Balladeer, I wish I had another hint for you. I checked the best used-book resource I could think of, www.bookfinder.com/, and came up with nothing. Lots of copies of the blue book (the later one) are available, but not the pink one, which covers volumes 1-6. If there's particular songs you want, search the database and the forum first. If they're not there, I'll be glad to post 'em. Another book to watch for is Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People, by Lomax, Guthrie, and Seeger - it has songs similar to what you'd find in those early issues of Sing Out!. Also volumes 1 and 2 of the People's Songbook, but that might be harder to find than the "Reprints" book. Any of the paperback songbooks put out by Oak Publications in the 50's and 60's are real treasures. One I'm searching for is "101 plus 5 Songs for Camp."
I almost hate to tell people about places like Bookfinder. I told a friend about a bookstore in downtown Sacramento that has a good selection of used songbooks, and now my friend always beats me to the store and she gets first pick.
Hey, get this: a couple of stores at Bookfinder have the 1967 Sing Out! issue about Leonard Cohen. The price? $150. Lordy, Lordy...
-Joe Offer-