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Europe (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 8)
by Rice, Timothy; Porter, James; Goertzen, Chris (editors)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0824060342
- ISBN 13
- 9780824060343
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Garland Publishing Group, 2000. 1144pp., bibliographical references, discographies, and indexes. Includes CD of Selected Audio Examples. Pictorial glossy boards. First edition, 1st Printing (with complete number line). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Ser., Vol. 8. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 1169. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Outer page edges have some finger soiling. Binding is a bit loose due to size but pages are secure; no cracks or breaks. Covers are scuffed. Shelfwear (head/heel of spine have minor denting with a few small nicks, 1/4" nick on lower rear cover edge, light bumping to edges, upper corners are dented, all corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Comprehensive look at the folk and traditional musics of the European continent - from Ireland to the new republics of Georgia and Belarus. In over seventy articles by sixty-one contributors from around the world, this encyclopedia explores musical life from historical and ethnographic perspectives and provides extensive analysis of songs and instrumental music. Nice copy of this valuable reference. . First Edition, Collectible. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008246
- Title
- Europe (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 8)
- Author
- Rice, Timothy; Porter, James; Goertzen, Chris (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Collectible
- ISBN 10
- 0824060342
- ISBN 13
- 9780824060343
- Publisher
- Garland Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Popular Music Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music; Music - Biography; Music - Reference;
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