The Acoustic Guitar / Nick Freeth & Charles Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeth, Nick, 1956-

Alexander, Charles (Guitarist), author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Martin, 1956- writer of foreword.

Sutherland, Neil, photographer.

De Ste. Croix, Philip, editor.

Courage Books (Firm), publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guitar--History.

Guitar.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

159, [1] pages : color illustrations, color portrait ; 30 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1999.

Contents:

Foreword / Martin Taylor

Introduction

Section One. The Guitar's European Heritage. Chapter 1: The Guitar's Origins; Chapter 2: The Guitar: 1700-1900

Section Two. Twentieth-Century Developments. Chapter 3: Toward the Modern Guitar; Chapter 4: American Archtops; Chapter 5: American Flat-tops; Chapter 6: The Gypsy Guitar; Chapter 7: The Resonator Guitar; Chapter 8: The Twentieth-Century Classical Guitar

Section Three. Today and Tomorrow. Chapter 9: Towards the Future.

Notes:

"Photographers Neil Sutherland & Don Eiler. Commissioning Editor Will Steeds. Editor Philip de Ste. Croix. Designer Phil Clucas MSIAD. Production Neil Randles & Karen Staff. Production Director Graeme Procter."--Title page verso.

"Created by CLB International, Godalming, Surrey, England. Copyright © 1999 Quadrillion Publishing Limited. First published in the United States in 1999 by Running Press."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and discography (pages 153-155) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0762404191

9780762404193

OCLC:

40969736