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Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday
by Lahee, Henry C
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L.C. Page and Co, 1899. First Edition. Small Octavo. unopened. 383 pages, index. pages 367-373 have a chronology of famous violinist. The chapter on Pagani is very fascinating as is the chapter "Women as Violinists". There are photo-engravings of 10 of the most well known including: Pagaini, Corelli, Ysaye, Franz Kneisel and the remarkable woman violinist Maud Powell who was the first woman violinist from America to achieve worldwide fame. A very nice copy bound in green cloth elaborately decorated in a pictorial gilt and repeated on spine, top edge gilt all others uncut. light wear to spine ends, previous owner's name. Nice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031593
- Title
- Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday
- Author
- Lahee, Henry C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- L.C. Page and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Violiinist in History; Maud Powell; Ole Bull
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music History and Theory;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
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