Author: EHRLICH, CYRIL
Title: The Piano - A History
Description: Oxford Univ Pr, 1990 (Revised Ed.).. (ISBN: 0198161816) Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, appx 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, viii + 254 pages, Near Fine in Near or About VG dj (dj fitted w/ protective mylar sleeve). Book itself pretty much flawless inside and out incl light blue endpapers & incl no names no writing. DJ generally very clean, no corners clipped, rather minor grief at the top corners (mostly noticeable on the interior flaps at each top corner incl each a very small moisture tide mark there) + back panel some crinkling along top edge. At the front List of Illustrations and Tables, at the center 8-pg section of plates on glossy stock (17 images) & 52 pages of rear matter incl 3 Appendices (I: long list of Piano Makers Since 1851, 19 pages double-column, II: table, Estimates of Production in 1000s of pianos for 7 countries (1850-1985) incl Russia, Japan & Korea & III: 6 or 8 paragraphs over 3 pages "Exotica") + Select Bibliography, Notes, Index. Also included 6-pg Preface to the Revised Edition. Near Fine/Very Good.

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