NY Da Capo (1989)., 1989. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" pp: x, 272 Covers all kinds of American folk: blues and gospel; zydeco; string and jug bands; bluegrass; ethnic; playing styles; etc. Illustrated by frequent photo-illus in text. New Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Delaware, OH: Coop Recreation Service, 1948. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Inside of paper cover scuffed. 32pp. Lyrics in Spanish and English, music throughout. 6.75" x 3.75". (more information)

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Cambridge, MA: Winthrop, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. pp: xii, 106, discography; illus from photographs. Includes Donovan, Judy Collins, Don L. Lee, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, and others. 9.25" x 6.75". (more information)

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Princeton, Ithaca, &c. various [1969]., 1969. All materials in very good to fine condition. Comprises: poster on yellow stock, 17" x 11", sketch of Schneyer at center, "The Cornell Folk Song Club presents Helen Schneyer, unaccompanied ballads, gospel, and mining songs, Friday, Nov. 7, 8:30 pm, Temple of Zeus."; flyer, 11" x 8.5", "Princeton Folk Music Society invites you to spend an evening with Helen Schneyer singing ballads, chanteys, hymns, mining songs .Friday, Jan. 10.Witherspoon Presbyterian Church."; press photo, 8" x 10", captioned: "Helen Schneyer, Folk-Legacy Recording Artist"; photocopies of articles on Schneyer by Nat Hentoff and Stephanie Faul. Helen Schneyer was known for decades as a collector and "sensitive interpreter of primarily traditional material" [Baggelaar & Milton, FOLK MUSIC, pages 335-336]. ".one of the living treasures of American traditional music. She began singing professionally a half-century ago with Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and others at New York hootenannies." [see MUSIC HOUND: FOLK, edited by Neal Walters & Brian Mansfield, page 704]. Illustrated by illus from photographs, &c. originals edition. Binding is portfolio. (more information)

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[NY] Columbia Records (1963)., 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Record and jacket in very good condition. 12" lp record In the original album cover, showing African-Americans and a few whites singing. The back cover notes are by Seeger. This was his last concert before his round-the-world tour with his family. The songs deal with current events and controversial issues, from integration ("If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus," "Oh Freedom," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize", &c.) to suburban conformity ("Little Boxes") by composers ranging from Bob Dylan to Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton, and Pete Seeger. First Edition. Binding is orig jacket. (more information)

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Guthrie Children's Trust Fund, 1963. First Separate. Self-wraps. Very Good. 37pp. This is a rare offprint from Mainstream magazine, August 1963. 8" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Oak Publications, 1964. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 40pp; illus throughout from drawings and photographs. Pete Seeger met steel-drum musician Kim Loy Wong in Trinidad in 1956, and Folkways brought him to the US in 1959 where he made two albums for them, performed live in NYC, etc. 11" x 8.5". (more information)

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NY Welcome Rain (1999)., 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Hurt" book: crack in spine covering, else near fine condition. 9" x 6.5" 336pp w/index Includes a glossary of Indian musical terms and a 1920-1997 chronology. This sumptuously designed and illustrated volume, printed in Italy, traces Ravi Shankar's life and includes many details of Indian music and history. Illustrated by many b&w and color photos. 1st ppbk edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Da Capo Press, 1997. First Thus. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 573pp; 16pp illus from photographs; song index, discography, general index. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY: Penguin Books, 1978. First paperback edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. pp: (vi), 184; frequent text illus from photographs. Playwright Shepard here chronicles Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue which stormed the northeast US in 1975. 10" x 6.75". (more information)

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Paris, France Printed by Studium (1936)., 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Decorative paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.5" x 8" 49pp Original string ties. On back of title-page is printed "No. 150." The author was musical director of Uday Shan-kar and Company of Hindu Dancers and Musicians. Laid in is a four-page program, "S. Hurok presents Uday Shan-kar and his Hindu Ballet," performed at the Academy of Music on February 15, 1937. Illustrated by 12 plates from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Lancaser, PA: Landis Art Press, 1921. not bound. Very Good. Printed in black on white stock. ".Best kind of work done while you wait.Starting January 1st, '21." Lists prices for many kinds of repairs to shoes for men, women and children. Interesting display ad by an Italian-American craftsman. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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Altoona, PA: Times Tribune, 1923. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Expertly restored in new gray boards with original wraps mounted. pp: 228, (5), index; 22 plates from photographs. Most of the plates are full-length photo-portraits of players and singers, including a number of Native Americans. This music, as sung in Pennsylvania's "Black Forest" from 1840 to 1923, was collected by Henry W. Shoemaker, John C. French, and John H. Chatham. Included are many examples of music built on local lore as well as cowboy songs, canal-boat songs, "The Slave's Lament," songs of the Civil War era, etc. 7.5" x 5.75". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 75pp; text illus from photographs. Special 25th Anniversary Issue, 20 pages longer than usual, and including a 33-1/3 rpm recording of 14 songs of labor struggle. Candid cover photo of People's Songsters Lee Hayes and Pete Seeger. Articles include: "Songs of Labor and the American People" by Pete Seeger; a 25-year history of Sing Out! Magazine by Alan Senauke; "The Red Dust Players" by Agnes `Sis' Cunningham; an interview with Merle Travis; obituaries for Mable Hillery and Phil Ochs; etc. The 14 songs on the record include: "Joe Hill's Will"; "Bread and Roses"; "Muskrat"; "Gonna Go to Work on Monday"; "We Sure Got Hard Times"; "When I'm Gone" by Phil Ochs; "West Fork Girls"; "If I Had A Hammer"; &c. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 49pp; text illus from photographs. The lead article is an interview with guitarist Larry Johnson, followed by part two of the interview with Frankie Armstrong. Included in this issue are: words and music to "You Gave Me A Song" by Alice Gerrard, and "On A Cold Winter's Night" by Carson Robison; obituary for Maurice Sugar, labor songwriter; folk festival news; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1969. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 44pp; text illus from photographs. A troubling cover illustration by Jeff Schlanger symbolizes agony over the 1969 song, My massacre in Vietnam. Articles include: If This Be Treason, an anti-war piece by Barbara Dane; If You Love Uncle Sam (Bring 'em Home), song by Pete Seeger; Josh White: A Farewell, by Don McLean; A Personal Statement about Folk Music by Josh Dunson; An Incomplete List of Folk Clubs and Societies; reviews of books and records; lyrics and music to folksongs; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 53pp; text illus from photographs. The theme of this issue is Songs of American Women, including Songs of Black Women, Women's Music Festival, etc. Has an article on Sweet Honey in the Rock by Bernice Reagon, and short pieces by Alice Gerrard, Suni Paz, Deborah Silverstein, Lily May Ledford, and Ethel Raim. Contains words and music to coal-mining songs, protest songs, and labor songs. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1973. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 51pp; text illus from photographs. Contains an interview with Dillard Chandler, North Carolina balladeer, an article on instrument construction and repair, &c. Also featured are protest music from Greece, and songs of the Chilean Revolution. The "Sing Out! Songsheet" [33-1/3 rpm record] bound in contains: "Wayfaring Stranger" by Horton Barker; "The Carolina Lady" by Dillard Chandler; "The Honest Farmer" by Fiddlin' John Carson; "Goin' Away" by Utah Phillips; "East St. Louis Blues" by Jimmy Yancey; and Chilean and Greek songs of protest. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1980., 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 46pp On the cover is an outdoor portrait of Peggy Seeger from a photograph by David Gahr. Articles include: Honing, Polishing, Casting Out: Peggy Seeger Talks about the Folk Process; a report by Sarah Plant on cultural changes in the "New Nicaragua"; words and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1971. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 44pp; text illus from photographs. This issue has a full-cover portrait of Paul Siebel and an interview with him, conducted by Happy Traum. Has articles on: National guitars and guitar inlay work; "Johnny Appleseed, Jr." by Pete Seeger; obituaries; words and music to "Singin' Those House of David Blues," "Turn to Your Sister," "Bye Bye Baby Blues," "Body Count," and other songs; folk scene news, etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1975. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 55pp; text illus from photographs. This issue is devoted to Native American Music, and bound in is a 33-1/3 rpm recording of 12 Native American songs. Articles include: "Songs of the Creation" by Rarihokwats; "Within the Circle" (interview with Greg Borst); Teach-in on the Plains Drum and the Courting Flute; "Crow Dog, the Silent Singer" by Richard Erdoes; "Traditional American Indian Music on Record" by Tony Isaacs; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1979., 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 46pp On the cover is photographic portrait of Leda Valladares. Articles include: an interview with Argentine singer Leda Valladares; reminiscences of Georgia's Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls; obituary of musicologist Charles Seeger, written by his son, Pete; words and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1970. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 44pp; text illus from photographs. Has articles on: Doug Kershaw--Louisiana Man; pointers for beginning dulcimer players; the white poetry syndicate (excluding African-American poets) by Walter Lowenfels; words and music to "The Carrion Crow," "Last Train to Nuremberg," "Roll on, John," and other songs; folk scene news; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1981., 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 46pp On the cover is a portrait of Django Reinhardt at home with his guitar, from a photograph by Herve Derrien. This special issue on "Folk Music and Disabled People" includes: an interview with Doc Watson (along with some guitar hints from Doc); an article on "accessible folk festivals," with emphasis on the Great Hudson River Revival; a teach-in on Django Reinhardt's way of coping with his fire-damaged fingers; words and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 51pp; text illus from photographs. Has an article on Western Swingtime Music by Jerry Zolten, an interview with Frankie Armstrong by Ethel Raim, etc. The "Sing Out! Songsheet" [33-1/3 rpm record] bound in contains 12 songs, including: "Stay All Night" by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys; "Jack the Lad" and "Doors to My Mind" by Frankie Armstrong; "Estadio Chile" by Pete Seeger; "Mississippi John" by Happy & Artie Traum; "Howling Wolf Blues" by Funny Papa Smith; etc. An article by Lorre Wyatt examines the rumor that Bob Dylan didn't write "Blowin' in the Wind." 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1980., 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 46pp On the cover is an outdoor portrait of Lee Hays, from a 1959 photograph by David Gahr. Articles include: interview with Lee Hays, bass part of The Weavers, conducted by Jim Capaldi just before Lee's death; a feature with songs on Egyptian musician and dissident El Sheikh Imam, by Faith Petric; words and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Sing Out, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Pictorial paper covers. 64pp; text illus from photographs. On the cover is a woodcut by Peter Schumann, showing a stylized manger scene, three wise men, and aircraft flying overhead. Articles include: A photo-essay on the 1968 Festival of American Folk Life; Interview with Roger (Jim) McGuinn of the Byrds, by John Cohen; The Christmas Story of the Bread and Puppet Theater, told in woodcuts and captions; memorial biography of Ernest (Pop) Stoneman, 1893-1968, by Mike Seeger; reviews of books and records; words and music to folksongs; etc. 10" x 7". (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1977., 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 56pp On the cover is portrait of Andres Jimenez from a photograph by Allen Arpadi. Articles include: feature interview with Puerto Rican singer Andres (El Jibaro) Jimenez; Chicago's Irish Musical Tradition; Bernice Reagon's report on the Georgia Sea Island Festival, with photos; Chelsea House Folklore Center in West Brattleboro, Vermont; a 33-1/3 rpm vinyl recording of 11 songs; lyrics and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1977., 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 54pp On the cover is a photograph of immigrant musicians and two dancers, taken at Ellis Island by Lewis Hine in 1905. Articles include: Philippine Music and Its Revolutionary Role; an interview with Yiddish singer Feigel Yudin; Music of Haiti by Toro by Leni Marin; obituary for Fannie Lou Hamer; lyrics and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Sing Out 1977., 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 10" x 7" 54pp On the cover is portrait of Roosevelt Sykes from a photograph by David Gahr. Articles include: feature interview with pianist Roosevelt (Honeydripper) Sykes, with words and music to "Gulfport Boogie"; Congress's new revision of the 1909 copyright law and its effect on songs; concentration camp survivor Aleksander Kulisiewicz and his songs; lyrics and music to various songs; monthly columns; classified ads; etc. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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