Violins and Violinists by Franz Farga - 1950

Rockliff, 1955. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 223 pages, illustrated. With a chapter on English Violin Makers by E.W. Lavender. Translated by Egon Larsen. Ex-university library book, some wear to the covers, split spine and cracked hinge; the pages are toned with age. Overall a reading copy of an old music book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music, Opera, Ballet, Dance; Inventory No: 209421. .

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. 5.5 x 9 hard cover book. Gold lettering on the black spine with a plain black cover. 247 pages. Ex-library with usual markings. Cover and spine edgewear.. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

Rockliff, 1955. Hardcover. Good. hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, light chipping to jacket, inscribed to previous owner on front free endpaper, corner clipped from jacket, binding tight, pages lightly tanning, a nice copy!

London: Rockcliff. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Book is in excellent condition. "How the violin came into existence, how master craftsmen brought it to perfection, and how the great artists achieved everlasting fame with the help of this instrument . . , " is all told in this book. ; B&W Illustrations & Photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages .

London: Barrie & Rockliff, The Cresset Press, 1969. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. Octavo; Second edition, revised and enlarged; G+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, red with white print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners, light edgewear, plastic film is peeling, price-clipped; Boards in black cloth with gold print, slight wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xv, 247 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates). 1339469. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York/ Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. 1st Edition thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. Indexed. Tight, solid. No names, clean text. Gold-stamped black bds. Acceptable dj w/ large chip base spine. Glued in: note about fake photo-frontispiece of Paganini. 1st pub. in 1950, this is revised & enlarged edition. Trans. by Igon Larsen w/ Bruno Raikin. W/ chapter on British violin-makers by E. W. Lavender. 32800 shelf

London, Barrie and Rockliff / The Cresset Press, 1950. 8vo; pp. xvi, 223; numerous b/w plates, index, original cloth, damaged dustjacket, price clipped, previous onwer's name to front free endpaper, a good copy. Translated by Egon Larson with Bruno Raikin.

Rockliff, 1950. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. ex-library copy, with library binding. shelf wear on the boards. foxing and marks. annotations in text. several stamps. the book is missing 18 illustrations. sound binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Macmillan Company. 1950. Hardcover. UsedGood. Hardcover; with a chapter on English violin-makers by E.W. Lavender; transl ated by Egon Larsen; fading, light scuffing, and shelf wear to exterior; fo rmer owner's name written on front endpaper, and his address label on title page; fading to pages; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Du st jacket shows soiling and edge tears, with strip of tape at bottom end of spine. .

NY: Praeger, 1969. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xv, 247. Index. Translated by Egon Larsen with Bruno Raikin. Illustrated. A VG tight copy in price-clipped and somewhat soiled dj. Fragar traces the history of the violin and its makers.