Paul de Ville's The Concertina and How to Play it,

[cjmiller]

Maybe this is old news to everyone here, but I searched and didn't see it mentioned.

 

Anyway, Paul de Ville's 1905 book, The Concertina and How to Play it, is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

 

 

The concertina and how to play it : including 250 patriotic and sacred songs and well known melodies (1905)

 

Author: De Ville, Paul

Subject: Concertina; Concertina music

Publisher: New York : C. Fischer

 

http://www.archive.org/details/concertinahowtop00devi'>http://www.archive.org/details/concertinahowtop00devi

 

 

http://www.archive.org/details/concertinahowtop00devi

[Ken_Coles]

There are some old threads on this book, as well as an article on it and its sources over at the concertina library by Randy Merris.

 

Ken