Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

(New York), 1958. Group of two autograph sheets of music, in pencil and ink, one in the hand of Paul Simon, titled "True or False", with some emendations by his father Lou; the other, in the hand of Art Garfunkel, for "That's My Story". Each bifolium sheet, 12 x 9 1/2 in. (305 x 241 mm). Scattered light stains. "That's My Story" in mat and in frame, with original promotional 45 RPM record. Lot also includes a 45 RPM copy of "True or False".

Pair of very rare Simon & Garfunkel items, one of the best-selling music acts of all time: the manuscript sheet music for Paul Simon's first solo release, "True or False" (as True Taylor), and the song "That's My Story", done by the pair while performing under their first stage name, Tom & Jerry.

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel first met in elementary school in Queens, New York in 1953. By the time they were teenagers they began writing and recording songs--to some success--under the name Tom & Jerry. Simon also began collaborating with his father Louis Simon, a double-bass player and performer in his own right. They came up with "True or False", which Paul recorded under the name True Taylor, but they never performed live nor recorded another song using that nom de plume. Simon never informed Garfunkel of this collaboration, and the latter quit the duo in response. They performed individually for a few years, but got back together for their debut album, as Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning 3 A.M, in March of 1964.

According to Village Music Publishing records, "True or False" sold only 230 copies.