Suggested Reading for Classical Guitar Beginners

Tone Production on the Classical Guitar, by John Taylor. Out of print, but a treasure if you can find it.
20 Studies for the Guitar, by Fernando Sor, edited by Segovia (book + CD).
The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music
Learning the Classic Guitar, Vols. 1-3 (© 1990), by Aaron Shearer.
Art of Classical Guitar Playing, by Charles Duncan.

Villa-Lobos Solo Guitar, Collected Works, edited by Frederick Noad.

The Guitar and Its Music: From the Renaissance to the Classical Era (Paperback) The Guitar and Its Music:
From the Renaissance to the Classical Era

By James Tyler and Paul Sparks
Oxford University Press (2007)

A serious history of the classical guitar.

Rey de la Torre explains Carcassi studies 25 Melodious Studies, Op.60

By Matteo Carcassi
Editions Orphee (494021530)
Edited, fingered, and explained by Rey de la Torre
Noad - Renaissance Guitar book The Renaissance Guitar

by Frederick Noad
A great collection.

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