Bachman Alberto (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. This 460 page volume is green covered with gold front and spinal lettering. The binding is loose and so are some pages. Wear and fading to sp9ine. Reading copy only. Photos upon request.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: About Very Good. This now classic volume covers every aspect of the violin -- its origin and evolution, its history, its music and virtuosos, its construction and manufacture -- and has become the standard reference on the instrument since originally published in 1925. This copy is a First U.S. Edition, Second Printing (with the numeral "2" found on the last page of the text). About 6 x 8 3/4 inches, 479 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads, including an introduction by Eugene Ysaye. Translated by Frederick H. Martens. Liberally illustrated, with a frontispiece of Esaye. Bound in green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine and small graphic design featuring violin centered on front cover. No dustjacket. Some light foxing and age-tanning on text edges and endpapers, and it appears frontispiece page has been trimmed a fraction of an inch, o/w boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. Book shows only a minimum of surface soiling and edgewear, no creasing or tearing, not remaindered, not ex-library. A collectable copy as well as a useful reference.

[xvi] + 470pp. Port. frontis., 62 plates including 1 in colour. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, light age toning throughout, shaken, original gilt lettered green cloth, sl. rubbed to corners and head and tail of spine. US$37.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R160142010: Non daté. In-4. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 2 pages de partitions pour 2 violons. Bords des plats pliurés et déchirés. . . . Classification Dewey : 780-Musique.