Moore Thurston Editor (26 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Kit Kelly; and Photos (illustrator). 1st. photos and stories of over 100 top stars of 1967.

64pp, (8.5 x 11 inches), b&w photos every page. Very Good condition in wrappers (soft cover). Covers just barely worn, corners bumped. Otherwise clean and tight, no tears or creases, no markings. Includes "The Civil War, Its Songs and Battles;" "The 1920's;" "The National Barn Dance;" "The Grand Old Opry;" "The 1930's;" "The 1940's;" "The 1950's;" "The 1960's." Full of photos of the performers for each time period. Inside front cover states: "From the 1965 edition of the Country Music Who's Who.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Emma Lou Strawn (illustrator). Oblong illustrated softcover. Profusely illustrated with photos of numerous stars. Full page color photo of Minnie Pearl, Red Foley and Hank Williams. Also loose photo of Johnny Horton. Bright copy. Contents creased at the left side near the spine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial paper covers very goog. 4to 62 pp. illus.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers are detached but present. Front cover has creased tears along the spine edge, particularly a diagonal tear approx. 5" long. There are three pieces of tape on the spine - the front and rear covers may have been separated from one another. Front cover has a small tear to the lower edge, creased outer corners, and a very slight smudge. Internally very good.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (48)pp; illus throughout from photographs. Contains many short biographies with portraits (two per page) of country stars of the day: Roy Acuff, Cliffie Stone, Kitty Wells, Rosalie Allen, Maddox Bros. and Rose, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Slim Whitman, Cowboy Copas, Tex Williams, Pee Wee King, Eddy Arnold, Bill Monroe, Mervin Shiner, and many other individuals and groups. Complete with the original mailing envelope (address blacked out). 8.25" x 11".

Pictorial Paper Covers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 64pp; text illus from photographs, some color. 11" x 8.25" The cover features a color portrait of Wanda Jackson. In this issue: The Magic Wanda by Ben Townsend; Wesley Rose; The Buckaroos; June Johnson; The New Awakeners by Hank Thompson; The Traipsin' Man by Merle Travis; From Life to Legend by Jerry Rivers; Hoedown Goes to the Bar-S Jamboree; The Country Kitchen by Ethelberta Hartman; Down the Road A-Singin' by Roger Sovine; Carl Smith's Ranch; foreign news, book reviews, radio programs, &c.

Pictorial Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 48pp; illus throughout from photographs. Contains many short biographies with portraits (two per page) of country stars of the day: Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Cliffie Stone, Kitty Wells, Rosalie Allen, Maddox Bros. and Rose, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Slim Whitman, Cowboy Copas, Tex Williams, Pee Wee King, Eddy Arnold, Bill Monroe, Mervin Shiner, Homer & Jethro, and many other individuals and groups. 8.25" x 11" Laid into this book is a 10" x 7" pictorial broadside, featuring two personalities heard on radio station WCKY, Cincinnati: Nelson King, "The King of Hillbilly and Western Disk Jockeys"; and Marty Roberts, co-conductor of the Hillbilly Jamboree.

Original Wraps. Condition: Good +. First Edition. (48)pp; illus throughout from photographs. Contains many short biographies with portraits (two per page) of country stars of the day: Roy Acuff, Cliffie Stone, Kitty Wells, Rosalie Allen, Maddox Bros. and Rose, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Hank Snow, Lulu Belle and Scotty, Slim Whitman, Cowboy Copas, Tex Williams, Pee Wee King, Eddy Arnold, Bill Monroe, Mervin Shiner, and many other individuals and groups. Traces of light foxing. 8.25" x 11".

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Softcover in glossy pictorial stapled wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp, clean, and unread. Photos and stories of the top country singers of the day (1969) . Illustrated with black-and-white photos and a pristine pullout poster depicting five stars: Hank Williams, Red Foley, Patsy Cline, Jimmie Rodgers, and Jim Reeves. 4to. Unpaginated. Includes a few ads.

Paperback. 60p., poetry, prose, illustrations, lightly-worn and soiled poetry journal, trade paperback in white pictorial wraps. Not the Sonic Youth.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Assumed First Edition as none stated. Mild wear, no writing or marks. Stapled, pictorial covers firmly attached. 8 1/4 X 11 inches oblong. Unpaginated, but about 25 pages. Numerous country (hillbilly) and western stars from the early 1950s, including many superstars of the genre such as Hank Williams, Roy Rogers, Kitty Wells, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Bob Wills, Chet Atkins, and more. Brief bios included with many of the stars' photos. Includes a four-page spread with photos on square dancing and instruction.

. (illustrator). Very Good: clean, straight, unwrinkled; "To John from Bonnie" penned at top of rear cover, and tiny notes beside two performers who died in 1963. Cardstock, spin-stapled, 8.25x10.75 inches, pages not numbered, but 42 pp. Photos of approx. 85 country-western performers or small groups, with a sentence or so about each; (6 on the covers get half-pages and small paragraphs). The 16 photos in the center are on glossy cardstock, and have name and other data on the back; perhaps made to be cut into 16 trading cards? .

Condition: Good. Good condition. 19th edition. (country music, sheet music, songbook) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. This is a issue of "Hoedown The Country Music Magazine" Volume 1 Number 2 June 1966. Marty Robbins on the cover. monthly columns by Hank Thompson, Merle Travis, Archie Campbell, Leroy Van Dyke, Cecil Null. includes articles on Duke of Paducah, Jean Shepard's Wedding, Wwva Jamboree, Carl and Pearl Butler, Hank William's Life Story, Chet Atkins' Hobby and more. ; 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 ".

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. This is one issue of the magazine "Hoedown The Country Music Magazine" Volume 1 Number 1 May 1966 "Special Debut Edition" with Wanda Jackson on the cover. 64 pages. articles on Wesley Rose, The Buckaroos, June Johnson, The New Awakeners-by Hank Thompson, The Skillet Lickers of North Georgia by Norman Cohen, Jim Reeves and more. ; 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 ".

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. This is a issue of "Hoedown The Country Music Magazine" Volume 1 Number 3.July 1966. Roy Acuff on the cover. Porter Wagoner, Vernon Oxford,Hank Williams The Skillet Lickers, Flatt & Scruggs, Archie Campbell's views on "The Rising Hemlines", Don Bowman's "Bachelor Pad", Hank Thompson "The Naked Performer" and more. ; 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 ".

Paperback. Condition: Good. 14th Edition. Light wear, mainly rubbing to covers. Interior is clean.

Perfect Bound, Pictorial Card. Condition: Near Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 62 pages , hundreds o photos , discographies. Feature articles and discographies on Uncle Dave Macon, Jimmy Rogers and Roy Acuff plus small articles on numerous other country stars of the era. A GOLD MINE OF WRITEN INFORMATION AND ARCHIVAL PHOTOS. NO FLAWS OR SIGNATURES Size: 11 x 8.5.

Pictorial wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A magazine of words and pictures related to country music. 11" x 8.5" Featured in this issue are: Hank Williams, Davis Sisters, Jimmie Rodgers, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Gene Autry, Rita Faye, Bonnie Lou, and Randolph Scott.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 11" x 8-1/4" Wraps; 48pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage souvenir of hillbilly and western star musicians from the mid-1950s with imprint of radio station KXLA in Southern California. Includes Special Section starring sacred singers. Featured stars include: Hank Williams, Jimmy Dickens, Jim Reeves, Slim Whitman, Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle, The Carlisles, Cindy Walker, Ray Price, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Minnie Pearl, Rex Allen and many others. Illustrated with photos, as well as drawings by M. Smith.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. This edition reprinted January 2010. Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies, SIGNED by the editor Thurston Moore on rear cover. This is copy 73. Stapled spine. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition. Signed by Author(s).

1961, 11th edition. (oblong 4to stiff paper covers) Very good. np. Photographs. (Music, Country and Western Music, Country Music).

hardcover. Condition: New. Dia Thurston (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Stapled Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor edge and corner wear, front and back covers stained, corners are lightly creased, overall an extremely rare and collectible copy! Very very scarce and hard-to-find! Unpaginated, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs of all the stars of the era and including a short biography of each and a facsimilie signature and inscription! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.