London, UK : J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd. Orange/brown cloth, gilt title. 720pp. b/w illus. music examples to text. Minor shelf wear to boards. Edge wear to dust jacket with several small chips and tears and one larger closed tear to lower front edge by spine. Price clipped. Very light foxing to text block edges but contents are clean and bright. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1980.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 113818
Title: Introduction to Contemporary Music
Author: Machlis, Joseph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good-
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd Edition
ISBN 10: 0460045075
ISBN 13: 9780460045070
Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd
Place of Publication: London, UK
Date Published: 1980
Pages: 720
Size: 240mm x 163mm.
Keywords: music history contemporary 20th century composers H&M

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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