Portland, Oregon American Music 1942., 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" pp: 48, (2) Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 20 cowboy songs performed by the group. Titles include: Pals of the Golden West; Ridin' on A Stage to Chino; My Old Bunkhouse Home; Pancho, the Gay Cavalero; Moonlight in the Ozarks; The Sagebrush Blues; and 14 more. Illustrated by cover, 4 illus from photos. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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York, PA: Radio Station WORK, 1942. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Printed paper covers. 24pp; illus from photographs and drawings in a World War II patriotic theme. Contains lyrics to 19 cowboy songs, including: I Left My Girl in the Mountains; When the Cactus Is in Bloom; Rodeo Sweetheart; Down the Oregon Trail; etc. 9" x 6". (more information)

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NY Hank Keene 1935., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9.75" x 6.75" 44pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, bass lines, chord symbols and frames to 50 cowboy and hillbilly songs written by Hank Keene. Titles include: Hank Keene's Gang on the Air; The Cowboy's Last Wish; The Blue Yodeler; Let's Go Down to the Rodeo; Down in Possum Hollow; I Want to Be A Cow-boy; and 44 more. Illustrated by cover and 7 photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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South Coventry, CT Hank Keene (1935)., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" 32pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 35 of Keene's songs. Illustrated by illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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South Coventry, CT Hank Keene (1936)., 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near very good condition. 10" x 6.75" 36pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 41 of Keene's songs. Illustrated by illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Crawford Music (1932)., 1932. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near very good condition. 11.75" x 8.75" 52pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 35 of Keene's hits, some of the songs written by himself. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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South Coventry, CT Hank Keene (1935)., 1935. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers worn, contents in good condition. 9.75" x 6.75" 32pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 35 western songs and yodels, written and sung on the radio by Hank Keene. Signed by Keene under his portrait. Illustrated by portrait and sketch on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Published by the Author, 1936. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 24 pages. Includes 15 illustrations from photographs as well as words and music to 23 songs, including: Little Joe, the Wrangler; Maggie's Answer; Peri Meri Dinctum; Sourwood Mountain; The Gypsy's Warning; Utah Carroll; and nine more. 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY: Peer International, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus from Photograph. 32 pages. Words and music to 17 songs, including: Chewing Gum; I Am Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia; Ridin' Down that Old Kentucky Trail; Wabash Cannon Ball; and 12 more. Kincaid is billed on the cover as a "Pioneer Singer of American Folk Ballads." 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY: Peer International, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good. Illus from Photograph. 32 pages. Words and music to 17 songs, including: Chewing Gum; I Am Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia; Ridin' Down that Old Kentucky Trail; Wabash Cannon Ball; and 12 more. Kincaid is billed on the cover as a "Pioneer Singer of American Folk Ballads." Cover rubbed, and worn along spine. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Nashville Milene Music 1946., 1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 48pp Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 20 songs written and performed by Pee Wee King. Titles include: Covered Wagon Lullaby; Gun-totin' Mama; Juke-box Blues; Tennessee Central (Number 9); Texas Toni Lee; and 15 more. Illustrated by 6 full-page photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Portland, OR: American Music, 1939. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 58pp. Contains words and music to "20 new songs, introduced by J.L. Frank's original Golden West Cowboys," including: My Madonna of the Trail; Rocky Mountain Trail; Swim, You Lazy Cattle, Swim; I'll Never Be A Saddle-tramp Again; It's Swing-time in the Valley; and 15 more. Inset on the cover is a photo of Pee Wee King and his accordion. Stamped on the cover are the call letters of radio station K.R.L.D. (Dallas, Texas). 12" x 9". (more information)

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New Hyde Park, NY Chas. H. Hansen Music (1951)., 1951. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 15pp Contains lyrics and music to six songs: Good Night Cincinnati (and Good Morning Tennessee); Pretty Polly Polka; You Don't Have to Be A Baby to Cry; and three more. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1943. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Corners of covers and some leaves are dogeared. 96pp. The orange and blue cover has a view of a cowboy approaching two other riders, cactus and rocks in the background. Contains lyrics, music and chords to 84 songs, including: Bluebell Canyon Bill; Freight Train Blues; I'm Goin' Back to Old Montana; Lonely Cowboy; On Rum River Shore; Range Land Reverie; Shy Little Ann from Cheyenne; Winds of the Prairie; etc. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Staunton, Virginia Frank Kurtz (1942)., 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8" x 5.5" (16)pp Contains lyrics, melody lines and guitar chords to 12 songs written by Frank Salt & Richard Liller, and four by Dick Hart. The songs by Salt and Liller are sentimental, e.g., Who'll Take the Place of Mother, Old Fashioned Family Prayers, etc. More interesting, perhaps, are four sets of lyrics to topical songs by Dick Hart: The Farmer's Letter to the President; Talking Blues; Our Good Old Franklin D; and Dollar and the Devil. Laid in are three photographs, two printed in sepia on light stock and the third on emulsion paper. The subjects are identified in pencil on the versos: Buddy Frank (young boy with fiddle and bow); Lulu and Wimpy (silly-looking woman perched on fat man's knee); Sunset Jamboree (group portrait of 12 musicians, each identified on the photograph). Illustrated by 3 photographs laid in. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Southern Music, 1940. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 32pp. Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 19 country and western songs as sung on the radio by Cousin Lee and the boys. 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY Dixie Music 1942., 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Scattered foxing on covers, else near very good condition. 10.75" x 8.5" 32pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames for 19 songs. Titles include: Floating Down the Mississippi; Hee Haw, Hallelujah!; Pee-wee Polka; Riding the Range of Wyoming; Sugar Loaf Waltz; and 14 more. The cover photo shows Cousin Lee, Sarah Lee, and The Boys (Duke, Arnie, Tex, Wally, and Rawhide). Illustrated by group photo-portrait cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Southern Music 1943., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Usual light wear to corners, else near very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains a preface, lyrics, music, guitar chords and frames for 11 songs as performed on the radio by Cousin Lee and the boys. Titles include: Born to Lose; I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Modern Cannon Ball; When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again; and seven more. Illustrated by illus cover, inset photo. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. William Moyers. Original cloth. pp: xiii, 254, glossary, bibliography, compendium of songs; illus on title-page and in text. Signed under the half-title, "Katie Lee" with a flourish. The author, a noted folksinger, traces the evolution of cowboy music in this annotated compilation of cowboy verse and song, including more than 50 original musical arrangements, with historical notes and a discography for each song. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. William Moyers. pp: xiii, 254, glossary, bibliography, compendium of songs; illus on title-page and in text. The author, a noted folksinger, traces the evolution of cowboy music in this annotated compilation of cowboy verse and song, including more than 50 original musical arrangements, with historical notes and a discography for each song. 9.5" x 6.25". (more information)

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Portland, Oregon American Music 1941., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12.25" x 9" 50pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 20 songs performed by Texas Jim. Titles include: When the Robins Sing in Texas; Saddles in the Sky; Buckaroo at Eighty-two; Fiddlin' Fool of the Prairie; Out Arizona Way; and 15 more. Illustrated by cover and one photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Portland, Oregon American Music 1941., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fore-edge darkened, else in very good condition. 12.25" x 9" 50pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames for 20 cowboy songs. Titles include: When the Robins Sing in Texas; Covered Wagon Trail; Saddles in the Sky; Fiddlin' Fool of the Prairie; My Pipe, My Pinto an' Me; Out Arizona Way; Painted Desert Ranch; and 13 more. Illustrated by candid portrait inside cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Steven M. Johnson. Price-clipped dust jacket. pp: xii, 595, bibliography, chord charts, index; illustrated chapter dividers. Contains words and music to nearly 300 songs, arranged by topics such as: Coming Round the Horn; When I Was A Miner; The Mormon Question; The Regular Army, O!; The Texas Cowboy; The Kansas Emigrant; Starving to Death on A Government Claim; Hallelujah on the Bum; Oh, You Wobblies!; A Dollar A Day without Board; etc. 11.25" x 8.75". (more information)

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NY: Big Three Music, 1978. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 80pp; 13 illus from photographs (covers in color). Contains words and music to 22 songs performed by Loretta Lynn, including: Another Man Loved Me Last Night; Coal Miner's Daughter; Here I Am Again; Kinfolks Holler; The Pill; Rated X; Spring Fever; and 15 more. 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY: Robbins Music, 1942. First Edition. Fair. Lacking the covers. Contains words and music to 22 cowboy and hillbilly songs, including: Along A Texas Trail; Hills of Idaho; Roll Along Prairie Moon; Take Me Back to Col-ler-rad-da Fer to Stay; Uncle Elmer's Almanac; and 17 more. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Wilmington, CA Pacific Coast Borax (1934)., 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few smudges on pictorial cover, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" (16)pp Contains lyrics and music to six classic cowboy songs, including "Zebra Dun.". Illustrated by 2pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Southern Music (1932)., 1932. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 48pp The Marvin brothers, born and raised on an Oklahoma ranch, were radio stars in the 1930s. They wrote their own songs, and specialized in yodels. Here are lyrics, music and guitar chords to 22 of their hits, including: Stay Away from My Chicken House; Yodeling the Blues Away; I'm Goin' to Yodel My Way to Heaven; Seven Come Eleven; etc. Illustrated by portraits & drawing on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Milwaukee Hal Leonard (1991)., 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 11.75" x 9" 72pp Has biographical sketch and discography. Contains words, music, chords and charts to 11 songs. Included are: The Battle Hymn of Love; Leavin' West Virginia; Love at the Five & Dime; etc. Illustrated by 6pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Portland, Oregon American Music (1942)., 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (46)pp On the cover, an inset photo-portrait of Tex Ritter is surrounded by drawings of cowboys on bucking broncos. Contains lyrics, music and chords to 20 songs by Muriel Mays and Albert Hamilton, including: The Cattle Rustler's Dream; Bachelor Cowboy; Lazy Cowpoke; Mary Lee; We're Brandin' the Strays; I'm Headin' for My Oklahoma Home; and 14 more. Illustrated by cover photo of Tex Ritter. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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San Antonio Red River Dave Music Co. nd [ca. 1940s]., 1940. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" (8)pp The front cover shows Red River Dave with his guitar. The back cover is an ad for Red River Dave Dietary Supplement Tablets. Contains lyrics and melody lines to 20 cowboy songs, including: The Texas Rangers; Plantonio; Rattler; Jack O' Diamonds; Bile Dem Cabbage Down; and 15 more. Illustrated by 4 illus fr photos & drawings. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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