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Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (1985.) Hardcover with dust jacket. Folio with 533 pages. The book and dust jacket are in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Very slight toning to endpaper edges due to age otherwise interior is clean and tight. Illustrated! Pictures available upon request. "This is a detailed compilation of information concerning Western musical instruments, their combinations, ranges, and techniques, intended to assist composers and arrangers. Beautifully produced, accurate, complete, and well written, this book sets a new standard in the field. Timothy J. McGee. International shipping extra. White spine/Black text. #035372 Size: Folio. Music, Theory, Composition. Seller Inventory # 035372
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Seller Inventory # H06N-01042
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Lightly used with slight folding and very limited tearing to bottom of dust jacket. Otherwise in great reading condition with no markings in text. Binding is tight. Seller Inventory # mon0000630678
Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Unmarked boards with "straight" edge-corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); White and black dust jacket with title in white lettering on a red background; 1985, University of California Press; 496 pages; "Handbook of Instrumentation," by Andrew Stiller. Seller Inventory # SKU-568AB10108161
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with black spine lettering; white and black illustrated dj, mylar cover; xx, 533 pp; bw illustrations and music. "This book is the most comprehensive survey of instrumentation available in print. All the information needed to write idiomatically for any orchestral instrument, as well as unusual and non-orchestral instruments, is gathered here."-DJ. Contents: List of figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one. Modern instruments. The woodwinds - The brasses - The voice - The percussion: general considerations - The percussion: drums - The percussion: idiophones and miscellaneous instruments - The keyboards - The strings - Electronics -- Part two. Early instruments in modern reconstructions - Introduction to early instruments - Early winds and percussion - Early keyboards and strings -- Appendix I. Proposed special clefs for very low and very high notes - Appendix II. Student and amateur ranges of common instruments - Appendix III. Foreign-language equivalents of terms used in this book - Appendix IV. Master list of musical examples - Appendix V. Manufacturer or other source of instruments figured -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Seller Inventory # 186149