Musique

1926 · 005718 — New York: D. Appleton and Company 1926. Hardcover. About Very Good. This now classic volume covers every aspect of the violin -- its origin and evolution its history its music and virtuosos its construction and manufacture -- and has become the standard reference on the instrument since originally published in 1925. This copy is a First U.S. Edition Second Printing with the numeral "2" found on the last page of the text. About 6 x 8 3/4 inches 479 pages plus two pages of publisher's ads including an introduction by Eugene Ysaye. Translated by Frederick H. Martens. Liberally illustrated with a frontispiece of Esaye. Bound in green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine and small graphic design featuring violin centered on front cover. No dustjacket. Some light foxing and age-tanning on text edges and endpapers and it appears frontispiece page has been trimmed a fraction of an inch o/w boards and text are complete clean and unmarked. Book shows only a minimum of surface soiling and edgewear no creasing or tearing not remaindered not ex-library. A collectable copy as well as a useful reference. <br/> <br/> D. Appleton and Company hardcover