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NY M. Witmark & Sons 1963, 1963. Soft cover. Clear tape along spine; contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 4pp Contains lyric, music and chord symbols. In part: "How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Yes,'n' How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?." This song, considered by some to be the national anthem of Dylan's generation, was first published in May 1962, in Broadside magazine, although its fame was delayed until the Peter, Paul & Mary recording in 1963 which sold 300,000 copies within the first two weeks of its release. Illustrated by Peter, Paul & Mary on cover. 1st PP&M Edn. Binding is original wraps.

NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1965. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 32pp. Contains words and music to eight Dylan songs (All I Really Want to Do; Chimes of Freedom; If You Gotta Go, Go Now; It Ain't Me, Babe; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Positively 4th Street) as well as three others (Reno Nevada by Richard Farina; Ribbon of Darkness by Gordon Lightfoot; You Were on My Mind by Sylvia Fricker). All of these early folk-rock songs were written in 1964-1965. The piano arrangements are by Jerry Sears. 12" x 9

NY: Robbins Music, 1954. Early edition. Softcover. Very Good. 23pp. Contains piano music to 10 tunes as played by Shearing: Laura; Once in A While; Street of Dreams; Sweet and Lovely; That Old Feeling; and 5 more. Bound in pictorial stiff wrappers with a cover photo of Shearing at the piano. 12" x 9

various places: various publishers, various dates. First Editions. Softcover. Very Good. Nine folios with pictorial covers. "San Antonio Rose," NY, 1940 [2 folios, one with prior owner's name on cover]. "There's A Big Rock in the Road," Nashville, 1946. "Cotton Eyed Joe," Hollywood, 1947. "You Don't Care What Happens to Me," Nashville, 1945. "Smoke on the Water," Chicago, 1943 [name on cover]. "You've Got A Sweet Kind of Love," Nashville, 1947 [name on cover]. "Rose of Ol' Pawnee," Nashville, 1947. "Deep Water," Nashville, 1948.

NY: Stasny Music, 1942. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 6pp, words and music, in part: "There's a cry that's loudly ringing from the mountains to the sea, It's a roar of free men's voices Raised in the Land of Liberty...." 12" x 9" Written in ink on the first page of music: "Compliments of Wallace G. Imhoff." The cover by Barbelle shows an eagle flying through the Victory V, against a background of American airplanes flying above.

v.p.: v.p., 1940. First Editions. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. Song titles in this group: Beautiful Brown Eyes; Down By The O-HI-O; I Can Dream, Can't I?; I Wanna Be Loved; A Penny A Kiss--A Penny A Hug [two copies, green cover and brown cover]; Shoo-Shoo Baby; The Woodpecker Song. All in original, pictorial covers featuring The Andrews Sisters. 12" x 9" The Andrews Sisters were the most popular female vocal group in the first half of the 20th century, peaking during the swing and boogie-woogie eras of the late 1930s through the 1940s. LaVerne, Maxene and Patty created a close-harmony sound that would be covered years later by Bette Midler, Christina Aguilera, and a few others. Over the course of their long careers, The Andrews Sisters had sold 75 million records by the 1970s, and were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.

NY: Tannen Music, Inc, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 28pp; centerspread from 15 snapshots of Shorty, the Santa Fe Rangers, Santa Fe Ranch, etc.; full-page photo portraits of Dolly Dimples (inside back cover) and Dolly with Shorty (back cover) as "Sweethearts of Santa Fe Ranch." Contains words and music to 12 songs, including: Good Night Cincinnati and Good Morning, Tennessee; Signed, Sealed and Delivered; Cry Baby Blues; No Wars in Heaven; Tennessee Yodel Polka; &c. Green and white pictorial wrappers; prior owner's name on cover. 11.75" x 9" Shorty Long was born Emidio Vagnoni in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1923. "He spent years in Santa Fe as the leader of the Santa Fe Rangers, which appeared in the 1948 movie Powder River Gunfire. As a vocalist in the 1940s, Long recorded many singles, and in the 1950s he can be heard playing the piano behind Elvis Presley on such songs as 'One-Sided Love Affair.' He also played on Janis Martin's 1956 rockabilly hit 'My Boy Elvis'...." [courtesy of… Read More