Hong Kong: Wen tong shu dian, 1962. Two slender booklets, 55p., 28p., from a series on Chinese folk dances. Both include diagrams of the steps and musical notation with the lyrics. Zhongguo min jian wu dao. More

Cat.No: 224097

New York: Folkways Records & Service Corp. 1957. Pamphlet. 40p., 3x9 inches, illus. soiled wraps, staples rusted, dealer's stamp on front cover. Listings of Folkways Records' LPs including artists, song titles, and prices. "Authentic Folk Music" More

Cat.No: 210385

Honolulu: Hawaiian Village Hotel, 1957. Single leaf of light cardstock printed and folded to make a 9.5x6 inch program, cover and text in three colors. Mildest edgewear and a couple of very faint creases, no markings, a very good copy. A baffling mix of classic orchestral and Broadway musical tunes..... More

Cat.No: 229252

Boone: North Carolina Folklore Society, 1980. Two volumes [92p.], 6x9 inches, photos, illustrations, plans, music transcriptions, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. The Society usually published only twice a year, May and November, but occasionally put out a special issue, usually in December but sometimes in summer. More

Cat.No: 133025

Bridgeport: Columbia Recording Corp. 1941. Paperback. 101p., 5.5x8.5 inches, small b&w photos, caalog, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Okeh lists Count Basie, Cab Calloway et al. More

Cat.No: 159609

Alexandria: Conveying Islamic Message Society. 68 p., wraps in very good condition, 9x6.5 inches. Conversion stories, usually native-born Americans, many from California. Includes a statement by Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, pp.64-68: "I wanted to be a big star" More

Cat.No: 121608

New York: Treasure Chest Publications, 1936. 48p., 6.5x9 inches, illustrated with small cartoons, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps with previous owner's name, Earl H. Regnier, [Professor of Rural Recreation (1935-72)] written or rubberstamped across the cover titling. Music and lyrics of songs. More

Cat.No: 130971

no place: no publisher, [1980s]. [44p] 6x8.75 inches, photos, lyrics, discography, biographical sketch, very good booklet in stapled white pictorial wraps. Very Strictly Bluegrass! More

Cat.No: 199868

Ponta Delgada: Diário dos Açores, 1955. Paperback. 60p., text in Portuguese, illustrations, musical notations, very good first separate publication of an article in the magazine "Insulana", lightly-worn and toned cream wraps. On folk dancing on the island of São Miguel. More

Cat.No: 205439

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1957. Hardcover. 64p., illustrated with drawings, sheet music and lyrics, previous owner's gift inscription otherwise a very good first edition stated in decorative color cloth and slightly edgeworn dj with small chip at top of sunned spine. African American writer/composer. *Rideout novelist. More

Cat.No: 30794

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1956. 255p., first edition, illus., oblong 9.25x6.25 inches, dj. Text largely consists of old doggerel with scholarly new annotation. More

Cat.No: 131203

Oakland: PM Press, 2019. Paperback. 285p., trade paperback, illus., New. "Brennan challenge music industry giants by skillfully demonstrating that there are scores of anonymous people around the world far more gifted than the superstars for whom billions are spent to promote the delucion that they are the rare few blessed..... More

Cat.No: 243299