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THE VINTAGE UKULELE & BANJO COLLECTION
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The Digital Library is proud to present truly unique collection of OVER 50 vintage books, magazines and music sheets on playing the ukulele and banjo, scanned in high quality and preserved forever in PDF format. Learn to play the banjo and ukulele without a teacher, learn old plantation songs, impress your family and friends next time they come round by picking up the ukulele and having a good old sing-along.
This wonderful collection of 54 rare books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous illustrations / photos for the reader. This is a DIGITAL item! All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.
The essential collection for anyone learning to play the banjo or ukulele!
The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:
Books Included:
230 easy pieces for the banjo - comprising a choice collection of polkas, waltzes, clog hornpipes, reels, jigs, walkarounds, songs, etc. by F. Converse (1887)
American Banjo Waltz by S. Stewart (1883)
Banjo talks by A. Culbertson (1905)
Briggs' banjo instructor by T. Briggs (1855)
Buckley's Banjo guide by J. Buckley (1868)
Carl Fischer Banjo Tutor by C. Fischer (1895)
Crown Banjo Method by T. J. Armstrong (1889)
Eureka method for the banjo by S. Winner (1920)
Excelsior method for the banjo by G. Lansing (1918)
George C. Dobson's new school for the banjo by G. C. Dobson (1877)
Hamilton's Banjo Folio by R. J. Hamilton (1890)
Howard Instructor For Banjo by W. P. Dabney (1895)
Instrumental Gems For Banjo by D. Emerson (1892)
Jacobs' Easy Banjo Mandolin & Banjo Orchestra Folio (1st & 2nd Banjos) by W. Jacobs (1899)
Jacobs Grand Orchestra Folio No 4 Banjo Solo by W. Jacobs (1907)
James H. Jennings Practical Banjo School (1902)
National Self Teacher for Ukulele by W. D. Moyer (1917)
Negro poems, melodies, plantation pieces, camp meeting songs, etc. by W. Blades (c.1921)
Paramount Method for Banjo in C Notation by F. J. Bacon (1921)
Paramount method for tenor-banjo by W. Foden (1922)
Plantation songs for my lady's banjo, and other Negro lyrics & monologues by M. Young (1901)
Practical Banjo School by J. H. Jennings (1902)
Sherwood's Imperial Diagram Method for the Banjo by F. Sherwood (1902)
The Bickford mandolin method by Z. M. Bickford (1920)
The complete preceptor for the banjo by E. Howe (n.d.)
The Kamiki ukulele method (1921)
The original Guckert's chords for the ukulele at sight without notes or teacher by E. N. Guckert (1917)
The Thorough Banjoist, a Standard Method for the Banjo by F. W. Wessenburg (1891)
Twenty Instrumental Gems for Banjo (1892) by D. Emerson
Up to date collection of ukulele solos also containing a few elementary lessons of valuable aid to the pupil by W. D. Moyer (1919)
Magazines & Journals Included:
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 1 No. 1 (September 1887)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 2 No. 2 (November 1888)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 4 No. 2 (November 1890)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 4 No. 5 (May 1 1891)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 5 No. 1 (September 1891)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 5 No. 11 (July 1892)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 5 No. 12 (August 1892)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol. 6 No. 2 (October 1892)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol 1 No 3 (January 1888)
Gatcomb's Banjo & Guitar Gazette Vol 1 No 5 (May 1888)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 5 No. 4 (December 1891)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 6 No. 9 (May 1893)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 6 No. 8 (April 1893)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 6 No. 3 (April 1893)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 7 No. 2 (October 1893)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 7 No. 3 (November 1893)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 7 No. 5 (January 1894)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 7 No. 6 (February 1894)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 9 No. 11 (July 1896)
Gatcomb's Musical Gazette Vol. 12 No. 5 (June 1899)
S. S. Stewart Banjo & Guitar Journal Vol. XV No. Feb. & March 1899 (February 1, 1899)
S. S. Stewart's Banjo & Guitar Journal Vol. III No. 10 June & July 1886 (June 1, 1886)
S. S. Stewart's Banjo & Guitar Journal Vol. XI No. 5 December 1894, January 1895 (December 1, 1894)
Stewart And Bauer Co.'s Bulletin (June 1902)
* FREE BONUS – Also included in this unique collection is a folder containing 5 extra books completely free of charge with additional instructions on how to play the banjo / ukulele and lots of extra old time banjo favorites – that’s 59 titles in total!
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Jun 2, 2025
Great resource. Thank you much
Jul 9, 2024
Contains all the books I need...!!
Jun 14, 2023
The collection was a nice set of early 1900 banjo books and magazines (actually more like newsletters). The main issue I had was that half of the offerings were originally printed on tan / light brown paper so when I printed a page for banjo practice, it used a lot of ink to make the background resemble "tan". Note that this is not the fault of the seller, but rather the organization that scanned the books in the first place.
Mar 23, 2023