Preston Kaufmann (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd printing. Covers have light edgewear. Jacket worn and chipped, with pieces missing arounf corners.

Condition: Very Good. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, nearly like new. Wonderful example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. signed by the author on the title page- second printing - very good condition in a somewhat worn dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Erstwhile owner's signature and stamp on front endpaper; interior pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book has some faint wear to very tips of corners. otherwise book is excellent, very clean and sharp, looking as new. Dust jacket has some small chips and wear to corners, two inch closed tear at upper left of front, half inch chip at top of back of jacket. otherwise clean and bright and clean, now protected in a clear cover. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete in three jacketed volumes. Very scarce first editions. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Jackets look lovely, with a couple of small contained tears and gentle rubbing to the extremities. Hardcovers are in excellent condition, with clean, crisp interiors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 2nd printing, 372 pages with b&w photos and illustrations. Book has light shelf wear, usual toning to page edges. DJ has price clipped with moderate wear, some small closed tears & chipping. Nice unfaded spine. Interior appears clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Volume 3, only, of the three volume set - this volume starting the story of Wurlitzers. This was intended to be the first of a number of volumes on Wurlitzers but I am unable to find any other volumes in this series, apart from volumes 1 & 2. Fine in blue leatherette boards with a good+ illustrated dustwrapper exhibiting repairs and minor wear to extremities. Slightly "cocked".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Pasadena, Showcase Publications, 1985, 1989, and 1995. Quarto, three volumes, 432 pages with over 800 illustrations; [433]-950 pages with over 1000 illustrations; and 448 pages with over 250 illustrations. Synthetic cloth; a fine set with the dustwrappers in fine condition apart from a few tiny tears to the head of each spine. 'This three-volume encyclopedia provides a wealth of primary source material on the American theater [sic] organ, an instrument designed for the movie theaters of the silent film era that has now all but disappeared from American pop culture. The first two volumes contain articles about organ manufacturing companies. The third volume is devoted to "the mighty Wurlitzer". Each entry is documented with primary source material such as photos, company records, stop lists, advertisements, drawings, and interviews and correspondence with organ makers. In addition, Junchen has provided an opus list detailing the histories of all of the organs built by each company. These materials will prove indispensable to anyone researching popular music in the silent-film era' (Trove, presumably quoting the publisher). The first two volumes are by David Junchen (1946 - 30 January 1992). The third volume, by Preston Kaufmann, is the first of a proposed five-volume series chronicling 'the rise and fall of the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ, plus the company and people behind the product'. Loosely inserted is the four-page prospectus for that set, and a circular letter (dated 15 December 1995) from the author apologising for the delay in publication of this volume, and outlining some of the problems encountered since he 'fell heir to the "Encyclopedia" project four years ago'. Reading between the lines, we thought we could discern why no further volumes have been produced. A quick search online unearthed the less happy truth of the matter: Preston Kaufmann died in 1998, at the age of 42. [3 items].