John Just Plain (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 16mo. (82) pages. Soft cover bound in orange stapled wrappers. A small book. The binding is quite worn and soiled with some splitting at the foot of the spine. Text is toned but generally clean. No date; circa 1940s. No scored music.

. (illustrator). Good: solid, light exterior soil, four names scrawled inside rear cover. Small paperwraps, 24 pp. Lyrics to 35 songs. Some are uncommon; "will the circle be unbroken" has the common chorus and five verses I'd never heard. . .

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Booklet, orange wraps, lettered/illus. in black. No credited publisher or copyright date, c. 1920s-30s. Moderate handling wear with some soiling and several mild creases to covers, 1/2" loss to bottom front cover corner, moisture ring to back cover. 83 pp. Text only, no music. A later, expanded edition of a title that originally appeared with only 25 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Booklet, orange wraps, lettered/illus. in black. No credited publisher or copyright date, c. 1920s-30s. Moderate handling wear with some soiling and several mild creases to covers, small chips of loss to bottom rear corner, separated along binding fold from bottom edge to lower staple. 25 pp. Text only, no music. Possibly a first edition, given its modest format compared to later expanded editions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Stapled Book. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. MUS 031809 CARP Slim stapled 4x7 book, covers with some wear and fairly heavy soiling. 80 pages. A few of the pages from the center have separated from the staples but none are missing. just the words, no music. No publication date given.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 80 pages; Circa 1935. Paperback, small format, in original title lettered covers with saddle stapled binding. 80 pp of song lyrics; no notes. Index of titles at rear. No publisher, place or date provided. Contents clean and soundly bound, though the wraps have pulled free from the binding staples and the text blcok is laid inside the covers. G+ thus. Uncommon.

Condition: Good. 8vo. [ca 24 pp.]. Very Good. Soft Covers. Stapled wraps. Minor toning on covers. Pages fine. Lyrics of over 30 songs.From the collection of the late Frederick G.Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.