<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>First edition of Wolfenden</title></head><body> <div>Hi all,</div> <div><br></div> <div>My wife, Kristie, and I flew down to Melbourne this morning for a friend's fiftieth this evening.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Melbourne is well known for its specialist second hand book shops, and my wife, an avid reader and collector of books on myth, loves to frequent these hallowed stores in pursuit of the unusual.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Well, as you do, I tagged along to keep her company and to enjoy the culinary pleasures of Melbourne's Lygon St. While Kristie browsed the mythology section I checked the music section. There, staring me in the face, was a first edition of Wolfenden's<i> A Treatise on the Art of Pianoforte Construction</i>. Its in quite remarkable condition for its age, and I'm sure the bookshop proprietor had no idea of its value. I paid AU$40.00 (US$26.50).</div> <div><br></div> <div>While I already have two copies of the reprinted paperback edition, I couldn't resist the dark green hardback with its gold leaf title. A very lucky find indeed.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Best,</div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>    </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i> Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br>      _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au<br> mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br>      _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>