THE MARVELOUS WORLD OF MUSIC MACHINES de WEISS-STAUFFACHER, HEINRICH with Rudolf Bruhin - 1976

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1990. Book. Illus. by Profusely Illustrated I Color & B&W. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Stated.. Clean and solid copy with only light shelfwear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kodansha Iinternational , January 1976. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Moderate wear to outer slipcase, dust jacket and book are clean and square, well-protected.

Kodansha International Ltd., 1976. Stated 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover: Rust cloth binding with title on spine in gold. Lower rear corner lightly bumped. Spot on first free endpaper. First five pages have crease mark. Text is otherwise clean. Here is a beautifully illustrated handbook of Europe's largest and most comprehensive collection of musical automata and mechanical musical instruments. Some 300 delightful examples are shown. Nice tight binding. White color photo illustrated dust jacket shows light soil and oxidation, minor edgewear. Very attractive copy in protective mylar.

Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1976. Near Fine condition (brief gift note on front free endpaper) in a Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT a library discard. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. . NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Oversize Hardcover. 10.75" wide by 12" tall. Illustrated with 300 photos, most in full-color. Includes a descriptive catalogue with sections on Idiophones, Chordophones, Aerophones, Orchestrions, Other Instruments and Devices. Appendices. Selected bibliography. Index. Bound in the original dark orange cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. First printing, with "First edition, 1976" so stated on the copyright page, and NO indication of any other printing. From the Dust Jacket: "Here is a handbook of Europe's largest and most comprehensive collection of musical automata and mechanical instruments. Some 300 music… Leer más

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1976. First edition in English (hardback). 4to (31cm by 27cm), 244pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is near-VG (light chafing of the extremities). ISBN 0870112589

Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd. 1976. 4to. 244 pp. Full cloth in pictorial dust jacket and in cardboard slipcase. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. In unused condition. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout. 0870112589 . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1976.

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1976. First Edition. Hardback. Exceptional cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. ; 244 pages; Description: 244 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 32 cm. Subjects: Mechanical musical instruments - Catalogs and collections. Translated by James Underwood.

Kodansha International, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Fine. As New copy in Fine dust jacket. Stated First edition, 1976. Flawless except for sunned dust jacket at spine. 244 pages with Index and Bibliography; illustrated with approximately 300 color photographs. This is a heavy and/or oversized book, which CANNOT be EXPEDITE shipped for the quoted shipping price. Contact us prior to purchasing if you require EXPEDITE US or any type of INTERNATIONAL shipping. Translated by James Underwood. Here is a handbook of Europe's largest and most comprehensive collection of musical automata and mechanical instruments. Some 300 music boxes, clocks, orchestrions, player-pianos, performing figurines, organs, and other delightful examples of music machines, dating from the eighteenth through the early twentieth century, are reproduced in full color.

New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1976. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong folio. 244 pages of text including an index and bibliography. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear and a few scuffs, with no tears or chips; protected in archival mylar. Contains approximately 300 color photographs. First edition..