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McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1947. Octavo, hardcover, VG in good black and red dj with white lettering. Book of the month club with publisher's pamphlet laid in. 868 pp. Authors were the annotators for the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society. Covers over 500 compositions of 162 classic and modern composers.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, January 1947. Hardcover. Good.

McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1947. Pages [868 including index] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Black cloth boards, gilt and red decorations and lettering, minimal shelf wear. DJ mostly clean, colors bright, edge and general handling wear, a few small bits missing. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Appears to be First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/fair/good.

New York: Mcgraw-hill, 1947. Nice copy, tight and square. Free stamping to front endpaper, else near fine. No other markings. . Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York : Whittlesey House Book. Good. Hardcover. (1947), xi, 868pp, index. Extremities lightly worn, else G+. 'From the introduction by Deems Taylor: "There are other books of program notes, of course; but most of them present difficulties for the average reader. Some run to many volumes and are so erudite that they are likely to be heavy going for the nonprofessional; others cover only a limited field; still others stick to cold fact with no trimmings; and too many are written in such a high rhapsodic vein that the music they describe comes rather as an anticlimax. This book manages to avoid all these pitfalls. I know of no similar book that covers such a wide and catholic field.The oldest composer discussed is Tomas Louis De Victoria, who would be celebrating his four hundred and seventh if he were alive. The youngest, Lucas Foss, is three hundred and eight two years his junior. For the book's extraordinary range, the authors undoubtedly have to thank the Philharmonic-Symphonies… Read More

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. cloth. 8vo. pp. xi, 868. VG/No jacket. Faded spine, light edgewear..

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1947. Original Cloth. Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. 868 pages. Pages bright and clean and free from marking, soiling or staining. Dated from copyright. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt title and decoration and red spine label to cover. Cover very lightly worn and soiled. A very good copy of this resource book for the understanding of classical, romantic and modern compositions.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Light edgewear, near fine lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 868pp. Near fine with offsetting to the endpages, edge wear in a good only tape repaired dustwrapper with rubbing, large chips and tears to the edges. A guide to symphonic music including works by one hundred and sixty-two composers, from Shostakovich to Bach.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Short tears on the spine ends else very good.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 868pp. Introduction by Deems Taylor. Owner's name, jacket text affixed to front pastedown, very good or better lacking the dustwrapper.

NY: McGraw-Hill, 1947. 8vo, pp. 868. Introduction by Deems Taylor.

New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. With Introduction by Deems Taylor. Book in very good condition: NO markings/writings/tears on text. All pages are clean and beautifully intact (868 pages). Dust jacket in fine condition; previous owner provided a plastic cover to preserve it. This book is NOT previously owned by a library. FIRST EDITION. **WILL SHIP WITHIN 24-48 HOURS WITH TRACKING**

New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (xi) 868 pp, intro Deems Taylor, bibliography, index individual composers & works arranged alphabetically Isaac Albeniz to Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. 163 composers listed, 43 are Americans. the men behind the music and interesting tidbits of lesser-known information including analyses "intelligible to the layman"; 8vo, black cloth/front cover small emblem in gilt of violin & woodwind. Top spine slightly bumped, inside front cover book plate, very good; no dust jacket.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good lightly edge worn dust jacket.. 868 pp. 8vo.Ê Introduction, Bibliography and Index. Sweeping guide includes individual composers and works arranged alphabetically from Isaac Albeniz to Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. 163 composers areÊ listed, 43 are Americans. the men behind the music and interesting tidbits of lesser-known information including analyses "intelligible to the layman.