8vo (22cm). pp. vii, [3], 299. Index. Near Fine/About Very Good/Unclipped price ($3.00) in mylar. Traces of edgewear to binding with a dot of stain to pp. 31-2. Scarce jacket with watermark Canterbury Text blue paper printed black is toned and edge chipped with three worn holes at spine area. Musicologist, exiled and teaching at Smith College in Northampton, MA from 1937. Though acquainted with Albert in Berlin in 1928 and brief visits at Princeton, no blood relation..
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- Bookseller
- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OWBGRE115610
- Title
- GREATNESS IN MUSIC.
- Author
- Einstein, ALFRED 1880-1952
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Oxford University Press, (1945).
- Keywords
- Music philosophy and aesthetics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Musicology;
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OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Point of Sale (by phone or fax), Checks, MO, drafts in US Funds. MA residents invoiced 6.25% Sales Tax. We cost (drop) ship world-wide via USPS, but will ship via other specified carriers and by your account number via pick-up service. We ship promptly in professional packaging. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages including book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Notify us of intent to return within 3 days of receipt in original packaging and matching post. On March 31 2018 (9-3) we will be at Flamingo Eventz Boxborough (MA) Paper Town with bindings and cards. Hope to see you there
About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts
About OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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