1972 12x9-inch, 364-page songbook with some cover wear (including some tearing at the bottom edge-see photo) and clean text pages. The best ragtime piano music by the greatest ragtime composers of the age (1897-1922): Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, Tom Turpin, plus 11 more. Definitive collection for lovers and performers of ragtime.
From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "The book includes 81 rags, with original sheet music covers, by 13 composers, African American and white. Joplin's rags are at the center of the collection, as they should be. But Joplin's rags have become easily accessible, making the highlight of the book the many outstanding rags from other composers. I still turn to this anthology to play ragtime, particularly for the works of Joseph Lamb and James Scott which otherwise may be hard to find. Pianists who want to explore this characteristic American music will benefit from having this book of classic piano rags."; "I've had this book for 35 years. That's saying something. It's timeless."