Chinery, Scott with Bacon, Tony; The Chinery Collection: 150 Years of American Guitars Bonus Poster
LONDON AND ENGLAND, BALAFON BOOKS/OUTLINE PRESS, 1996 LIMITED ED, HARD BACK
Overall Condition is: VERY GOOD
Bonus plus Poster 50 x 40 Creative Director: Nigel Osborne. Design: Sally Stockwell. Photography: Miki Slingsby. Editor: Siobhan Pascoe. Limited Edition of 6000. Number 0594 of 6000. Slipcase: Gilt title on cover. open shrinkwrap still in place. Dust Jacket: pictorial cover with just a hint of rubbing to foil from the slipcase. Cover: Gilt title on spine. Excerpt from dust jacket, This important new work tells the story of 150 years of American guitar history through over 300 rare and exceptional instruments from the stunning collection of Scott Chinery. The story begins in New York in the 1830s as Christian arrives from his native Germany to set up the Martin guitar company and establish the blueprints for the American guitar. From that historic moment the reader is taken on a fascinating and comprehensive tour of guitar history. The many highlights of the Collection are showcased here in lavish, full-color photography, with over 300 instruments from more thant 75 brandnames that also include Bigsby, Ditson, Dobro, Dyer, Epiphone, Gretsch, Kay, Maccaferri, Micro-Frets, Mosrite, Oahu, Regal, Rickenbacker, Stella, Stromberg, Vega, Washburn, Wilkanowski and many more. Selected prime instruments are shown in extra-large size on special three-page foldouts strategically positioned throughout the book. Balafon's Registered Owner's Portfolio laid in. Also, contains a Chinery Collection Poster r 50 x 40 inches of a woman with a extremely large (BODATIOUS) bust holding a Martin Baby Ditson Style 45 guitar, and on the other side is many different guitars. Additional postage required.
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