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Entertaining recreations of soundscapes of past times and places precede a survey of methods for analyzing present-day soundscapes, distinguishing types of sound, and developing an understanding of the effects of sounds on us all.
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The Tuning of the World
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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The Tuning of the World
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Random House Inc, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394409663
ISBN 13: 9780394409665
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Minor shelf wear to boards, wear and minor tears to dust jacket. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1850536834
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The Tuning of the World
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ISBN 10: 0394409663
ISBN 13: 9780394409665
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's name in ink on front inside board, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1048707728
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The Tuning of the World
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The Tuning of the World
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394409663
ISBN 13: 9780394409665
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Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Important book on our acoustic environment, its history & impact, coining the term 'soundscape'. Schafer was a Canadian teacher, composer, & writer. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first American edition (first printing). Light wear to book, faint tape stains and some denting to covers, light creasing to spine; jacket shows light wear, couple of short tears, light internal tanning & small sticker stain, hint of spine fade, $12.95 price present; endsheets lightly tanned, small ink date, small ink marks inside rear cover - a name blotted out? Text clean; [2], xii, 301 pages; index, notes, glossary, appendixes, a few figures. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # v0475
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The Tuning of the World
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0394409663
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The Tuning of the World
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McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 1977
ISBN 10: 0394409663
ISBN 13: 9780394409665
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Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 301 pages including index and reference notes. A pioneering exploration into the past history and present state of the most neglected aspect of our environment: the SOUNDSCAPE, a term coined by the author. The soundscape is our sonic environment, the ever-present array of noises, pleasant and unpleasant, loud and soft, heard or ignored, that we all live with. From the murmur of bees to the blast of an explosion, this vast, ever-changing compendium of bird-song, jackhammers, chamber music, screams, train whistles and rain has been a part of human existence since the beginning of time. Dust jacket is price-clipped and shows light to moderate wear with a quarter inch tear to bottom edge of back panel. Book clean and unmarked with light bumping and mild warp to front board. Nice copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Schafer, R. Murray The Tuning of the World Soundscape 301 pages including index and reference notes. A pioneering exploration into the past history and present state of the most neglected aspect of our environment: the SOUNDSCAPE, a term coined by the a. Seller Inventory # 62102573
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