Musical Instruments: Historic, Rare and Unique.

Published by London; A. & C. Black, 1945., 1945

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Seller: Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA., Whitley Bay, United KingdomKeel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.

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Royal quarto, pp. xxiii, [1], 123, [1]. With forty-eight coloured plates. Scarlet publishers' cloth, with gilt titles and ornaments to cover and spine, in a pale turquoise blue publishers' dust-jacket. Ever so slightly bumped at spine tips and corners otherwise a a clean, bright, tight copy free of annotations or ownership inscriptions. Dust jacket is sunned and slightly soiled with some small closed tears (and two 3cm closed tears) on to the edges and minor loss to spine tips and corners. Overall a very good copy which is scarce to find in a dust-jacket. A lavishly illustrated authoritative guide to unusual historical musical instruments from across the globe. The author, Alfred James Hipkins, was somewhat of a virtuoso who despite little classical training was an accomplished harpsichordist and a respected authority on antiquarian musicology. Much of his work is based on his own extensive collection of antique instruments which is now housed at the Royal College of Music. With exquisite illustrations by watercolourist William Gibb. In the scarce original publishers' dustjacket.…

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Title
Musical Instruments: Historic, Rare and Unique.
Author
Hipkins, A. J.
Publisher
London; A. & C. Black, 1945.
Publication year
1945
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hard Cover

Keel Row Books. ABA/ ILAB / PBFA.

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Welcome to Keel Row Books, the North East of England's leading bookshop for first editions and rare & collectable books. We offer an unconditional guarantee on the completeness and authenticity of every book that we sell. Members ABA, ILAB, PBFA. Customers from USA, please note that books are exempt from the recently introduced 2025 tariffs. We welcome queries, please call +44 191 2960664 or email mail@keelrowbooks.com. All online items are available for same-day collection in store at no extra charge- please phone us in advance. Opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm.…

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