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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. KING OF INSTRUMENTS: A History of the Organ, by Bernard Sonnaillon; Translated by Stewart Spencer- 1985- Rizzoli, New York- FIRST AMERICAN EDITION- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is oversize burgundy cloth HARDCOVER with titles in GOLD on spine; binding and text are very neat, clean and solid, VG+ with NO extraneous writings or bookplates. Just light wear. The PICTORIAL DUST JACKET is also neat, clean and bright, VG in new archival protector. Also with light wear and some 'sun-fade' of spine background color. There are NO rips, tears or missing pieces. Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of a fairly UNCOMMON HISTORY OF THE ORGAN. Part One is an IN-DEPTH and DETAILED DESCRIPTION and HISTORY of the INSTRUMENT including ORGAN BUILDING and RESTORATION and more. Part Two is a HISTORY of ORGAN MUSIC and REPERTORY, including brief BIOGRAPHIES of the instrument's LEADING COMPOSERS. a COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT of EACH of the EUROPEAN SCHOOLS of ORGAN MUSIC. the FOCAL POINT of the volume is a UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY of ORGANS and ORGAN CASES of EVERY PERIOD throughout EUROPE and the AMERICAN CONTINENT. a GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, SPECIFICATIONS, INDEX and more complete the text, making the book INDISPENSABLE as a work of REFERENCE. oversize volume of 282 pages BEAUTIFULLY and PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED throughout in COLOR and B&W. (HEAVY BOOK ships at 6-7 pounds) BK14031671.
