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Paul Elek, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. No Edition Remarks. 168 pages. Brown illustrated dust jacket over quarter bound black cloth with red paper cloth covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Translated by Delano Ames. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy chips, tears and creasing. Tanning to spine and edges.

Paul Elek, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1947. No Edition Stated. 168 pages. Brown dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Heavy foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Minor tanning and soiling to DJ.

Elek Incorporated, Paul. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paul Elek, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. No jacket. Name stamp. No jacket. .

Paul Elek, 1947. First English edition, translated by Delano Ames. 168pp, the war economy paper browning a little with age. Illustrated dustjacket with loss to the edges. B + w illustrations by Jacques Closson. Internally clean. The history of the piano from the earliest stringed instruments, through the clavichord and the harpsichord to the modern piano - showing how technical advances affected the composition of music, for example how a new method of tuning inspired Bach to write the 48 Preludes and Fugues.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Jacques Closson.

London: Paul Elek, 1974. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1974 Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 154pp., index, biblio., photos, figs. Edited and revised by Robin Golding. Previous owner's name, minor wear to DJ and severe sun fading to the spine panel only. "This book remains a clear and readable summary of the development and refinement of stringed keyboard instruments, valuable to anyone who has any experience at all with the piano or its antecedents..

London: Paul Elek, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8 5/8" x 5 1/2". 168 pages, black and white illustrations. Bibliography..

Paul Elek 1st 1947 . 8vo, wr + bmps to bds, sl browning to p edges, wr, chps, crsing + sm areas mssg from d/w o/w VG/VG 315 gms.

Elek, 1974. Hardcover. Good.

Paul Elek, 1947. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, octavo, black cloth backstrip lettered gilt, burgundy cloth boards, lacking dust jacket. A very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, paper age-toned, b&w illustrations, 168pp.

London: Paul Elek. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. The history of the piano is detailed in words and pictures in this English-language edition of a work first published in Brussels. With several plates bearing black & white photos, as well as numerous drawings of historic instruments. The author begins with a history of the clavichord, then to the spinet and harpsichord, and finally with descriptions of the modern piano. Translated by Delano Ames. --- In dark red and black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with age-toning to leaves.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 168 pages .

Paul Elek, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1947 Hardcover Edition. No DJ. Sunning to pages. Previous owners name to inside front cover. Pgs 81-96 are creased on edges. Light fade to top edge of front cover board.

London: Paul Elek, 1976. Reprint of the edition edited and revised by Robin Golding, 8vo, 154pp, photo and line illustrations; VG Copy in lightly edge-worn DJ a little sunned at spine. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Elek, 1974T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition.