History of the Boehm Flute, with Dr Von Schafhautl's Life of Boehm, and an Examination of Mr Rockstro's Version of the Boehm-Gordon Controversy

xxiv, 504pp, some black and white photographic plates and in-text illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards, bevelled boards; blind embossed borders and gilt illustration on boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine, heavily rubbed corners and spine ends with some loss and cloth wearing through. Text block edges tanned, pages also tanned and starting to become brittle. Front free endpaper missing and webbing stretching, volume loose. Remnants of label on first blank page, otherwise, internally neat and clean.