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NY: Harold Flammer Inc., 1961.. Paperback, 10.6", 40, in light yellow cardstock with green titles and illus. A cantata in eight sections: Noel Chorus; The Annunciation; My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord ; No Room at the Inn; Christ is Born; The Mother's Lullaby; Pastorale; Glory to God . Very Good+ : a light "office of education stamp" lower front and rear, else very clean and straight, apparently never used.

Burnsville, NC: World Around Songs, after 1970; (cr. Cooperative Recreation Service 1946, 1957). Third edition, slightly larger.. Paperwraps 12mo, pocket-size 3.75x6.7", 72 pp. Book issued for the Council of Southern Mountain Workers in the North Carolina Highland area, from various sources, but several were collected locally by Richard Chase and others. Appalachian. 83 songs with music and verses, inc: All Round My Hat (Baring-Gould, England); The Cuckoo (Mrs Hanna Smith, Cherokee Cty NC); The Keeper (Farnsworth); Dear Companion (Cecil Sharp); Father Grumble (Ritchie family); etc. An excellent collection of Appalachian song! Like New: unused; staples slightly rusty.

Publisher and date not stated: Giant Music Mates? 1967?. Paperwraps, folio 9x12", 32 pp, poster. The 10 songs from Campbells first (Five Hundred Miles, Gentle on my Mind, It's Over, La Bamba, Mary in the Morning, World I Used to Know, Hey Little One, Time I Get to Phoenix, Bad Seed, Bowling Green, Just Another Man) & centerfold on poster stock. . Very Good, solid and unmarked, rubbed near spine, one 1" square slightly darker where tape used to be.

Chicago: M M Cole Publishing, 1948.. Paperwraps 9" x 12" folio, 32 pp. Laid in extra, an 8x10 glossy photo of The Down Homers band, by Quality Photo Service of Bristol CT. With 18 songs by Campbell and Thomas, inc. Blue Eyed Baby; Broken Home; Crioss-Roads; Dream Range; Ev'ry Day I Love You More...San Antone Polka; There's a Lonely Grave n the hillside; etc. Many photos inside covers. Very Good: some dark soil in top half-inch of cover (see photo), else lean and unmarked; paper aging some.

Warren Caplinger, 1934.. Paperwraps in light orange cardstock, spine-stapled, 8.8", 52 pages. Warren Caplinger had a long career with several bands, including Cap, Andy and Flip who broadcasted on WWVA in the 1930's. His "Nobody's Business" with the Cumberland Serenaders was a classic. This booklet has lyrics only to 52 (other) songs. Quite scarce. Are you happy or lonesome; Black sheep; Now you have come back to me; Liza Jane; You've got to walk that lonesome valley; Home sweet home to me; When the roses bloom again for the bootlegger; Sweet Marie; How beautiful heaven must be; The bald headed end of the broom; West Virginia blues; I've not long to stay here; Blue for you; Pumpkin pies that mother use to make; Going down the valley; Music man (sung to tune of Rovin' gambler); Two little orphans; Who's that?; Advice to wife seekers; Orphan children; Corena; Mother's gone; Advice to husband seekers; In the land where we'll never grow old; Green Valley waltz; In my dreams of the U.S.A.; No… Read More

NY: Alfred A Kopf, 1950, first edition stated.. Hardcover in jacket. One of America's most popular writers in the 40's and 50's, Carmer was also a serious student of southern traditions, fiddle and folk music, Ships well protected in cardboard mailer plus. Very Good in Good jacket: book is solid and unmarked; jacket is clean but has rub lines along spine edge and chips across top 1/4 inch of spine and 1/4 x1/2 inch at top front next to spine. Jacket in new archival quality clear protector not shown in photo.

Milwaukie: Hal Leonard Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 079352816X. Folio paperwraps 9x12", 96 pp. 12 songs with full arrangements: The Kid Inside; Nothing Really Happened; I Met A Man Today; Just A Housewife; The Mason; You Can Have The T.V.; The Picture In The Hall; What You'd Call A Dream; Old Movies; Life On Earth; Look In My Eyes; Flight. One of today's most popular Broadway and cabaret singer/songwriters, his works have won many awards and have been performed by many singers Fine: apparently unused.

New York, 1980.. Paperwraps, spine-stapled, 10", 45 pp. Rose Maddox cover & interview; The Persuasions; more. . Very Good; clean, straight, unmarked, with flattened wrinkle on front cover.

London: Workers Music Association, 1946.. Paperwraps, 9.7", 40 pp. A complete musical presentation based on a theme of rivers, with script, poetic, and the words and music to 16 songs: Deep River; The Volga Boatmen; Volga Volga; Mississippi River Blues; The Old Folks At Home; The Sands of the Dee; Loch Lomond; The Jolly Waterman; Maliseet Love Song; Young Monroe; Erie Canal; Blue Danube Waltz (sic., w lyrics); Vltava; On Avignon's Bridge; On the Chia Ling River-- & 8 more without music, sources given. Very Good: solid, unmarked, cover slightly aged; long tear on front cover covered on bgoth sides with bookmenders' archival quality clear tape; else fine.

New York: Bonanza reprint, [1958] (Bonanza editions are never first editions; the original was from Abelard].. Hardcover in jacket, 8.3x10.8", 126 pp. Over 50 lusty, unexpurgated songs and ballads from popular tradition. With music, chords, and multiple verses. . Fine/Very Near Fine: I detect one 1/16" scratch on the jacket, and a slight tendency to curl at the top - else bright and clean; jacket in new archival quality clear protector.

McMinnville, OR: Broadsheet Publications, 1981. ISBN 0941142000. Paperback in tan cardstock, illustrated (engraving of Boon's Treasury, Salem, on front cover); 9 3/8 x 8 inches oblong, 82 pp. A sampler of the best of various folk types available in ORegon at the time, including Irish, Cajun, Bluegrass, etc; performers, and favorite places to hear them; scattered photos inc. Nancy Spencer, Sawtooth Mountain Boys, etc. . Very Good: clean, straight, unmarked.

Madrid: Union Musical Espanola, 1914.. Paperwraps, folio 9x12", 8 pp. . . Very Good: music store stamp else unmarked, clean.

London: Chappell & Co., 50 Bond Street WC; 1855 (not stated).. Hardcover, 3/4 black leather on marbled boards, red morocco title patches, a modern rebinding; 26 cm, xx, 384, 388, [1] pp. A voluminous work, which I have actually found useful. An expansion of his "A collection of national English airs" of 1838-40. † This is a voluminous work, which I have actually found useful. The songs are organized by time period, with an essay on the nature of music at that time, followed by examples.So that "Reigns of James I and Charles I' has a 10-page essay, followed by 78 examples... e.g., two pages about when the fiddle first became referred to as a vyolin, under Charles II, and a few of the players of that era. Each song or tune begins with another brief essay listing antecedents and everywhere it might be found or quoted from, including in some cases several variant verses; followed by the music, followed by many verses (except in the case of a few dance tunes without verses). The music is transcribed… Read More

Charles Hansen Music, c. 1964. Paperwraps, spine-stapled, 10 5/8 in., 48 pages. Three-part arrangements, SSA. Includes A Time For Us; Hello, Dolly!' Holly Holy; I'll Never Fall in Love Again; Promises, Promises; Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; Sugar, Sugar. . Fine: As New.

New York: Oak Publications, 1965, reprint (no printing stated, but ISBN began later).. Large trade pb, 7x10", 112 pp. 112 songs of the Ragtime Era by Scott Joplin, Hughie Cannon, Ben Harney, Will Maion Cook, Alex Rogers, and others, with words, music, chords and brief comments: Ain't it a Shame; Annie Laurie- Ragged; At a Georgia Camp Meeting; Bill Bailey; etc. Interesting 34 page historical introduction by Charters, "Syncopation rules this nation" with brief quotes from Jump Jim Crow through Root Hog or Die for banjo, Civil Rights Juba, up to Maple Leaf Rag. Nice historical illustrations as well. Very Good-: solid, straight, unmarked, uneven fading and rubbing on cover.

New York: W W Norton & Co, 1941, first printing.. Hardcover in jacket. 9", 376 pp. In his "America's Music", Chase argued that folk traditions were more culturally significant than music for the concert hall... A panorama of salient features from the middle ages to the present; including virtuosi, Iberian folk music, dances, Hispanic music in the Americas, the music of Portugal, and much more.. Fine in Very Good jacket; book is straight, clean and unmarked; bright jacket has a 1" closed tear at spine bottom, another shorter near spine top, is in archival quality protector.

Boosey & Hawkes, 2007. ISBN 8408817123. Paperback, 10", 16 pp. inc. back cover. for three-part treble voices, bells, low drum, tambourine & cello. . Fine: As New.

New York: Treasure Chest Publications, 1937.. Paperback, 6.6x9.3", 48 pp. 40 older songs with verses and music: Oh, Susanna; Old Dog Tray; Old Folks at Home; Old Oaken Bucket; Pretty as a Picture; Serenade; Some Day; Songs My Mother Taught Me; 'Tis All That I Can Say; Twickenham Ferry; The Vacant Chair; etc. . Very Good: clean, straight unmarked, cover a little age-tanned along the edges (see our photo).

London; Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 47, Ludgate Hill / 1861.. Hardcover in 3/4 leather with elaborate giltwork on spine, 4 raised bands, marbled boards, all edges and endpapers marbled; 6 3/4 inches tall, 8 vol.PAGES: Vol I: xxxii, 331 pp. Vol II: vi, 402 pp. Vol III: vi, 411 pp. Vol IV: vi, 345 pp. Vol V: xxxvi, 448 pp. Vol VI: iv, 294 pp. Vol VII: iv, 329 pp. Vol VIII: iv, 324 pp. Complete, Including Titles, Contents In Each Volume, Preface, List Of The Principal Collections, Glossary In Each Volume, Introduction to Robin Hood, Index, etc. The complete expanded 8-volume set, including the Robin Hood Ballads. With the bookplates of Rev Gilber H. Philips, 1822-1887, Chaplain to the Archbishop of York, et al.. CONDITION: Very Good. Leather is attractive, with some rubbing and scuffing on leather on bound edges and corners; spine caps and bottoms good but with wear (see photos); all volumes tightly bound with strong joints and hinges, nice; internal pages generally bright, clean, and crisp, but some… Read More

New York: American Book Company, 1976, 4th printing.. Spiral bound, oblong, 10.5x9", xxii, 304 pp. @ 105 songs with words & music, most traditional folk songs: Adorar Al Nino; Alouette; Angel Band; Aupres de Ma Blonde; Blow Away the Morning Dew; Bluebills; Bring ME a Li'l Water, Silvy; Charlie is my Darlin'; David and Goliath; etc. . Very Good+: clean, straight, "4" in front corner in felt pen, else unmarked, exterior lightly rubbed.