XPost: rec.music.classical, rec.music.collecting.misc   
   From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net   
      
   EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:   
   >   
   > I have a complete ten volume set of the 1908 edition of "The   
   > American HIstory and Encyclopedia of Music", inherited from   
   > my musician grandfather.  The set is in mint condition (I   
   > think some of the pages are still uncut) with a wealth of   
   > illustrations, engravings and photgraphs.   
   >   
   > Obviously there are many more up-to-date books on music, but   
   > I thought this might be of interest to collectors   
   > (especially given the condition it's in).  Does anyone know   
   > what it might be worth?  Or should I just give it to the   
   > Goodwill and forget about it?  (I hate to do that, since my   
   > grandfather rather prized it, but if it's worthless...)   
      
   This summer I got four vols. of a turn-of-the-last-century piano tutor   
   that included easy arrangements of familiar works and, in the more   
   advanced volumes, actual short pieces by Chopin, Liszt, and other   
   favorites (most of them now totally obscure). They were marked down to   
   $4 per vol. (they hadn't sold at like $10/vol.) at the Barnes & Noble in   
   Paramus, NJ, that has a huge usedbook department. (Now I'd like to find   
   other volumes of the series!)   
      
   Which is to say, there's likely to be someone interested in it   
   somewhere, or more likely someone coming across it would say, Kewl! and   
   grab it.   
      
   Is eBay worth the hassle?   
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   Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net   
      
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