Portland, Oregon American Music (1942)., 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (50)pp On the cover, an inset photo-portrait of Denver Darling is surrounded by drawings of cowboys on bucking broncos. Contains lyrics, music and chords to 20 songs by Erler, Amundsen and Freeman, including: Get A Girl and Strum An Old Guitar; In Manzannillo; Canistota Wagon Train; Just Plain Jane of the Plain Ol' Plains; Shine On, Utah Moon; and 15 more. Illustrated by Denver Darling cover photo. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Aldren A. Watson. Dust jacket chipped. pp: (xiv), 107; full-page and text illustrations. In his foreword, Carmer notes that the compiler "selected those songs that tell us most about the cowboy and at the same time make the best singing. And he has tied them together with notes and anecdotes that reveal even more of western life and humor." Contains 20 songs with arrangements by Edward S. Breck, including all verses, music and guitar chords. 11" x 8". (more information)

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NY Potter (1969)., 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Very good condition in a chipped dust jacket. 10.25" x 7.25" chipped dj pp: xii, 372 Has a 16-page lexicon and indices. Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 128 songs and variants--1,200 songs all told. Illustrated by full-page and text illus. First Edition?. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY Bramhall House (1982)., 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket near fine condition. 11" x 8.25" pictorial dj pp: xii, 372 Has a 16-page lexicon and indices. Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 128 songs and variants--1,200 songs all told. Illustrated by full-page and text illus. Second Edition. Binding is orig boards. (more information)

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NY Peer International 1962., 1962. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 35pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, and chord symbols for 26 songs written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and A.P. Carter. Titles include: Dear Old Dixie; Earl's Breakdown; Flint Hill Special; Foggy Mountain Top; Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy; Randy Lynn Rag; and 20 more. Bound in at the back are quarter-page songsheets, meant to be cut out [all are intact]. An earlier owner has written in the names of Flatt's and Scruggs' children under their portraits. Many candid photos also are present. Illustrated by 7pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Miami, FL: Columbia Pictures, 1986. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 63pp; 4pp color illus from photographs. This songbook contains full arrangements and professional fakebook arrangements for 18 hit songs written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival, including: Bad Moon Rising; Born on the Bayou; Green River; Proud Mary; Travelin' Band; and 13 more. 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY Home Folks Music 1949., 1949. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 40pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 15 songs performed by Red Foley. Titles include: Tennessee Saturday Night; Waltz of the Alamo; Tennessee Border; Blues in My Heart; East to Please; and 10 more. Illustrated by 8 full-page photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1941. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 96pp; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains lyrics, music and chords to 91 songs, including: A Rollin' Stone on the Road; Barn Yard Rag; Born to the Saddle; Covered Wagon Trails; Drifting Buckaroo; Headin' for A Weddin' in the Rockies; I'd Rather Be A Cowboy; Me and My Pinto Pal; My Daddy Was A Cowboy; Rodeo Sweetheart; etc. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Chicago M.M. Cole (1941)., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 96pp The cover, printed in red, has an inset photo-portrait of Red Foley, surrounded by drawings of cowboys in action. Contains lyrics, music and chords to 91 songs, including: A Rollin' Stone on the Road; Barn Yard Rag; Born to the Saddle; Covered Wagon Trails; Drifting Buckaroo; Headin' for A Weddin' in the Rockies; I'd Rather Be A Cowboy; Me and My Pinto Pal; My Daddy Was A Cowboy; Rodeo Sweetheart; etc. Illustrated by 6 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Remick Music 1954., 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers and contents near fine condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, music, and chord symbols to 12 songs performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Titles include: Am I Blue; Avalon; Fine and Dandy; When Your Lover Has Gone; and eight more. Illustrated by photo-portrait on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Robbins Music, 1936. Enlarged & Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 96pp. Comprises lyrics, piano accompaniment, and chord charts to some 70 cowboy songs, both traditional and composed. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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Chicago M.M. Cole 1941., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 96pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 82 songs written by Rusty Gill & others. Titles include: Dog-house Blues; Git Along, Old Smoky; In A Little Texas Town; My Polomino and I; Singing the Blues; Virginny Hoedown; and 76 more. Inside the cover is a page of biography on Rusty Gill, at the time a feature attraction on WBBM's early-morning farm program. Illustrated by 6pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Hollywood West'rn Music 1942., 1942. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Light wear along spine, else in very good condition. 47 pages. Features the music of Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Davis, Zeke Manners, and Roy Rogers. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords, and frames for 15 songs. Titles include: Fort Worth Jail; Silver Wings In The Moonlight; There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado; Tweedle-O-Twill; and 11 more. Also has 12 pages of illustrations from photographs. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Hollywood, 1942. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. West'rn Music. Light wear along spine, else in very good condition. 47pp. Features the music of Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Davis, Zeke Manners, and Roy Rogers. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords, and frames for 15 songs. Titles include: Fort Worth Jail; Silver Wings In The Moonlight; There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado; Tweedle-O-Twill; and 11 more. Also, 12pp illus from photographs. 12" x 9". (more information)

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NY Edward Schuberth 1946., 1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 48pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 24 cowboy songs, written and performed by Jack Gray. Titles include: Broken Hearted Blues; I'll Never Get Drunk No More; My Dear Old Texas Home; My Ozark Mountain Home; Pearl Harbor Is Our Cry; and 19 more. The songs are preceded by six pages of Jack Gray's Original Method of Standard Guitar: How to Play the Easy Way. Illustrated by Cowboy Jack photo on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Roanoke, Virginia Radio Station WDBJ (1941)., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 8.5" x 5.75" 28pp The photographs show Roy and his Blue Ridge Entertainers in various poses with their instruments. Contains lyrics and melody lines to 19 original pieces, most by Roy Hall, along with four pages of hymns. A full-page message from Roy thanks his WDBJ listeners, notes that he and the boys play Martin Guitars, tells which boys are single, which married, and what instruments they play, and plugs Dr. Pepper to be consumed at least three times a day. A few of the song titles: Daddy's Singing in Heaven; Over Here (WWII patriotic) song; Come Back Little Pal; My Sweet Mountain Rose; Alone on the Lonely Prairie; Natural Bridge Blues; etc. Illustrated by multiple photos centerspread. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Paull-Pioneer Music, 1928. Second Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 63 pages. Contains music to 200 country dances, first published in 1891. 12" x 9". (more information)

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Pittsburgh, PA "Tex" Edward Harrison (1936)., 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.25" x 8.5" 8pp The text, stencilled unevenly and still legible, comprises words and music to seven songs written by Tex Harrison. Titles include: I'll Always Be Your Little Darling; Chief of the Cowboys; That Broomtail Ball; Longing for My Texas Home; etc. The pictorial cover is printed in blue ink. Inside the cover is a brief message from Tex and Ginger to their radio pals, and a section of "Cowboys Lingo." The final page of text contains two poems written by Tex's father, A.N. Harrison, to advertise his blacksmith and wagon shop in 1897. Illustrated by cover photo of Tex & Ginger. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: George H. Doran, 1926. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Jerry Delano. 189pp; frontispiece, 22 full-page illustrations. Cowboy ballads in dialect include "The Death of Jesse James," "John Wesley Hardin," etc. 8.25" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY Hill and Range Songs 1965., 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 215pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment and chord symbols for 100 cowboy and country songs by various composers. Titles include: All of Me Loves All of You; Blue Guitar; Careless Darlin'; Cowboy in the Continental Suit; Girl from Spanish Town; It's the Bottle Talking; Mexican Joe; Mississippi Gal; Rose of the Alamo; Tennessee Teardrops; Watching My Past Go By; and 89 more. Illustrated by sylized cowboy on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago M.M. Cole 1945., 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 96pp Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 82 songs performed by Doc Hopkins, some written by him. Titles include: A Girl in Tennessee; Down in the Smoky Mountains; I Left My Heart in Nebraska; Little Old Shack on the Plains; On A Saddle Horse Honeymoon; Tommy O'Malley; and 76 more. Illustrated by 4 illus, photo and drawings. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago M.M. Cole 1936., 1936. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 64pp Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 53 songs performed by Doc Hopkins, some written by him or Karl and Harty. Titles include: Farewell to Tombigbee; The Old Chain Gang; The Ramblin' Blues; The Code of the Mountains; Jackson Tennessee Blues; and 48 more. Inside the cover is a page of text re Doc Hopkins, Karl Davis, Harty Taylor, the Red Bud School in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, etc. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago Chart Music (1934)., 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Name and few smudges on cover, else in very good condition. 12.25" x 9.25" 50pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 32 cowboy songs arranged by Dale Hunter, Detroit radio's "Yodeling Cowboy.". Illustrated by Dale and guitar on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Chicago: Chart Music, 1934. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Good. 50pp; old clear tape along spine. Contains lyrics, music and chords frames to 32 cowboy songs arranged by Dale Hunter, the yodeling cowboy, including: Birmingham Jail; Dear Evelina; Lonesome Road Blues; May Irwin's "Bully Song"; The Shiverin' Blues; and 27 more. 11.75" x 9". (more information)

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s.l. s.n. nd [ca. 1950s]., 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.75" x 8.25" 16pp Contains lyrics to 16 songs written by Huskey, along with many candid photos of him with Hank Williams and various others. Titles include: Hank's Song; Eli, the Camel; Walkin' and Hummin'; A Dear John Letter; King of A Lonely Castle; I Wouldn't Treat A Dog; and 10 more. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the cover-- "Buck: Thanks, and if you miss any of my records just drop me a note---Thanks, Ferlin Husky.". Illustrated by 32 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Bob Miller 1938., 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Tape repair inside spine, else in good condition. 12" x 9" 49pp Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 23 songs, sung on the radio by Uncle Jack and Mary Lou. Titles include: Buffalo Range; I Want to Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart; Pinto Pal; Two I's in Dixie; Texas Song; and 18 more. Illustrated by cover portrait and drawing. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Peer International 1941., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 17 country and western songs. Titles include: Carry Me Back to the Mountains; I Am Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; In the Cumberland Mountains; Worried Mind; and 13 more. Illustrated by portrait & candids on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Southern Music (1941)., 1941. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 17 country and western songs as sung on the radio by Uncle Jack and Mary Lou. Illustrated by cover portrait and candids. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Bob Miller (1938)., 1938. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Archival repair to spine, else in good condition. 12" x 9" 50pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 23 songs, many by Bob Miller, as sung on the radio by Uncle Jack and Mary Lou. Illustrated by cover portrait and drawing. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY Peer International (1941)., 1941. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, music and guitar chords to 17 country and western songs as sung on the radio by Uncle Jack and Mary Lou. Illustrated by cover portrait and candids. Second Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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