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Chicago: McKinley Music, 1921. Later printing. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away...." 12.5" x 9.5 ... more information

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NY: Ballantine Books, 1960. First edition. Trade Paperback Original. Very Good. Barbara Remington. 160pp; illus throughout text. Contains words and music to 52 folk songs from all over the world, translated into English, including African Veldt songs. 7" x 4.25 ... more information

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NY Shapiro, Bernstein (1943)., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 12" x 9" 48pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 16 polkas, written in as many different countries. Includes: Pennsylvania Polka (USA); Beer Barrel Polka (Czecho-Slovakia); Free China Polka (China); One More Stein Polka (Holland); Bowling Polka (Poland); Zoompa Polka (Uruguay); etc. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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NY Ludlow Music & Sanga Music (1965)., 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 48pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment and guitar chords to 22 songs. Titles include: The Bells of Rhymney; Empty Pockets Blues; Get Up and Go; Hudson River Song; This Old Car; Who Killed Norma Jean?; and 16 more. The final page contains Seeger's "Extroduction to the Songbook.". Illustrated by Leona Pierce drawing, photo. Fir... more information

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NY: Amsco, 1994. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 24pp; 9 large illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 10 Dylan songs: World Gone Wrong; Ragged & Dirty; Broke Down Engine; Delia; Two Soldiers; etc. 12" x 9". ... more information

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NY Big 3 Music (1979)., 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.75" x 8.75" 352pp w/index Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to many Baez songs. The first part of the book is devoted to her poetry/song lyrics and drawings. Illustrated by many Baez drawings, photo. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Nashville: Radio Station WSM, Circa 1942. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 48pp; 35 b&w photo-illus of Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys and Girls. Contains a page of commentary and a page of facsimile signatures of the band members, along with words and music to 58 songs, including: Lying Woman Blues; Weary River; Automobile of Life; Stuck Up Blues; Blue Eyed Darling; Stream Lined Cannon Ball; and 52 more. 8.5" x 5.25 ... more information

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Nashville: WSM, 1958. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8pp illus from photographs with captions. A brief biog of Hawk is printed inside the front cover. A blurb by Hawkins about his manager, Tom Kelly, is inside the back cover. The 24 photographs show Hawkins with his "wonder horse Tomahawk," with his baseball team, with other country stars, etc. Bit of spotty foxing at edges of cover. 12" x 9 Signed boldly on the back cover, "Hawkshaw Hawkins '58." Also signed... more information

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Nashville: Grand Old Opry, Circa 1940s. Original edition. not bound. Very Good. 8" x 10" glossy, captioned. ... more information

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s.l.: s.n., Circa 1954. Original . not bound. Fine. This 8" x 10" glossy photo shows Dickens in "rhinestone cowboy" garb, standing with one foot on a wagon wheel. On the back, written in pencil and signed with a flourish, "Best Wishes / Jimmy Dickens." ... more information

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various various (1983)., 1983. All materials in very good to fine condition. Comprises: Original contract for Tom Paxton's concert on February 1, 1983, at Statler Hall, providing for "one x 90 minute concert including a short intermission at 8:00 p.m.," signed by Paxton and by the president of the Cornell Folk Song Club, specifying the cash guarantee, Paxton's percentage of gate receipts, lighting, sound system, dressing room, ground transportation, accommodations, &c.; five different... more information

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NY: Avon Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: viii, 406, index; 21pp illus from photographs. 9.5" x 6.25". ... more information

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Las Vegas: Norman Seeff, 1979. Original edition. Near Fine. Norman Seeff. Signed with a careless flourish under his printed signature. ... more information

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ca. 1980. Original edition. Very Good. A sign at the front of the stage reads: Kentucky Fried Chicken Bluegrass Music Festival. ... more information

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no date.. Few tiny tears in top margin, repaired on verso: very good cond. 5" x 3.75" Bold signature in brown ink. original photo edition. Binding is not bound. ... more information

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no date.. Overall in fine condition. 5" x 3.75" Bold signature in blue ink, using Cyrillic capitals in her name. original photo edition. Binding is not bound. ... more information

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1989., 1989. Bold black signature; fine condition. 8" x 10" Inscribed: "To Sandra from Buck Owens.". Illustrated by photo by Peter Darley Miller. original photo edition. Binding is not bound. ... more information

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nd [ca. 1990s]., 1990. Bold black signature; fine condition. 8" x 10" Inscribed: "For Mary from Willie Nelson 98.". Illustrated by original photograph. original photo edition. Binding is not bound. ... more information

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USA Woolner Brothers Pictures 1967., 1967. Fine condition. 11" x 14" broadside Features a large, color still from the movie, showing a band in western-swing garb on stage with a Nashville Jamboree banner behind them. "Hear your favorite country-western stars! Molly Bee, Merle Haggard, Joi Lansing, Jim Kent, Don Bowman, Ferlin Husky, Sonny James, Marcella Wright." The movie actors are: John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Linda Ho, Basil Rathbone. At the left side of the poster, a creature is sho... more information

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NY: Robbins Music, 1936. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 80pp; five full-page caricatures by Cugat. Contains words and music to 22 songs, including: Cuban Love Song; Dark Night; El Choclo; La Cucaracha; La Golondrina; Santiago; Tango In D; and 15 more. 12" x 9 ... more information

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