STEWART, MADEAU - The Music Lover's Guide to Instruments of the Orchestra

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0442233582. First printing of this guide to the various instruments that comprise a symphony orchestra, ".from the violin to castanets." The instruments are divided into 18 groupings, with information about how they are played, how they work, and their historical development and repertoire. With photos, drawings and illustrations throughout (some in color). Includes a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with silver spine titling. Color close-up image of a violin to front panel of dust jacket. --- An about Near Fine copy, undamaged but for minor blemishes to back cover. Unclipped dust jacket with slight creasing along edges, otherwise remaining intact and bright.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 176 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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