The Ultimate Fake Book by Hal Leonard (1994, Paperback, Revised)

I love to play piano and keyboard, but have little time for large arrangements and little time for practice. The Ultimate Fake Book gives you the melody and corresponding chords. This enables me to play quickly and sound professionally. With 1200 songs and my fingertips, I become the centerpiece at family functions when a piano or keyboard is available. The music reaches all eras and all generations. Everybody loves the songs. My only dislike is that I do not have enough time to play.

On the whole, the fake book was in excellent condition, but did have a few markings on several pages, all chord changes. (These markings were in keeping with the description of the book, so I give it an 'excellent' rating despite my mild disappointment.) About a half dozen songs had pencil markings, which were easy to erase. Two, however, had ink changes, necessitating a laborious session with white out, which was successful. the cover, and condition of the pages, was pristine - looked brand new.

For those who own song books, my recommendation would be to use one (pencil) line to cross out the old chord, and neatly write in the chord change next to it. Scribbling cross-outs in pen and writing in new chords at odd-ball angles makes 'correcting' these at a future date difficult, and detracts from the books resale value.