Clockwork Music de Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G - 1973-05-24

HARDBACK "SEMINAL GUIDE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1973* Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dull green cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal marks to top & bottom edges and to head of tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour dust wrapper, dark green with white print of a barrel organ. Gilt and white titles to face, green to gilt spine. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Short tears to front and rear lower edges now re-inforced and in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal age to tope edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Copious b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 314 pp. text. xxiii pp. appendices, index and blank pages at rear.* Description: An Illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the painola: from automation landy virginal players to the Orchestron. With a really large number of illustration taken from various sources including catalogues and guides. This seminal work of reference is ideal for the collector, the enthusiast and the repairer.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./ 1st. Reduced by dust jacket faults to VG. Now in clear protective wrapper.*