Treatise on the Military Band Hardback 1st Ed , Copyright 1931 Signed Paul Yoder

Rare Hardcover First Edition ,1931 Treatise on the Military Band . Authored by H.E. Adkin Signed by Paul Yoder shown in photos. Authored : Capt. H. E. ADKINS, Mus.Bac.,L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M., p.s.m. Director of Music, The Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall Publisher: BOOSEY & CO., LTD., LONDON & NEW YORK Sole Selling Agents: BOOSEY & HAWKES, LTD., 295, Regent Street, London, W.1. Copyright 1931 by Boosey Co Co., Ltd. PRINTED : (Inscribed on back page ) PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY HARRISON AND SONS, LIMITED. PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY, 44-47, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C.2. Condition: Very Good. Tight binding,no dust jacket.Book cover shows some discoloration shown in photos . Pages have no marks, turned down pages and color is consistent with age. First Edition. xi, 253pp, photos, notation, manuscript. book on military band music. Paul Van Buskirk Yoder (October 8, 1908 – April 4, 1990) was an American musician, composer, arranger, and band director. Yoder was an honorary life member of the National Band Association and was awarded, amongst other awards, the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts, the Distinguished Service to Music Medal, and was inducted into the prestigious National Band Association Hall of Fame . “He was one of the most influential band personalities of the mid 20th century, he was at one time the most popular composer/arranger of band music in America.”