The Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon, Containing A Scale for the Common or Whole Toned, and Also a Scale for the Semitoned or Perfect Accordeon, Together with A Large Collection of Popular and Fashionable Music Arranged Expressly for This Instrument

Howe, Elias

About this Item

Boston: Published and For Sale by Elias Howe, 1843 [1843]. Oblong quarto, 39 p., disbound. First edition of one of the earliest books printed for the accordion, published just 14 years after Cyrill Demian patented the instrument. This is a Fair copy only. Book is disbound, lacking its original stiff printed boards. Textually complete, with contents page at rear, but heavy soiling and chipping to page edges (not affecting text); pages heavily dogeared and soiled, with numerous pencil annotations to several pages. Sold as a binding project. OCLC locates 10 copies of this edition.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1682988320696

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon, Containing A Scale for the Common or Whole Toned, and Also a Scale for the Semitoned or Perfect Accordeon, Together with A Large Collection of Popular and Fashionable Music Arranged Expressly for This Instrument
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fair