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This is a somewhat incomplete bibliography of printed and electronic REXX textural materials, for currently available electronic materials see the main REXX page.

Classic REXX

Michael F. Cowlishaw: A Practical Approach to Programming the Rexx Language - Prentice-Hall 1985 - ISBN 0-13-780735-X
Michael F. Cowlishaw: The REXX Language: A Practical Approach to Programming; Second Edition - Prentice-Hall 1990, ISBN 0-13-780651-5
Howard Fosdick: Rexx Programmer's Reference - Wrox 2005, ISBN 0-7645-7996-7
William F. Schindler: Down to Earth REXX - Poisoned Pen 2000, ISBN 0-9677590-0-5
Gabriel F. Gargiulo: Mastering OS/2 Rexx - Wiley 1994, ISBN 0-471-51901-4
Gabriel F. Gargiulo: Rexx With OS/2, TSO & CMS Features - Quick Reference Guide (Mainframe Technical Series) – Mvs Training 1999, ISBN 1-892559-03-X
William F. Schindler; Esther Schindler: Teach Yourself REXX in 21 Days - Sams 1994, ISBN 0-672-30529-1 ("Down to Earth REXX" above is an updated version)
Merrill Callaway: The Rexx Cookbook: A Tutorial Guide to the Rexx Language in OS/2 Warp on the IBM Personal Computer - Whitestone 1995, ISBN 0-9632773-4-0
Robert O'Hara; David Ross Gomberg: Modern Programming Using REXX - Prentice Hall 1988, ISBN 0-13-597329-5
Anthony S. Rudd: Application Development Using OS/2 Rexx - Wiley 1994, ISBN 0-471-60691-X
Anthony S. Rudd: Practical Usage of REXX (Ellis Horwood Series in Computers and Their Applications) - Prentice Hall 1991, ISBN 0-13-682790-X
Ronny Richardson: Writing OS/2 REXX Programs - McGraw-Hill 1994, ISBN 0-07-052372-X (Came with examples on a floppy)
Richard K. Goran: Rexx Reference Summary Handbook - Second Edition - CFS Nevada 1994, ISBN 0-9639854-1-8
William Mansfield: Rexx Language: Special Edition - Prentice Hall 1990, ISBN 0-13-779067-8
Hallett German: OS/2 2.1 REXX Handbook: Basics, Applications and Tips - VNR 1993, ISBN 0-442-01734-0
Peter C. Kiesel; J.Ranade: REXX: Advanced Techniques for Programmers - McGraw-Hill 1992, ISBN 0-07-034600-3
Gabriel Goldberg and Philip H. Smith III: The REXX Handbook - McGraw-Hill 1991 - ISBN 0-07-023682-8

Classic REXX in German

Wolek: Das Rexx-Buch für OS/2 - Markt & Technik 1996, ISBN 3-87791-785-2
Karlheinz Wittemann; Stefan Gerten: REXX unter OS/2 – Hanser 1996, ISBN 3-446-18508-9
Michael F. Cowlishaw: Die Programmiersprache REXX - Hanser 1988, ISBN 3-446-15195-8

German translation of the first edition of the book "The REXX Language"

Gerhard Leibrock: Das REXX-Lexikon: Begriffe, Anweisungen, Funktionen - Oldenbourg 1996, ISBN 3-486-23672-5

Classic REXX in Japanese

Michael F. Cowlishaw: Rekkusu gengo nyumon: puroguraminguhe no jissenteki apurochi (Translated by Yoichi Muraoka and Koji Shibano) - 1987 - ISBN 4-7649-0136-6 - Japanese translation of the first edition of the the "Rexx language" book

Object REXX

Tom Ender: Object-oriented Programming with REXX - 1997, ISBN 0471118443 - Out of print
Ueli Wahli, Trevor Turton, Eddie Griborn & Norio Furukawa: Object Rexx for OS/2 Warp - Prentice Hall 1996, ISBN 0-13-273467-2
Object REXX for Windows NT and Windows 95 With OODialog: Windows Dialog Interface - IBM RedBook - (30 December 1996)

Mainframe REXX

Gabriel F. Gargiulo: The REXX Language on TSO - Self published 2012 - ISBN 978-1479104772
Charles Daney: Programming in REXX - McGraw-Hill 1990, ISBN 0-07-015305-1

VSE/ESA REXX/VSE

IBM Manuals

Note some of these manuals have REXX content but are not REXX manuals per se.

VSE/ESA REXX/VSE Reference, SC33-6642
VSE/ESA REXX/VSE User's Guide, SC33-6641
VSE/ESA System Control Statements, SC33-6613
VSE/POWER Administration and Operation, SC33-6633
VSE/ESA Guide to System Functions, SC33-6611
VSE/ESA Library Guide, GC33-6619
VSE/ESA Messages and Codes, SC33-6607
VSE/ESA Guide for Solving Problems, SC33-6610
VSE/ESA Diagnosis Tools, SC33-6614
SAA Common Programming Interface REXX Level 2 Reference, SC24-5549
IBM Compiler and Library for SAA REXX/370 Release 2: Introducing the Next Step in REXX Programming, G511-1430
IBM Compiler and Library for SAA REXX/370 Release 2 User's Guide and Reference, SH19-8160
IBM Compiler and Library for SAA REXX 370 Release 2 Diagnosis Guide, SH19-8179.

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 This is a somewhat incomplete bibliography of printed and electronic [[REXX]] textural materials, for currently available electronic materials see the main [[REXX]] page.
-==Classic REXX Books==
+==Classic REXX==
 * Michael F. Cowlishaw: ''[https://assets.cs.ncl.ac.uk/seminars/229.pdf A Practical Approach to Programming the Rexx Language]'' - Prentice-Hall 1985 - ISBN 0-13-780735-X
 * Michael F. Cowlishaw: ''The REXX Language: A Practical Approach to Programming''; Second Edition - Prentice-Hall 1990, ISBN 0-13-780651-5
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 * Michael F. Cowlishaw: Rekkusu gengo nyumon: puroguraminguhe no jissenteki apurochi (Translated by Yoichi Muraoka and Koji Shibano) - 1987 - ISBN 4-7649-0136-6 - Japanese translation of the first edition of the the "Rexx language" book
-==Object REXX books==
+==Object REXX==
 * Tom Ender: ''Object-oriented Programming with REXX'' - 1997, ISBN 0471118443 - Out of print
 * Ueli Wahli, Trevor Turton, Eddie Griborn &  Norio Furukawa: ''Object Rexx for OS/2 Warp'' - Prentice Hall 1996, ISBN 0-13-273467-2
 * [http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg244825.html?Open Object REXX for Windows NT and Windows 95 With OODialog: Windows Dialog Interface] - IBM RedBook - (30 December 1996)
 ==Mainframe REXX==
-;The following books apply to SAA or mainframe REXX but may be useful nonetheless:
+* Gabriel F. Gargiulo: ''The REXX Language on TSO'' - Self published 2012 - ISBN 978-1479104772
-* Charles Daney: ''Programming in REXX'' - McGraw-Hill 1990, ISBN 0-07-015305-1
+* [[Charles Daney]]: ''Programming in REXX'' - McGraw-Hill 1990, ISBN 0-07-015305-1
-==VSE/ESA REXX/VSE==
+===VSE/ESA REXX/VSE===
 ====IBM Manuals====
 Note some of these manuals have REXX content but are not REXX manuals per se.