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New York: Oak Publications, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 7" x 10" Softcover; 152pp; Slight scuffing to spine, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Collection of folk songs for camp including sea chanties, spirituals, work songs, ballads and more. Compiled and edited with notes by Mike Cohen on the use of folk songs in a camp music program. Includes guitar chords for each song, and historical notes. Illustrated with photos.

No Publisher Noted, 1939. Softcover. Good. 11" x 17" Newsprint; 16pp; Folded newsprint, pages edgeworn & age-toned with short tears & minor chipping, text unmarked, Good condition. Scarce vintage newspaper supplement or insert containing the lyrics to many cowboy songs, western ballads, cowhand, pioneer, ranger, mountaineer, prison and comedy songs ranging from 1849 to 1939. Photo of Happy Gordon, NBC Western Singing Star on front cover.

Cincinnati, OH: Artist Publications Inc., 1953. Softcover. Very Good. 11" x 8-1/4" Wraps; 48pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage souvenir of hillbilly and western star musicians from the mid-1950s with imprint of radio station KXLA in Southern California. Includes Special Section starring sacred singers. Featured stars include: Hank Williams, Jimmy Dickens, Jim Reeves, Slim Whitman, Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, The Carlisles, Cindy Walker, Ray Price, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Minnie Pearl, Rex Allen and many others. Illustrated with photos, as well as drawings by M. Smith.

New York: Leeds Music Corporation, 1941. Softcover. Good+. 9" x 12" Wraps; 24pp; Previous owner's stamp to front cover, covers age-toned with moderate wear to spine, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage jazz piano songbook by legendary jazz pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). Contents: Mary Lou Williams Photo; Biography; Mary Lou Williams Blues; A Mellow Bit of Rhythm; Scratchin' in the Gravel; Toadie Toddle; Walkin' and Swingin'; Pianotations (Hints on playing Mary Lou Williams' style).

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. 8" x 11" Cloth in DJ; 127pp; DJ price-clipped & slightly edgeworn, foxing to boards at spine, slight chipping to front endpaper, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG-/VG condition. Vintage collection of over 101 folk songs from the late 1950s folk revival era, arranged for piano & guitar. Illustrated by Abner Graboff.

New York: Danad Publishing Company, Inc., 1972. Softcover. Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; 82pp; Covers slightly rubbed with slight handling wear & minor creasing at corners, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage entertainment magazine. Special music issue. Features Grace Slick on front cover. Includes articles on Cat Stevens, Broadway Musicals, Country Music, San Francisco, the New Seekers, reviews and more. Illustrated with photos.

Braintree, MA: The Organ Literature Foundation, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. 105pp; Clean, tight copy, VG condition. Discography consisting of 415 entries of recordings of American organ music, plus indexes by performer, organ builder & instrument location, album title, record label & number, author of program notes, and series.

Basel: Barenreiter Kassel, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 7-3/4" x 10-1/2" Cloth in DJ; 310pp + 46 plates; DJ slightly age-toned, extremely clean, tight copy, Fine/VG+ condition. Covers the work of Arp Schnitger, highly influential German organ builder (1648-1719) and his school. Includes foldout diagram of the Schitger family. Illustrated with b/w photos. Text in German.

New York: AMS Press, 1975. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 271pp; Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, extremely clean, tight copy, Near Fine condition. Facsimile reprint of 1920 Scribner's edition. Subtitle: Mary Garden, Debussy, Chopin or the Circus, Botticelli, Poe, Brahmsody, Anatole France, Mirbeau, Caruso on Wheels, Calico Cats, the Artistic Temperament; Idols and Ambergris; with the Supreme Sin, Grindstones, A Masque of Music, and the Vision Malefic. Illustrated with photos.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 335pp; DJ price-clipped with slight scuffing & edgewear, clean, tight copy, VG/VG condition. An alphabetical reference guide to Beethoven's life and work by a leading musicologist.

New York: Oak Publications, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 12" Softcover; 111pp; Covers clean & bright, intact flexidisc attached inside front cover, thick marker writing to title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Complete instruction guide covering basic and advanced techniques with 38 tunes and transcriptions in the styles of J. P. Fraley, Gaither Carlton, Lowe Stokes, Frank George, Gid Tanner and others. Includes flexidisc. Illustrated with photos and diagrams.

New York: Boosey & Hawkes, 1950. Softcover. Good+. 7" x 10-1/2" Wraps; 95pp; A few surface tears & minor chipping to covers, corner slightly bumped, previous owner's name to title page, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Memorial review of the life and works of composer Bela Bartok. Includes articles on his life and works reprinted from Tempo, the quarterly review of contemporary music, a chronological listing of works, Bartok on Records, Bartok Bibliography. Illustrated with photos & musical examples.

Universal Edition, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8" x 11-1/2" Hardcover in DJ; 260pp; Small stain to FFEP, else clean, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Pictorial biography of modern Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. Heavily illustrated with photographs. Text in German.

London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Hardcover in DJ; 485pp; Extremely clean, tight copy, VG+/VG+ condition. First full-length critical biography in English for both his life and music, of the Italian composer of operas. Illustrated.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 512pp; DJ slightly edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. The life of Bix Beiderbecke, complete with chronology and discography. Illustrated with photos.

Ojai, CA: Creative Concepts Publishing Corp., 1975. Softcover. Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Spiral-Bound Softcover; 96pp; Wear to covers, bottom tooth of plastic binding comb broken off, gift inscr. to title page, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Blues harp instruction featuring the songs of Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, Chuck Berry & others. Illustrated with photos.

Washington, DC: Robert J. Clayton, 1972. Revised Edition. Softcover. Good+. 8-1/2 x 11 Wraps; Revised Edition; 27pp; Slight handling wear to covers, small surface tear to front cover, small X marks to a few pages, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage instruction manual for old-timey style banjo. Illustrated with musical notation.

New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1957. Softcover. Very Good. 9" x 12" Wraps; 24pp; Store stamp to front cover, else covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage songbook containing 11 boogie woogie compositions for the piano. Contents: Clowning Around; Jitterbug Jive; Buckin' Bronco Boogie; Soft Shoe Boogie; Barbecue Boogie; Boogie Fun; Rock-A-Way Boogie; The Dungaree Hop; Saturday Night; Scarlet Slippers; Blue Boogie Blues.

New York: Belwin Publications, 1944. Softcover. Very Good-. 9" x 12" Wraps; 32pp; Covers age-toned, pages slightly age-toned, store stamp to title page, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Scarce, vintage boogie woogie songbook for piano. Contents: Apache (France); Arkansas Traveler (U.S.A.); Boogie Czardas (Hungary); Boogie Polka (Slovak); Canadian Medley (Canada); El Choclo (South America); Krakowiak (Poland); Loch Lomond (Scotland); London Bridge is Falling Down (England); Londonderry Air (Ireland); Orientale; O Solo Mio (Italy); Scandinavian Medley; Turkish March; Whirling Cossacks (Russian).

New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1943. Softcover. Good+. 9" x 12" Wraps; 44pp; Covers sunned with handling wear but clean & bright, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage boogie woogie piano songbook by legendary jazz pianist, arranger and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981). 15 songs including: Roll 'Em; Stompin' at the Savoy; Lullaby in Rhythm; Runnin' Wild; I'm in the Mood for Love; Little Joe from Chicago; Don't Blame Me; If I Had You; The Moon is Low; In a Mist; The Doll Dance; How Am I To Know?; Sleepy Time Gal; Clouds; I Never Knew.