Cowboy/Western Music from HLP Songs & Ballads

First Edition. 144 pages. Hard to classify a book that jumps so: Early Country - Singing Cowboys - Country Blues - Western Swing - Jazz and Big Bands - Rhythm and Blues - Rock 'n' Roll - Modern Country. The cast of performers is wide-spread, and regardless of your musical preferences you will surely find some of your favorites in here...… Read more about this item

370 pages. 113 ballads with commentary and notes on the origins. No music for these though many were sung. Dust jacket is very clean and clipped, with some chipping around the spine ends. The Covers are very clean with no marking and spots of barely noticeable wear along the edges. Pages are bright and very clean with… Read more about this item

1938 "Revised and Enlarged" printing. 431 pages. One of Lomax's definitive anthologies. Over 200 ballads and songs (with melody) including notes on the origins. Covers are unmarked, but spotted and faded on the rear board and spine, with bruising of corners and spine ends. Pages are very clean with no marks noted except a user name on… Read more about this item

190 pages with 21 ballads and 22 illustrations. No music or melody, but the ballads speak for their selves. Covers have a few rub marks, but little bruising on corners and spine. Pages are clean with no markings noted except an owner name on the FFEP, and sticker residue inside the front cover.

346 pages with variants, commentary, notes and lexicon of 23 songs from Thorp's collection. Includes a facsimile copy of the original 50 page booklet "Songs of the Cowboys" by Thorp, and a lexicon of cowboy terms. Dust jacket is unclipped and largely intact, but chipped, rubbed and torn. There is also some coffee (?) staining on the inside flaps.… Read more about this item

372 pages. This collection includes commentary, notes & variants of words & melodies for 200 songs. Clean dust jacket with chipping on top & bottom edges. Jacket not clipped - no price shown. Covers are very clean with light bumping of corners. Pages very clean with no markings noted except some pencil erasures on the FFEP.

334 pages with nearly 100 songs with music notation and chords for guitar. Songs are also preceded with commentary on the origins and times. Cover is clean - except as noted - with some rubbing on the back and lightly bumped corners. The inside front cover has been damaged by removal of an affixed paper - see photos.… Read more about this item