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A Collection of Mid-20th Century Music Books, Songbooks, and Instructional Pamphlets - A collection of music books and related ephemera, comprising hardback volumes, softcover booklets, and instructional manuals. Notable hardback editions include Songs of Praise with Music: Enlarged Edition in blue publisher's cloth, The New National Song Book in red cloth, and a black cloth-bound volume titled Hymns A&M. Softcover works include The Paul Corin Musical Collection: A Souvenir Booklet, Songs for the Forces: Selected from the News Chronicle Song Book, and the Swedish title Visan Visar Vägen. Instructional material features A Complete & Detailed Method for the Piano Accordion by George Scott-Wood, published by Keith Prowse & Co Ltd, and The Right Way to Play the Chromatic Harmonica by Captain James Reilly, a Hohner publication. Also included is a Chappell Manuscript Music Book. Vocal scores include Novello's Original Octavo Edition of Handel’s Sacred Oratorio: The Messiah, edited by W. T. Best, and the Daily Express Community Song Book edited by John Goss. A copy of Singing Together: BBC Radio for Schools Autumn 1965 bears a comprehensive handwritten inscription on the upper wrapper by a student, Susan Croft, of St Peter's Primary School, Plymouth.