The Tuning of the World

Schafer, R. Murray

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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1977

0394409663 / 9780394409665

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Important book on our acoustic environment, its history & impact, coining the term 'soundscape'. Schafer was a Canadian teacher, composer, & writer. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first American edition (first printing). Light wear to book, faint tape stains and some denting to covers, light creasing to spine; jacket shows light wear, couple of short tears, light internal tanning & small sticker stain, hint of spine fade, $12.95 price present; endsheets lightly tanned, small ink date, small ink marks inside rear cover - a name blotted out? Text clean; [2], xii, 301 pages; index, notes, glossary, appendixes, a few figures. Size: Octavo.

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Title
The Tuning of the World
Author
Schafer, R. Murray
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication year
1977
Condition
Good
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hard Cover
ISBN 10
0394409663
ISBN 13
9780394409665
Edition
First American Edition.
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Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]

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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).…

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