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Men Who Have Made Piano History
by Alfred Dolge
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 091157218X
- ISBN 13
- 9780911572186
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Vestal, NY: Vestal Press, 1979 Vestal Press, Vestal, NY. 1979. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1913 edition by Covina Publishing Co. Book is tight, square, does have scattered marginal notes on pages with piano names on the RFEP; former owner namestamp on FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good+; slight shelf wear; slight sunfading at head and tail. DJ: Good: moisture spots to spine; chipping and small missing pieces at head; sunfading to spine and part of front panel. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright blue lettering on the spine and front board. 242 pp 8vo. This book was originally titled Pianos and Their Makers Volume II (1913), but given a new title and page numbering in this reprint. This book is the reprint of a sequel and not the first book; Pianos and Their Makers (1911). This book concentrates on the men the author knew and with whom he worked and associated, and forms an important body of knowledge in America's musical history. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007091
- Title
- Men Who Have Made Piano History
- Author
- Alfred Dolge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 091157218X
- ISBN 13
- 9780911572186
- Publisher
- Vestal Press
- Place of Publication
- Vestal, NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- pianos, piano makers, Alfred Dolge, Dolgeville New York, Melville Clark, Paul Mehlin, J.P. Seeburg, D.H. Baldwin, Charles Steinway, piano parts, employee benefits,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Chipping
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Brodart
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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