Alfred H Howe (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 246 clean, unmarked pages; a couple of small rust stains on flyleaf; daerk greene c w/gilt titles; moderate wear at extremities. B/W photographs, drawings, (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 246 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/slight age-toning, in mylar. B/W photographs, drawings, (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Some shelf wear Wear & Tear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Cover titles faded. Two small stains on endpaper edges. Jacket is soiled and and worn. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 246 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Previous owner name. Designed for practical use to improve the piano tuner's ability, to educate the amateur and to advise the musician, or owner of the instrument, in selecting a competent man to service and maintain the piano. With photographs, drawings, illustrations, glossary, appendix, bibliography, and an index.…

Hardcover. Reprint of Revised 3rd Edition, 1963. slightly rubbed bottom edge of cover, slight foxing of top page edge, 1/2" stain top page edge/stained and faded dj, mylar protected-Designed for practical use to improve the piano tuner's ability, to educate the amateur and to advise the musician or owner of the instrument in selectiing a competent man to service and maintain the piano. 946 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 " Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-librray copy with very minimal library markings. Light soiling to edges. Dust jacket has discoloration and some edgewear.; B/w illustrations including a foldout.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. DJ is sunned at spine & edges; some soil from age & a ruffling to spine head. Red cloth boards are firmly bound; light rubbing to lower edge; store stamp on front endpaper; foxing on endpapers & textbox edges; pages clean & sharp throughout, including fold-out. illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Third revised Edition, printed in reprinted 1976; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by author. Written "to teach piano tuning in a manner that would appeal to musicians", versus the more traditional teaching of this art from the "physicist's point of view involving mathematical calculations and conspicuously avoiding that which a musician wishes to know: how to tune a piano". 267 pages with illustrations. Index. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Piano, Musical Instruments) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket (as issued). Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). A.H. Howe, 1947. 267 pages. Moderate general wear. Page ends soiled. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Music::Instruments 6762.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. (1941) 268 pp. Original dark green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Spine ends slightly bumped. Previous owner's name, and staining from a bookplate that was removed (?), on front blank endpaper. Business stamp on outer margin of page 107 w/ an address crossed out on top line w/ red color pencil. Pencil and ink markings to few leaves. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Spine and edges sunned. Modest chipping at spine ends. Price clipped. Illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of the author, and several b/w figures.…

246pp. Black & white line drawings & diagrams. Revised 3rd Edition. Near Fine/in VG dj (light tears).

Condition: Fair. 1963. Third Edition Revised. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Damage to edges of pages 123-127. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xx, 246pp, some in-text black and white illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-fading, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 290 pages. The binding has begun to seperate slightly. The cover has a bit of wear, with a few scuffs and creases. The page edges are moderately tanned and foxed. The front endpaper has a name inscription from a previous owner. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hbk reprinted 3rd edition 246pp Illus folding plates and explanatory charts, figures, and tables. dj shelfworn now in protective sleeve internally the text is excellent clean tight as new.

Cloth frontis + xvi + 267pp illus + fdg illus.Covers sl marked, internally clean & bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Deaccessioned from a Harvard University library, originally the gift of Charles T. Brues, who is the author of several of the works in this collection and made one small manuscript correction in a footnote of one of his contributions; spine labels are black morocco leather with gilt lettering; binding has light wear and minor soil; spine is sunned; several margins have chip(s); tight, text clean. Includes: microsania -- chinese ants -- chalcid-fly parasitic -- two gynandromorphous ants -- fossil cynipidae -- aculeata -- nutritional study of insects -- paper-making crematogaster -- lordomyrma emery -- metapone forel -- respiratory apparatus of dipterous larvae -- a neotropical ant -- phoresy of antherophagus -- new species of american cynipidae -- life histories of american cynipidae -- phylogeny of cynipid genera -- classification of insects on characters of larva and pupa -- new tryphoninae -- selection of food plants by insects -- formicidae subfamilies -- psyllidae from philippines -- nitrates and reducing powers of bacteria -- intracellular bacteria -- parabiosis and ant gardens of british guiana -- fungus in fat body of pulvinaria innumberabilis -- gigantiops destructor and other leaping ants -- notes on hemiptera, new gerris -- pales weevil -- food habits in hymenoptera -- paraperipatus, other species of the genus from new guinea and ceram -- army ants in british guiana -- termitobracon -- two myrmecophilous phoridae from british guiana -- new england odonata. All 34 works are present and accounted for; article nos. 170, 171 and 178 were "omitted," according to the printed table of contents. Of especial note in this collection are the four contributions by young Alfred C. Kinsey, who later gained fame as a sexologist. Interesting provenance. Huge, heavy volume. [b 102].…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1876 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 172 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 172 Language: English.…