Miami: Screen Gems--Columbia, 1973. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Steve Kneipp. 64 pages. Contains words and music to 27 songs, including: Black and White; The Candy Man; Joy to the World; Lost Horizon; Make It With You; and 22 more. 11" x 8.5". ... more information

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Kirkwood, Missouri Mel Bay 1972., 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.75" x 8.5" 24pp A brief biog of Smeck precedes chord charts for 5-string and tenor, instructions for playing 12 tunes composed by Smeck, etc. Illustrated by portrait of author. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Kirkwood, Missouri Mel Bay 1968., 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.75" x 8.75" 48pp Basic instruction for playing the tenor banjo includes musical notation, exercises and scales, duets to play with teacher, etc. Illustrated by fingering photos in text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Ithaca, NY Folk Artists (1979)., 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Few editorial changes in her hand, else in very good condition. 8.5" x 11" open Tells of Wendy Grossman's background, performance record, fingerpicking style, and the many places she performed in the US and abroad. Illustrated by photo of Wendy with banjo. First Edition. Binding is brochure. ... more information

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NY: Robert Mellin, 1952. First edition. decorative cover. Very Good. 4pp, words and music, in part: "Who's that coming? Who's that strumming? That's the man with the banjo...." 12" x 9 ... more information

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Kirkwood, Missouri Mel Bay 1961., 1961. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.75" x 8.75" 32pp After instruction on bluegrass tuning come 18 pages of chord charts with photos of fretboard fingering, etc. Illustrated by photo-illus throughout text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Nashville: Joe Morrell Books, ca. 1980s. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 30pp; performance photo of Hampton on first page. Contains instruction in various playing techniques as well as words and music to 20 songs, including: Worried Man Blues; Little Maggie; Wreck of Old 97; Sunny Side of the Mountain; and 16 more. 11" x 8.5" This book is taught in tablature method, bluegrass three-finger-picking style.... more information

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Kirkwood, MO Mel Bay 1967., 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.5" x 8.75" 64pp Offers "basic and necessary technical training for the Standard Five String Banjo in a gradual and easily understood way.". Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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NY: Oak Publications, 1999. Revised Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. 64pp; instructional illus in text; cd in plastic pouch mounted inside cover. This book covers right-hand and left-hand techniques, solos, backups, personal advice on performance, etc., and contains a selection of bluegrass songs to learn. 12" x 9". ... more information

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NY St. Martin's Press (1982)., 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial stiff-paper cover and contents near fine condition. 10.75" x 8.25" 192pp "A complete sourcebook for guitar, banjo, fiddle, bass, dulcimer, mandolin, autoharp, harmonica, and more." Written to help the beginning musician "wade through the zillions of models" of various folk instruments. Illustrated by illus from photos & drawings. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1936. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Good. Illus from photographs. Words and music by the Cumberland Ridge Runners. 6pp, in part: ".We buried her Beneath the willow With heads bowed low We walked away, God needed her To sing in heaven." The Cumberland Ridgerunners, founded in 1932, included for a time Linda Parker, singer and banjo player. Linda died August 12, 1935. The boys wrote this song in her memory and filled the back cover of the song sheet with a large photo-portrai... more information

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NY Oak Publications (1984)., 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Complete with the 33-1/3 rpm record and near fine condition. 12" x 9" 144pp Comprises 50 progressive lessons, implementing traditional and modern folk and country songs. The phonographic soundsheet contains eight cuts demonstrating banjo technique. Illustrated by text illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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NY: J.P. Grant, 1927. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8pp. Contains music for banjo solo and for piano, with a picture of Banjo Bill inset on the cover. Laid in is a one-page, pictorial "banjography" by Lew Green, calling Bill "one of the greatest banjo technicians of all time...." 12" x 9 ... more information

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NY: J. Pitman Grant, 1925. First edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8pp. Contains music for banjo solo and for piano, with a picture of Banjo Bill inset on the illustrated cover. 12" x 9 ... more information

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NY Firth, Pond [ca. 1850s]., 1850. Soft cover. Spine reinforced and near very good condition. 13.75" x 10.5" 6pp First published in 1851. Comprises four verses and a chorus. In part: ".I'se gwine to roam the wide world In lands I've never hoed, With nothing but my banjo To cheer me on the road.". Illustrated by embellished title on cover. Tenth Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Chicago: Frederick R. Parker, 1927. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good +. 6pp, words and music, in part: "I am a stern old bachelor, My age is forty-four; I do declare I'll never live, With women any more...." Contains seven verses and a chorus. 12.25" x 9.25 As broadcasted by Chubby Parker, with his photo-portrait inset on the illustrated cover. "We have no idea how an artist that we don’t know much about today, could have been so popular in a certain time and place... more information

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Bloomington: Indiana University. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; DJ is protected by mylar.. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 121 pages . ... more information

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