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We are a small independent publishing company specializing in music instruction for the concertina along with other titles of historical and general interest.

Our books are available worldwide through Amazon and from specialist retailers and gift shops.


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New Releases

    The Rollston Press Catalog

    Anglo Concertina in the Harmonic Style

    Learn to play chords and full harmonies and accompaniments on the 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina. Includes 60 tunes with easy-to-learn tablature, many transcribed from professional recordings.


    108 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    72 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0615747-35-4 


    $30/£24/€28 


    Release Date:  March 2013 

    Easy Anglo 1-2-3

    The perfect beginner’s book for 10-button, 20-button, and 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina. Includes 35 tunes with explanatory notes and easy-to-learn tablature.


    82 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    26 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1507753-27-9


    $15/£12/€13.5 


    Release Date:  March 2015

    Christmas Concertina

    50 all-time favorite Christmas songs and carols arranged with harmonies for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina, with easy-to-learn tablature and QR code links to YouTube videos of every tune.


    112 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    51 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0615909-66-0 


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  November 2013


    Pirate Songs for Concertina

    For all ye who be wantin’ to play concertina like a real pirate, over 70 sea shanties, hornpipes, jigs and songs of the sea with full lyrics, music notation, chords, and easy-to-learn tablature for the 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. 


    148 pages, paperback, 8½ x 8½


    32 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0-9970748-8-8


    $20/£16/€18 


    Release Date:  June 2018

    Sailor Songs for Concertina

    88 more traditional sea shanties and songs of the sea, with full lyrics, music notation, chords, and easy-to-learn tablature for the 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. The arrangements are slightly more difficult than in Pirate Songs for Concertina.


    175 pages, paperback, 8½ x 8½ 


    24 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-2-9


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  May 2019

    Sea Songs for 20-Button Anglo Concertina

    96 traditional sea shanties and sea songs from Pirate Songs for Concertina and Sailor Songs for Concertina, arranged for 20-button C/G Anglo. With full lyrics, music notation, chords, and easy-to-learn Anglo concertina tablature.


    188 pages, paperback, 8½ x 8½


    40 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-8-1


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  May 2020

    Anglo Concertina from Beginner to Master

    Learn how to play the 30-button Anglo concertina from master concertina player Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne. Includes different keys, modes, ornamentations, and a variety of styles of accompaniment in the harmonic style.


    72 tunes and exercises with a simple easy-to-use tablature system along with standard musical notation, plus specially recorded videos. 


    145 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    75 QR code inks to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:   978-1953208040 


    $25/£20€24 


    Release Date: September 2022

    75 Irish Session Tunes for Anglo Concertina

    Popular Irish reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas, slip jigs and airs for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina. Includes 75 tunes with easy-to-learn tablature.


    114 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1511930352


    $30/£24/€28 


    Release Date:  July 2015

    Civil War Concertina

    60 songs and tunes from the time of the American Civil War, for 20-button C/G Anglo Concertina, many with full harmonies and with complete lyrics. All have easy-to-learn Anglo concertina tablature and QR code links to YouTube videos.


    120 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    61 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1499128055


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  May 2014


    The Anglo Concertina Music of John Kirkpatrick

    Over 70 tunes from England’s premier Anglo concertina player, with music notation and tablature for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina, includes QR code links to audio and video. 


    144 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    74 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-952208-02-6


    $27.50/£22/€23.50 


    Release Date:  October 2021

    The Anglo Concertina Music of John Watcham

    50 tunes from one of England’s most famous Morris Dance musicians and Anglo concertina players, with music notation and easy-to-learn tablature for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. Includes QR code links to audio and video. 


    98 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    73 QR code links to audio and video


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-99-6


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  July 2020

    The Anglo Concertina Music of Phil Ham

    Phil Ham has been playing the Anglo concertina for over 75 years and is an influential early innovator in the harmonic style. 

      

    Includes over 60 of Phil’s tunes and songs transcribed for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. With music notation and easy-to-learn tablature, plus QR code links to historical recordings of every tune. 


    119 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    61 QR code links to audio


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:   978-1953208088 


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  November 2022

    A Garden of Dainty Delights

    More than 40 tunes popular in the 16th to 18th centuries, arranged by Adrian Brown and presented with full chords and accompaniments. Includes Anglo tablature for both Jeffries and Wheatstone / Lachenal systems for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina, plus QR code links to videos for every tune.


    155 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    45 QR code links to video


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-0-5


    $30/£24/€28 


    Release Date:  October 2018

    Summer Symphony

    Patriotic marches, light classics, and ragtime tunes arranged by Alan Lochhead. 13 tunes with music notation and tablature for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. Difficult arrangements! Previously released by Mel Bay Publications as the All-American Concertina Album, but now reformatted with the same Anglo tablature used in Rollston Press concertina books.


    76 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    13 QR code links to audio


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-9-8


    $20/£16/€18 


    Release Date:  July 2020

    Cowboy Concertina

    75 mostly traditional songs of the old American West with full lyrics, music notation, chords, harmonies, and easy-to-learn tablature for 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. Includes QR code links to videos of every tune.


    176 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    78 QR code links to videos


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-1-2


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  October 2018


    House Dance

    Schottishes, polkas, quadrilles, waltzes, mazurkas, and varsoviannas, and the concertina players past and present who play for old-time house dances, with QR code links to 176 audio files. 


    291 pages, paperback, 8 x 10


    176 QR code links to audio


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-02-3


    $20/£24/€28


    Release Date:  February 2022

    The Jeffries Duet Concertina Tutor

    A first-ever comprehensive tutor for the rare and unusual duet concertina known as the Jeffries Duet. Includes special tablature and arrangements of over 80 tunes in a wide variety of musical styles from super simple to ridiculously difficult, plus QR code links to audio and video.

     

    198 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    79 QR code links to audio and video


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-7-4


    $30/£24/€28 


    Release Date:  February 2020

    The Anglo Concertina Demystified

    11 lessons for the 30-button C/G Anglo concertina by Bertram Levy, first published in 1985 and reissued with QR code links to the original audio files. Uses Bertram's own unique button numbering system.


    73 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11 


    74 QR code links to audio


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:   78-1-953208-00-2


    $30/£24/€28


    Release Date:  January 2021

    The Pocket Shantyman

    For folksingers, pirates, and sailors - a collection of 130 traditional songs of 

    the sea with lyrics and music, sized to fit in a pocket, backpack or sea bag. 


    232 pages, paperback, 4 x 8 


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0997074833


    $20/£16/€18 


    Release Date:  March 2017

    Pirate Songs

    For those who be wantin’ to warble and bellow like real pirates, over 70 sea shanties and songs of the sea with full lyrics, music notation and chords.


    144 pages, paperback, 8½ x 8½


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-3-6


    $12.95/£10.50/€12


    Release Date:  June 2019


    Also available with Anglo concertina tablature, see Pirate Songs for Concertina

    Sailor Songs

    Almost 90 mostly traditional sea shanties, whaling songs, and songs of the sea with full lyrics, music notation and chords.


    171 pages, paperback, 8½ x 8½ 


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-4-3


    $14.95/£12/€13.50


    Release Date:  June 2019


    Also available with Anglo concertina tablature, see Sailor Songs for Concertina


    Cowboy Songs Old & New

    75 mostly traditional and favorite songs of the old American West with full lyrics, music notation, and guitar chords. As featured on many of the Gillette Brothers recordings.


    172 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-5-0 


    $14.95/£12/€13.50 


    Release Date:  January 2020

    Ditty Box

    A delightful little book of poems and songs by David Leggett from the beautiful seaside village of Cadgwith in Cornwall, England. 


    36 pages, paperback, 6 x 9


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-7326121-6-7


    $7.50/£6/€7 


    Release Date:  November 2019

    Crossings

    A memoir in verse by Ozark/Ouachita poet and musician Gerry Sloan, with photographs by Rick Squires. Contains 112 insightful poems that chronicle growing up and living in this unique rural environment.


    158 pages, paperback, 5½ x 8½ 


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:   978-0997074857 


    $14.95/£12/€13.5 


    Release Date:  May 2017

    I Attacked Pearl Harbor

    The true story of Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese midget submarine officer in World War II, told in his own words as translated by Toru Matsumoto. 


    First published in 1949, this new edition adds annotations, historical photographs, plus additional information on the larger Pearl Harbor submarine attack and the extraordinary journey of Sakamaki's sub across the US mainland.


    153 pages, paperback, 5¼ x 8 


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0997074840 


    $14.95/£12/€13.5 


    Release Date:  June 2017

    Honolulu Chinatown: 200 Years of Red Lanterns and Red Lights

    A history of Honolulu’s Chinatown including every building, old and new, researched from primary sources: newspapers, photographs, land records, maps, contemporary written accounts.


    Includes historical photographs, period newspaper advertisements, and brief bios of builders and architects.


    2022 Preservation Award from Historic Hawaii Foundation. 

     

    458 pages, paperback, 8 x 10


    Also available in Kindle


    10 QR code links


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-01-0 


    $25/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  April 2022

    Memories of Grand Lake Lodge

    Recollections of a young college student working summers at Grand Lake Lodge in Colorado as Bell Captain and Bellhop, written by Ted Coover when he was 96 years old. Includes dozens of rare photographs.


    46 pages, paperback, 5½ x 8½ 


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0997074826 


    $9.99/£8/€9


    Release Date:  January 2017


    Secrets of the Selection Committee

    Dramatically improve architectural and engineering proposals and presentations with this insightful look into how selection committees operate and what they are really looking for.


    216 pages, paperback, 6 x 9


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-0997074802


    $24.95/£20/€23 


    Release Date:  January 2016

    Pocket Walking Tour of Honolulu's Chinatown

    Explore Honolulu’s exciting and historic Chinatown on your own with this handy pocket guide featuring 45 historical buildings & sites.


    Includes rare historical photographs along with an easy walking tour that can be started at any point along the route.


    Excerpted from Honolulu Chinatown: 200 Years of Red Lanterns & Red Lights, (Rollston Press 2022). 


    108 pages, paperback, 4 x 8


    Also available in Kindle


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-09-5


    $10/£8/€9 


    Release Date:  January 2023

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour

    COMING SOON!

     

    260 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    17 QR code links to audio 


    ISBN-13:  978-1953208071 


    $20/£16/€18 


    Release Date:  March 2023

    Researching One's Chinese Roots in Hawaii

    A genealogy guide for researching Chinese names, locating ancestral villages, finding surname societies, and learning about Chinese settlements in Hawaii. Includes translations of many Chinese characters.

    A facsimilereprint of the Proceedings of the 1985 Genealogy Conference in Hawaii, edited by Kum Pui Lai and Violet Lau Lai, originally published by the Hawaii Chinese History Center in 1988. 


    132 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-98-9


    $25/£21/€24


    Release Date:  March 2023



    86 Swiss & German Folksongs for Anglo Concertina

    Barbara Steinger from Akkordeonschule Aarau has carefully selected and arranged 86 traditional folksongs from Switzerland and Germany to be played on the 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. With full lyrics, music notation, chords, and easy-to-learn Anglo concertina tablature.


    193 pages, paperback, 8½ x 11


    86 QR code links to videos


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-11-8


    $26/£21/€25


    Release Date:  March 2023




    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings & Forgotten Architects

    COMING SOON!


    600+ pages, paperback, 8 x 10


    ISBN-13:  978-1-953208-06-4


    Release Date:  March 2023





    Easy Anglo Concertina Tablature

    The Keyboard for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina

    The Keyboard for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina

    The Keyboard for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina

    The notes and button numbers with pitches shown in abc notation.

    Tablature Example and Button Map

    The Keyboard for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina

    The Keyboard for 30-button C/G Anglo Concertina

    Notes on the right side of the instrument are shown above the staff. Notes on the left side of the instrument are shown below the staff. 

    The overhead line shows when to pull. 

    Dashed lines show notes to be held longer than one beat.

    The Button Map shows the notes you need to play.

    Video Links via QR Code

    Weeping Sad and Lonely

    from Civil War Concertina

    Old Molly Oxford

    from A Garden of Dainty Delights, played by Adrian Brown

    Drunken Sailor

    from Pirate Songs for Concertina

    The Whaleman's Lament

    from Sailor Songs for Concertina

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    from Christmas Concertina

    Lumps of Plum Pudding

    from The Anglo Concertina Playing of John Watcham

    Little Joe the Wrangler

    from Cowboy Concertina

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    from Anglo Concertina in the Harmonic Style

    Audio Links via QR Code

    The Sweetness of Mary

    from Easy Anglo 1-2-3, learned from the playing of Yuka Nakafuji  

    中藤有花 with Tricolor

    Coming in 2023

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    Researching One's Chinese Roots in Hawaii

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    75 More Irish Session Tunes for Anglo Concertina

    Chris Droney of Bell Harbour and the Tradition of the Concertina in North Clare

    75 More Irish Session Tunes for Anglo Concertina

    86 Swiss & German Folksongs for Anglo Concertina

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    75 More Irish Session Tunes for Anglo Concertina

    The Anglo Concertina Music of William Kimber, 2nd edition

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    Downtown Honolulu's Lost Buildings and Forgotten Architects

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    Praise the Lord and Pass the Concertina

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    The Pete Morton Songbook

    Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

    The Pete Morton Songbook

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      About Rollston Press

      Learn to Play the Concertina!

      Founded in 2013, Rollston Press is the world's leading publisher of instruction books for the Anglo concertina, with nearly twenty titles in print to date. They range from beginner to expert, teach a wide variety of musical styles, utilize the easiest notation and tablature system, with specialized books showcasing the instrument's foremost players. 


      We've also published the first and only comprehensive tutor for the incredibly rare and unusual Jeffries Duet concertina.

      Books with Audio and Video

      Rollston Press was the first music publisher to enhance the printed page with smartphone-scannable QR codes linking to audio and video. And to date we've included well over a thousand QR codes.

      Reviving History

      Rollston Press also publishes books about historical events and places, and re-issues important, rare, and out-of-print books on a variety of subjects.

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