Boston, Mass.: B Oston Book & Art Shop. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean maroon cloth decorated with gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with B/W + color photographs. VG+ dust jacket has protected the book well. First edition in German 1955. Tipped-in color frontispiece. A book of pictures. Music, Musical instruments; B/W and some color photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 465 pages .

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Bookseller: Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16304
Title: STRINGED KEY BOARD INSTRUMENTS 1440 - 1880
Author: Hirt, Franz Josef
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: B Oston Book & Art Shop
Place of Publication: Boston, Mass.
Date Published: 1968
Bookseller catalogs: Music;

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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

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About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller

Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

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