This collection includes Isaac Watts's Psalms & Hymns, if the hymns are either his or by a Congregational author. For Watts's Psalms and Hymns that contain a different denomination-specific Hymnal, please see the Baptist, Presbyterian, or other denominational collections.
Ballou, Hosea; Kneeland, Abner; Turner, Edward. Hymns, composed By Different Authors, at the request of the General Convention of Universalists of The New England States and Others; Adapted to public and private devotion. Charlestown, (Mass.): Printed for the Committee, by Samuel T. Armstrong, 1810. Second Edition. [9962]
Full leather with some cuts and scratches, yet with good joints. 14.2 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches), lacks all free end papers (blanks). (i)-iv, (5)-16, 21-36, 39-260 pp., with stains & foxing. Lacking the 3 leaves as noted; includes the index at end. Fair. Full leather.
A hymnal intended to replace that of Isaac Watts, whose orthodox views of sin, eternal punishment, and atonement the Universalists found objectionable. A complete copy would have 415 selections plus index. This second edition has 5 more hymns than the first.
Rev. Hosea Ballou (1771-1852), born at Richmond, New Hampshire. His father was the pastor of the Baptist Church in that place, but Hosea was expelled from the church due to his embracing Universalist and Unitarian views. At the age of twenty-one he became an itinerant preacher of these doctrines, becoming a settled minister at Dana, Mass., in 1794. He was the pastor several churches before accepting a call to the Second Universalist Society in Boston. Rev. Ballou was “an industrious writer.” He began the Universalist Magazine, the Universalist Expositor, and published numerous doctrinal and controversial works.
Abner Kneeland (1774-1844), born at Gardner, Massachusetts. Kneeland began as a Baptist lay preacher, was led into Universalism, and remained an effective advocate for that cause until 1830 when he adopted a Pantheistic creed and was formally disfellowshipped by the New England Universalist General Convention. Kneeland was actually brought up on a criminal charge for his views, and holds the distinction of being the last man convicted of Blasphemy by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1836). Five trials ensued, and Kneeland spent sixty days in the Boston jail in 1838.
Edward Turner (1776-1853), b. Medfield, Massachusetts, "ranked second only to Hosea Ballou among Universalist ministers of his generation. He was a denominational organizer, a celebrated preacher, and the first historian of Universalism." - Hughes, Peter. "Edward, Turner," Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography, an on-line resource of the Unitarian Universalist Studies Network.
Belknap, Jeremy. Sacred Poetry: consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Public and Private; Selected from the best Authors, with Variations and Additions. Boston: Thomas & Andrews and D. West, 1797. Second Edition, with Improvements. [9802]
Full leather binding, worn with cut marks and some loss of leather to front board, spine with gilt lines, no title label, front joint cracked and weak. 14.5 x 9 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches, front board slightly bowed. "Martin Wilders Book" in brown ink on ffep. Title page bordered. Psalms: (i)-(vi), (7)-231, erratum page, (8) pp. index. Then Hymns with new pagination: (1)-148, 153-262 pp., including Index. The two leaves (pp. 149-152) do not appear to have been bound in. One leaf of the Hymns section is torn without loss; the last leaf of index is tattered in the margins; lacks the rear free end papers. Good. Full leather.
The first edition of 1795 is BAL 936. The Preface by Belknap in this second edition is reprinted from the first edition. In it he says that the authors, when known, are printed with the hymns and gives a brief biography of Anne Steele. He also admonishes Christians who entertain scruples against singing hymns - as opposed to exclusively Psalms - and rejects their assertion that hymn-singing is idolatry.
Jeremy Belknap (1744-1798), b. & d. at Boston, Massachusetts. He was a Harvard graduate (1762), a school teacher, and a conservative Congregational pastor who opposed the "Halfway Covenant." He was an ardent patriot for the Revolutionary cause; he wrote a pamphlet condemning the British occupation of Boston, and helped his parents to escape the city. He was asked to become chaplain to the American army outside of Boston, but declined due to ill health. Belknap is recognized as the first American modern historian, having written his History of New Hampshire in three volumes between 1784 and 1792. He also wrote several theological works, and, as an early opponent of the slave trade, he drew up a petition to the Massachusetts General Court in 1788 calling for its abolition. He was a member of several Societies that encouraged benefactory or educational improvements, and was an overseer of Harvard College.
"He wrote no hymns but made an important contribution to American hymnody in his collection Sacred Poetry: consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Public and Private; Selected from the best Authors, with Variations and Additions (Boston, 1795), which ran into many editions. His intention was to provide a book acceptable to both the conservative and the liberal wings of Congregationalism, to bridge the widening gap which resulted in the formation of the Unitarian denomination a generation later. In this he failed, for only the liberal churches accepted it, though it was widely used by them for 40 years, being much of the best of the period. It includes 300 hymns from the best English sources, and was the first to introduce to Americans the hymns by Anne Steele. The only American hymns in the collection are Jacob Kimball's metrical version of Psalm 65 and Mather Byles' 'When wild confusion rends the air.'" - Henry Wilder Foot, Dictionary of North American Hymnology.
Belknap, Jeremy. Sacred Poetry: consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Public and Private; Selected from the best Authors, with Variations and Additions. Boston: Published by Thomas and Andrews and West and Blake | C. Stebbins, Printer, Nov. 1812. A New Edition, with additional Hymns. [9968]
Full leather over wood boards, scuffed and worn, joints good, 4 x 2 cm chip at top front corner. 14.8 x 9 cm (6 x 4 inches). Ffep detached, many stains, some dark. (i)-(vi), (7)-231, (viii), (1)-276 pp. Text is counted and complete. Good. Full leather.
The first edition of 1795 is BAL 936. The Preface by Belknap in this later edition is reprinted from the first edition. In it he says that the authors, when known, are printed with the hymns and gives a brief biography of Anne Steele. He also admonishes Christians who entertain scruples against singing hymns - as opposed to exclusively Psalms - and rejects their assertion that hymn-singing is idolatry.
An additional note says that the hymns from the 300th to the end, "are added to this edition, and have been selected by a successor of the Rev. Author."
There are 323 hymns and 21 Ascriptions & Benedictions in this edition.
Belknap, Jeremy. Sacred Poetry: consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Public and Private; Selected from the best Authors, with Variations and Additions. Boston: Published by Thomas Wells | Lincoln & Edmands, Printers, 1818. A New Edition, with additional Hymns. [9915]
Full leather, scuffed & worn, remnants of gilt to spine & gilt borders to boards. Joints good, front with short crack. 8.5 x 5.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches). Title page with scroll border. (i)-v, [1], (7)-216, viii, (1)-22, 27-255, (1). Lacking 2 leaves (pp. 23-26) of the Hymns section, and the final free end papers (blanks). Many top page corner tips damaged, obliterating some page numbers but not affecting any text. Good. Full leather.
General Association of Connecticut. Chapel Hymns: Hymns for Christian Use and Worship; prepared and set forth by the General Association of Connecticut. New-Haven: Durrie and Peck, &c., 1846. [9815]
Full sheep, front board detached, rear board loosening, 12 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches). Lacks all free end papers. Text complete, (2), (291)-672 pp.
This is a reprint of the Hymns section (retaining the original page numbers) of the Associations' Psalms and Hymns. 706 hymns, 13 Doxologies, Index of first lines. Words only.
Harris, Thaddeus Mason. Hymns for the Lord's Supper, Original and Selected. Boston: Printed by Sewell Phelps, 1821. Second Edition. [9809]
Blue stiff paper wrapper, 14.5 x 9 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches), "E. A. Stine, East Springfield, 1879" in brown ink at top of tp, 54 pp., complete. A few light pencil scribbles; some brown ink strokes. Good. Wraps.
A shorter first edition of this book was published in 1801, for the use of the church at Dorchester.
47 hymns, words only, with an index of first lines.
Thaddus Mason Harris, D. D. (1768-1842), Harvard graduate (1787), appointed librarian there in 1781. In 1789 he accepted a call from the First Unitarian Church at Dorchester, and was pastor there until 1839. He was one of the founding members of the American Antiquarian Society.
Nettleton, Asahel. Village Hymns for Social Worship: Selected and Original, designed as a Supplement to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts. New-York: Published and Sold by E. Sands, 1828. Stereotype Edition. [9877]
Full leather, scuffed and worn, top of spine worn to the text block, joints are good, 11 x 7 cm (4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches). Front paste-down with scribbles & remnants of paper, ffep inscribed in brown ink, "Present to Mrs. Sarah Hayden, by her friend, L. A. Peterson, April 1830." Small piece clipped from the top of the second ffep. (i)-viii, 9-486 (of 488) pp. Lacks the last leaf of the Table of Tunes. Chew marks at the corner tips affecting some numbers but no texts; old stains in many places. Fair. Full leather.
An interesting aside: the rfep has the poem that begins, "Could we with ink the ocean fill | and were the skies of parchment made...", signed by Sarah S. Hayden, who received this hymnal in 1830. This poem is commonly attributed to Frederick Lehman and his 1917 hymn "The Love of God." Sounds like the basis for an interesting research project.
Asahel Nettleton, D.D. (1783-1844), born at North Killingworth, Connecticutt. He graduated at Yale College in 1809; entered the Congregational ministry in 1811; and from 1812 to 1822 traveled as an evangelist through Connecticut and parts of Massachusetts and New York.
"He had originally intended to become a missionary; but his preaching was attended with such great success, hundreds being converted by his labors, that he concluded to stay at home and continue in this work. In 1822 his heath failed, and he almost ceased preaching for two years, but afterwards resumed the work, spending his winters in the South, and visiting England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1831. On his return, in 1832, he was appointed professor of pastoral theology in the then newly-organized theological seminary in East Windsor; but he did not accept this office, and simply took up his residence in the place and lectured occasionally to the students...Dr. Nettleton was a decided opponent to the New Haven theology, and in sermons and addresses took frequent opportunity to combat it. His only publication was a compilation, The Village Hymns." - M'Clintock & Strong.
Strong, Nathan; Flint, Abel; Steward, Joseph [compilers]. The Hartford Selection of Hymns, from the most approved authors; To which are added a number never before published. Hartford: Printed for O. D. Cooke, From J. Babcock's Press, 1802. Second Edition. [9820]
Sometime covered in cloth with the free end papers pasted down to hold it in place. There is a leather binding beneath. 13 x 8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches), (i)-iv., (5)-58, 63-357, [1] pp. Lacking the two leaves as noted. Text is good with occasional small stains in the margins. Good. Hardcover.
403 hymns, plus Hosannas & Doxologies. With a Table of First Lines and subject index. Words only; no music.
Strong, Nathan; Flint, Abel; Steward, Joseph [compilers]. The Hartford Selection of Hymns, from the most approved authors; To which are added [a nu]mber never before published. Hartford: Printed by Peter B. Gleason, 1810. Third Edition. [9844]
Full leather, top of front joint cracked, 13 x 7 1/2 cm (5 1/4 x 3 inches), "F. Sherman's" in brown ink on ffep. (i)-iv, (5)-357, [1], (2) book catalogue of Peter B. Gleason. Page 224 misnumbered as 324. The text is complete with light stains in some sections. Good. Hardcover.
403 hymns, plus Hosannas & Doxologies. With a Table of First Lines and subject index. Words only; no music.
Watts, I. [Isaac]. Hymns and Spiritual Songs, In Three Books; I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Compos'd on Divine Subjects. III. Prepar'd for the Lord's Supper. Boston: Printed by Rogers & Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1742. The Sixteenth Edition. [9829]
Dark leather over thick card, binding scuffed and worn yet with good joints, tight. Paste-downs now free. 13.3 x 7.5 cm (5 1/4 x 3 inches), front free end paper torn with loss, front free end papers loosening but not detached. (i)-xii., (1)-317, (1)-(15) Table, (1)-(3) Adverts. Text complete. Many leaves tattered at edges with no loss of text; one leaf of text chipped at bottom corner with loss of some letters; one leaf in Table torn with loss, several Table leaves with horizontal tears. Light staining in many places, some leaves are dark. Good. Full leather.
p. 258 misnumbered as 158
Final free end paper, written in brown ink, "Hannah Gates her Book | Hannah Gates, Daughter to Josiah Gates and Grace. Born in September the 9th Day, 1725."
Shipton & Moody AI 40293. "BPL (Boston Public Library) copy."
Watts, Isaac; Bayley, Daniel. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament...Hymns and Spiritual Songs...The Psalm-Singer's Assistant. Boston: J. Mein | W. M'Alpine, 1766 & 1767. [9972]
Full calf over card, 15.3 x 9 cm (6 x 3 1/2 inches), binding separated at rear hinge, cracks in the binding near the top of the joints, lacks all free end papers and first title page, and several other leaves as noted below. There are three items here bound together.
The first is Watts's Psalms of David lacking the tp., and it could be one of several imprints circa 1766. Pagination is [iii]-iv, [1]-304, [xxiv], lacking the last leaf of the Table. This could be Evans 9346 or Evans 10559.
The second is Hymns and Spiritual Songs...&c. By Isaac Watts, D. D., The Twenty-first Edition. Boston: Printed and Sold by J. Mein...1766. [i]-xxiv, [1]-76, 81-276 pp. P. 276 misnumbered as 176; lacking the two leaves as noted; many leaves trimmed close at top. AI 41671 with note, "The only known copy is defective." Leaf 69-70 with horizontal tear, leaf is complete.
Item three is The Psalm-Singer's Assistant; containing, I. An Introduction, with such Directions for Singing, as are necessary for Learners. II. A Collection of Choice Psalm-Tunes, suited to the several Measures both of the old and new Version; engraved in a correct Manner, and is designed for the Improvement of Psalmody, in the Congregations, both in Town and Country: All being composed in three Parts, collected from the best Masters. By Daniel Bayley. Boston: Printed by W. M'Alpine, for the Author in Newbury-Port. And sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country. 1767. 8 pp. text; 6 (of 16) leaves of engraved music, engraved on one side only: the numbered leaves present are in this order - 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8. AI 41691. Fair. Full calf.
The Psalm-Singer's Assistant. No. 77B in Britton, Lowens, and Crawford, American Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810. "This item is a tune supplement to be bound at the back of a metrical psalter or hymn-book. Variations in copies demonstrate that at least six issues were published, all with music printed from the same plates, and only one with a title-page date." This copy defective with only 6 engraved leaves present. Includes the Advert for 'Tans'ur's Royal Melody' on text p. 8.
Several signature within - "Betsy Coffin's Book, Dover, July 1799," "Eliphalet Coffin," "Susannah Coffin."
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs...&c. Newbury-Port: Printed and Sold by John Mycall, 1781. The Fortieth Edition, Corrected, and Accommodated to the Use of the Church of Christ in America. [9964]
A very worn full leather over wood boards, backstrip with loss of the top 3.5 cms, old crude sewn repair at back of text block, back end paper hinge open with binding separating from the text block, 15.4 x 9 cm (6 x 3 1/2 inches). Psalms of David: (1)-325, (11) pp. Table; Psalm section complete. Hymns and Spiritual Songs: (1)-242, 245-264, x. (of xii) pp. Table. Text for the Hymns lacks 1 leaf, and 1 leaf of the Table. Complete Psalms, defective Hymns; many old stains in the text. Fair. Full leather.
The Psalms....&c. is AI 17099, and the Hymns & Spiritual Songs is AI 17791.
The hymn section of the book has a separate title page: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, In three Books: I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I. Watts, D. D. Newbury-port: Printed and Sold by John Mycall. Sold also by M. Leverett, and R. Larkin, in Boston. 1782.
The earliest Mycall Revision. The Psalms were revised to reflect the American states and their War of Revolution, which was still in progress, and to replace the references to Great Britain.
"This was after the capture of Yorktown, but still nearly two years before the Treaty of Peace. One can readily reproduce in imagination the anxious but fervid consultations of Mr. Mycall's committee and the scrutiny by approving eyes throughout New England of the results of their patriotic labors. Their book is indeed a precious memorial of the times. Yet one cannot find but his sense of humor appealed to by this patriotic necessity of getting King George well out of King David's Psalms. Why indeed had he ever got in?
"The most striking feature of the text of the Mycall revision is that of Pslam LXXV, which Watts had entitled: - 'Power and government from God alone. Apply'd to the Glorious Revolution by King William, or the Happy Accession of King George to the Throne.' Mycall altered the title to read: - 'Applied to the glorious revolution in America, July 4th, 1776.' and the change in the governing powers is set forth in the 2nd verse: - '2. America was doom'd a slave, Her frame dissolv'd, her fears were great; When God a right'ous council gave, To bear the pillars of the state.'
"A peculiarity of the text arises from the difficulty of finding a name for the colonies, now freed from that slavery, which is to be substituted for 'Great Britain' and the like in the original. Sometimes it is 'our States' (XXI), 'These ransom'd States' (XLVII), 'ye rescu'd States' (LXVII; now 'New England' (LX); and now 'America' (LXXV), or 'Columb'a' (CXLVII). - Benson, The American Revisions of Watts's Psalms, pp. 3-4.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs...&c. Newbury-Port: Printed and Sold by John Mycall, 1781. The Fortieth Edition, Corrected, and Accommodated to the Use of the Church of Christ in America. [9805]
A very worn intact full leather binding, crude sewing through the spine as an old repair, 16 x 9.3 cm (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches). Psalms of David: (1)-325, (11) pp. Table; Psalm section complete. Hymns and Spiritual Songs: (1)-281, xi. pp. Table. Text for both books is complete, with the free end papers. The book is shaken with some detached leaves laid in place; many page edges creased/curled; it is remarkable that it is still complete. Fair. Full leather.
The Psalms....&c. is AI 17099 (Part First), and the Hymns & Spiritual Songs is AI 17423. It is a different pairing than AI 17099.
The hymn section of the book has a different imprint. It is Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Collected from the Holy Scriptures: Composed on Divine Subjects: Prepared for the Holy Ordinance of the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Providence (Rhode-Island): Printed and Sold by Bennett Wheeler, M,DCC, LXXXI. [1781].
Watts, I.; Doddridge, P. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns founded on various texts in the Holy Scriptures; Published from the Author's Manuscript. A New Edition, Corrected. London: J. F. and C. Rivington..&c., 1783 | 1776. [9838]
Two books bound as one. Full calf, scuffed with vertical crease to spine, front joint with surface crack, spine ends worn with loss. 15.5 x 9.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches), spine with raised bands & gilt lines, no title to spine. "Mattw Chater, 1802" in black ink on front paste-down. xiii., (1)-2, 1-8 Engraved Tunes, 3-317, xxiii; (i)-xxvi, 1-242; xxiv, (1)-50, 53-329, (i)-xix). Text of Watts with some edge-tattering affecting a few words; Doddridge lacks 1 leaf, pp. 51-2. Good. Full leather.
Watts's date is 1783; Doddridge is 1776. An interesting 8 pp. section of engraved music at the front of Watts.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs...&c. Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead, 1798 & 1795. [9963]
Full leather over wood boards, binding very worn with some chipping at the edges, leather separating from the wood, binding fragile. 14 x 8 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches), lacks all free end papers (blanks), title leaf & first leaf of index damaged with loss of the top third of the leaves. (1)-595 pp., number of leaves is complete. P. 14 misnumbered as 41, with small tear at bottom corner affecting some words; p. 16 without the number error, suggesting a partly corrected printing. Signed in several places by Wm. A. Goddard, Worcester; signed at end by Benj. Goddard, Watertown.
The title page for the second part has Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead...1795. The pagination for both parts is continuous.
See F3 (p. 16) of Benson's The American Revisions of Watts's Psalms (1903). There he comments on Bumstead's edition of 1792: "The Worcester text of Watts, without the Appendix of Barlow's additions. The make up of the book, like the title, is in the usual (not the Worcester) form. There are also 1794 and 1795 Bumstead imprints, perhaps of the same character."
Watts, Isaac. Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, applied to the Christian State and Worship. Boston: Published by Lemuel Blake | Lincoln & Edmands, Printers, 1808. [9834]
Full leather, joints good, brown spine title label covers a red one underneath, brown label partially worn away (see pics). Binding with gilt panels front and back, gilt lines to spine; 9 x 6 cm (3 5/8 x 2 1/4 inches). Blue marbled end papers, lacks both front & rear first free end papers. First several leaves nearly detached (i-16). Second title page is "The Psalms of David Imitated...", same imprint. Possibly missing a frontispiece, the pages are (1-2) first tp., (1-2) second tp, (7)-334, [2], (i)-288; text complete. Small marks at the beginning of each psalm or hymn, perhaps a code for use. Rear free end papers weakly attached. Good. Full leather.
The Hymns section has a separate title page: Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Boston: Lemuel Blake, 1808.
Watts, I.; Dwight, Timothy. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian Worship. I new Edition, In which the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts are versified, local passages are altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew, in proper Metres; By Timothy Dwight, D. D. President of Yale College. At the Request of the General Association of Connecticut. To the Psalms is added, a Selection of Hymns. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1814. [9836]
Full leather binding, joints rubbed yet sound, some surface worming to the spine, gilt rules to spine, 13.5 x 7.5 cm (5 1/4 x 3 inches). "Lavina Steels Psalm Book" in brown ink on ffep. (1)-284, (xx) table; (305)-475, (xv) table. Text complete and neatly printed. Good. Full leather.
"After the American Revolution, it became early the general wish of the Churches and Congregations in this country, that such passages in Doctor Watts's version of the Psalms, as were local [i.e. British], and inapplicable to our own circumstances...In making such alterations to Doctor Watts's version, as respected objects merely local, I have in some instances applied the Psalm, or the passage, to the Church at large, or to Christian nations generally; and in others, particularly, to our own country." - Advertisement.
The second title page has Hymns selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge, and various other writers. According to the Recommendation of the Joint Committee of the General Association of Connecticut, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. By Timothy Dwight, President of Yale-College. Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1814.
Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., (1752-1817), grandson of Jonathan Edwards, born at Northampton, MA. Dwight graduated at Yale College at the age of 17, in 1769. He served in the army during the American Revolution, as a chaplain to General Parson’s brigade. His father’s death in 1778 necessitated a return to his family home to take care of his mother, which he did by teaching school and by preaching. In 1783 he accepted a call to become the pastor of the parish of Greenfield, CT. In 1795 he was elected president of Yale College and served in this capacity until 1817. "During this period there were no less than four distinct revivals of religion at the College." - Roberts.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian Worship; Corrected and Accommodated to the Use of the Church of Christ in America. Worcester: Elijah Burbank | E. Merriam & Co., Printers: Brookfield, 1816. [9833]
Full leather, joints good, corners worn with some loss to front top, 14 x 8.6 cm (5 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches), long inscription (title) on the ffep. (xii), [1], (13)-283, [1], (i)-242, (x), pages complete. Leaf 55-56 of the hymns torn with loss in bottom margin, with old repair; hole in leaves 237-8 & 239-40 with loss of a few letters; lacks the rear free end papers. Foxing, some light stains, some edge-tatters, corner creases. Text in good condition. Good. Full leather.
The Hymns section has a separate title page: Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Corrected, and Accommodated for the Use of the Church of Christ in America. Brookfield: Printed by E. Merriam & Co. 1816.
Watts, Isaac; Bayley, Daniel. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian state and worship bound with The Essex Harmony containing a Collection of Psalm Tunes. Boston | NewburyPort: William M'Alpine | Daniel Bayley, 1771 & 1772. [9813]
Two books bound together as one. Full leather, worn, no spine title label, front board detached, some red rot at the edges. 14.5 x 8.5 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches), inscriptions on front and back end papers, described below.
The Psalms of David has the 1771 William M'Alpine imprint, and (1)-vi., (7)-324 pp. (of 328); lacking the last two leaves of the Table of First Lines.
The Essex Harmony, "Printed and Sold by the Author in NewburyPort & by most Booksellers in Boston, 1772". All leaves are engraved, beginning with title page, (i) Lesson & Table; (1-14), center leaf detached. Lacks the last two leaves (pp. 15-18). The music is in round notes in either three or four parts. Good. Full leather.
Watts is the twenty-fifth edition, AI 42297. The Bayley item is no. 66 in American Sacred Music Imprints, 1698-1810 and is the third edition of The Essex Harmony, AI 12319.
"Eben.r Pardie's" on ffep; inscription on front paste-down, "Gift of Miss Ann Prichard, A worthy respectable Maiden Lady Aged about 27, Isaac Knap, 1837-May 29, Newbury Port, Massachusetts."
Ebenezer Pardie (1732-1776), b. East Haven, CT; d. Whiteplains, NY, from wounds suffered in battle. Pardie was a private soldier in Captain Rogers' company, raised at Cornwall, CT, in response to General Washington's call for troops to defend against Lord Howe's army at New York city.
"Isaac Knap Jr., 1843 February, Very Cold" on rfep; the final paste-down reads "1771 Daniel Baily, was Clerk and Organist in S. Paul Church in N.Port, he performed to the admiration of all our harts; now we have the fourth Generation that few Excel = NB No friend nor mother. 1837. Doctor Bass is as fine a Man as ever wore the White Robe, Saint: Church."
The Daniel Bayley (Jr), (1755-1799) referred to here as the organist at St. Paul's beginning in 1776, and was the son of our author, Daniel Bayley (1729-1792). The elder Bayley was clerk of the church, and at various time earned a living as a "musician, printer, publisher, potter, and shopkeeper." - ibid.
Watts, I. Hymns and Spiritual Songs: In Three Books, I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Edinburgh: Printed by and for John Gray, 1772. The Twenty-fourth Edition. [9926]
Sturdy full leather binding (likely original), scuffed and worn yet with good joints, tight. 15.7 x 9.5 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches), "Iohn Green's Book" in brown ink on ffep, with three crosses and winged clouds beneath; the rest of the ffep filled in with random letters. Preface date is March 3, 1720. xxiv., 304 pp., text complete. Good.
Although Watts's Psalms did not catch on in Scotland, his Hymns were sung by some churches. Here is the separate printing of the Hymns. WorldCat records only one location.
"Modern hymns were introduced into Scotland by the Relief Church in the late eighteenth century, but were not widespread in Scottish Presbyterianism until roughly between 1850 and 1875." - J. S. Andrews, Dictionary of Scottish Church History & Theology, p. 683.
Watts, Isaac. [Pulpit Hymnal] The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship. Together with Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books; I. Collected from the Scripture, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. With Indexes and Tables complete. Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1791. [9769]
Dark red leather with elaborate gilt designs, including pairs of doves at the border corners and on the spine. Binding is quite worn and scuffed, joints good with partial cracks, spine ends chipped. We have left the leather "as is" but if you would like us to treat it with archival paste we will do so. 20 x 12.5 cm (8 x 5 inches). All page edges gilt. Marbled end papers; all free end papers missing. First leaf of Index (pp. 3-4) torn with some loss at the upper corner. 227 (1) pp., leaves complete. Foxing. Good. Hardcover.
In brown ink at the head of the title page, "For the Pulpit in the new Meeting house in the first Parish in North Yarmouth, Oct. 13. 1818."
Shipton & Mooney 23192.
Watts, Isaac; Barlow, Joel. Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America: being an Improvement on the Old Versions of the Psalms of David. Hudson, [NY]: Printed for William E. Norman, by Harry Croswell, 1805. [9847]
Worn leather binding, chipped at the spine ends, the case is almost detached from the text block, 12 x 7 cm (4 11/16 x 2 3/4 inches). Wood engraving of David as king playing a harp on the tp. (1)-194, 215-390 pp., including an index of first lines. Text block is split at center and lacking the 5 center leaves, pp. 195-214. Poor. Hardcover.
We find Psalms by Watts and Barlow, there may be other authors as well.
Watts, Isaac; Dwight, Timothy. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian Worship. A new Edition, In which the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts are versified, local passages are altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew, in proper Metres; By Timothy Dwight, D. D. President of Yale College. At the Request of the General Association of Connecticut. To the Psalms is added, a Selection of Hymns. [New Hartford]: Printed for Hudson & Goodwin | From Sidney's Press, 1803. [9832]
Full brown leather, no spine title label, corners worn through with partial crack to back joint, 13 x 7 1/2 cm (5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches). (i)-(vii), (1), (9)-284, [20] pp. Table & Index. Second title page (305), [1], (307)-475, (15) Contents and Table. Number of leaves complete with the following defects: crude sewn repair to text block, now shaken, with some detached leaves laid in (but none missing); pp. 262-268 with worming affecting some letters; leaf 367-8 clipped with some loss of letters; leaf 449-50 chipped with the piece laid in. Fair. Full leather.
"After the American Revolution, it became early the general wish of the Churches and Congregations in this country, that such passages in Doctor Watts's version of the Psalms, as were local [i.e. British], and inapplicable to our own circumstances...In making such alterations to Doctor Watts's version, as respected objects merely local, I have in some instances applied the Psalm, or the passage, to the Church at large, or to Christian nations generally; and in others, particularly, to our own country." - Advertisement.
The second title page has Hymns selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge, and various other writers. According to the Recommendation of the Joint Committee of the General Association of Connecticut, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. By Timothy Dwight, President of Yale-College. Printed for Hudson & Goodwin, From Sidney's Press, New-Haven. 1803.
Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., (1752-1817), grandson of Jonathan Edwards, born at Northampton, MA. Dwight graduated at Yale College at the age of 17, in 1769. He served in the army during the American Revolution, as a chaplain to General Parson’s brigade. His father’s death in 1778 necessitated a return to his family home to take care of his mother, which he did by teaching school and by preaching. In 1783 he accepted a call to become the pastor of the parish of Greenfield, CT. In 1795 he was elected president of Yale College and served in this capacity until 1817. "During this period there were no less than four distinct revivals of religion at the College." - Roberts.
Watts, I. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Boston: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, 1806. [9867]
Full calf, some scrapes & scuffs yet with good joints, 14.6 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches). Quite a bit of insect damage to the end papers (blanks), text pages unaffected. Light dampstain to the inside margins of the first and last several leaves, darkest at the title page. (i)-xi, [1], (13)-251, [1]; (i)-x, (11), 12-216. Complete text. Good. Full leather.
Separate title page, same imprint, for Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper.
Shaw & Shoemaker 11820 (Psalms) and 11814 (Hymns and Spiritual Songs).
Watts, I.; Dwight, Timothy. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian Worship. A new Edition, In which the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts are versified, local passages are altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew, in proper Metres; By Timothy Dwight, D. D. President of Yale College. At the Request of the General Association of Connecticut. To the Psalms is added, a Selection of Hymns. New-Haven: Published by Howe & DeForest Walter & Steele and Samuel Wadsworth. 1812
Calf dos-a-dos binding, edges & corners worn, 10.2 x 6 cm (4 x 2 1/4 inches). Marbled end papers. The Psalms lacks the title page, and has: (3)-319, (2) pp. The Hymns has (321)-494 pp.
"After the American Revolution, it became early the general wish of the Churches and Congregations in this country, that such passages in Doctor Watts's version of the Psalms, as were local [i.e. British], and inapplicable to our own circumstances...In making such alterations to Doctor Watts's version, as respected objects merely local, I have in some instances applied the Psalm, or the passage, to the Church at large, or to Christian nations generally; and in others, particularly, to our own country." - Advertisement.
The second title page has Hymns selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge, and various other writers. According to the Recommendation of the Joint Committee of the General Association of Connecticut, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. By Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College. Same imprint as above.
Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., (1752-1817), grandson of Jonathan Edwards, born at Northampton, MA. Dwight graduated at Yale College at the age of 17, in 1769. He served in the army during the American Revolution, as a chaplain to General Parson’s brigade. His father’s death in 1778 necessitated a return to his family home to take care of his mother, which he did by teaching school and by preaching. In 1783 he accepted a call to become the pastor of the parish of Greenfield, CT. In 1795 he was elected president of Yale College and served in this capacity until 1817. "During this period there were no less than four distinct revivals of religion at the College." - Roberts.
Watts, Isaac. Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, applied to the Christian State and Worship. Middlebury, VT: Published & Printed by Slade & Ferguson, 1814. [9935]
Full calf, binding scuffed and worn with large chip at the top of the spine, corners rounded, joints cracked, leather separating at the edges from the card boards. 10.4 x 6.5 cm (4 x 2 1/2 inches), lacks all free end papers (blanks). Psalms: (1)-128, 145-160, 129-144, 161-346; Hymns: (1)-293 pp. Text is complete, although the Psalms section is partly out of order, as you can see. Fair. Hardcover.
The second title page is Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In three Books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D.D., same imprint as above.
Watts, I. The Psalms of David, imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Newburyport: W. B. Allen & Co., 1814. [9969]
Full leather with gilt to spine, corners worn, small loss at top of backstrip, joints good, 10.5 x 6.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches). (1)-248, (1)-248 pp., both sections complete, tight. Very good.
The title page for the second part has Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on Divine Subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Newburyport: W. B. Allen & Co, 1814.
Watts, Isaac. Psalms carefully suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America being an Improvement over the Old Version of the Psalms of David; bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. (With some New Hymns not in common editions.) See the End for New Hymns. Baltimore: Published by John & Thomas Vance | J. Robinson, Printer, 1815. [9850]
Thick leather binding, worn but with good joints, red leather spine title, small white ink spots to binding, 12.6 x 7 cm (5 x 2 3/4 inches). Psalms: (2), (1)-4, (13)-320 pp. including index; Hymns: (1)-286 pp. The gap between p. 4 and p. (13) in the Psalms is due to fewer preliminary pages being used in this edition; this volume is complete, no leaves are missing. Text is dark with old staining; a few marginal tears/chips in the Psalms section. Good. Full leather.
There is a separate title page for the Hymns, same imprint. The "New Hymns" are 14 in number, and the first several that we checked are by Watts.
Watts, Isaac. Psalms carefully suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America being an Improvement over the Old Version of the Psalms of David; bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. New-York: W. B. Gilley, 1818. [9851]
Full calf panelled in gilt & blind, "Caroline F. Prescot" in gilt to front, joints sometime reinforced with glue, spine in elaborate gilt with black leather title, "Watts." 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches). Pink marbled end papers; inside dentelles. Psalms: (1)-300 pp., including index & first lines; Hymns - (1)-274 pp. with index and table. Complete, tight, some foxing, a few brief pencil strokes in the margins. Good. Full leather.
There is a separate title page for the Hymns, same imprint.
An Americanized version of Watts's Psalms and Hymns.
Watts, I. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Haverhill, Mass.: Published by Nathan Burrill | Stereotyped by B. & J. Collins, New-York, 1818. [9872]
Full leather binding, scuffed & worn, joints fine, front end paper hinge almost separated, 12 x 7 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches). "Irene C. Langworthy" in brown ink on ffep. (1)-370, 383-585, (v). Defective: lacking 12 leaves, pp. 371-382. Poor. Full leather.
Separate half-title page, for Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. The page numbers are continuous throughout in this edition.
Rootsweb online has an Irene C. Langworthy, b. April 20, 1810; d. November 1, 1826, buried at Grove Cemetery, Belfast, Maine.
"Brief Sketch of Dr. Watts" on verso of tp.
Watts, I.; Dwight, Timothy. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And applied to the Christian Worship. A new Edition, In which the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts are versified, local passages are altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew, in proper Metres; By Timothy Dwight, D. D. President of Yale College. At the Request of the General Association of Connecticut. To the Psalms is added, a Selection of Hymns. New-York: Published and Sold by Charles Starr | Printed by D. Fanshaw, 1822. [9929]
Full calf decorated in gilt, rear joint partly cracked, 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2 1/2 inches). Marbled end papers, lacking all free end papers, portion of front paste-down missing. (1)-320, (2), (323)-498 pp. Text complete; text block tight. Good.
"After the American Revolution, it became early the general wish of the Churches and Congregations in this country, that such passages in Doctor Watts's version of the Psalms, as were local [i.e. British], and inapplicable to our own circumstances...In making such alterations to Doctor Watts's version, as respected objects merely local, I have in some instances applied the Psalm, or the passage, to the Church at large, or to Christian nations generally; and in others, particularly, to our own country." - Advertisement.
The second title page has Hymns selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge, and various other writers. According to the Recommendation of the Joint Committee of the General Association of Connecticut, and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. By Timothy Dwight, President of Yale-College. New-York: Published and Sold by Charles Starr | Printed by D. Fanshaw.
Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., (1752-1817), grandson of Jonathan Edwards, born at Northampton, MA. Dwight graduated at Yale College at the age of 17, in 1769. He served in the army during the American Revolution, as a chaplain to General Parson’s brigade. His father’s death in 1778 necessitated a return to his family home to take care of his mother, which he did by teaching school and by preaching. In 1783 he accepted a call to become the pastor of the parish of Greenfield, CT. In 1795 he was elected president of Yale College and served in this capacity until 1817. "During this period there were no less than four distinct revivals of religion at the College." - Roberts.
Watts, Isaac; Worcester, Samuel. The Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs, of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. To which are added, Select Hymns from other Authors; and Directions for Musical Expression. Boston: Samuel T. Armstong and Crocker & Brewster, (1823). Stereotype Edition; Carefully revised, and improved with Copious Indexes. [9816]
Full brown leather with red leather title label, outer binding good with no damage, 15.5 x 9.3 cm (6 x 3 5/8 inches). (1)-314, 323-326, 335-496. (5)-156 pp. Center shaken with open hinges, lacking the 8 leaves as noted. Fair. Full leather.
The first 50 pp. include a comprehensive subject index.
Stereotyped by T. H. & C. Carter, Boston.
Samuel Worcester, D.D. (1770-1821), born at Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College with the highest honors in 1795. “[In 1797] he was ordained pastor of the Church at Fitchburg, a society which was cursed by all the evils of the Half-Way Covenant – including among its members Deists, Arians, Universalists, and the openly immoral. With decision, inflexible integrity, and solemn faithfulness to truth and duty, Worcester opened the batteries of the Gospel upon the errors and sins that called for rebuke. As a result, in the ensuing spring, the covenant was revised and an orthodox creed adopted, and in 1799 an extensive revival occurred.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms of David, imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship bound with Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Cooperstown: Stereotyped and published by H. & E. Phinney, 1823. [9858]
Black leather with gilt scroll borders, "Watts" and gilt designs to spine, joints good, 9 x 5 cm (3 1/2 x 2 inches). Marbled end papers. 322, 282 pp.; texts complete, tight. Very good. Hardcover.
There is a separate title page for the Hymns: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books. I. Selected from the Scriptures, II. Composed on Divine Subjects, III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By Isaac Watts, D. D. Cooperstown: Stereotyped and published by H. & E. Phinney. 1823.
A well-preserved pocket hymnal.
Watts, Isaac; Worcester, Samuel. Christian Psalmody in Four Parts: Comprising Dr. Watts's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watts's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony: together with Directions for Musical Expression. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong and Crocker & Brewster, 1825. Sixth Edition. [9873]
Full leather, scuffed and worn with some separation of leather from the edges of the card, this has an old repair with sewn joints, the spine & joints covered with calf; the book opens stiffly. 14.8 x 9 cm (5 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches). (i)-viii, (9)-324, 13-156, (ix)-xxvi Index. Text complete. The odd page break between p. 324 & p. 13 does not indicate a loss of text, for the Hymn bridging those two pages is intact. Good. Full leather.
Preface date is Nov. 1814. The imprint for part four - Select Harmony - is dated 1813, and has its own title page & pagination. The Select Harmony is Rudiments of Music, (3)-5, followed by 6)-47 pp. of music, round notes, three parts, with an Index.
Samuel Worcester, D.D. (1770-1821), born at Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College with the highest honors in 1795. “[In 1797] he was ordained pastor of the Church at Fitchburg, a society which was cursed by all the evils of the Half-Way Covenant – including among its members Deists, Arians, Universalists, and the openly immoral. With decision, inflexible integrity, and solemn faithfulness to truth and duty, Worcester opened the batteries of the Gospel upon the errors and sins that called for rebuke. As a result, in the ensuing spring, the covenant was revised and an orthodox creed adopted, and in 1799 an extensive revival occurred.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
These efforts by Worcester led to a split in the church at Fitchburg and a failed attempt by the Universalists of the town to substitute their own minister as the tax-supported town parson. Dr. Worcester was a friend to missions, and served as the editor of the Massachusetts Missionary Magazine, as president of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, and was credited with the original idea for the formation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and was the first corresponding secretary of that organization.
“As a preacher, Dr. Worcester was doctrinal, faithful, and luminous, though his manner was neither easy nor graceful; as a pastor, he was diligent, sympathetic, the poor and the sick sharing his special care. He had considerable musical talent, instructed in sacred music, and gave lectures on church psalmody and music. His influence was felt much in ecclesiastical councils, and he was often called upon to adjudicate disputes and settle difficulties. He was a powerful debater, and some of his speeches were seldom rivaled even in judicial and legislative assemblies.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
Watts, Isaac. Caniadau Sion; sef casgliad o Hymnau a Salmau: Yr Hymnau, gan mmwyaf, o waith y parch. William Williams, Gynt o Bant y Celyn, a Isaac Watts: A'r Salmau gan Edmund Prys, Gynt Arch-Diacon Meirionydd. Utica: William Williams, 1827. First Edition. [9916]
Full calf, rubbed at the edges, joints good, 12.5 x 7 cm (5 x 2 3/4 inches). 1827 inscription on the ffep. (i)-xvi, 25-344 pp., last leaf lacking top half. Text counted and complete, matching OCLC 44485670. Good. Full calf.
A Welsh version of Isaac Watts's Psalms, with some of Timothy Dwight's Hymns in English, and ending with Edmund Prys's Crynodee o Lyfr y Salmau, o Gyfiethiad a Chyfansoddiad y Diweddar, which is another Welsh Psalter.
"Pages 253 to 266 contain the English version of a few hymns from the selection in use among the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in America. By Timothy Dwight, D.D. President of Yale College. The type for the Welsh Hymnal was set up by Mr. Williams' eldest son, S. Wells Williams." - Williams, John Camp. An Oneida County Printer: William Williams, Printer, Publisher, Editor. p. 117.
Watts, Isaac. The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D., adapted to Christian Worship in the United States. Windsor, Vt: Printed and Sold by S. Ide, 1829. Cheap Stereotype Edition. [9973]
Full leather over wooden boards, old cloth repair to spine, text block split into two pieces, 10.5 x 6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches). [1]-595, [1], [xi]-32. Appears complete, Table begins at p. [11]. Half title to Hymns chipped at edge with loss of some letters, Table at end shaken with some edge-tatters. Fair.
The printer, Simon Ide (1794-1889), was an industrious young man who apprenticed at the age of fifteen for three years with the Vermont Republican at Windsor. After, he set up his own shop and secured some government contracts. It took him two years to print the New Testament in the workshop he set up in his father's unused blacksmith shop in New Ipswich, NH; at the time of the printing of this Psalm and Hymn book he was back in Windsor, VT. At this time his press was powered by "an old blind horse." He went on to expand his printing and publishing business to a very great, and profitable, extent. - see History of Simeon Ide in The Vermont Journal March 18, 1905.
Watts, I. The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship in the United States of America. Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1830. [9930]
Full leather binding, long ago covered in textured cloth and then shellacked. 10.6 x 6.5 cm (4 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches). No free end papers (blanks). (1)-238; lacks the last leaf or two of the Table for the Hymns, many turned page corners. Good. Hardcover.
The Hymns section has a separate title page and imprint, Philadelphia: Published by H. Adams; Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1828.
Watts, I. & A Teacher of Psalmody. The Psalms and Hymns of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. To which are added, a Selection of Hymns from various Authors; With Directions for Musical Expression Arranged and Adapted to the Music of The Choir, Or Union Collection of Church Music. Sandbornton, N. H.: Published by L. Dow Pierpont | D. V. Moulton, Printer, 1833. First Edition. [9928]
Full leather binding, spine decorated in gilt, rubbed & worn with partial crack to front joint as well as a center crease to the backstrip with 2.5 cm split at bottom. 9.2 x 5.7 cm (3 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches), dark marbled end papers, pencil call numbers on end papers. (1)-310, (1)-272, [2], (1)-192 pp., text is complete. The third title page has a horizontal tear. Good.
The copyright was held by Charles Lane & Co. The third section of "Hymns adapted to the Music of The Choir, or Union Collection" prints the tune names from that book to be used with the hymns.
The History of Sandbornton (1882) fails to mention the compiler, but notes that these books were "very neatly and substantially bound, with the pews of the Centre meeting-house numbered on the covers of many of them." (This copy is not so numbered).
Watts, Isaac; Worcester, Samuel. The Psalms, Hymns & Spiritual Songs, of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. To which are added, Select Hymns from other Authors; and Directions for Musical Expression; By Samuel Worcester, D. D., Late Pastor of the Tabernacle Church, Salem, Mass. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1834. New Edition. The Selection Enlarged, and the Indexes greatly Improved. By Samuel M. Worcester, A. M., Professor of Rhetoric in Amherst College, Mass. [9843]
Full brown leather, scuffed and worn, some cracking to the joints, "Ira Gibbs" in gilt to front, 16 x 9.8 cm (6 5/8 x 3 7/8 inches). "2506" in blue ink on the tp. (1)-36, (51)-496, (505)-776; text is complete. The gap between p. 36 & p. (51) indicates that the hymn section is the same as earlier editions and begins at p. 51, but the preliminary indices are only 36 pp. rather than 50 pp. as in the earlier editions. Similar with the gap between p. 496 & p. (505). Good. Full leather.
The first 36 pp. include a comprehensive subject index.
Samuel Worcester, D.D. (1770-1821), born at Hollis, New Hampshire, graduated at Dartmouth College with the highest honors in 1795. “[In 1797] he was ordained pastor of the Church at Fitchburg, a society which was cursed by all the evils of the Half-Way Covenant – including among its members Deists, Arians, Universalists, and the openly immoral. With decision, inflexible integrity, and solemn faithfulness to truth and duty, Worcester opened the batteries of the Gospel upon the errors and sins that called for rebuke. As a result, in the ensuing spring, the covenant was revised and an orthodox creed adopted, and in 1799 an extensive revival occurred.” – M’Clintock & Strong.
Watts, I.; Hastings, Th.; Patton, Wm. The Christian Psalmist, or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, with Copious Selections from other Sources; The whole carefully revised and arranged, with directions for Musical Expression. New York: Ezra Collier | Stereotyped by Francis F. Ripley, 1836. First Edition. [9965]
Full morocco, blindstamped pattern to boards, gilt stars at corners, spine decorated with gilt titles & panels, joints fine, corner tips worn through. 15 x 9.3 cm (6 x 3 3/4 inches), blue & white marbled end papers, marbled page edges (faded), ffep partly loose. Ink name stamp of Hannah Benjamin in several places. (1)-626 pp., complete, tight. Foxing. Very good.
643 selections, words only, plus 2 pp. of Doxologies and indices. The selections have symbols in the margins signifying how the line or hymn is to be sung.
© 2024 Haaswurth Books
Anderson, J.; Howard, S. B. The Social Harp: containing a rich variety of Scriptural Songs, for the use of Christians in their House of Pilgrimage, Adapted to all Occasions & Seasons; Compiled from various sources, by J. Anderson and S. B. Howard, Ministers of the C. P. Church. Louisville: A. F. Cox, Printer, 1858. Revised and Enlarged. [9861]
Full leather, bordered & decorated in gilt front and back, elaborate gilt to spine, joints fine, corner tips worn through, 11.5 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches), all page edges gilt. (i)-iv, (5)-384 pp., text complete, tight. Very good. Hardcover.
This hymnal by Cumberland Presbyterian compilers went through several editions between 1851 and 1870, and all of them are rather scarce.
462 hymns plus 13 doxologies, words only. With index.
The Rev. Jesse Anderson (1812-1885) was made publishing agent of the denomination in 1854, and was editor of the Central Cumberland Presbyterian (Owensboro, Kentucky) at its beginning in 1865. "He was the author of a work on the Identity of the Church, and also of the Life of Jones and Irvine, and was one of the compilers of the 'Social Harp,' a collection of hymns that was popular and used largely in our Church, and to some extent by other Churches." - The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 8, 1886, cited at cumberland dot org.
Rev. S. B. Howard was a member of the Board of Publication from 1851 to 1856.
Church Psalmist; or Psalms and Hymns, for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians. New York: Mark H. Newman, 1846. Fifteenth Edition. [9936]
Black blindstamped leather, front board almost detached, 11 x 7 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches), namestamp of private owner on ffep. (i)-(v), 6-668 pp., complete. Fair. Hardcover.
This hymnal was endorsed in 1842 by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and in 1843 was issued with a page "Action of the General Assembly of 1843" endorsing the work, and included here. It was also published by the Presbyterian Board of Publication.
722 selections, words only.
Cleland, Thomas. Evangelical Hymns, for Private, Family, Social, and Public Worship: Selected from various Authors. Lexington, Ky: Printed and Published by T. T. Skillman, 1828. Second Edition, Improved. [9839]
Full leather binding, worn with small loss at the ends & corners, spine title label worn through, 13.5 x 7.5 cm (5 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches). Lacks all free end papers. 436 pp., text pages complete. Top of first page of hymns clipped. Several leaves torn with loss of some words, some stains, foxing. Good. Full leather.
Thomas Cleland, D. D. (1778-1858), b. Fairfax Co., Virginia; in 1789 moved with his parents to Washington Co., Kentucky. Cleland was an exhorter during the Great Revival of 1801, and revivals were a frequent result of his ministries. A Presbyterian minister, he "was licensed to preach at Danville in 1803, and began his ministry at Lebanon, then Hardin's Creek; was ordained over New Providence and Harrodsburg Churches in 1813, and continued in charge of the Church in Harrodsburg for twenty-six years, and at New Providence for forty-five years...He was one of the most able and influential ministers of his Church in Kentucky." - The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky (1878).
"He was one of the most popular and useful preachers in Kentucky. Sixteen young men studied divinity under him. He was appointed one of the synodical commission in the Cumberland Presbyterian difficulties. Dr. Cleland was withal a diligent student, and wielded his pen with signal ability against the Newlights and Campbellites." - M'Clintock & Strong.
Ells, Jane W. The Pocket Hymn Book for Prayer Meetings, Monthly Consorts, &c., &c. Dayton: Printed, Published, and Sold by B. F. Ells..&c., 1837. [9840]
Worn cloth, front board weakly attached, 7.5 x 6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/4 inches), lacks the front free end papers. "Rosa Annie Searer, 1877" in blue ink on front paste-down. 145 [but 154], (6) pp., the last six being an index of first lines. The last page is numbered 145 but should be numbered 154. Text good. Fair. Hardcover.
Relatively scarce with 5 records reported to WorldCat.
144 hymns and 3 doxologies, words only. Selected from many sources, including Watts, Doddridge, Newton, Medley, Fawcett, Cennick, Hart, Steele, &c.
We find in the Missionary Chronicle f(Presbyterian) for 1842 that both Jane W. and B. F. Ells were contributors from the Synod of Cincinnati, Presbytery of Miami, Ohio. In The History of Montgomery County, Ohio (1882), Jane W. Ells was one of the successful petitioners to the state legislature for the founding of the Montgomery County Children's Home in 1844.
Kirk of Scotland. The Psalms of David in Metre: Translated and diligently compared with the original Text and former Translations; More Plain, Smooth, and Agreeable to the Text than any heretofore; Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families. Philadelphia: Published by M'Carty & Davis | Stereotyped by J. Howe, 1826. [9825]
Brown leather with red leather spine title label & gilt lines, small chips to spine ends, bottom joint with surface crack - end paper hinge still good. 9.5 x 6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches), "William Kirkpatrick, His Book" on front and back end papers. Wood-engraved frontispiece of David as king playing a harp. 286 pp. with index. Some light staining to the text. Good. Full leather.
The 150 Psalms in metre for congregational singing.
Kirk of Scotland. The Psalms of David in Metre: Translated and diligently compared with the original Text and former Translations; More Plain, Smooth, and Agreeable to the Text than any heretofore; Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families. London, Edinburgh & New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1855. [9810]
Burgundy morocco, decorated in blind, gilt shield to front and gilt title to spine, all page edges gilt. Binding rubbed at edges and a bit bowed with short cracks at the ends of the joints. 10.7 x 7.2 cm (4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches), yellow waxed end papers. 1858 owner's signature on ffep & at top of the tp. Title page in red & black with red border. 352 clean pp., tight. Good. Full leather.
The 150 Psalms in metre for singing, followed by 67 paraphrases in metre of other Bible passages, and 5 hymns.
McClure, Samuel. The Psalms of David, and Song of Solomon, in Metre. Lewistown, Pa & Harrisburg: Samuel McClure and Hickok & Barrett, 1849. First Edition. [9876]
Checked leather spine with blue marbled paper boards, front board detached, rear joint cracked, 13.6 x 7.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 inches). 304 pp., text complete, some light stains. Fair. Hardcover.
This translation was intended for the private use of the Christian, rather than for public singing. "Like the religious poems of Meikle, these compositions of Mr. McClure are designed for the private reading and edification of the Christian." - William Easton.
Includes a recommendation by William Easton (1804-1879), a native of Scotland and Presbyterian minister in Pennsylvania. Also one by J. S. [John Smith] Easton (1806-1879), also a native of Scotland, and the minister of the Presbyterian Church at Lewistown, Pa., the town in which this Psalter was published.
If you have a copy of the standard Scottish Psalter, here is the beginning of the first Psalm for comparison:
Blest is the man, who will not sit
With men that sinners are,
Who hates the den where atheists meet,
And shuns the scoffer's chair.
But he has placed his chief delight
In the eternal word;
And meditated by day and night,
The statutes of the Lord.
Psalms and Hymns adapted to Social, Private, and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; Approved and Authorized by the General Assembly. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1843. [9830]
Full sheep, joints good, a few short surface pulls, small 8.5 x 6.3 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches). 1878 gift inscription on ffep, "To Alice, as a token of love..." 240 + 745 clean pp., tight.
Copyright 1843, no print date. Stereotyped by S. Douglas Wyeth, Agt.; Wm. S. Martien, Printer.
Separate title page after the 240 pp. of Psalms: - Selections from the Book of Psalms, in Metre, according to the version used in the Church of Scotland, and Authorized by the general Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Includes index of first lines and two subject indices.
[Watts, Isaac]. An Imitation of the Psalms of David: carefully suited to the Christian Worship: being An Improvement of the former Versions of the Psalms; Allowed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, to be used in Churches and private Families. Albany: Charles R. and George Webster, 1805. [9895]
Full leather, worn and scuffed, chipped at the spine ends, joints good, 14.7 x 9 cm (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches). Lacks all free end papers (blanks). (i)-(iv), (5)-176, 179-323, (1). Lacking one leaf of text, pp. 177-178. Pages are dark, with some stains, a few torn margins. Fair. Full leather.
This Psalter is based upon Watts, with additional Psalms which he neglected, and editing to remove specific reference to Great Britain, "so as to render the Composition better adapted to the Circumstances of Christians in every Country." - To the Reader.
The Psalter plus 6 Doxologies, 8 Hymns and one Song of Praise.
With adverts for books published or sold by Charles & George Webster. The verso to the tp has a full-page advert for The Easy Instructor, by William Little and William Smith; the verso of To the Reader has a list of books for sale at Webster's Bookstore, Albany; and the very last page has a list of books published and for sale by the same.
This first group also includes a scarce run of newsletters from the Presbyterian US mission in Shanghai; The Life of Rev. Elisha Macurdy, with Revivals in Western Pennsylvania; and a scarce title refuting Charles Finney and the New School Divines, Chauncey Webster's The Nature and Instrument of Regeneration.
The second group is a small collection of material relating to Canada, including the rare account of the Swiss Mission among the Roman Catholics at Grande Ligne of Acadie, Lower Canada. Published in New York, it tells of the burning of their properties and the beating of their missionary, and of mobs invading the places of worship.
The last small group below includes some stacks of Bible commentaries that have come in, and are being sold in lots.
PRESBYTERIAN
Abbott, Jacob. The Young Christian: or A Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty. New-York: American Tract Society, ca. 1848. [9638]
Adam, Thomas. Private Thoughts on Religion and other subjects connected with it; With a Sketch of his Life and Character. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1843. [9673]
Alexander, Archibald. A Brief Compend of Bible Truth. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1846. [9731]
Anderson, Emma Dean; Campbell, Mary Jane. In the Shadow of the Himalayas: A historical narrative of the Missions of the United Presbyterian Church of North America as conducted in the Punjab, India, 1855-1940. Philadelphia: The United Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1942. First Edition, Second Printing. [9739]
Atwater, Lyman H.; Smith, Henry B. [editors]. The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review. New Series Vol. V. New York: J. M. Sherwood, 1876. [4498]
[Bonar, Andrew A.; M'Cheyne, Robt. Murray]. Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to The Jews from The Church of Scotland in 1839. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, (1843). Third Edition. [9644]
Brooks, Thomas. The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod; with Sovereign Antidotes for every Case. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1839. [9672]
Campbell, John. Voyages to and from the Cape of Good Hope; with an Account of A Journey into the Interior of South Africa; Intended for the Young. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. First American Edition. [9646]
Charnock, Stephen. The Doctrine of Regeneration, selected from the writings of the Rev. Stephen Charnock, B. D. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9647]
Christian Biography: The Life of the Rev. John Brown, of Haddington, Scotland; Revised and Enlarged. New York: John P. Haven, Am. Tract House, 142 Nassau Street, 1830. [9724]
Cobbin, Ingram. The Book of Popery: A Manual for Protestants; descriptive of The Origin, Progress, Doctrines, Rites, and Ceremonies of The Papal Church. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9720]
Dickinson, Jonathan. Familiar Letters to a Gentleman, upon a variety of Seasonable and Important Subjects in Religion. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9659]
Doddridge, Philip. The Life of Col. James Gardiner, who was Slain at the Battle of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, ca. 1850. [9682]
Edwards, Jonathan. A History of the Work of Redemption; comprising An Outline of Church History. New-York: The American Tract Society, ca. 1845. [9737]
Elliott, David. The Life of the Rev. Elisha Macurdy: with an Appendix containing brief Notices of various Deceased Ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Western Pennsylvania. Allegheny & Philadelphia: Kennedy & Brother | William S. Martien, 1848. First Edition. [9661]
The Form of Government, the Discipline, and the Directory for Worship, of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9651]
Foreman, Kenneth J. God's Will and Ours: An Introduction to the Problem of Freedom, Foreordination and Faith. Richmond: Outlook Publishers, 1954. First Edition. [9744]
Fowler, P. H.; Mears, J. W. Historical Sketch of Presbyterianism within the bounds of the Synod of Central New York bound with The Presbyterian Element in our National Life and History: An Address delivered before the Synod of Central New York at Watertown, October 18th, 1876. Utica, NY: Curtiss & Childs, 1877. First Edition. [4443]
Gaussen, L. The Prophet Daniel, considered in a Series of Lessons, for a Sunday-School; Translated from the French. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, ca. 1850. [9738]
[Grierson, Margaret]. Labourers in the East; or Memoirs of Eminent Men who were devoted to the Service of Christ in India: containing abridged Biographies of the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. Henry Martyn, and Rev. David Brown. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. First American Edition. [9656]
Griffith, John. Life of Capt. James Wilson, containing an Account of his Residence in India; His Conversion to Christianity; His Missionary Voyage to the South Seas, and his peaceful Death; Abridged from the Memoir by Rev. John Griffith. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9660]
Halyburton, Thomas. The Great Concern of Salvation: In two parts. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1839. [9665]
History of Grace Presbyterian Church of Kittanning, Pa. 1806 to 1976. Kitanning?: The Church, ca. 1976. No imprint. [9756]
A History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, embracing an Account of its principal Transactions, and Biographical Sketches of its Most Conspicuous Members; Compiled for the Board of Publication from the best Authorities. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9645]
Hodge, Charles; Miller, Samuel; et al. The Spruce Street Lectures: by several Clergyman, Delivered during the years 1831-2. To which is added, A Sermon on the Atonement, by John D. Witt, D.D. originally published in the Murray Street Lectures. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9671]
Janeway, J. J. The Internal Evidence of The Holy Bible or The Bible Proved from its own Pages to be A Divine Revelation. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1845. [9648]
Janeway, James. The Saint's Encouragement to Diligence in Christ's Service. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9666]
Kieffer, W. T. Linn. A History of The First Presbyterian Church of Milton, Pennsylvania, 1811-1936. NP: (1936). [9742]
The Larger Catechism of the Westminster Assembly, with Proofs from the Scriptures. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9677]
Life of Philip Melancthon, the German Reformer. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9649]
The Life of Rev, James Hervey, M.A., Rector of Weston-Favel & The Life of the Rev. Augustus M. Toplady, Vicar of Broad-Hembury; Spine title: Hervey and Toplady. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9652]
Life of Ulricus Zuinglius, the Swiss Reformer; with a Biographical Sketch of John Œcolampadius. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9642]
Lindsley, Aaron L. National Righteousness and National Sin: The Substance of a Discourse delivered in The Presbyterian Church of South Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y., November 20, 1856. New York: Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 1857. [9730] Greed & Slavery.
Lorimer, John G. An Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church of France, from its Origin to the present Times: with parallel notices of the Church of Scotland during the same period. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9640]
Lowrie, John C. Travels in North India: containing Notices of the Hindus; Journals of a Voyage on the Ganges and a Tour to Lahor; Notes on the Himalaya Mountains and the Hill Tribes; Including a Sketch of Missionary Undertakings. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9670]
Lucas, J. J. Memoir of Rev. Robert Stewart Fullerton, American Presbyterian Missionary in North India, 1850-1865 [SIGNED]; Compiled from his Letters during fifteen years in India, and his Narratives of the trials, faith and constancy of Indian Christians during the Mutiny of 1857. Allahabad: The Christian Literature Society, U. P. Branch | Printed at The Wesleyan Mission Press, Mysore City, 1928. First Edition. [9716]
McEwing, Barbara Y. The Witness of Market Street; Cover title adds: A History of First and Central Presbyterian Church, 1737-1975. Wilmington?: Np, ca. 1975. No imprint. [9748]
Maclaren, William. The Romish Doctrine of the Rule of Faith Examined: A Lecture Delivered at the Close of the Session of the Presbyterian College, Montreal, On the 4th April, 1872; With an Appendix, In which certain Statements of Rev. Father Damen, and Rev. Dr. O'Connor, are considered. Ottawa: Henderson & Co., Booksellers, 1872. First Edition. [9728].
McCrie, Thomas. Life of John Knox, the Scottish Reformer; Abridged from McCrie's Life of Knox. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1839. [9679]
Mead, Matthew. The Almost Christian Discovered; or the False Professor Tried and Cast. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1843. [9654]
Meloy, W. T. Lucile Vernon; or, The Church at Lansington. Chicago & New York: Fleming H. Revell, (1889). [4359]
Miller, Samuel. An Essay on the Warrant, Nature, and Duties of the office of The Ruling Elder, in the Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9653]
Miller, Samuel. Letters on the Observance of the Monthly Concert in Prayer: addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, (1845). [9668]
Miller, Samuel. Memoir of the Rev. John Rodgers, D.D., Late Pastor of the Wall-Street and Brick Churches, in the City of New York. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9650]
Morris, Edward D. Theology of The Westminster Symbols: A Commentary, Historical, Doctrinal, Practical, on the Confession of Faith and Catechisms of the Presbyterian Churches. Cincinnati, Ohio: The Faculty of Lane Seminary, 1911. Second Edition with Doctrinal Preface. [9757]
Morrison, William McCutchan; Pruitt, Virginia Gray & Vass, Winifred Kellersberger [Editors & Compilers]. A Textbook of the Tshiluba Language: Based on the original Grammar of the Buluba-Lulua Language, Exercise Book of the Buluba-Lulua Grammar, Dictionary of the Tshiluba Language, by Dr. William McCutchin Morrison. Luebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The J. Leighton Wilson Press, American Presbyterian Congo Mission, 1965. Revised Edition. [9743]
Morton, Katherine A.; Dubois, William R. A Century of Service: First Presbyterian Church, Cheyenne, Wyoming 1869-1969. [9740]
Narratives of Revivals of Religion in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9713]
Niven, Archibald C. [editor]. The Centennial Memorial, a Record of the Proceedings on the occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the A. R. Presbyterian Church, of Little Britain, N. Y. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1859. [9711]
Noel, B. W.; Cunningham, J. W.; et al. Lectures on the Points of Controversy between Romanists and Protestants. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9639]. A second copy here.
The Novelty of Popery, and the Antiquity of the Religion of Protestants, proved by Scripture and History. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9662]
Owen, John. The Nature, Power, Deceit and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9674]
The Patriarchs. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9664]
Pike, J. G. A Guide for Young Disciples of the Holy Savior, in their Way to Immortality; Being a Sequel to Early Piety. New-York: American Tract Society, ca. 1845. [9736]
Presbyterian Mission Press, Bulu Language New Testament: MEVA'A FOE MVAME ZAMBE; Mejo me Zambe ataté Kalate Paul a nga tili bote ya Rome akekui Nkulane Mam Jean a nga su'ulane yen. Cameroun: Mission Presbyterienne Americaine, 1957. [9741]
Reformation Principles Exhibited: being the Declaration and Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America. New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1871. Sixth Edition. [9735]
Russell, David; Boardman, Henry A. Letters, Practical and Consolatory; designed to illustrate the Nature and Tendency of the Gospel (2 vols); From the Fourth Edinburgh Edition, with an Introductory Essay by the Rev. Henry A. Boardman, Philadelphia. Philadelphia: W. Marshall, & Co., 1836. [9643]
Sanders, Taylor. A Journey in Faith: The History of Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. Lexington, Virginia: Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, 1999. First Edition. [9733]
Sargent, John. A Memoir of Rev. Henry Martyn, B. D., Late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Honorable East India Company. New-York: American Tract Society, c. 1845. From the Tenth London Edition, corrected and enlarged. [9681]
Scott, Thomas; Miller, Samuel. The Force of Truth: an Authentic Narrative; With a Recommendatory Letter, By Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D.; to which are added, Eight Letters Addressed to Dr. Scott, by Rev. John Newton. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. [9663]
[Seeley, Robert Benton]. Essays on Romanism. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841. First American Edition. [4827]
Segelken, C. Benjamin; Zeigler, J. L. The Donegal Presbyterian Church (Founded Prior to 1721) Church Services Held as Early as 1714: East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; The Donegal People: Their History, and Other Historical Documents. Harrisburg, Pa: The Evangelical Press, 1935. First Edition. [9734]
Shepherd, William. Memoir of the Last Illness and Death of William Tharp Buchanan, Esq., of Ilfracombe. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9667]
Sibbes, Richard. The Soul's Conflict and Victory over itself by Faith. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1842. [9641]
Smith, H. Maxcy; Little, Lacy LeGrand. 71 Issues, March, 1933 - December, 1940. China Mission News Letter, Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Shanghai, China: Presbyterian Church In the U.S. China Mission, 1933-1940. First Editions. [9762]
Stevenson, George; Plumer, William S. The Offices of Christ: Abridged from the original work of the Rev. George Stevenson; By William S. Plumer, D. D. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9669]
Webster, C. The Nature and Instrument of Regeneration. Philadelphia: J. Whetham & Son, 1843. First Edition. [9655]. A refutation of the Arminians, Hopkinsians, Charles Finney, and New School Divines on the subject of Regeneration.
Wharey, James. Sketches of Church History: comprising a Regular Series of the most Important and Interesting Events in the History of the Church, from the Birth of Christ to the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1840. [9719]
Wilson, Warren H. The Second Missionary Adventure: The Missionary Address, Oberlin College, June 13, 1915. New York &c.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1915. First Edition. [9715]. Home missionary work.
CANADA
Ballantyne, W. D. [editor]. The Presbyterian Year Book for the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1895. Toronto: Presbyterian Printing and Publishing Co., LTD, 1895. First Edition. [9723]
Cameron, James [editor]. The Presbyterian Year Book for the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1877. Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1877. First Edition. [9721]
Cameron, James [editor]. The Presbyterian Year Book for the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1879. Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1879. First Edition. [9722]
The Canadian Miscellany; or, The Religious, Literary & Statistical Intelligencer. No. 1, Vol. 1. Montreal: Printed at the Herald Office, 1828. First Edition. [9686]
Dawson, J. W. A Hand Book of the Geography and Natural History of the Province of Nova Scotia for the use of Schools, Families, and Travellers. Pictou: James Dawson & Son, 1852. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. [9712]
Extracts from the Minutes of the United Synod, of the Presbyterian Church of Upper Canada, at their Meeting held in Toronto, Wednesday, June 29, 1836, and continued by adjournment; Published by Order of the Synod. Brockville: Printed by William Buell, 1836. First Edition. [9718]
Gregg, William. Short History of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion of Canada, from the Earliest Times. Toronto: Printed for the Author, 1892. [9732]
The Journal of the French Canadian Missionary Society, July, 1872. No. 1. Montreal: John C. Becket, Printer, 1872. [9688]
McNeill, John Thomas. The Presbyterian Church in Canada 1875-1925; With Introduction by Clarence Mackinnon. Toronto: General Board, Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1925. [9750]
Taylor, Hon. Thomas Wardlaw. The Public Statutes relating to the Presbyterian Church in Canada: with Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly, and By-Laws for the Government of the Colleges and Schemes of the Church. Winnipeg: Hart & Company, Limited, 1897. Second Edition. [9725]
[Wilder, Sampson Vryling Stoddard]. Circular respecting The Swiss Mission among the Roman Catholics at Grande Ligne of Acadie, Lower Canada. New-York: Printed by G. P. Scott, 1839. First Edition. [9687]
ODDS & ENDS
9 volumes of The Layman's Bible Commentary (hardcover). Atlanta: John Knox Press, ca. 1964. [9761]
13 volumes of The Layman's Bible Commentary. Atlanta: John Knox Press. [9760]
Erdman, Charles R. 12 volumes, Exposition of the New Testament. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1946. First Edition. [9759]
Jordan, John Wolf; Repsher, Donald R. Memories of Old Nazareth: Stories of a German-American Moravian Village, 1740-1860. Nazareth, PA: Jacobsburg Historical Society, 1997. First Edition. [9755]
Murray, Lindley; Bartlett, M. R. The English Reader, or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers...With A Key. Utica, [NY]: William Williams, 1823. [9685]
Nauman, St. Elmo [editor]. Exorcism Through the Ages. New York: Philosophical Library, 1974. [9754]
Peters, Ted. UFOs - God's Chariots? Flying Saucers in Politics, Science, and Religion. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1977. First Edition. [9751]
Ruttenber, E. M.; Clark, L. H. History of Orange County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men; Cover title: History of Orange County, New York, with Illustrations: 1683-1881. Interlakin, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1980. [9683]
Thank you for taking the time to look through the list and we hope you found a book or two to add to your collection.
Steve & Susan
]]>Here is a list of books and pamphlets on the subject of Christian Revival. They cover the period from the Great Awakening of the 1740's to the Prayer Meeting Revival of 1858. There are also a few items of more recent dates.
You will find them to be either in support of revival work, or against.
Each entry has been updated within the past few weeks. All have better descriptions, many have new photographs, and some have reduced prices. Most of the removed pamphlets now have newly stitched acid free wrappers.
Many may be found referenced in Richard Owen Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography with Biographical and Historical Notices. This indispensable reference work is a bit pricy when you can find a copy. It is ISBN 9780940033276.
We hope that you are able to find some things to add to your library.
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The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. XIII.: An Historical Study of the Edwardean Revivals. Worcester, MA: Louis N. Wilson, 1902. First Edition. [3487]. Roberts, Revival Literature no. 2673. "A periodical article with valuable insights on the Great Awakening." It was written by Samuel Perkins Hayes.
Blackburn, John. The True Character, and Probable Results, of American Revivals: A Discourse, delivered at Maberly Chapel, Kingsland, on Thursday morning, April 8, 1830; Before the Monthly Meeting of Pastors and Churches, and Published at their Request. With an Appendix. London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1830. First Edition. [9222]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, no. 509. "An appraisal of American revivals with references to Lyman Beecher, Jonathan Edwards, Charles G. Finney, Gilbert Tennant and George Whitefield."
Blinn, C. Henry. The Manifesto. Vol. XXII. February, 1892 [Shaker]. Canterbury, N. H.: United Society of Believers, 1892. First Edition. [4603]. This issue contains an excerpt from Richard M'Nemar's The Kentucky Revival, first published in 1808. It also contains a Lecture by Elder F. W. Evans protesting against any kind of Christian government of the United States, identifying that as the mark of the beast.
Bonham, J. W. The Great Revival in the Church of England; A Lecture. New York: T. Whittaker, 1875. [5067] Describes ten days of evangelistic meetings held in Anglican churches in London, commencing February 8th, 1874. It relates the preparations, the preachers, their sermons, and the results.
The Boston Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns: Intended to accommodate Christians on Special and Stated Occasions. Boston: Published by Manning and Loring, 1808. First Edition. [8496]. "The numerous revivals of religion in America, which have taken place of late years in remarkable succession, through the copious out-pouring of the Spirit in different places, has rendered the demand for devotional hymns more general than heretofore..."
Brief Summary of the Protracted Meetings held in the Deerfield Association during the latter part of the Summer and Autumn of 1834, with their plan and results. First published in the New-Hampshire Observer. Concord [NH]: Observer Press, 1835. [3472]. Roberts, Revival Literature, no. 717. Reports on the meetings for revival held in Deerfield, Northwood, Epsom, Chichester, Pittsfield, Loudan, Barnstead, Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton First Church, Gilmanton Centre, and Meredith Bridge.
Bush, Charles P. Memorial Services: Half Century Celebration of the Presbytery of Rochester, Held in that City April 6th and 7th, 1869. Rochester, N. Y. : Book and Job Office of Tracy & Rew, 1869. First Edition. [9128]. Pp. 65-77 focus on revivals, with accounts of C. G. Finney and Jedidiah Burchard.
Bushby, Douglas. Adventures in Revival [Korea Interest]. Tulsa, OK: Bushby Evangelistic Assn, 1953. Good. Paperback. [3384]. Roberts, Revival Literature, no. 854. "Reports of visits to revival scenes like Ruanda, the Hebrides with Duncan Campbell, &c." Bushby was an Australian evangelist, and during the Korean War a U. N. War Correspondent.
The Canadian United Presbyterian Magazine. Vols. V. & VI. 1858-1859. Toronto: Printed for the Committee, by Lovell and Gibson, 1858-1859. First Edition. [4464]. Prayer Meeting Revival.
The Christian Herald, April 17, 1901. Cover illustration of G. Campbell Morgan. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9578]
The Christian Herald, August 14, 1901. Cover illustration of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9579]
The Christian Magazine; or, Evangelical Repository for 1799. A periodical monthly publication, by a Society of Ministers; intended as a Treasury of Gospel Doctrine; for counteracting the Influence of Error, and Disseminating Religious Knowledge among Persons of all Denominations. Edinburgh: Printed for the Editors, by Murray & Cochrane, 1799. First Edition. [4204]
The Christian Magazine; or, Evangelical Repository for 1803. A periodical monthly publication, by a Society of Ministers; intended as a Treasury of Gospel Doctrine; for counteracting the Influence of Error, and Disseminating Religious Knowledge among Persons of all Denominations. Edinburgh: Printed for the Editors, by Murray & Cochrane, 1803. First Edition. [4339]
The Christian Spectator, conducted by An Association of Gentlemen, For the year 1821. Volume III. New-Haven: S. Converse, 1821. First Edition. [4663]. Revival reports from New Haven, central Connecticut (30 towns listed), in the Presbytery of Albany (Rev. Nettleton and others), various Presbyteries of the General Assembly Presbyterian Church (Rochester, Onondaga, Oneida, Otsego, Troy, Albany, &c.), and in the North Consociation of Hartford Co.
The Christian Witness and Church Members' Magazine. Volume XVI. 1859. London: John Snow, 1859. First Edition. [3476]. Revivals of Religion; The Church and its Prayer-meetings; A Revival; Dangers attendant on Revivals; Revivals in Belfast; Progress of the Revivals in Ireland; The Religious Revivals and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; The Religious Awakening in Ireland; Religious Movement in Ireland; Revival in Scotland; The Great Revival; Spiritual Revival; Genius and Eloquence of Whitefield; Prayer and Prayer Meetings; Revival of Religion in Switzerland; Revival Hymns.
The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Volume II. consisting of twelve numbers, to be published monthly. From July 1801 to June 1802. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801-2. First Edition. [4184]. Roberts 1219. "These precious volumes include many detailed reports of revivals taking place during the years of publication of this Journal as well as articles on the history of the Moravians, advice to awakened sinners, conversion accounts, etc." With extensive notices of revivals of religion in Delaware County, New Durham, Granville, Kentucky, Lenox, New Marlborough, Otsego County, Plymouth, Vermont, and Winthrop.
[Coxe, Arthur Cleveland]; A Presbyter of Connecticut. Revivalism and the Church. A Letter to a Reviewer, in reply to several articles in The New-Englander. Hartford: Henry S. Parsons, 1843. First Edition. [3332]. The author is defending the Anglican communion from charges that they preach another gospel than that of revivalists, labors to show that the framers of the Saybrook Platform professed doctrinal agreement with the theology of the Anglican church, that the formularies and traditions of the Anglican church are not another gospel, and warns against the extreme individualism that sometimes accompanies revivalism.
Davis, Cornelius. New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence; for the year 1800. Vol. I. New-York: T. & J. Swords, for Cornelius Davis, 1800. First Edition. [4887] No. 3894 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "Several important articles on revivals." Extract of a Letter from the Reverend Seth Williston, Ontario Co., New York "Once I saw about 400 people assembled in one place...There are some pretty remarkable instances of the sovereignty of grace." Many letters describing revivals.
Davis, Cornelius. The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence; for the year 1801. Vol. II. New-York: Printed for Cornelius Davis, 1801. First Edition. [5358]. Includes "Speech of a Tuscarora Woman, at a religious Conference at Oneida; Revival of Religion in Tennessee; A Dialogue between Africanus, Americanus, and Benevolus, on sending Missionaries to carry the gospel to the Heathen in Africa; Letter from the Rev. Mr. Holmes...Missionary to the Seneca and Tuscarora Tribes of Indians, in the State of New-York; An inquiry into the scripture meaning of Charity, By the Rev. John Witherspoon; An Account of the Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the American Indians; Account of a late Revival of Religion in a part of the Highlands of Scotland, by Alexander Stewart; An Account of the Ohio Presbytery, in a Letter from Rev. Thomas Moore.
Davis, Cornelius. The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence; for the year 1802. Vol. III. New-York: Printed by Vermilye and Crooker, for Cornelius Davis, 1802. First Edition. [4186]. "I have seen strange things since I came to this state [North Carolina], a revival of religion after the manner of that in Tenessee [sic] and Kentucky. It is, indeed, a very extraordinary work..."
Davis, Cornelius. The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence; for the year 1803. Vol. IV. New-York: Printed by William Vermilye, for Cornelius Davis, 1803. First Edition. [4185]. "An extraordinary phenomenon has lately appeared...It is that of people of different denominations meeting together to the amount of about two or three thousand at one time; and many of them exhibiting signs of the most uncommon spiritual distress...This began in Kentucky; and it is now spreading in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey."
Davis, Cornelius. The Utica Christian Magazine, designed to prompt the spirit of research, and diffuse religious instruction. Vol. I. Published under the inspection of a committee of Congregational and Presbyterian clergymen. Utica [NY]: Printed by Merril & Camp, for Cornelius Davis, 1814. First Edition. [4187]. Includes Narrative of Missions directed by the Trustees of the Missionary Society of Connecticut [revival reports in New York and Pennsylvania]; Jonathan Edwards' Resolutions; etc.
Davis, Cornelius. The Utica Christian Magazine. Vol. I. No. 1 - 12; Sermons by Timothy Dwight and others;16 items bound together. Utica, NY: Printed by Merrell & Camp for Cornelius Davis., 1812-1815. First Edition. [3768].
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History (3 vols) Volume I: October, 1701-May, 1745; Volume II. May, 1745-May, 1763; Volume III: May, 1763-July, 1778. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885-1903. [9458]. The set is no. 1486 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "Jonathan Barber, David Brainerd, Samuel Buell, James Davenport, Jonathan Dickinson, Timothy Dwight, Jonathan Edwards, John Eliot, Jonathan Parsons, Benjamin Pomeroy, Nathan Strong, Gilbert Tennent, Eleazar Wheelock, and George Whitefield, and a host of other revival men are considered."
Dudley, John. A Discourse on the Means of a Revival. Preached at Quechee, Vt. Windsor, [Vt]: Printed at the Chronicle Press, 1849. [3871]. Dudley gives the reasons for a need of revival, and then "To what means must we look, with the hope of saving the Church, and securing the revival and preservation of vital godliness?"
Edwards, B. B. The American Quarterly Register. Vol. IX., for the year 1837; bound with Twentieth Annual Report of the Directors of the American Education Society...1836. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1837. First Edition. [4501]. This series (1827-1843) is no. 103 in Roberts, Revival Literature. "A periodical with numerous articles on revivals." This volume includes Historical Sketch of Revivals of Religion in Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., by Henry Wood, Pastor of the Church at Dartmouth College.
Edwards, B. B.; Cogswell, W. The American Quarterly Register. Vol. X., for the year 1837. With General Index to the First Ten Volumes. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1838. First Edition. [3489]. The following articles are of revival interest: many reports from individual congregations; Rev. Dr. Goodrich's History of Revivals in Yale College; Memoir of Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D. D. Founder and First President of Dartmouth College; Memoirs of Ministers who have been graduated at Harvard College...&c. Includes accounts of John Eliot, John Cotton, and others; History of the General Association of New Hampshire; Memoir of the Rev. Asa Burton, D. D., Thetford, Vt.
Edwards, B. B.; Cogswell, W. The American Quarterly Register. Vol. XI. 1839. Boston: American Education Society, 1839. First Edition. [4073]. The volume is full of historical matter, biographies, revival accounts, memoirs, &c. It contains Revivals of Religion in Amherst College, by Heman Humphrey (12 pp.) and Revivals in Colleges, by Calvin Butler (2 pp.).
Engraving: Whitefield Preaching at Moorfields, A.D. 1742 - Harper's Weekly, September 9th, 1865. New York: Harper's, 1865. [8747]. A dynamic wood engraving showing George Whitefield engaged in open-air preaching, with the crowd partly sympathetic and partly antagonistic. He is about to be struck by a whip, and opponents, including soldiers, are trying to drown out his voice with drums and musical instruments.
The Evangelical Magazine 1804. London: T. Williams, 1804. First Edition. [3475]. "A great many were brought to cry out under a sense of guilt; others were made to shout aloud..."
The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle. 1822; The Profits of this Work are applied to the Relief of the Widows of Gospel Ministers of different denominations. London: Francis Westley, 1822. First Edition. [4648]
The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle. 1830. Vol. XIII. New Series. London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830. First Edition. [3473]. United Prayer for the Effusion of the Holy Ghost and the Conversion of the World; Extract of a Letter from the Rev. Alfred Ely, Pastor of the Congregational Church at Monson, M. S. S. [on Revival in Monson, MA]; Revivals of Religion in France, by Andrew Reed; Memoir of the Rev. William Roby.
The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle. 1832. Vol. X. New Series. London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1832. First Edition. Conversion during an American Revival; Reflections on the Present State of Religion, in connexion with Revivals; Revival in Religion amongst the Calvinistic Methodists in Carnarvonshire, North Wales; Signs of Prosperity in a Christian Church, and the best Means of promoting such Prosperity; Revival Meeting at Staines, Middlesex.
The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle. 1841; The Profits of this Work are applied to the Relief of the Widows of Gospel Ministers of different denominations. London: Thomas Ward and Co., 1841. First Edition. [3932]
[Exeter Hall Lectures] Twelve Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association, in Exeter Hall, from December, 1850, to February, 1851. London: James Nisbet and Co., (1851). First Edition. [5994]. No. 5966 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, chiefly for the B. W. Noel essay, A Revival of Religion.
Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Missionary Society [Report on Revivals]. Boston: T. R. Marvin. 1843. [3373]. Signed by Rev. William Jenks, D.D. "At no time for the last ten years have the labors of the Massachusetts Missionary Society been accompanied by stronger demonstrations of the Spirits' power. A season of special religious interest has been enjoyed in twenty-five of the congregations, and about 800, it is thought, have passed from death to life. An unusually large number were taken from the most hopeless cases."
Fowler, Bancroft. An Oration on the Death of Mr. Ebenezer Grant Marsh, Senior Tutor, Hebrew Instructor, and Professor Elect of Languages and Ecclesiastical History, in Yale College, who died on the 16th of November 1803, in the 27th year of his age; Pronounced in the College Chapel on the 10th of January 1804. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1804. First Edition. [9087]. The author mentions Marsh's usefulness in preaching during the revival that swept through Yale in 1802.
Fowler, P. H.; Mears, J. W. Historical Sketch of Presbyterianism within the bounds of the Synod of Central New York bound with The Presbyterian Element in our National Life and History: An Address delivered before the Synod of Central New York at Watertown, October 18th, 1876. Utica, NY: Curtiss & Childs, 1877. First Edition. [4443]. No. 2183 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "An excellent volume with much valuable material on revivals, especially pp. 167-295 which provide a very valuable analysis of points of strength and weakness of Finney and his revivalism."
Gannett, Ezra S. A Comparison of the Good and the Evil of Revivals. 1st Series, No. 50. Boston: American Unitarian Association, 1831. [3337]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography no. 2271. "A thoughtful analysis with a strong Unitarian bias. Gannett acknowledges some truth in the doctrines and results of revivals, but criticizes strongly the principal truths revivals emphasize."
[Griswold, Alexander V.]. Remarks on Prayer Meetings. Republished from The Episcopal Register for the years 1827 and 1828. Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1829. [3553]. A defense of prayer meetings against objections to them printed in the Episcopal Register. "Are Prayer Meetings examples of spiritual pride? Or are they sincere pleadings to God for revival and spiritual renewal?"
Hallock, William A. "Light and Love" : A Sketch of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Justin Edwards, D. D., the Evangelical Pastor; the Advocate of Temperance, the Sabbath, and the Bible. New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1870. [8518]. Fair condition only, but cheap. $15.
Haweis, Thomas. Evangelical Principles and Practice: being fourteen Sermons, preached in the Parish-Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Oxford. To which is added, the Communicant's Spiritual Companion; or, an Evangelical Preparation for the Lord's Supper. In which I. The Nature of the Ordinance is shewn. II. The Dispositions requisite for a profitable Participation thereof. With Meditations and Helps for Prayer, suitable to the subject. Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1803. First American Edition. [5118]. First published in 1762, this volume presents the evangelical spirituality promoted during the Great Awakening and the following years. Sermons on the Corruption of Human Nature; The Spirituality of God's Law; The Penalty of Disobedience; Redemption by Jesus Christ; The Nature of True Holiness; &c.
The Home Missionary, August, 1857. Vol. XXX. No. 4. New York: The American Home Missionary Society, 1857. First Edition. [3501]. Letters and reports of home missionary efforts in the United States, with revival accounts.
Hotchkin, B. B. The Pastor of the Old Stone Church....Rev. Ethan Osborn, Late Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, New Jersey. Philadelphia: William S. and Alfred Martein, 1858. First Edition. [5034]. There were revivals in the church in 1807, 1819, 1831, 1858. Not in Roberts.
Jones, Pomroy. Annals and Recollections of Oneida County. Rome [NY]: Published by the Author, 1851. First Edition. [8826]. No. 3041 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "A very helpful study with considerable material on Finney's revival work as well as details on Emerson Andrews, Jedediah Burchard, Orson Parker and Jacob Knapp."
Kingsley, William L. The New Englander, 1883; Volume VI, New Series; Volume XLII, Complete Series. New Haven: William L. Kingsley, 1883. First Edition. [4922]. Includes Revival Experiences during the Great Awakening in 1741-1744, in New London County (10 pp.).
Langworthy, Isaac P. American Congregational Year-Book, for the year 1857: Volume Fourth. [Revival interest.] New York: Calkin & Stiles, 1857. First Edition. [6948].
Langworthy, Isaac P. American Congregational Year-Book, for the year 1858: Volume Fifth. [Revival Interest]. New York: American Congregational Union, 1858. First Edition. [6596]
The Latter Day Luminary : Vol. II. & III. February 1820 - November 1822. Philadelphia: Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States, 1820. First Edition. [4634]. Fourteen issues bound. Scarce.
McClure, A. W. [editor]. The Great Revival in New England. The Christian Observatory: A Religious and Literary Magazine. Vol. 2. No. 6. Boston: J. V. Beane & Co., 1848. First Edition. [3546]. Not in Roberts Revival Literature or Whitefield in Print.
McIlvaine, Charles P. Bishop McIlvaine's Address to the Convention of the Diocese of Ohio, on the Revival of Religion. Cincinnati: C. F. Bradley & Co., 1858. [3530]. McIlvaine contrasts the genuine revival he experienced when a student at Princeton in the 1810's with the "perversions" of the revivals promoted by "revival preachers' [Finney, et al] during the 1830's. He then describes the Revival then taking place in 1858 and delineates the positive features of it, followed by some warnings.
MacRae, Alexander. The Fire of God Among the Heather, or, The Spiritual Awakening of the Highland People. Tongue, Sutherland: The Highland Christian Literature Society, 1930. [3993]. This is a reprint of MacRae's Revivals in the Highlands (1905) which Roberts says is a revealing work. Additional material regarding the work of the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands, as well as an account of the Gaelic Schools is included here.
Magazine of the German Reformed Church. April, 1831 [revival interest]. York, Pa.: D. May and B. Flory, 1831. First Edition. [4847]. Along with a Sermon and missionary news, there are brief reports of revivals on Long Island at Southampton and Westhampton; Virginia; Troy, N. Y.; Fowlersville, N. Y.; Yale College, and in the City of New-York.
The Methodist Magazine, for the year of our Lord 1819. Volume II. New-York: J. Soule and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, 1819. First Edition. [4661]. Articles on Revival include: Dr. Ely's Review of "Methodist Error" Reviewed, (in which Ely's animadversions on Camp Meetings are refuted); Revival of Religion in Upper Canada; Revival of Religion in the Genesee Conference; Revival of Religion in Kennebec District, Maine; Revival of Religion in Troy; Extracts from various letters, including that of Bishop M'Kendree; Account of the Rise and Progress of the Work of God in the Western country; Revival of Religion in West-Farms; Revival of Religion on Scioto District (Ohio); Revival of Religion in Chillicothe; Revival of Religion in Schenectady; Revival of Religion in Ohio District; Description of a Camp-meeting held on Fairfield circuit, Lancaster District.
The Methodist Magazine, for the year of our Lord 1821. Volume IV. New-York: N. Bangs and T. Mason, for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, 1821. First Edition. [4664]. Short sketches of revivals of religion among the Methodists in the Western Country; Account of the work of God in Edisto District, South-Carolina; Revival of the Work of God in the Fountain-Head Circuit; Revival of Religion in Wellfleet; Account of the Work of God in New-Hampshire District; Revival of religion in Carter's Valley Circuit; Commencement of the great revival of religion in Kentucky and Tennessee, in 1799; Account of the work of God in Nashville District; Progress of the work of God in Penobscot and Vermont Districts, in the bounds of New-England Conference; Revival of Religion in Pittsburgh, Penn.; Revival of Religion in New-Haven; Revival of Religion in Providence, R. I.; Account of the work of God in New-London District; Account of the Work of God on New-River Circuit; Revival of the work of God in Rhinebeck, New-York; Account of a Camp-Meeting held on Long-Island, New-York; Revival of the Work of God in Savannah, Georgia; Account of Camp-Meetings in Illinois; Progress of Religion in Alabama; Account of the work of God in Wellfleet Circuit.
Moore, S. J. The Ministerial Office Magnified: Why? and How? Philadelphia: Wm. S. Young, Printer, 1860. [9085]. The author was minister at Ballymena, Ireland, and a principal actor in the great revival which took place there in 1859. He writes here to stir and awaken his fellow ministers to the importance of their great work, seeking the salvation of souls.
Munger, Hiram. The Life and Religious Experience of Hiram Munger, Including many Singular Circumstances connected with Camp-Meetings and Revivals; Written by Himself. Chickopee Falls, Mass.: Published and For Sale by the Author, 1856. First Edition. [9525]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, no. 3871. "Experiences in the Millerite movement."
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Vol. 51, July 1, 1903 - December 30, 1903. 52 issues bound. Chicago: Western Methodist Book Concern, 1903. First Edition. [4530]. Articles on revivals, camp-meetings, temperance, the Methodist faith, book reviews, missions news, and reports from churches.
The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United, for the year ending June 1, 1809. Volume I. New Series. Conducted by an Association of Friends to Evangelical Truth; under the Patronage of the Massachusetts, Hampshire, Berkshire, Maine, and Rhode Island Missionary Societies. Boston: Farrand, Mallory, and Co., 1809. First Edition. [5025] The series is no. 4113 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "This periodical has numerous accounts of revivals."
The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine. For the year ending June 1, 1813. Volume V. New Series. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1813. First Edition. [855]. Revivals of Religion in Bristol, RI and at the Cape of Good Hope.
The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine, for the year ending June 1, 1813. Volume V. New Series. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1813. First Edition. [4991]
Peabody, Andrew. The Revival of Religion: A Sermon preached at Portsmouth, N. H., February 23, 1840. Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co., 1840. Third Edition. [5210]. No. 4159 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "A Unitarian sermon on Habakkuk 3:2."
Peters, Absalom. The Home Missionary, and American Pastor's Journal. Vol. II. & III, 1830-1831. New-York: The Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society, 1829-1831. First Edition. [4637]. Not in Roberts. Revival reports include Cayuga Co., N. Y.; Hanover, Ind.; Kentucky; Meredith, N. Y.; New Richmond, Ohio; Patterson, N. Y.; Pittsburgh, N. Y. [sic]; Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; Salem, Ind.; Scaghticoke Point, N. Y.; Vermont. These are all in the index of the first volume in the book. The second volumes does not separate the revival news in the index, but they are everywhere in the missionary reports.
Peters, Absalom. The Home Missionary, and American Pastor's Journal. Vol. VI., VII., VIII. 1833-1836. New-York: The Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society, 1829-1831. First Edition. [4640]. Scores of revival reports, with detailed accounts from missionaries and pastors. Interesting notices from the expanding western frontier.
Porter, Ebenezer. [Revival Reports] Extracts from the Minutes of the General Association of Massachusetts, at their meeting in Boston, June, 1825, with the Narrative of the State of Religion, the Pastoral Address, and the Rules of the Association. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1825. First Edition. [9513]
Prentice, Charles. A Sermon, delivered September 20, 1829, at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of his Ordination. To which is added, A Brief Narrative of a Revival of Religion. Litchfield: Printed by Henry Adams, 1830. First Edition. [3909]
The Presbyterian Magazine: A Monthly Publication. Vol. I. 1821. Philadelphia: Littell & Henry, 1821. First Edition. One of the goals of this short-lived periodical was "Religious intelligence: such as well attested accounts of revivals of religion."
The Presbyterian Magazine: A Monthly Publication. Vol. II. 1822. Philadelphia: Littell & Henry, 1822. First Edition. [4642]
The Presbyterian Magazine. Vol. V. - 1855. Philadelphia: [Presbyterian Church], 1855. First Edition. [3883]. Articles of Revival Interest are: Fifty Years a Pastor - Dr. John M'Dowell at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, & in Philadelphia; The Great Revival in Kentucky: Views of Drs. Alexander and Baxter; Dr. Green's Bible Class at Nassau Hall [Revivals at Princeton]; Biographical Sketch of Dr. Cuyler [Revivals in Poughkeepsie & Philadelphia]; Gilbert Tennent in the Great Revival.
The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review. New Series Vol. V. New York: J. M. Sherwood, 1876. [4498]. Articles of Revival interest include: The Ecclesiastical Disruption of 1861, by R. L. Stanton (pencil note says "implicates Finney"; The Great Awakening of 1740, by Lyman H. Atwater; The Revivals of the Century, by Lyman H. Atwater.
Prince, Thomas. An Account of the Revival of Religion in Boston, in the years 1740-1-2-3. Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1823. Fair. Pamphlet. [3363]. "Thomas Prince [1687-1758] was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 15, 1687. At Harvard, where he graduated in 1709, he was dubbed a 'praying student.' After a stay of some years abroad, he joined Joseph Sewall in the Pastorate of Old South Church, Boston, in 1718 and remained there for the next forty years. When Whitefield came to Boston and the clergy were badly divided, Prince became one of the strongest supporters of his ministry and gladly faced the scorn of men like Charles Chauncy in order to support and advance the cause of true religion. As a chronicler of revivals, no one in New England surpassed Thomas Prince."
Prince, Thomas. An Account of the Great Revival in Middleborough, Mass. A. D. 1741, 1742, during the ministry of Rev. Peter Thacher; with a Notice of his Character. Boston: Re-printed by Thomas Marvin, 1842. [3531]
Rayner, Menzies. Six Lectures on Revivals of Religion, delivered in the Universalist Church in Portland, 1834. Portland: Menzies Rayner, Jr., 1834. First Edition. [3353]. Roberts 4464. Questions revivalism on the basis of the unreasonableness of the Spirit of God responding to religious antics and excitement, while passing by the churches inclined to sobriety and faithfulness.
Reed, Andrew. The Revival of Religion. A Narrative of the State of Religion at Wycliffe Chapel, during the present year, 1839. London: Thomas Ward & Co., 1839. First Edition. [3542]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, no. 4478. Describes the methods used and the results.
The Religious Intelligencer for the year ending May, 1818: containing the principal transactions of the various Bible and Missionary Societies, with particular accounts of Revivals of Religion. Vol. II. New Haven: Conducted and Published Weekly by Nathan Whiting, 1818. First Edition. [4467]. This volume has reports of revivals in 60 different towns & villages.
The Religious Intelligencer for the year ending May, 1819: containing the principal transactions of the various Bible and Missionary Societies, with particular accounts of Revivals of Religion. Vol. III. New Haven: Conducted and Published Weekly by Nathan Whiting, 1819. First Edition. [4466]. Dozens of revival accounts.
The Religious Intelligencer for the year ending May, 1821: containing the principal transactions of the various Bible and Missionary Societies, with particular accounts of Revivals of Religion. Vol. V. New Haven: Conducted and Published Weekly by Nathan Whiting, 1820. First Edition. [5436]. This volume has reports of revivals in Pleasant Valley, Nassau, Ballston, Providence, Morgan (Ohio), Galway, Concord, Newport, Plainfield, Coventry, New Bedford and Fair Haven, New Haven, Clinton, Dudley, Chelsea Vt., Athens, Bolton, Trumbull Co., Vermont, Byfield, Pittsfield, Coxsakie, Deer Park, Hempstead, Kinderhook. With a Narrative of the State of Religion in the Presbyterian church in Albany, Upper Canada, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The Religious Intelligencer for the year ending May, 1824: containing the principal transactions of the various Bible and Missionary Societies, with particular accounts of Revivals of Religion. Vol. VIII. New Haven: Conducted and Published Weekly by Nathan Whiting, 1823. First Edition. [3934]. This volume has reports of revivals in Boston; Old Plymouth; Somers, Ct.; Caudia, N. H.; various towns in Massachusetts; Sand Lake, N. Y.; Barnstable, Mass.; Bozrah, Conn.; Baltimore; Augusta, N. Y.; Northampton, N. H.; Millington; Danbury, Conn.; Orville, N. Y.; and at Newgate Prison.
The Religious Intelligencer for the year commencing June, 1834: containing the principal transactions of the various Bible and Missionary Societies, with particular accounts of Revivals of Religion. Vol. XIX. New Haven: Conducted and Published Weekly by N. Whiting, 1834. First Edition. [3936]. This series ran from June 1, 1816 to Oct. 7, 1837 and is no. 4518 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "There are some very excellent articles on revival in this periodical."
[Robbins, Chandler; Newton, John]. Extract from a letter from the Rev. Dr. Robbins, minister of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in America: to his friend in England, dated 31st May, 1793. [Edinburgh]: Printed by H. Inglis, for the Society for Publishing Religious Tracts, 1793. [4605]. "I have never seen any thing like it, during my ministry here, for thirty-years."
Rockwood, Perry F. Prayer and Revival. Truro, N. S.: The Peoples Press, 1948. First Edition. [5214]. The pamphlet finds D. L. Moody, Spurgeon, Charles G. Finney, and J. Oswald Smith, as examples of men of prayer.
[Romaine, William]. An Earnest Invitation to the Friends of the established Church, to join With several of their Brethren, Clergy, and Laity, in London, in setting apart one Hour of every Week, for Prayer and Supplication, during the present troublesome Times. London: J. Worrall, 1757. First Edition. [3532]. No. 4692 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. See also 4693. "This fervent call to prayer for revival is based on a deep conviction that when God is grieved with his people because of their unforsaken sin he sometimes takes the sides of their enemies." Printed during the Seven Years' War.
Sanborn, Peter; Stevens, John H. Three Sermons, delivered in Newburyport, February, 1801; being a time of attention to religion. bound with Two Sermons, delivered in Newburyport, February, 1801: Being a time of awakening. Newburyport, [MA]: Allen & Stickney, 1802. [3789] "In Newburyport, a revival, which began [1800], marked the opening of this period. It was most powerful, in connection with the Fourth, or Prospect Street Church; the present pastor of which has recently said that the influence of it 'extended over this whole community, and seemed to mould the characters of scores of God's children in this city for eternity.'" - Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Essex County, Mass. (1865).
Sengpiehl, Arthur P. Trends Toward Revival. [Findlay, Ohio]: Fundamental Truth Publishers, c.1938. [4594]. No. 4834 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. In this work the author reviews recent events post WWI up to about 1935, and finds evidence of an upcoming revival.
Sigston, James. Memoir of the Life and Ministry of Mr. William Bramwell, lately an Itinerant Methodist Preacher; with extracts from his interesting and extensive correspondence. New York: J. Emory and B. Waugh, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1830. Third American Edition. [3875]. "William Bramwell was the most significant revivalist and holiness evangelist in Methodism. From his leadership of the great revival that broke out in Dewsbury in West Yorkshire in 1792 until his untimely death in 1818, Bramwell’s ministry was marked by fervent prayer, powerful preaching, unremitting pastoral care of converts and a clear and uncompromising emphasis on what John Wesley called Scriptural holiness."
Simpson, Jonathan, J. P. Annals of My Life, Labours, and Travels. Belfast: William Mullan & Son, 1895. First Edition. [3739]. Pp. 434-487 & 658-678 are account of revivals and the Irish Awakening. They mention Brownlow North, open air meetings, people stricken with conviction, prayer-meetings, in fact a complete diary of events with days and places recorded.
Skinner, Otis A. Letters to Rev. B. Stow, R. H. Neale, and R. W. Cushman, on Modern Revivals. Boston: Abel Tomkins, 1842. First Edition. [4273]. A push-back against accusations made by Knapp in the Boston revival. Skinner takes umbrage at many of the examples and anecdotes that Knapp used that belittled the religion of those not participating in his revival.
Smith, S. S. "Power from on High." A Sermon, read before the Suffolk South Association, at their meeting, January 14, 1840. Boston: D. S. King, 1840. First Edition. [3527]. Demonstrates that the power from on high administered by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit was one of a moral transformation of the character of the recipients. A power of holiness and spiritual courage, given to bring about evangelism and revival through the influence of the Holy Spirit.
Spreng, S. P. The Life and Labors of John Seybert, First Bishop of the Evangelical Association. Cleveland, O.: Evangelical Association, 1888. First Edition. [3737]. Roberts, Revival Literature no. 5064. "With numerous accounts of revivals."
Stewart, Alexander. Account of a late Revival of Religion in a part of the Highlands of Scotland: By Alexander Stewart, Minister of Moulin, in a Letter to the Rev. David Black, Minister of Lady Yester's Church, Edin. Edinburgh: J. Ritchie, 1800. First Edition. [3471]. A first-hand account of the Moulin Revival.
Stewart, David Dale. Memoir of The Life of the Rev. James Haldane Stewart, M.A., Late Rector of Limpsfield, Surrey. London: Thomas Hatchard, 1856. First Edition. [5359]. Stewart was the author of the influential revival treatise, Thoughts on the Importance of Special Prayer for the general Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Tucker, Mark. Means of a Revival of Religion: The American National Preacher, February 1833; also, Alarm to the Careless, by the same author. New-York: The American National Preacher, 1833. [4607]. In this sermon Dr. Tucker seeks to answer the question of how a church in a low state may obtain a revival of religion. He give practical advise on the subject.
The Utica Christian Repository, for the year 1824 [and 1825], Vols. III & IV. Containing various pieces on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects of Religion, mostly original, also, A Summary of Religious Intelligence. Utica: William Williams, 1824-1825. First Edition. [4665]. "The Christian Repository provided sermons and Bible studies, news of missions to the American Indians, and coverage of revivals and the activities of various societies, such as the American Bible Society, American Jew Society, and American Educational Society." - Worldcat. A periodical in print only from 1822 to 1826.
Walton, W. C. Narrative of a revival of religion, in the Third Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, with remarks on subjects connected with revivals in general. Northampton: H. Ferry, 1826. [3495]. No. 5579 in Roberts, Revival Literature. The author relates the means by which a revival was brought about in his congregation, and wishes for this pamphlet to serve both as an aid and as a warning to those who also seek the same. His efforts were inspired by accounts of the successes of Asahel Nettleton.
Walton, W. C. Preparation for Special Efforts to Promote the Work of God: A Discourse, founded on Judges v. 23. Hartford: Andrus & Judd, 1833. First Edition. [5213] No. 5580 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "Details on conducting protracted meetings."
Warburton, William. The Doctrine of Grace: or, the Office and Operations of the Holy Spirit Vindicated from The Insults of Infidelity, and The Abuses of Fanaticism: concluding With some Thoughts (humbly offered to the consideration of the Established Clergy) With regard to The right method of defending Religion against the attacks of either Party. London: A. Millar, 1763. First Edition. [3492]. No. 7309 in Roberts, Whitefield in Print: A Bibliographical Record of Works By, For, and Against George Whitefield. "Contains much on Whitefield, who is denounced as a fanatic." This book provoked responses in print from both John Wesley and George Whitefield.
Watt, Eva Stuart. Floods on Dry Ground: Revival in the Congo; Foreword by Norman P. Grubb. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, [1939]. [5555]. No. 5616 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "A useful record of the movement which began in 1920."
Weller, John C. Say to the Wind: The Revival of Religion in Nottingham, 1780-1850. [Nottingham]: [Self published], [1958?]. [4564]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography no. 5674. This is an abridged version of a B.D. thesis submitted to Nottingham University in 1956.
White, William. An Episcopal Charge on the Subject of Revivals, delivered before the forty-eighth convention of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and addressed to the Clerical Members of the Convention. Philadelphia: Published by order of the convention, 1832. First Edition. [4850]. White asserts that the Holy Spirit is effectual and evident in true revivals, and that although there may be an admixture of good and evil in the popular revivals then present, the extravagances and "animal sensibility" of the events were not signs of the Holy Spirit.
Wilkinson, W. M. The Revival in its Physical, Psychical, and Religious Aspects. London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. Second Edition. [3775]. No. 5767 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "An analysis of the 1859 Ulster revival from the standpoint of a spiritualist."
Williams, Samuel P. An Enquiry into the State of the Churches, &c. A Sermon, preached in several congregations, by appointment of the Consociation of Windham County. Hartford: Printed by Peter B. Gleason and Co., 1816. First Edition. [4842]
Wright, Philip James. Revivals: A Lecture delivered before the Methodist New Connexion Northern Association, in Salem Chapel, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 18, 1837. Manchester: Wm. Shuttleworth, 1838. [3516]. Not in Roberts. "Let us consider the origin of revivals; the management of revivals; the necessity of revivals; and the means by which revivals may be promoted."
Wunneberger, Louis. The Battle of Armageddon and other Sermons. Dallax, TX: Chandler Publications, 1956. First Edition. [2136]. Baptist revival sermons.
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We were contacted again this morning by Mr. Sidney Ohlhausen regarding his exquisite Catholic Bible collection that is for sale. Some years ago we sold for him his American Catholic Bible collection that was the basis of his two reference books published on the subject, The American Catholic Bible of the 19th Century, and a Part II. published a few years afterward. We have a couple of copies of the first volume of his bibliography still for sale, you can follow that link.
We appraised the first collection at over one million dollars, and this appraisal was later confirmed by an IRS-qualified appraiser. We were able to find a buyer, and all went extremely well.
Now Mr Ohlhausen has a second, smaller, even more choice collection that he has asked us to broker for him. You can find it here on his website. He is a very advanced collector and knows of all of the bibliographical notes that mark a rarity within an already rare edition.
His price on the group is $125K. The price includes domestic shipping. We are able to offer a 10% discount if you purchase through us, because we have been offered a discount if we broker a sale, and we will pass 10% of that on to you.
We went through and estimated a retail value somewhat higher than the asking price, in the $135K range. You or your institution may purchase the collection for $112,500 (domestic shipping included), if purchased through Haaswurth Books.
These English Catholic Bibles are the rarest of the rare, with condition being for the most part outstanding.
This is not one of our "something for everyone" list offers. But if you are an advanced Bible collector, or an institution seeking to add an outstanding acquisition to your rare books department, this may be just the ticket.
Please contact us at Haaswurth Books to discuss this opportunity further.
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Steve & Susan
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This list is in two parts: Religion and Americana & Misc. Each section is sorted high to low price. The link to the item is the number in [brackets]. Clicking the link is not a commitment to purchase, it takes you to the sale page where you can decide to purchase or not purchase.
RELIGION
Munger, Hiram. The Life and Religious Experience of Hiram Munger, Including many Singular Circumstances connected with Camp-Meetings and Revivals; Written by Himself. Chickopee Falls, Mass.: Published and For Sale by the Author, 1856. First Edition. [9525]. Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, no. 3871. "Experiences in the Millerite movement."
Hobart, John Henry; Lowndes, Arthur [editor]. Archives of the General Convention: The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart (6 volume set). New York: Privately Printed, 1911-1912. First Editions. [9577]. Limited to 250 copies.
Copway, G. The Life, Letters and Speeches of Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh or, G. Copway, Chief Ojibway Nation; A Missionary for many years in the North-West; now the projector of the Concentration of the North-Western Indian Tribes, for the Better Promotion of their Physical Improvement. New York: S. W. Benedict, 1850. [9529]. Not in Roberts, although Copway does relate experiences with camp meetings and revivals. The first part of the book relates his early life as an Indian, with many descriptive passages. He tells of the Kawawenon Mission, his conversion, schooling, travels, and describes the Chippewas at different locations. He gives his views on the missionaries of different denominations - the Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists. The book includes two of his speeches on the condition of the tribes of the North-West, and several of his letters.
A Familiar Conversational History of the Evangelical Churches of New-York. New-York: Robert Carter, 1839. [9516]
Luther, Martin; Füssel, Stephan. The Luther Bible of 1534, Complete Facsimile Edition, with Introduction (3 volume set). Cologne: Taschen, 2003. [9532]. An exact facsimile of a copy with hand-colored illustrations. Worth a look.
Schaff, Philip [editor]. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (12 volumes). Buffalo & New York: The Christian Literature Company, 1886-1890. [9531]
Burchard, Jedediah; Eastman, C. G. Sermons, Addresses & Exhortations, by Rev. Jedediah Burchard: with an Appendix; containing some account of proceedings during Protracted Meetings, held under his direction, in Burlington, Williston, and Hinesburgh, Vt., December, 1835, and January, 1836. Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1836. First Edition. [9511]. "He was constitutionally eccentric.” – M’Clintock & Strong. Burchard is said to be the preacher whose sermons converted Charles Finney.
Pickering, David. Lectures in Defence of Divine Revelation, delivered at the Universalist Chapel, in Providence, R. I. Providence: Samuel W. Wheeler, 1831. Second Edition. [9505]
Brown, John. The Gospel Ministry: An Address to Ministers and Students of Theology. Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1864. [9512]. John Brown of Haddington.
Goddard, Josiah. A New and Evangelical Collection of Sacred Hymns, taken from the best and most approved authors, both in Europe and America, Designed for the Use of Christians, and suited to almost every Occasion of Public and Private Worship. Pittsfield: Printed by Phinehas Allen, 1809. First Edition. [9568]
Cuyler, Rev. Theo. L. [Introduction]. Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven: From Poetic and Prose Literature of all Ages and all Lands; With an Introduction, by Rev. Theo. L. Cuyler, D. D. Illustrated. Philadelphia &c.: Bradley, Garretson & Co., &c., 1882. Revised and Enlarged. [9526]. An exceptionally nice copy.
Lampe, G. W. H.; Woollcombe, K. J. Essays on Typology (Studies in Biblical Theology No. 22). London: SCM Press, Ltd, 1957. First Edition. [9574]
Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, April 17, 1901. Cover illustration of G. Campbell Morgan. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9578]
Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, August 14, 1901. Cover illustration of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9579]
Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, August 21, 1901. Cover illustration of Chilkoot Pass caravan, Klondike. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9580]
Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, August 7, 1901. Cover illustration of New York Tenement Children. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9581]
Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, May 22, 1901. Cover illustration of Christian Missionaries in Shansi. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9582]
Porter, Ebenezer [moderator]. [Revival Reports] Extracts from the Minutes of the General Association of Massachusetts, at their meeting in Boston, June, 1825, with the Narrative of the State of Religion, the Pastoral Address, and the Rules of the Association. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1825. First Edition. [9513]
Bonar, Horatius. God's Way of Peace: A Book for the Anxious. London: James Nisbet & Co., [ca. 1880]. [9530]
Baker, B. J.; Johnson, A. N., Osgood, Josiah. Melodia Sacra; A Complete Collection of Church Music: to which is added, A Full and Complete Elementary Singing Course; An easy arrangement of Neukomm's Clebrated Oratorio of David; A Choice Collection of Interludes, by George F. Bristow, and An Episcopal Service, by H. S. Cutler. Boston: A. N. Johnson and Wm J. Reynolds & Co., 1853. [9507]
Lothrop, Joseph. A Sermon, preached at the Ordination of the Rev. Jesse Fisher, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Church and Society in Windham, Connecticut, May, 22nd, 1811. Windham: Printed by J. Byrne and Son, 1811. First Edition. [9514]. "It is fair to assign to Dr. Lathrop as a preacher a place among the most distinguished Divines of New England." - Sprague.
Bultmann, Rudolf. Essays: Philosophical and Theological (Library of Philosophy and Theology). New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Edition. [9544]
Bultmann, Rudolf. Theology of the New Testament (Volume 1 and 2); Translated by Kendrick Grobel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 & 1955. [9545]
Hood, Edwin Paxton. Lamps, Pitchers and Trumpets: Lectures on the Vocation of a Preacher; Illustrated by Anecdotes, Biographical, Historical, and Elucidatory, of every Order of Pulpit Eloquence, from the Great Preachers of all Ages. New York: M. W. Dodd, 1869. [9548]
Manual of South Reformed Church of West Troy, N. Y. Albany, N. Y.: Van Benthuysen Printing House, 1879. [9551]
Thompson, John B.; Vermilye, Ashbel G.; Thompson, Alex. R. [editors]. The Reformed Church of America: Hymns of the Church, with Tunes. New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1874. [9565]
Huntington, F. D. Christian Citizenship and Honest Legislation: A Sermon delivered before His Excellency Henry J. Gardner, His Honor Henry W. Benchley, the Honorable Council, and the Legislature of Massachusetts, at the Annual Election, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1858. Boston: William White, Printer to the State, 1858. First Edition. [9504]
Dalman, Gustaf. The Words of Jesus considered in the Light of Post-Biblical Jewish Writings and the Aramaic Language; I. Introduction and Fundamental Ideas. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1902. First Edition. [9535]
Warfield, Benj. B.; Orr, James; Denny, George H.; et al. Calvin Memorial Addresses delivered before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Savannah, Ga., May, 1909. Richmond, Va: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1909. First Edition. [9543]
Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come (250th Anniversary Edition, 1678-1928); Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream; wherein is Discovered the Manner of his Setting Out; his dangerous Journey; and the Safe Arrival at the Desired Country. New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc. | Printed in Holland by G. J. Thieme, [1928]. 250th Anniversary Edition. [9564]
Pierce, C. A. Conscience in the New Testament (Studies in Biblical Theology No. 15). London: SCM Press, Ltd, 1958. First Edition, Second Impression. [9575]
Orr, James. The Christian View of God and the World as centering in The Incarnation: Being the First Series of Kerr Lectures. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Ninth Edition. [9519]
Godet, F. A Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke (2 volume set); Translated from the Second French Edition by E. W. Shalders and M. D. Cusin. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1952. Fifth Edition. [9536]
Huntington, F. D. [Introduction]. Hymns of the Ages: being Selections from Lyra Catholica, Germanica, Apostolica, and other sources. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1859. [9547]
Doggett, L. L. Life of Robert McBurney. Cleveland, O.: F. M. Barton, 1902. First Edition. [9550] Y. M. C. A. leader.
Brooks, Phillips. Lectures on Preaching delivered before the Divinity School of Yale College in January and February, 1877. New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1877. [9537]
Way, Arthur S. The Letters of St. Paul to Seven Churches and Three Friends. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1935. Seventh Edition. [9540]
Elliott-Binns, L. E. Galilean Christianity (Studies in Biblical Theology No. 16). London: SCM Press, Ltd, 1956. First Edition. [9576]
Jowett, John Henry. The Whole Armour of God. New York &c.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1916. First Edition. [9538]
Jowett, J. H. The Preacher His Life and Work: Yale Lectures. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1912. [9573]
Calvin, John; Fuhrmann, Paul T. Instruction in Faith (1537); With a Historical Foreword and Critical and Explanatory Notes. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1949. [9539]
AMERICANA & MISC.
Johnson, J. Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor: including an account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the Sixteenth Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters: Together with An Elucidation of every Subject connected with the Art (2 volume set). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green | J. Johnson, Typ., Apollo Press, Brook Street, Holborn, London [colophon], 1824. First Edition. [9508]. Recent fine bindings.
Yaggy, L. W.; Haines, T. L. Museum of Antiquity, A Description of Ancient Life: The Employments, Amusements, Customs and Habits, the Cities, Palaces, Monuments and Tombs, the Literature and Fine Arts of 3,000 Years Ago; Illustrated. New York: Standard Publishing House, 1882. [9527]
Webster, Noah. A Dictionary for Primary Schools. New-York: F. J. Huntington and Co., 1841. [9506]. Skeel 641. This copy has the variant of the advertising on the verso of p. 341 and the recto of the next leaf, its verso being blank. See Skeel 639.
Blanchard, Rufus. Discovery and Conquests of the North-West, with the History of Chicago. Wheaton: R. Blanchard & Company, 1879. First Edition. [9509]
Chamberlain, Mellen. A Documentary History of Chelsea including the Boston Precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824 (2 volume set). Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1908. First Edition. [9515]
West, Charles. Lectures on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1868. Fourth American, from the Fifth Revised and Enlarged English Edition. [9521]
Irving, Washington. Life of George Washington (5 vol set). New York: G. P. Putnam, 1864. First Edition, later printing. [9563]
Foote, Edward B. Medical Common Sense; applied to the Causes, Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases and Unhappiness in Marriage. New York: Published by the Author, 1866. Revised and Enlarged Edition. [9517]
Hollick, Frederick. The Marriage Guide, or Natural History of Regeneration; a private instructor for Married Persons and those about to Marry, both Male and Female; In every thing concerning the physiology and relations of the Sexual System, and the production or prevention of offspring; including all new discoveries, never before given in the English language. New York: T. W. Strong, 1860. 200th Edition, much enlarged and improved, and brought down to the present day. [9520]
Spencer, Mrs. Bella Z. Tried and True, or Love and Loyalty: A Story of the Great Rebellion. Springfield, Mass.: W. J. Holland, 1873. [9518]. Based upon eyewitness events of battles and hospitals near Shiloh and surroundings.
Ridpath, John Clark. A Popular History of the United States of America, from the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day; An Account of the Aborigines; the Norsemen in the New World; the Discoveries by the Spaniards, English, and French; the Planting of Settlements; the Growth of the Colonies; the Struggle for Liberty in the Revolution; the Establishment of the Union; the Development of the Nation; the Civil War; and the Centennial of Independence. Cincinnati, &c.: Jones Brothers & Co., 1877. [9524]
Oldroyd, Osborn H. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Flight, Pursuit, Capture, and Punishment of the Conspirators. Washington DC: O. H. Oldroyd, 1901. First Edition. [9560]
[Horace] Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Parisiis: Petrus Didot, 1800. [9569]
Goodrich, Samuel. Lives of Celebrated Women: by the Author of Peter Parley's Tales (Parley's Cabinet Library). New York: John Allen, 1844. First Edition. [9559]
Clemmer, Mary. Ten Years in Washington: or, Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them; Including a Full and Authentic History of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield; Illustrated with a Portrait of the Author on Steel, Portraits of President Garfield and his Wife, and Forty-Eight fine Engravings on Wood. Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. Sold Only by Subscription. [9562]
Littell, E. [editor]. The Panorama of Life and Literature Vol. III. July to December, 1856; Conducted by E. Littell. Boston: Littell, Son and Company, 1856. First Edition. [9572]
Fort Pillow Massacre & Returned Prisoners: 38th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 65 & 67. [Washington, DC]: [House of Representatives], 1864. First Edition. [9534]. Massacre of colored Union troops.
Wirt, William. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (The Library of American Freedoms). Birmingham, Alabama: Palladium Press, 2002. Privately printed. [9566]. Bound in olive leather.
[Reconstruction Era] Tourgée, Albion W. Bricks Without Straw, A Novel. New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1880. First Edition. [9546]
Nason, Elias; Russell, Thomas. The Life and Public Services of Henry Wilson, Late Vice-President of the United States. Boston: B. B. Russell, 1876. [9549]
Hemans, Felicia. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans; complete in one volume: New Edition, with a Critical Preface, and a Biographical Memoir. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1841. [9522]
Comstock, J. L. A System of Natural Philosophy: in which the Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Astronomy, Electricity, Magnetism, Steam Engine, and Electro-Magnatism, are Familiarly Explained; and Illustrated by more than Two Hundred Engravings. To which are added, Questions for the Examination of Pupils, designed for the use of Schools and Academies. New-York: Robinson, Pratt, & Co., 1840. Stereotyped from the Fifty-third Edition. [9528]
McCabe, James D. Our Martyred President: The Life and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield. Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1881. [9567]
Colburn, Warren. Colburn's First Lessons: Intellectual Arithmetic, upon the Inductive Method of Instruction. Boston: William J. Reynolds & Co., 1847. New Edition, Revised and Improved. [9570]
Bailey, R. W. English Grammar: A Simple, Concise, and Comprehensive Manual of The English Language; Designed for the Use of Schools, Academies, and as a Book for General Reference in the Language; In Four Parts. Portland: Merrill & Whitman, 1855. Tenth Edition. [9571]
Miller, Hugh. Essays, Historical and Biographical, Political, Social, Literary, and Scientific; Edited, with a Preface, by Peter Bayne. Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1865. First Edition. [9561]. You may remember this author from his anti-evolution works, The Old Red Sandstone and Footprints of the Creator.
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Steve & Susan
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Here is a rather eclectic list of books that have been added to inventory these past few weeks. Categories include religion, Americana, biography, science, medicine, & history.
As a reminder, we will be running our annual sale the first week of August - we will email you when it is in effect.
This list is sorted high to low price, with the majority of the books priced under $50, and many priced under $25.
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History (3 vols) Volume I: October, 1701-May, 1745; Volume II. May, 1745-May, 1763; Volume III: May, 1763-July, 1778. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885-1903. [9458]. The set is no. 1486 in Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. "Jonathan Barber, David Brainerd, Samuel Buell, James Davenport, Jonathan Dickinson, Timothy Dwight, Jonathan Edwards, John Eliot, Jonathan Parsons, Benjamin Pomeroy, Nathan Strong, Gilbert Tennent, Eleazar Wheelock, and George Whitefield, and a host of other revival men are considered."
Henry, Lord Brougham; Wylde, James [editor]. The Circle of the Sciences: With an Introductory Discourse of the Objects, Pleasures, and Advantages of Science (4 volume set). London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, ca. 1870. [9460]. Thousands of illustrations and many plates.
Weems, Mason L. God's Revenge Against Adultery, Awfully Exemplified in the Following Cases of Amer. Crim. Con. I. The Accomplished Dr. Theodore Wilson, (Delaware,) who for Seducing Mrs. Nancy Wiley, had his Brains Blown out by her Husband. II. The Elegant James O'Neale, Esq. (North Carolina,) who for Seducing the Beautiful Miss Matilda L'Estrange, was Killed by her Brother. Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, 1828. [9423]
Boyle, Esmeralda. The Story of Felice. London: Trübner & Co., 1873. This rare book is a love story set during the American Civil War. [9416]
Thomson, Sir William; Tait. Treatise on Natural Philosophy (2 volumes); Vol. I Part I. & Vol. I. Part II. (New Edition). Cambridge: At the University Press, 1879 & 1883. [9419]
A Gentleman (R. S.). Jachin and Boaz: or an Authentic Key to the Door of Free-Masonry, Ancient and Modern, Calculated, Not only for the instruction of every new Mason, but also, for the information of all who intend to become brethren; Illustrated with A beautiful frontispiece of the Regalia, Jewels and Emblematical Ornaments belonging to Masonry; and an accurate Plan of the drawing on the floor of a Lodge. Interspersed with a variety of Notes and Remarks, Necessary to explain and render the whole clear to the meanest capacity. New-York: E. Duyckinck, 1814. [9451]. A defective copy of a scarce title.
Stillé, Alfred; Maisch, John M. The National Dispensatory: containing the Natural History, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Actions and Uses of Medicines, including those recognized in the Pharmacopoeias of the United States and Great Britain; With two hundred and one illustrations. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1879. First Edition. [9459]
Johnson, Samuel; Boswell, James; Hill, George Birkbeck [editor]. Boswell's Life of Johnson (6 volume set); Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey into North Wales. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1887. [9466]
Coughlin, Charles E. 8 Books by Father Coughlin, Radio Addresses. Royal Oak, Michigan: The Radio League of the Little Flower | The National Union for Social Justice, 1931-1940. First Editions. [9431]
Lawyer, William S. [editor]. Binghamton: Its Settlement, Growth and Development and the Factors in its History, 1800-1900. Century Memorial Publishing Co., 1900. First Edition. [9452]
Johnson, Crisfield. Centennial History of Erie County, New York; Being its Annals from the Earliest Recorded Events to the Hundredth Year of American Independence. Buffalo, N. Y.: Printing House of Matthews & Warren, Office of the "Buffalo Commercial Advertiser", 1876. First Edition. [9463]
Du Chaillu, Paul B. The Land of the Midnight Sun (2 volume set): Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland; With Map and 235 Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. [9467]
Rantoul, Robert, Jr. April 19, 1775: An Oration by Robert Rantoul, Jr., and Account of the Union Celebration, at Concord, Nineteenth April, 1850; Delivered before the Massachusetts Legislature, and Published by their Order. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1850. First Edition. [9430]
Old Order Mennonite Brethren. A Collection of Psalms and Hymns suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship; Compiled by a number of Old Order Mennonite Brethren. Dayton, Va.: Pleasant View and Oak Grove Mennonite Congregations, 1955. [9453]. Includes 12 pp. of shape-note tunes.
Constitution of the United States of America with the Amendments Thereto:...&c. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. [9425]
Holland, William M. The Life and Political Opinions of Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States. Hartford: Belknap & Hamersley, 1836. Second Edition. [9441]. A campaign biography designed to promote Van Buren's election to the Presidency.
Thayer, William M. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stupendous Marvels in the vast Wonderland West of the Missouri River; Six Books in One Volume, comprising the Marvels of Nature, Marvels of Race, Marvels of Enterprise, Marvels of Mining, Marvels of Stock-Raising, and Marvels of Agriculture. Illustrated with over three hundred and fifty fine engravings and maps. Norwich, Conn.: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1890. [9444]
[Stearns, William Augustus]. Adjutant Stearns. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, (1862). [9448]. We sold a copy of this recently and are happy to have another in stock. The life of Frazer Augustus Stearns (1840-1862), who was killed at the battle of New Bern, North Carolina; a Union victory led by Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside. His father was William Augustus Stearns, D. D., President of Amherst College.
The Illustrated Book of Scottish Songs from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Second Edition. [9450]
Mackenzie, John. Day-Dawn in Dark Places: A Story of Wanderings and Work in Bechwanaland. London, Paris, & New York: Cassell & Company, Limited, (1883). First Edition. [9447]. "The life of a missionary in the interior of Southern Africa is usually attended with stirring incident and adventure. Whilst pursuing the great work of evangelist he meets with game and wild beasts in the open country; with wild and degraded men in town and village. He uses waggons [sic], guns, horses, and oxen; he handles trowel, plumb-line, adze, saw, and spirit-level, as well as the usual implements of a minister's study." - Preface.
Draper, John William. Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1865. First Edition. [9426]
Brockett, L. P. Battle-Field and Hospital; or, Lights and Shadows of the Great Rebellion; Including Thrilling Adventures, Daring Deeds, Heroic Exploits, and Wonderful Escapes of Spies and Scouts, together with the Songs, Ballads, Anecdotes, and Humorous Incidents of the War. New York City: Union Publishing House, [ca. 1880]. [9428]
Sims, A. The Common Use of Tobacco Condemned by Physicians, Experience, Common Sense and the Bible. Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada: Rev. A. Sims, (1894). [9442]. Albert Sims (1851-1935), b. Townsend, Gloucestershire, England; d. Toronto, Canada. Sims was a Primitive Methodist and a Free Methodist (FMC) "minister, evangelist, editor, publisher, and author. Converted in 1869, Sims entered the ministry of the Primitive Methodist Church in 1874. In that year, he was sent as a missionary to Canada, where he rapidly emerged as a church leader. In 1879, following his experience of entire sanctification at an FMC camp meeting at Tonawanda, New York, Sims entered the ministry of the FMC."
Curtis, George Ticknor. Life of Daniel Webster (2 volume set). New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Fifth Edition. [9465]
Stegman, Lewis R. In Memoriam: Alexander Stewart Webb, 1835-1911; Cover title: Webb and His Brigade at the Angle, Gettysburg. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916. First Edition. [9439]
The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703; The Records of the Town Meetings, and of the Selectmen, comprising all of the First Volume of Records, and being Volume II. of the Printed Records of the Town. Cambridge: Printed by Order of the City Council under the Direction of the City Clerk, 1901. [9440. New England Puritan civil government as it was.
Blodgett, Bertha Eveleth. Stories of Cortland County (C. C. H. S. Publication No. 1); Litho-print edition with notes and indexes by the Cortland County Historical Society, Frank Place, Editor. Cortland, N. Y.: Cortland County Historical Society, 1952. [9443]
The Gravel Pit, and Its Lessons. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, ca. 1850. [9456]. A boy of 15 who is hunting partridges on a Sunday afternoon, occasions upon the minister of the local church, who warns him against such wrongdoing. On his way home he stumbles into a deep gravel pit and is injured. He lays injured through the night, and dreams of an encounter with Jesus, who challenges him with the words, "Lovest thou me?" The next day, a group of friends, discussing the sermon recently heard, head out for a picnic, only to discover and rescue the injured boy.
[Masonic] Dunlap, M. E. Robert P. Address delivered before the General Grand Chapter of the United States, at The Triennial Meeting in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, September 9, 1856. Portland, [ME]: Published by Order of the General Grand Chapter | Ira Berry, Printer, 177 Fore St., Portland, 1856. First Edition. [9461]. A discourse lauding the contributions and accomplishments of Freemasons in the founding and building up of America. Speaks of Lafayette and George Washington as examples of heroic Freemasons.
Gladstone, William Ewart; Lathbury, D. C. [editor]. Correspondence on Church and Religion of William Ewart Gladstone (2 volume set); Selected and Arranged by D. C. Lathbury; with Portraits and Illustrations. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. [9464].
The letters treat with the relations between Church and State, the principle of State Establishment, preparations for Disestablishment, the Oxford Movement, controversies in the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Oxford elections, the secessions of 1845 and 1851, controversy with Rome and the erection of Papal Infallibility, controversy with unbelief, and the importance of dogma in education.
Sermons of the Log College; Being Sermons and Essays by the Tennents and their Contemporaries. A Soli Deo Gloria reprint.
Sigourney, L. H. Margaret and Henrietta. New York: American Tract Society, 1852. [9421]. A memoir of Margaret and Henrietta Flower, the daughters of Hon. Ebenezer and Ann Flower of Hartford, Connecticut, born 1819 & 1822. They both died of illness in 1834. This is a record of their Christian lives, testimonies and death.
King, Moses; Sweetser, M. F. King's Handbook of the United States; Over Twenty-Six Hundred Illustrations & Fifty-Three Colored Maps. Buffalo, N. Y.: The Matthews-Northrup Co., 1896. [9424]
Boston, Thomas. Human Nature in its Fourfold State; of Primitive Depravity, Entire Depravity, Begun Recovery and Consummate Happiness or Misery. Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1989. Reprint. A very good copy.
Drinker, Frederick E. Our War for Human Rights: being An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War and Why and For What Purpose America and the Allies are Fighting; Including The Horrors and Wonders of Modern Warfare, The New and Strange Devices that Have Come into Use, etc. (Washington, DC): (National Publishing Co.), (1917). [9435]
Elson, Henry W. The Civil War Through the Camera: Hundreds of Vivid Photographs Actually Taken in Civil War Times, Sixteen Reproductions in Color of Famous War Paintings; The New Text History by Henry W. Elson, Professor of History, Ohio University; A Complete Illustrated History of the Civil War. New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, (1912). [9437]
Lambert, T. S. Practical Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology; Hygiene and Therapeutics; Illustrated by Five Color Plates and over One Hundred Wood Engravings. New-York: Leavitt and Company, 1850. [9457]
Arthur, T. S. [editor]. Words of Cheer for The Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing. Troy, N. Y.: G. G Brooks, 1859. [9427] A collection of 54 stories, essays, and poems designed to comfort and to cheer the afflicted.
Hoffman, Frank Sargent. The Sphere of the State or The People as a Body-Politic: With Special Consideration of certain Present Problems. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1909. Third Edition, Revised. [9429]
McKinley, William; Drake, John N.; Russell, William E.; et al. A Practical Book for Practical People, by a Corps of Special Writers. Albany, N. Y. & Springfield, O.: The Eagle Publishing Company, (1895). First Edition. [9436]. Soup to nuts; discusses everything from tariffs to growing potatoes. A copy of this was one of the first books in Steve's collection, when a wee lad (William McKinley signed it for him).
Ollard, S. L.; Crosse, Gordon. A Dictionary of English Church History; with two maps. London & Milwaukee: A. R. Mowbray and Co., Ltd, 1912. First Edition, First Impression. [9449]
The Royal Oak; or, The Reformed Village. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, ca. 1850. [9455]. The royal oak of the story is a tree overlooking the town square, courthouse, jail, and "rum shop." It is set in America. A temperance tale, the story tells of how the town was reformed and drinking and gambling put down.
Cuyler, Rev. Theo. L. [Introduction]. Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven: From Poetic and Prose Literature of all Ages and all Lands; With an Introduction, by Rev. Theo. L. Cuyler, D. D. Illustrated. Philadelphia &c.: Bradley, Garretson & Co., &c., 1882. Revised and Enlarged. [9445]
McRoberts, Duncan; Ironside, H. A. [introduction]. While China Bleeds; Introduction by H. A. Ironside. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1943. Third Edition. [9446]. This is harrowing account of the Japanese invasion of China and their treatment of Christians.
Metcalfe, Richard L. "Bishop Sunbeams" and Other Stories of Service. Lincoln, Nebraska: The Woodruff-Collins Press, 1909. Second Edition. [9454]. Inspirational stories from Nebraska, including "McGuffey and His Pupils."
Neilson, Charles, Esq. The Original, Compiled and Corrected Account of Burgoyne's Campaign, and the Memorable Battles of Bemis's Heights, Sept 19, and Oct. 7, 1777, from the most authentic Sources of Information; Including many Interesting Incidents of the Same. Bemis Heights, New York: Charles Neilson, 1926. [9462]. A reprint of the edition of 1844, published by J. Munsell, in Albany, New York.
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RELIGION
Abbott, Jacob. Abbott's Young Christian: A Memorial Edition, with a Sketch of the Author, by one of his sons. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. First Edition. [9295] $45.
Alabama Congregational Church Records, 1892-1915 (19 items). Varies: 1892-1915. First Editions. [9132]. $200.
Backhouse, Edward; Tylor, Charles. Witnesses for Christ and Memorials of Church Life from the Fourth to the Thirteenth Century. London: Headley Brothers, 1899. Third Edition. [9285] $15.
Barnes, Albert. Doeg, the Edomite; or, The Informer. A Lecture on the Fifty-second Psalm, delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, January 6, 1861. Philadelphia: "Not Published". Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1861. First Edition. [9147] $200. The author decided to print the lecture that he delivered on Doeg the Edomite, for rumors of it were circulating, and he wanted people to have in writing to compare to what they were hearing. The controversial aspect was that Barnes touched upon the Fugitive Slave Act, not in name, but in obvious comparison (the footnotes do refer to it by name). He compares their fugitive state to Protestants in Europe who were persecuted and had to flee to America.
Beecher, Willis J. Reasonable Biblical Criticism. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1911. First Edition. [9242]. $15.
Benson, Joseph. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with Critical, Explanatory, and Practical Notes (2 volume set). New-York: T. Carlton & J. Porter, ca. 1870. [9228] $65. Joseph Benson (1748-1821), English Methodist.
BIBLIA SACRA Vulgatæ Editionis, Sixti V. Pontificis Max. Jussu Recognita, et Clementis VIII. Auctoritate edita; Versiculis Distincta, Ed ad singula Capita Argumentis aucta; Pluribusque Imagnibus, ad Historiarum notitiam politissime elaboratis, ornata; Indiceque Epistolarum, & Evangeliorum locupletata. Venitiis: Nicolaum Pezzana, 1732. [9315]. $750. With hundreds of woodcut engravings.
Blackburn, John. The True Character, and Probable Results, of American Revivals: A Discourse, delivered at Maberly Chapel, Kingsland, on Thursday morning, April 8, 1830; Before the Monthly Meeting of Pastors and Churches, and Published at their Request. With an Appendix. London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1830. First Edition. [9222] $65.
Brown, John. The Self-Interpreting Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with References and Illustrations (2 volume set); an exact Summary of the Several Books; a Paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts; an Analysis of the contents of each chapter; to which are annexed, An Extensive Introduction, Explanatory Notes, Evangelical Reflections, &c...Embellished with forty beautiful engravings. Bungay: Brightly and Childs, 1814. [9231] $295.
Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come; delivered under the similitude of a Dream. New-York: American Tract Society, ca. 1850. [9194] $20.
Cabassut, Jean; Cabassutii, Joannis. Notitia Ecclesiastica Historiarum, Conciliorum & Canonum invicem collatorum...&c. Lugduni [Lyon]: Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1702. Tertia. [9223]. $195. "Often modified and enlarged, it was once, under the title 'Cabassutius', an authority for the history of councils." - The Catholic Encyclopedia (1908).
The Canadian Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns for Sunday Schools, Epworth Leagues, Prayer and Praise Meetings, Family Circles, &c. Toronto: William Briggs, (1894). Revised and Enlarged Edition. [9290] $25. Methodist.
Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, No. 821 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers, Printer, 1865. [9148]. $100. A rare resource for the collector of Presbyteriana. The entries are not numbered, but there are 107 pp.; we think there are about 1,500 books listed.
[CHINA] A Map of China Prepared for the China Inland Mission. London: Stanford's Geogl. Estabt., ca. 1895. [9232] $2,000. This undated map indicates every mission station operated by the China Inland Mission by underlining the location in red, with free ports also noted, underlined with a dotted line.
Church of England; Brady & Tate. [bookplate] The Book of Common Prayer...&c. bound with A New Version of the Psalms of David. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, by John Collingwood and Co., 1842. [9225]. $30. With a large bookplate, "The Association incorporated for Discountenancing Vice and Promoting The Knowledge & Practice of the Christian Religion."
The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America...As Amended in the Years 1805-1922. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1924. [9234] $45.
Downs, Sarah Jane Corson; Graw, J. B. [editor]. Life of Mrs. S. J. C. Downs; or, Ten Years at the Head of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New Jersey. Camden, N. J.: Gazette Printing and Publishing House, 1892. [9273] $30.
Dyer, William; Watts, Isaac. The Believer's Golden Chain; embracing the substance of some dissertations on Christ's Famous Titles, A View of Zion's Glory, and Christ's Voice to London. bound with A Guide to Prayer; being the substance of some Essays on the Spirit and Gift of Prayer. Wheeling, VA: S. S. Henderson | Printed by John B. Wolff, 1849. [9224] $65. A great book with a very collectible imprint.
Eells, Myron. Justice to the Indian: Minutes of the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Congregational Association of Oregon and Washington, Held at Walla Walla, W. T., July 12-15, 1883. Together with the Minutes of the Home Missionary Society of Oregon and adjoining Territories, and of the Northwestern Association of Congregational Ministers. Portland, Oregon: Geo. H. Himes, Printer and Publisher, 1883. First Edition. [9135]. $200.
Eells, Cushing; Eells, Myron. Minutes of the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Congregational Association, of Oregon and Washington, Held at Forest Grove, Oregon, July 18-21, 1885; Together with the Minutes of the Home Missionary Society of Oregon and Adjoining Territories, The Ministerial Association, and the Woman's Board of Missions. THE JUBILEE of Congregationalism on the Northwest Coast.Portland, Oregon: Geo. H. Himes, Printer and Publisher, 1885. First Edition. [9136]. $100. American Indian missions in the Pacific Northwest.
Froude, James Anthony. Short Studies on Great Subjects (3 vols). London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1868-1877. Third Edition. [9270]. $45.
Gibson, Lucile Foreman. Lives Entwined: Lives of Finley F. Gibson, D. D. and Mrs. Finley F. Gibson [SIGNED]; Foreword by Dr. W. O. Carver. Louisville, Ky: Self Published, 1942. First Edition. [9267] $25. Pastor Finley was for over twenty years the pastor of Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, and was a pastor for forty-one years before retiring.
Gray, George Zabriskie. The Children's Crusade: An Episode of the Thirteenth Century. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company | The Riverside Press, (1898). [9288] $20.
Grisham, R. N.; et al. Heavenly Light No. 2: A Collection of the best songs to be found for Church, Sunday School, and all Religious Gatherings. Greenville, S. C.: R. N. Grisham, (1923). [9221]. $35. A Southern Baptist hymnal.
Hastings, Thomas; Bradbury, William B. The Mendelssohn collection, or, Hastings and Bradbury's third book of Psalmody; containing original music and selections from the best European and American composers, consisting of tunes, anthems, motets, introits, sentences and chants, with an appendix of the most approved church tunes, for congregational singing. New York &c.: Mark H. Newman & Co., &c., (1849). [9179]. $20.
Holcombe, Henry. A Protest against the Proceedings of The Philadelphia Baptist Association, by The First Baptist Church of Philadelphia: with Prefatory, and Concluding, Extracts and Remarks, by Henry Holcome, D. D., Their Pastor. Philadelphia: Published by Order of the Church | Printed by R. Johnsen, 1816. First Edition. [9138] $200. The issues treated with are that wolves have crept into the ministry, the doctrines of grace are seldom heard, "conformity to the world is almost complete", the doors to the communion table are wide open with no restrictions, discipline is extremely lax, and "the standard of morals is reduced to invisibility!"
Jackson, Thomas. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Richard Watson, Late Secretary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society. New-York: T. Mason and G. Lane, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1836. [9227] $65.
Johnston, L. A. The Augustana Synod: A Brief Review of its History, 1860-1910. Rock Island, Ill.: Augustana Book Concern, (1910). First Edition. [9263] $25.
Kidd, James. Morality and Religion: Being the Kerr Lectures for 1893-4. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1895. First Edition. [9271] $30.
Johnson, Mary Stoddard. A Successful Business Life: Memorials of Charles Stoddard. Boston: Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, (1884). [9294] $45. A Boston merchant of marked industry and piety, Stoddard was an active Christian in Sunday School teaching and a supporter of the A. B. C. F. M. He was a trustee of Williams College, and with Williams President Mark Hopkins and Prof. Albert Hopkins, was one of the three principal men to establish the Mission Park and Haystack Prayer Meeting memorial.
McConnell, Lela G. The Pauline Ministry in the Kentucky Mountains or A Brief Account of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association. Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, ca. 1942. Sixth Edition. [9284] $15.
McFetridge, N. S. Calvinism in History. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1912. [9293] $20.
McHardy, Emmet; Duggan, Eileen [editor]. Blazing the Trail: Letters from the North Solomons. Sydney: Right Rev. T. J. Wade, 1935. First Edition. [9299] $20. A poignant account of a young Catholic missionary on the island of Bougainville.
Macleod, Donald. Memoir of Norman Macleod, D.D. (2 volume set); Minister of Barony Parish, Glasgow; One of Her Majesty's Chaplains; Dean of the Chapel Royal; Dean of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876. First Edition. [9292] $45.
Macpherson, John. Isabella Macpherson: A Devoted Life. London: Morgan and Scott, ca. 1890. First Edition. [9289] $45. A missionary to the slums of Dundee, Scotland.
Martin, R. H. The Day: A Manual of the Christian Sabbath. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Office of The National Reform Association, 1933. First Edition. [9236]. $30. The National Reform Association sought to promote and defend the Christian Sabbath both as a practice and as something enforced by the state (nation). Includes a review of the Sabbath laws of the various states then in force.
Marrat, Jabez. Robert Moffat: African Missionary. London: T. Woolmer, ca. 1885. [9249] $20.
Merritt, T. The Convert's Guide and Preacher's Assistant, in two parts. New-York: Lane & Scott, for the Sunday-School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1849. Second Edition, Revised by the Editor. [9226] $65.
Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Congregational Association of Oregon. Held at Forest Grove, commencing June 18th and ending June 21st, 1868. Salem, Oregon: A. L. Stinson, Book and Job Printer, 1868. First Edition. [9133] $100.
Minutes of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Congregational Association of Oregon and Washington Territory, Held at Oregon City, Oregon, Commencing June 20th and ending June 23d, 1878; Together with the Essays Read, and the Minutes of the Oregon Home Missionary Society.Portland, Oregon: Printing Establishment of Himes the Printer, 1878. First Edition. [9134]. $65.
Neill, Henry. A Letter to the Editors of the American Presbyterian and Genesee Evangelist. Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1858. First Edition. [9145] $200. An Appeal to New School Presbyterians to reject Abolitionists.
Niccolls, Samuel J. God's Hand Among the People: A Sermon delivered on Thanksgiving Day, by Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls, at the Presbyterian Church, Thursday, November 26, 1863. Chambersburg, Pa.: Printed at the Office of the Franklin Repository, 1863. First Edition. [9143] $200. Rev. Niccolls describes the 1862 Confederate raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and their recent defeat at Gettysburg:
Nineveh and the Tigris. London: The Religious Tract Society, ca 1845. [9253] $35. A history of Nineveh and its environs, as well as descriptive accounts of travel and exploration.
O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts Thereof Printed in America previous to 1860; With Introduction and Bibliographical Notes. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, nd. Limited Edition Facsimile. [9302] $40. This indispensable reference includes Bibles of all languages printed in America previous to 1860. The 54-page Introduction presents a history of Bible printing in America; next is a chart of "Some of the Errors and Variations found in modern Douay Bibles"; and the annotated chronological compilation of Bibles includes those in English, German, Latin, Greek, &c., as well as of American Indian translations of the Bible or portions thereof.
Richard, Henry; Herbert, T. M.; Avering, Thomas W.; Farrar, Frederic W.; et al. Seven bound pamphlets, English Congregationalists 1872-1878. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1877. [9252]. $65. Please open the link to see the list of pamphlets bound in.
Rodgers, Ravaud K. Thanksgiving: A Sermon preached in the Presbyterian Church, Bound Brook, N. J., November 28th, 1861, The Day of Thanksgiving Appointed by the Governor of the State. New-Brunswick, N. J.: Terhune & Van Anglen's Press, 1861. First Edition. [9139] $200. American Civil War sermon. He quotes the views of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson on the permanence of the UNION and that no individual state had the right to secede from it. "To say that any State may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States is not a nation." - Andrew Jackson.
Rowan, Edgar. Wilson Carlile and the Church Army: Third and Revised Edition, with Portraits and Illustrations. London: Church Army Bookroom, 1928. Third Edition. [9266]. $15. An Anglican street evangelism ministry modeled after the Salvation Army.
Schofield, A .T. Husband and Wife. London: Pickering & Inglis, ca. 1920. [9235] $95. This book on practical marriage matters was written by an M.D. and published by a Christian firm. It includes a chapter on The Eugenics of Marriage, eugenics just then being a new science.
Scougal, Henry. The Life of God in the Soul of Man; or, the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion; With recommendatory Prefaces by Bishop Burnet, and William Wishart, principal of the college of Edenburgh [sic]. Catskill, [NY]: Printed by Nathan Elliot, 1807. [9243] $200. An inspiring book and a collectible New York imprint.
Seward, Theodore F.; Allen, Chester D.; Mason, Lowell. The Coronation: A New Collection of Music for Choirs and Singing Schools. New York and Chicago: Biglow & Maine, 1872. First Edition. [9177] $35.
Smyth, Thomas. Solace for Bereaved Parents: or Infants Die to Live. With an Historical Account of The Doctrine of Infant Salvation; Also, very full Selections from various Authors, in Prose and Poetry. New York: Robert Carter, 1846. First Edition. [9274] $95.
Smith, Joseph T. Address of the Acts and Deliverances of the General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church, during the past Five Years, on the State of the Country; Delivered by Request, in the Central Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, on Thursday Evening, June 21, 1866.Baltimore: Wm. K. Boyle, Printer, 1866. First Edition. [9130] $200. Is the Old School Presbyterian Church Apostate for Supporting the Union during the Civil War?
Stewart, Alexander. Roman Dogma and Scripture Truth: The Protestant Institute Lectures for 1930-31; With a Foreword by D. Hay Fleming, LL.D. Edinburgh: W. F. Henderson, 1931. [9241]
Sprague, William B. A Sermon delivered in connection with the Anniversary of the Foreign Evangelical Society, in the Reformed Dutch Church, Lafayette Place, New-York, on Sabbath evening, May 7, 1843; And subsequently repeated, by request of said Society, in Albany and Philadelphia. New-York: John S. Taylor & Co., 1843. First Edition. [9142] $30.
Sprague, William B. Causes of an Unsuccessful Ministry: Two Sermons, addressed to the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Albany, August 30, 1829; The Sabbath Immediately succeeding the Author's Induction as their Pastor. Albany: Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1829. First Edition. [9141] $35.
Streeter, Burnett Hillman. The Primitive Church: Studied with special reference to the Origins of the Christian Ministry; Lectures Delivered on the Hewett Foundation. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. First Edition. [9237] $20. In this book Streeter argues for three systems of church government (not one) in the primitive church.
Talbot, C. H. [editor and translator]. The Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in Germany: Being the Lives of SS. Willibrord, Boniface, Sturm, Leoba and Lebuin, together with the Hodoeporicon of St. Willibald and a selection from the correspondence of St. Boniface. London and New York: Sheed and Ward, 1954. First Edition. [9300] $35.
Tourjee, Eben [editor]. The Tribute of Praise: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public and Social Worship, and for use in the Family Circle and Sabbath School. New York: Nelson and Phillips, 1874. First Edition. [9220] $45. Methodist.
The Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America; Presented to the General Assembly in May, 1849. New York: Published for the Board, 1849. First Edition. [9140] $65. Lists the new missionaries sent out and has reports from the following missions: Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Iowa and Sac, Otoe and Omaha, Chippewa and Ottawa, Liberia, Settra Kroo, India (Lodiana, Saharunpur, Sabathu, Ambala, & Jalandar), Furrukhabad, Allahabad, Siam, Canton, Amoy, Ningpo, Papal Europe, Missions to the Jews.
Uhlhorn, Gerhard. The Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism; Edited and Translated with the Author's Sanction from the Third German Edition by Egbert C. Smith and C. J. H. Ropes. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, (1879). First English Language Edition. [9282] $25.
[Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt]. "One Faith:" or Bishop Doane vs. Bishop M'Ilvaine on Oxford Theology; exhibited in extracts from the writings of the Diocesans of New Jersey and Ohio. By a Presbyterian. Burlington: J. L. Powell, Printer, 1843. First Edition. [9146] $45.
[Van Rensselaer, Cortlandt]. The Apostasy of Mr. Newman, and some traces of Newmania on New Jersey Soil. By a Presbyterian. Burlington, N. J.: anonymous, 1845. First Edition. [9137]. $45.
Vassar, T. E.; Gordon, A. J. Uncle John Vassar; or, The Fight of Faith; By his nephew, Rev. T. E. Vassar; With an Introduction, by Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D. New York: The American Tract Society, 1879. First Edition. [9250] $20. "The memoir of 'Uncle John' is the most thrilling bit of Christian biography of the time. It is an inspiration for any one to read it. For myself, I turned from its pages thanking God for such a nineteenth-century apostle, and with a great new desire to serve his Master and mine." - Rev. Geo. F. Pentecost.
Wicklein, Edward C. Badger Kirk, Volume 1. NP: Edward C. Wicklein, 1974. First Edition. [9279] $35. A Wisconsin history of the Associate Reformed Church of North America; Associate Reformed Church of the West (later of America); Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America; Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod; United Presbyterian Church of North America, with Historical Sketches of each Congregation, 1840-1958.
Williams, John. A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands; with Remarks on the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, and Usages of the Inhabitants; Illustrated with Engravings on Wood, by G. Baxter. New-York: D. Appleton & Co., (1837). First American Edition. [9233] $295. Includes the author's visits to the Hervey Islands, New South Wales, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, etc. Two years following the publication of this work, in November, 1839, while visiting a part of the New Hebrides where John Williams was unknown, he and fellow missionary James Harris were killed and eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromango during an attempt to bring them the Gospel.
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Adams, John; Congress of the US; Washington, George. The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, and that of the United States; the Declaration of Independence, with President Washington's Farewell Address. Boston: Printed by Order of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Printed for the State, by Manning & Loring, 1805. [9193] $195.
Bigelow, John. Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont; Including an Account of his Explorations, Discoveries and Adventures in the successive Expeditions across the North American Continent; Voluminous Selections from his Private and Public Correspondence; his Defence before the Court Martial, and Full Reports of his principal Speeches in the Senate of the United States. With Spirited Illustrations, and an accurate Portrait on Steel. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First Edition. [9291] $25.
Blackman, Emily C. History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. From a period preceding its Settlement to Recent Times, including tha Annals and Geography of each Township. With Maps and numerous Illustrations. Also, a Sketch of Woman's Work in the County for the United States Sanitary Commission, and a List of the Soldiers of the National Army furnished by many of the Townships. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873. First Edition. [9298] $95. Includes an account of Joseph Smith of Mormon fame, and his diggings near Great Bend. Flake 547.
Bundy, J. M. The Nation's Hero - In Memoriam: The Life of James Abram Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States; With an Account of the President's Death and Funeral Obsequies. New York: A. S. Barns & Co., 1881. First Edition. [9286] $20.
Demeritt, Emma W. Law. The Alarm: A Narrative of the British Invasion of Connecticut, 1777; Drawings and Fotos by W. F. Weed. New Canaan, Connecticut: John E. Hersam, Printer and Publisher | The Advertiser Press, 1910. Limited Edition. One of 1,000 copies. [9219]. $85. Cover title: The Alarm: How one Philip Lester carried the same from His home in Saugatuck to Ridgefield by way of Canaan Parish At the time of the Burning of Danbury and of His Perilous Adventure with the British after The Battle of Ridgefield, A.D., 1777.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Lowell, J. R.; et al. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review. New Series, Volume XV. 1844. New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. First Edition. [9190] $45.
Headley, J. T. The Chaplains and Clergy of The Revolution. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864. [9247] $65. This work contains both biographies and sermons.
Holland, J. G. The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill, 1866. First Edition. [9251] $65.
Lester, C. Edward. Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner; Sold Only By Subscription. New York: United States Publishing Company, 1874. First Edition. [9246] $25. Charles Sumner (1811-1874), US Senator from Massachusetts, formidable orator and a leader of the Radical Republicans, famously caned in the US Senate by Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina in May of 1856.
Lincoln, Robert W. Lives of the Presidents of the United States; with Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of its Present Condition; Embellished with A Portrait of Each of the Presidents, and Forty-five Engravings. New-York: N. Watson & Co., 1836. [9260]. $95.
McFarland, Lloyd [editor & illustrator]. Exploring the Northern Plains, 1804-1876. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1955. First Edition. [9283] $20. Thirty-six different accounts of exploration arranged chronologically, from the Lewis & Clark Expedition to Lt. Edward Maguire of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Memoirs of the Life, Adventures, and Military Exploits of Israel Putnam, Senior Major-General in the Revolutionary Army of the United States, and next in Rank to General Washington. Ithaca, [NY]: Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, 1839. [9280] $45.
Miner, Charles. History of Wyoming, in a Series of Letters, from Charles Miner, to his son William Penn Miner, Esq. Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1845. First Edition. [9278] $65. The Wyoming Massacre & Revolutionary War history of central Pennsylvania. This rebound copy is considerably cheaper than our other listing of this title.
Monaghan, Jay. Lincoln Bibliography 1839-1939 (2 volume set); Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library vols. xxxi & xxxii.Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Historical Library, 1943 & 1945. First Edition. [9276]. $45.Are you researching or collecting Abraham Lincoln? You need this.
Reynolds, Grindall. A Collection of Historical and other Papers by Rev. Grindall Reynolds, D.D., to which are added, Seven of his Sermons. Concord, Massachusetts: Published by the Editor, 1895. First Edition. [9272] $45. Essays on the history of Concord, Massachusetts.
Rogers, Joseph M. The True Henry Clay (The True Series); With Twenty-four Illustrations. Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing. [9287] $25.
Selections from The Easton Press Library of the Presidents series, all in splendid full-leather bindings: Calvin Coolidge [9312] $35, Warren G. Harding [9311] $35, McKinley [9310] $35, Millard Fillmore [9309] $45, James Buchanan [9308] $45, James K. Polk [9307] $30, Garfield [9306] $35, Andrew Jackson [9305] $65, Martin Van Buren [9304] $35, and James Monroe [9309] $35. These books are all in new condition and come with an unused bookplate & the collector's notes.
Upham, Charles Wentworth. Life, Explorations and Public Service of John Charles Fremont. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First Edition; Thirtieth Thousand. [9277] $45.
Wallace, Lew. Life of Gen. Ben Harrison. Philadelphia &c.: Hubbard Brothers, 1888. First Edition. [9265] $25. A campaign book by the author of Ben Hur extolling the virtues of General Harrison in his run for the presidency of the United States.
Walker, Joseph B.; Buffum, Francis F. [editor]. New Hampshire and the Federal Constitution: A Memorial of the Sesquicentennial Celebration; including A History of the New Hampshire Convention, by Joseph B. Walker. Concord, N. H.: The State of New Hampshire, 1940. First Edition. [9296] $45.
Woodworth, J. B. [MAP] Preliminary Geologic Map of the Richmond Area, Virginia (1898). Baltimore: A Roen & Co., Lith., (1898). [9176]. $35.
OTHER INTERESTING BOOKS
Allom, Thomas; Wright, G. N. The Chinese Empire Illustrated: Being a Series of Views from Original Sketches, displaying The Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c., of that Ancient and Exclusive Nation (Vol I.); With Historical and Descriptive Letterpress. London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, (1858). First Edition. [9261]. $450. An illustrated volume with remarkable engravings, produced during the Second Opium War (1856-1860) between China and the allies France & Great Britain. The engravings are of very high quality. The publisher was active in London during the early and middle nineteenth century, producing a number of finely engraved illustrated books on different parts of the world.
Anthon, Charles. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War; and the First Book of the Greek Paraphrase; with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Plans of Battles, Sieges, etc., and Historical, Geographical, and Archaelogical Indexes. New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. [9181]. $20.
Atherton, Gertrude. American Wives and English Husbands: A Novel. New York: International Association of Newspapers and Authors, 1901. [9201] $15. "A beautiful San Francisco girl, half Creole, marries the son of an English peer, and their life is not immediately successful. Criticizes Americans as severely as English aristocrats." - Baker, A Guide to the Best English Fiction (1913).
Barnes, Albert. Doeg, the Edomite; or, The Informer. A Lecture on the Fifty-second Psalm, delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, January 6, 1861. Philadelphia: "Not Published". Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1861. First Edition. [9147] $200. Albert Barnes' controversial sermon on the Fugitive Slave Law.
Bullions, Peter. The First Part of Jacobs' Latin Reader, adapted to Bullions' Latin Grammar; with an Introduction, on the Idioms of the Latin Language; an improved Vocabulary; and Exercises in Latin Prose Composition, on a new Plan. New-York: Pratt, Woodford & Company, 1849. Fourteenth Edition. [9185] $25.
Bullions, Peter. Select Orations of M. Tullius Cicero, with English Notes, for the use of schools and colleges. New York: Farmer, Brace & Company, 1856. Fifth Edition. [9186] $25.
Campbell, Marius R.; Mendenhall, Walter C. [MAP] Geologic Section along New and Kanawha Rivers from Hinton to Charlestown, West Virginia (1896). New York: J. Ottmann Lith. Co., (1896). [9171] $35.
Cicero; Anthon, Charles. The De Senectute, De Amicitia, Paradoxa, and Somnium Scipionis of Cicero, and The Life of Atticus, by Cornelius Nepos, with English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by Charles Anthon, LL.D. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. [9180] $20.
Chesterton, G. K. The Coloured Lands; illustrated by the Author. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First American Edition. [9240] $35. A fine copy of the first American edition, with dust jacket, illustrated by G.K.C.
Crafts, Mrs. W. F.; [Timanus, Sara J.]. Open Letters to Primary Teachers, with Hints for Intermediate Class Teachers; By Mrs. W. F. Crafts, [Sara J. Timanus.] With an Appendix, containing Specimen Lessons and Concert Exercises for Little Children. New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1876. First Edition. [9258] $95. "To D. L. Moody, through whose influence I became a Sunday School teacher, this little volumes is gratefully dedicated by his friend, Sara J. Crafts."
Emmons, S. F.; et al. [MAP] Geological Map of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills, Colorado (1896). Baltimore: A. Roen & Co. Lith., (1896). [9172] $95.
Emmons, S. F.; et al. [MAP] Topographical Map of Silver Cliff and the Rosita Hills, Colorado (1896). Baltimore: A. Roen & Co. Lith., (1896). [9173] $35.
Goodrich, Chauncey A. Elements of Greek Grammar: Used in Yale College; Heretofore published as the Grammar of Caspar Frederic Hachenberg. Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Co., 1828. Fourth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. [9184] $65.
Greeley, Horace. Hints Toward Reforms, in Lectures, Addresses, and other Writings; Second Edition, Enlarged, with The Crystal Palace and Its Lessons. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1853. Second Edition. [9262] $95. A collection of essays focused upon the reform causes that interested the author, including those of labor, character-building, teachers and teaching, temperance, the death penalty, land and homestead reform, flogging in the navy, slavery, tobacco, &c.
Hawks, Francis L. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, (3 volume set) performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy. Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856. First Edition. [9314]. $950 With over 100 gorgeous litho & chromolithographed plates.
Jefferis, B. G.; Nichols, J. L. Search Lights on Health: Light on Dark Corners, A Complete Sexual Science and A Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood; Advice to Maiden, Wife, and Mother; Love, Courtship and Marriage. Naperville, Ill.: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1896. [9248] $35. The work is a rather late statement of Victorian morals combined with the end-of-the-century penchant for sensationalism. It combines examples of what were seen as the ideals of womanhood and marriage with dire warnings against sexual and sensual enjoyments.
Lindgren, W.; et al. [MAP] Geological Map of the Nevada City and Grass Valley Mining Districts, Nevada Co., California (1896). New York: J. Ottmann Lith. Co., (1896). [9174] $35.
Livy; Anthon, Charles; Craig, Hugh. TITI LIVI ab urbe condita Libri I. II. XXI, et XXII. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. [9182] $30.
Madame de Puisieux. Conseils a Une Amie, Par Madame de P. with bookplate of Jacobi Solis Cohen. Np: Np, 1749. First Edition. [9256] $200.
[MAP] Geological Sketch Map of the Black Hills of Dakota (1898). Baltimore: A Roen & Co., Lith., (1898). [9176] $35.
Olmsted, Denison. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: designed as a Text Book, for the Use of the Students in Yale College (2 volume set). New Haven: Printed by B. L. Hamlen, 1838. Third Edition. [9229] $95.
Sallust; Anthon, Charles. Sallust's Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline, with an English Commentary, and Geographical and Historical Indexes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Tenth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. [9183] $20.
Sullivan, May Kellogg. The Trail of a Sourdough: Life in Alaska. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1910. First Edition. [9275] $20. This is her second book, a collection of stories based upon her Alaskan experiences. By 1910, she had taken seven trips in Alaska over ten years. The titles are, The Miner's Reasons, Under the Tundra, The Hidden Ledge, A New Klondyke, Estella the Eskimo, Why Midas Failed, The Old Stone House, A Miner's Own Story, and Eyllen's Water Witch.
Treviranus, Gottfried Reinhold. Biologie, oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur für Naturforscher und Aerzte (2 vols). Gottingen: Johann Friedrich Rower, 1814 & 1822. [9230]. $125. Two volumes of the author's famous work on natural history, considered to be a pre-Darwin statement of evolutionary theory, namely, that of transmutation of species.
Webster, Daniel; Whipple, Edwin P. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster, with an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style, by Edwin P. Whipple. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1884. [9259] $200. In a gorgeous half black morocco binding.
Woodworth, J. B. [MAP] Preliminary Geologic Map of the Richmond Area, Virginia (1898). Baltimore: A Roen & Co., Lith., (1898). [9176] $35.
The Latin choir book is here. You will find links on the page (above the photos) for the binding, first table, the first 100 leaves, and a Miscellaneous link showing examples from the latter half of the book. Be sure to check that link because we think it has some of the most interesting matter in the entire volume.
Thanks very much for taking a look, and we hope that you found some items to add to your collection!
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]]>In 1975 two young seminary graduates (now Dr. A. Merril Smoak, Jr. and Dr. Terry York) entered a book shop in Sacramento, California, which Dr. Smoak remembers as Capital City Rare Books. As was their practice, they asked the owner if he had any old hymnals, explaining that they would be words only and look like little poetry books. The owner disappeared into a back room and returned with a little book wrapped in plastic. It had a Boston imprint and the date of 1744; he asked $100 for it. There was no mention of it being a Bay Psalm Book. The price was very high for the two young men and they turned him down. After returning home Mr. Smoak looked through one his seminary texts, Music and Musicians in Early America, by Lowens. He was excited to see that the title he had just seen at the book shop matched the title of a Bay Psalm Book! He phoned his friend and told him to go make a deal for the book. His friend Terry York was able to work out a plan with the owner to pay for it over a few months, each contributing $6.25 per month. The book could not be picked up until it had been paid for in full. It has been in their co-possession until it was recently sold by Haaswurth Books. Here is the link if you would like to have a look at it.
Some friends of ours have begun translating and publishing the works of St. Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1724-1783). They are rich examples & instruction in the Orthodox Christian way of life. Librarians especially please note that these are the first English translations from the Russian and are just published; it is unlikely that you already have them. They are being sold on eBay, link here. A life of St. Tikhon is published on the OCA website, link here. Haaswurth Books does not receive any recompense for promoting the books; in fact, we did not tell them that we were going to promote them.
We have selected some of the better items from our Hymnals & Music catalogue to showcase here (click this link). In almost every case we did not find another copy for sale when we catalogued the item. We have carefully examined every book and have noted all found defects.
Advice from a colleague and additional research have caused us to review our listing and price for the 1764 First American Edition of the Heidelbergh Catechism. Here is the link, with a reduced price.
Here is a list of items that have been added to our website recently. The list is alphabetical, and not grouped by subject or price. Click the number [in brackets] to go to the sale page.
[Adirondack] First Annual Report of the Forest Commission of the State of New York, For the Year 1885 [Adirondack interest]; Transmitted to the Legislature May 18, 1886. Albany: The Argus Company, Printers, 1886. First Edition. [8997]. With a large map in color.
[Adirondack] Fourth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York: Report for 1898 [Adirondack interest]. Albany & New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., Printers, 1899. First Edition. [8996]
Armstrong, George D. The Sacraments of the New Testament as Instituted by Christ. New York: A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1880. [9020]. Armstrong was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, Virginia.
Atwill, Thomas H. The New-York Collection of Sacred Harmony, containing The necessary Rules of Music with a variety of Psalm & Hymn Tunes set Pieces & Anthems, Many of which are Original: Compiled for the use of Worshipping Assemblies & Singing Societies, From the most approved Ancient & Modern Authors. Albany: Printed by the Author, (ca. 1803). [8981]
Benham, Asahel. Social Harmony: containing, First, The Rudiments of Psalmody made easy. Second, A Collection of Modern Music, calculated for the use of Singing Schools and Worshipping Assemblies; By Asahel Benham, Author of Federal Harmony. Published according to Act of Congress, (1801). First Edition, Second Issue. [8984]
Brown, Thomas. Annals of the Disruption; with Extracts from Narratives of Ministers who left the Scottish Establishment in 1843. Edinburgh: MacNive & Wallace, 1893. New Edition. [9007]
Burdett, Staunton S. The Baptist Harmony; being A Selection of Choice Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Social Worship. Philadelphia: E. W. Miller, 1842. Stereotype Edition. [8954]. South Carolina Compiler.
Cole, I. P. [compiler]. Cole's Pocket Edition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, containing Most of the Tunes used in the Different Churches. (copy-right secured). Albany: I. P. Cole, (1836). Sixth Edition. [8980]
Coleman, Lyman. The Antiquities of the Christian Church; Translated and Compiled from the Works of Augusti, with numerous additions from Rheinwald, Siegel, and others. Andover: Gould, Newman & Saxton, 1841. First Edition. [9005]
Couch, William. A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Merry Christian, and for the Comforting of Mourners in Zion. Andover, N. H.: Printed by Ebenezer Chase, for the Compiler, 1819. First Edition. [8971] Freewill Baptist.
Crane, John. A Discourse, delivered at Upton, March 15, 1810, at Grafton, April 12, 1810, and at Sutton, (N. P.) March 13, 1811. At Public Meetings of a Number of Singers, who had been improving themselves in Sacred Music; Published at the Particular Request of the Singers in Sutton, North-Parish. Sutton, (Mass.): Printed by Sewall Goodridge, 1811. First Edition. [8977]
Davidson, A. B.; Paterson, J. A. [editor]. Biblical and Literary Essays. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1903. Second Edition. [8959]
[Day, Mahlon] A Hymn on Creation. New-York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, 1824. [8979]
[Day, Mahlon] A Hymn on Creation. New-York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day | Stereotyped by James Conner, New-York, ca. 1830. [8978]
Dickens, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens, The London Edition (13 volumes). London: The Caxton Publishing Co., ca. 1910. The London Edition. [9028]
Duffield, Samuel Willoughby. English Hymns: Their Authors and History. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, (1886). Thirteenth Edition. [9061]
Feidler, Clara S. Sister Abigail (Abigail Townsend Luffe). Buffalo, N. Y.: Sword and Shield Book Store | Printed by Loizeaux Brothers, Bible Truth Depot, New York, 1937. New and Enlarged Edition. [9016]. Sister Abigail's father was a co-worker with George Müller in Bristol, England, and she recalls bouncing on his knee. She began her own faith-based charity ministry in Buffalo, NY.
Fleming, J. Dick. Redemption: The Christian Doctrine Set in the Light of History. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. First Edition. [9011]
Forbush, Abijah. The Psalmodist's Assistant: containing An Original Composition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; together with A Number of Favourite Pieces from different Authors. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to the Grounds of Music. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Second Edition. [8983]
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens. Hopeless - Yet There Is Hope: A Study in World Conditions and their Solution. New York: Publication Office "Our Hope", 1936. Second Printing. [9030]
Gaebelein, Arno Clemens. World Prospects: How Is It All Going to End? A Study in Sacred Prophecy and Present Day World Conditions. New York: Publication Office "Our Hope", 1934. First Edition, First Printing. [9029]
Gould, N. D. Juvenile Harmony: containing Appropriate Hymns and Music, for Sabbath Schools, Sabbath School Anniversaries, and Family Devotion. Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1837. [8975]
Groser, William H. The Sunday-School Teacher's Manual or The Principles and Methods of Instruction as Applied to Sunday-School Work. London: The Sunday School Union, (1898). Seventeenth Edition, Revised by the Author. [9027]
Hort, F. J. A. Prolegomena to St. Paul's Epistles to The Romans and The Ephesians. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First Edition. [9003]
Hough, Lynn Harold. Imperishable Dreams [SIGNED COPY]. New York: The Abingdon Press, 1929. [8960]
Jackson, George. Collier of Manchester: A Friend's Tribute. London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1923). [8949]. English Wesleyan Methodist.
Jones, J. D. Things Most Surely Believed. London: James Clarke & Co., (1908). Second Impression. [8961]
Lehman, Jacob S. [compiler]. Christianity Defined: A Manual of the New Testament Teaching on the Unity of the Church, Nonresistance of Evil, Nonconformity to the World in Deportment and Dress, The Proper Observance of the Ordinances, Separation From All Unfaithful Worship; Dissertation on Marriage, The Millennium, and Beneficiary Organizations. Lancaster, Pa.: Reformed Mennonite Church, (1958). First Edition. [9002]
Lowens, Irving. Music and Musicians in Early America. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. [9063]
Matheson, George. The Representative Men of the New Testament. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. First Edition. [8947]
Murray, Andrew. Holy in Christ: Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Willard Tract Depot, 1888. [9013] Probably the first Canadian Edition. The Preface date is November 16th, 1887.
Nettleton, Asahel; Jocelyn, N. & S. S. Zion's Harp; or a New Collection of Music, Intended as a companion to "Village Hymns for Social Worship, By the Rev. Asahel Nettleton". Also, Adapted to other Hymn Books, and to be used in Conference Meetings & Revivals of Religion. New-Haven: Engraved & Published by N. & S. S. Jocelyn, 1824. First Edition. [8973]
A Presbyter of the Church. Lectures Historical, Expository, and Practical, on the Communion Office of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1865. [9022]
Price, Jacob Embury. The Book Divine; or, How do I know that the Bible is the Word of God? New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1889. [9012]
Reid, J. M. Missions and Missionary Society of the Methodist Church (2 volume set). New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1882. [9014]
[Revolutionary War] Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1878 (Publication Fund Series). New York: Printed for the Society, 1879. First Edition. [8955]
[Revolutionary War] Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1879 (Publication Fund Series). New York: Printed for the Society, 1880. First Edition. [8956]
[Revolutionary War] Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1882 (Publication Fund Series). New York: Printed for the Society, 1883. First Edition. [8957]
[Revolutionary War] Deane, Silas. The Deane Papers (5 volume set) Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the years 1886-1890. New York: Printed for the Society, 1887-1891. [8958]
Reynolds, William Jensen. Hymns of Our Faith: A Handbook for the Baptist Hymnal. 1967. Revised Edition. [9062]
Rippon, John. A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, from the best Authors, in three and four parts; adapted principally to Dr. Watts's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns; containing (in a greater variety than any other volume extant) the most approved Compositions which are used in London, and in the different Congregations throughout England: Also, many Original Tunes never before Printed; the whole forming a publication of Above Three Hundred Tunes. London: Sold by Mr. Rippon, and may be had at the Vestry of his Meeting-house, in Carter-Lane, Tooley-Street, [1795]. Fifth Edition, Enlarged. [8988]
Rishell, Charles W. The Foundations of the Christian Faith (Library of Biblical and Theological Literature). New York: Eaton & Mains, 1901. Second Edition. [8995]
Roberts, Alex. Companion to the Revised Version of the New Testament, Explaining the Reasons for the Changes made on the Authorized Version: With Supplement, by A Member of the American Committee of Revision. Toronto: William Briggs, 1881. Authorized Edition. [9006]
The Salem Collection of Classical Sacred Musick; in three and four parts: consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, Selected from the Works of the most eminent Composers; Suited to all the Metres in general use. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to Psalmody. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for Cushing & Appleton. Sold at said Cushing & Appleton's Bookstore in Salem; by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; and by all the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1806. Second Edition, improved and revised. [8986]
Slade, H. C. Christ is All and other sermons; Preached in Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, and at various International Fundamental Congresses. Toronto: The Gospel Witness, 1975. First Edition. [9010]
Stanford, John. The Domestic Chaplain: being Fifty-two short Lectures, with Appropriate Hymns, on the most interesting subjects, for every Lord's Day in the year; Designed for the Improvement of Families of every Christian Denomination. New-York: Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, 1806. First Edition. [8950]
Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey (3 volume set). New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Co., 1889. Third American from the Sixth London Edition with the Author's Final Revisions. [8948]
The Village Harmony: or, Youth's Assistant to Sacred Musick; consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, selected from the works of the Most Eminent Composers. To which is prefixed, A Concise Introduction to Psalmody. Newburyport: E. Little & Co. | C. Norris & Co. Printers, (1813). Eleventh Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. [8982]
[Walker, Thomas]. Walker's Companion to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book; being a Collection of above Two Hundred and Eighty Favourite and Original Hymn Tunes and Pieces, (None of which are in his Selection,) In Sixty-two Measures, - Adapted for the Organ, Piano Forte, &c. To which is prefixed, An Arranged Index of the Tunes, exhibiting at one view, Suitable Hymns to such Peculiar Metres as are in Dr. Watts, Rippon, Collyer, Lady Huntingdon, Mr. Wesley's and Albion Chapel Hymn Books. London: Printed for and Sold by J. Walker | J. Haddon, Printer, 1828. Ninth Edition, with Supplements. [8987]
Wolcott, T. A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for those who wish to praise God. Portland, [Me]: Rinted [sic] by A. & J. Shirley, 1817. [8976]
Thank you!
Steve & Susan
]]>This article by Rajan Laad at American Thinker reveals one of the latest targets of the culture war, the novels of Ian Fleming.
"The risk is that this quest for "sensitivity" will result in an Orwellian rewriting of the past. Art is a reflection of the time it was created. This includes both the ideas and the language used.
"If we begin erasing the "offensive" bits, where does it end?
"Being offended is subjective. The crudest joke with coarse language may be hilarious to one while fairy tales may be offensive to another.
"If we start removing all that is offensive, some day we will end up with a blank page.
"There is another risk here.
"If fiction can be revised, perhaps history will be amended to fit a narrative."
The essay is worth reading, if you have the time.
]]>Complete title: The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New-Testament: Faithfully translated into English Metre: For the Use, Edification, and Comfort of the Saints in Publick and Private, in New-England bound with An Introduction To the Singing of Psalm-Tunes, In a plain and easy Method. With a Collection of Tunes in three Parts. By the Reverend Mr. Tufts.
The ownership is unknown until 1975 when two young seminary graduates (now Dr. A. Merril Smoak, Jr. and Dr. Terry York) entered a book shop in Sacramento, California, which Dr. Smoak remembers as Capital City Rare Books. As was their practice, they asked the owner if he had any old hymnals, explaining that they would be words only and look like little poetry books. The owner disappeared into a back room and returned with a little book wrapped in plastic. It had the date 1744 and he asked $100 for it. There was no mention of it being a Bay Psalm Book. The price was very high for the two young men and they turned him down. After returning home Mr. Smoak looked through one his seminary texts, Music and Musicians in Early America, by Lowens. He was excited to see that the title he had just seen at the book shop matched the title of a Bay Psalm Book! He phoned his friend and told him to go make a deal for the book. His friend Terry York was able to work out a plan with the owner to pay for it over a few months, each contributing $6.25 per month. The book could not be picked up until it had been paid for in full. It has been in their co-possession since then. Now each man holds a doctorate degree in the music field, and they have both used the Bay Psalm Book in various teaching sessions during their careers.
We advise people to purchase and own, in print form, books that you deem important and will want to read, or to have your children or grandchildren read.
Why?
Because western governments want protection from books that promote human liberty and reveal government totalitarianism, and will use the force of law to keep you from them.
In the UK, for instance, there is a government program first initiated to root out Islamic extremism that now attempts to root out "right-wing" extremism. If you have read Adam Smith, C. S. Lewis, George Orwell, or Tolkien, you qualify as an extremist.
In the US this week a federal judge temporarily blocked the implementation of a new NYS law that will make "hateful conduct" on social media a crime, ruling that the measure violates the Constitution’s protection of free speech. Full story here.
The law defined Hateful Conduct as “[T]he use of a social media network to vilify, humiliate, or incite violence against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”
A Cambridge dictionary definition of "vilify" is "to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them."
The people writing these kinds of laws know that they are unconstitutional. These laws are not intended to be constitutional; they are intended to increase state power and to silence those who oppose an increase in state power.
There is only one small logical step from banning thoughts and speech of a certain kind and banning the books that teach the thoughts. Fahrenheit 451 was fiction when written.
The Spectator essay is by Douglas Murray, and is titled, "Can you really be radicalized by British Railway Journeys?"
"There is also a reading list of historical texts which produce red flags to RICU. These include Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France, as well as works by Thomas Carlyle and Adam Smith. Elsewhere RICU warns that radicalisation could occur from books by authors including C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Aldous Huxley and Joseph Conrad. I kid you not, though it seems that all satire is dead, but the list of suspect books also includes 1984 by George Orwell."
Read the whole article here.
]]>We have selected some of the better items from our Hymnals & Music catalogue to showcase here. In almost every case we did not find another copy for sale when we catalogued the item. We have carefully examined every book and have noted all found defects.
The number in [brackets] at the end of each listing is a link to the item in our catalogue.
This list is in alphabetical order. It includes hymnals, shape and round note tunebooks, and a few pieces of ephemera.
Allebach, J. C.; Hunsberger, I. R. The Temple Harp: being a very Choice Collection of Sacred Music, comprising the Most Popular Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems, &c. Ever Issued from the Press; in J. B. Aikin's Seven Figured or Character Notes; Including a New and Thorough Course of Instruction in the Elementary Principles of Musical Science. Designed for the use of Choirs, Singing Schools and Singing Societies. Philadelphia: S. C. Collins, (1872). [8849] $300
Andrews, David W. The Pilgrim's Choice, A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, lately compiled from various Authors: designed for the use of Conference Meeting, Private Circles and Congregations. .Jacksonville, Ala.: J. F. Grant, Printer, 1843. First Edition. [8893] $200. A defective & poor copy of a rare hymnal.
Atwill, Thomas H. The New-York Collection of Sacred Harmony, containing The necessary Rules of Music with a variety of Psalm & Hymn Tunes set Pieces & Anthems, Many of which are Original: Compiled for the use of Worshipping Assemblies & Singing Societies, From the most approved Ancient & Modern Authors. Albany: Printed by the Author, (ca. 1803). [8981] $300
Auld, Alexander. The Farmers' and Mechanics' Minstrel of Sacred Music; containing a Choice Selection of Tunes, Anthems, Etc., from the best American and Foreign Authors of Church Music; Also, a few Appropriate Moral Songs, for the Use of Temperance Societies, Schools, Academies, Orchestras, Etc. Deersville, O.: Published by the Author, 1866. [8846] $300
Auld, Alexander. The Ohio Harmonist; A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, from the best Authors: to which is added A Supplement of Temperance Songs; for the use of Congregations, Singing Schools, Temperance Meetings, and Musical Associations; consisting of Three Parts: Parts I. and III. containing the Seven Syllables, in Patent Notes. Part II. contains the Four Syllables, in Patent Notes. Also, containing The Rudiments of Music, on a Plain and Concise Plan. Washington, Ohio: A. Auld and Joshua Martin, 1846. First Edition. [8834] $600
Banvard, Joseph. The Christian Melodist: A New Collection of Hymns for Social Religious Worship. Boston: John Putnam, 1849. [8935] $65
The Baptist Harp: A New Collection of Hymns for the Closet, the Family, Social Worship, and Revivals. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, (1849). First Edition. [8952] $65
Benham, Asahel. Social Harmony: containing, First, The Rudiments of Psalmody made easy. Second, A Collection of Modern Music, calculated for the use of Singing Schools and Worshipping Assemblies; By Asahel Benham, Author of Federal Harmony. Published according to Act of Congress, [1801]. First Edition, Second Issue. [8984] $400
Buck, William C. The Baptist Hymn Book: Original and Selected. In two Parts. The first part is intended especially for public worship, and is judiciously arranged under appropriate heads, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental. With an Index, a Table of Contents, and a Table of Scripture References. The second part is intended for social worship, and is similarly arranged, &c. Published for the use of the Southern and Western Baptist Churches. Revised and Enlarged. Louisville, [KY]: Printed by Monsarrat & Co., 1847. [8625] $200
Burdett, Staunton S. The Baptist Harmony; being A Selection of Choice Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Social Worship. Philadelphia: E. W. Miller, 1842. Stereotype Edition. [8954] (South Carolina compiler) $200
Carden, Allen D. The Missouri Harmony; or a Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, and Anthems, from eminent Authors: With an Introduction to the Grounds and Rudiments of Music... Cincinnati: unknown, unknown. [8830] Defective and lacking title page. $95
Carden, A. D.; Rogers, S. J.; Moore, F.; Green, J. The Western Harmony, or, The Learner's Task Made Easy: containing A Choice Collection of Tunes for Church Service, some them entirely new, Suited to the various Metres in Watts' Hymns & Songs, & The Methodist and Baptist Hymn Books, to which is added A few of the most approved Anthems; Selected by A. D. Carden, S. J. Rogers, F. Moore, and J. Green. Nashville: Published and Sold by Allen D. Carden and Samuel J. Rogers, and for sale at the Bookstores..in the Principal Towns in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. Republican Office - Carey A. Harris, Printer, College Street, Nashville, 1824. First Edition. [8779] $2500
Clayton, David L.; Carrell, James P. The Virginia Harmony, A New and Choice Selection of Psalm & Hymn Tunes, Anthems & Set Pieces, in Three and Four Parts, some of which have never before been published; Prepared for the Use of Singing Societies, Teachers of Sacred Music, and Individual Instruction. To which is Prefixed, An Introduction Explanatory of the System, and A Series of Progressive Lessons. Winchester: Printed by Robinson & Hollis, 1836. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, by D. L. Clayton. [8676] $600
Cole, I. P. [compiler]. Cole's Pocket Edition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, containing Most of the Tunes used in the Different Churches. (copy-right secured). Albany: I. P. Cole, (1836). Sixth Edition. [8980] $300
Cole, John. Union Harmony; or, Music Made Easy: A New and Pleasing Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, A Great Part of Which are Entirely New. Baltimore: Published and Sold by William & Joseph Neal, and John Cole. | J. Robinson, printer, (1829). First Edition. [8839] $600
Couch, William. A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Merry Christian, and for the Comforting of Mourners in Zion. Andover, N. H.: Printed by Ebenezer Chase, for the Compiler, 1819. First Edition. [8971] $400
Crane, John. A Discourse, delivered at Upton, March 15, 1810, at Grafton, April 12, 1810, and at Sutton, (N. P.) March 13, 1811. At Public Meetings of a Number of Singers, who had been improving themselves in Sacred Music; Published at the Particular Request of the Singers in Sutton, North-Parish. Sutton, (Mass.): Printed by Sewall Goodridge, 1811. First Edition. [8977] $65
Cushman, E. A New Collection of Hymns, for Conference Meetings, and for Private Devotion; Selected from the most approved Authors.Hartford: Printed and Published by Roberts & Burr, 1821. Second Edition, Revised and improved from the first Edition, By the Rev. E. Cushman. [8628] $750
Day, H. W. The One Line Psalmist; Day and Beal's New Musical Notation and Sight-Singing Method, by which Classes, Schools and Choirs, In a few lessons become better Readers of Music than Common Singers do the Old way during life: Also, a large variety of Sacred Music, new and old; By German, English, and American Composers, Comprising Tunes in the usual Metres and Keys; together with Sentences, Anthems, and Chants. Boston: Published at 8 Court-Square, and sent per order to Booksellers and Teachers of Music to all parts of the United States, 1849. [8847] $200
[Day, Mahlon] A Hymn on Creation. New-York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, 1824. [8979] $45
[Day, Mahlon] A Hymn on Creation. New-York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day | Stereotyped by James Conner, New-York, ca. 1830. [8978] $45
Dingley, Charles [editor]. The Devotional Harmonist: A Collection of Sacred Music, comprising a large variety of New and Original Tunes, Sentences, Anthems, etc., In addition ot many of the most Popular Tunes in common use; Presenting a greater number of Metres than any book heretofore published. To which is prefixed, A Progressive System of Elementary Instruction for Schools and Private Tuition. New-York: George Lane and Levi Scott, 1849. Patent Note Edition. [8691] $200
Doll, Joseph. Leichter Unterricht in der Vocal Musik, : enthaltend eine Sammlung geistreicher Gesänge, mit den neuesten und vornehmsten musicalischen Stücken, von verschiedenen Dichtern und Componisten, nebst hinreichendem Unterricht versehen; Eingerichtet für Singschulen. : Zweyter Band. Harrisburg: Johan Wyeth, 1815. First Edition. [8789] $900
Doll, Joseph. Der Leichter Unterricht In der Vocal Musik, Enthaltend, die vornehmsten Kirchen-Melodien, Die be allen Religions-Verfassangen gebräuchlich sind, auf drey Stimmen gesezt; Und mit den vornehmsten Musikalischen Stücken, von versehiedenen Dichtern und Componisten, Sament hinreichendem Unterricht versehen, singesich tet für Singschulen. Harrisburg, [PA]: Johan Wyeth, 1810. First Edition. [8697] $1200
Eyer, Henry C. Die Union Choral Harmonie...The Union Choral Harmony (German and English). Philadelphia: Stereotyped by John Fagan | Printed by J. Vancourt, 1839. Tenth Edition, with Additions and Improvements. [8843] $400
Forbush, Abijah. The Psalmodist's Assistant: containing An Original Composition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; together with A Number of Favourite Pieces from different Authors. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to the Grounds of Music. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Second Edition. [8983] $300
Freeman, Enoch W. A Selection of Hymns: including A Few Originals, designed to Aid the Friends of Zion in their Private and Social Worship. Exeter, [NH]: Leonard Russell, 1832. [8890] $200
Gerhart, Isaac; Eyer, Johann F. Choral Harmonie : Enthaltend Kirchen-Melodien, die bey allen Religions-Verfassungen gebräuchlich, auf vier Stimmen gesezt, und mit einigen musikalischen Stücken nebst hinreichenden Unterricht versehen, eingerichtet zur Uebung der Jugend und zum Gebruch [sic] des öffentlichen Gottesdienstes, welches ohne und mit der Orgel kann gebraucht werden, wann ein Organist die Regeln der Musik beobachtet. Harrisburg: John Wyeth, 1822. Second Edition. [8842] $200
Gillette, A. D. Hymns for Social Meetings; selected by A. D. Gillette. Philadelphia: Fidelio Buckingham Graham, Publisher | King & Baird, Printers, 1842. First Edition. [8672] $200
Gould, N. D. Juvenile Harmony: containing Appropriate Hymns and Music, for Sabbath Schools, Sabbath School Anniversaries, and Family Devotion. Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1837. [8975] $200
Hickok, J. H.; Fleming, Geo. Evangelical Musick; or, The Sacred Minstrel and Sacred Harp United: consisting of a great variety of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Set Pieces, Anthems, &c., &c., &c. Philadelphia, New York, &c.: J. Whetham, D. Appleton & Co., etc., 1836. [8694] $450
Hood, George. The Southern Church Melodist: A Collection of Sacred Music, consisting of a great variety of The Most Approved Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems, Sentences, Chants, etc., selected and original; Intended for the Use of Schools, Choirs, and Social Meetings; Arranged for Four Voices, with a Figured Base for the Organ or Piano Forte. To which is prefixed, A Full and Complete Inductive Elementary Treatise; with practical Exercises. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson, 1846. [8769] $450
[Inglis, James]. Spiritual songs in the House of our Pilgrimage: In two Parts; Part I. - Hymns for the Assemblies of the Saints, Part II. - Hymns of Private Worship, Devout Meditation, and Mutual Comfort and Exhortation. Detroit: Putnam, Smith, & Co. | Steam Power Press of O. S. Gulley, 1860. [8673] $200
Jackson, Samuel. Sacred Harmony: A Collection of Music, adapted to the greatest variety of Metres now in use: And, for Special Occasions, A Choice Collection of Sentences, Anthems, Motets, and Chants; With an Improved System of Elementary Instruction. New-York: George Lane & Charles B. Tippett, 1848. Patent Note Edition. [8836] $200
Law, Andrew. The Art of Singing; in three parts: to wit, I. The Musical Primer, II. The Chistian [sic] Harmony, III. The Musical Magazine. Cambridge: W. Hilliard, 1803-05. Fourth Edition with Additions and Improvements, Printed upon a New Plan. [8854] $1800
Law, Andrew. The Art of Singing; in three parts: to wit, I. The Musical Primer, II. The Christian Harmony, III. The Musical Magazine. [Part I only as issued]. Cambridge: Printed by W. Hilliard, 1803. Fourth Edition with Additions and Improvements; Printed upon a New Plan. [8702] $750
Law, Andrew. The Christian Harmony: or the Second Part of the Art of Singing: Comprising a Select Variety of Psalm and Hymn Tunes: Calculated for Schools and Churches. [Windsor, Vermont]: [Nahum Mower], [1805]. This is Part Two of [The Art of Singing; in three Parts...&c. Printed at Windsor, Vermont, by Nahum Mower. 1805.] [8787] $600
Linsley, James H.; Davis, Gustavus F. Select Hymns, adapted to the Devotional Exercises of all Evangelical Denominations. Turbotville, Pa.: Henry Miller, 1854. Stereotyped Edition. [8929] $200
M'Cauley, E. D. The Harmonia Unio: being a collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems, &c., &c. with An Appendix of the most Approved Standard German Church Tunes, designed for Singing-Schools, Choirs, Congregations, &c. Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1858. [8841] $200
Manchester, Wm. C. Songs of Zion, or Conference Hymns, Selected and Original; To which are added, A brief Sketch of the Author's Life and Experience. Providence: H. H. Brown, 1835. Third Edition, Enlarged and Improved. [8953] (Six Principle Baptist) $200
Mercer, Jesse. The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns, and Sacred Poems; being chiefly A Collection. Philadelphia: Published for the Proprietor: For Sale by J. J. Woodward, Philadelphia; and Collins & Hannay, New-York, 1830. Fifth Edition, Revised. [8627] $750
Musselmann, S. M. Die neue Choral Harmonie, enthaltend die vornehmsten Kirchen Melodien, eingerichtet zum Gebrauche aller christlichen Religionen von jeden Benennunen, und auf drei Stimmen gesetzt; Absonderlich eingerichtet zum öffentlichen Gottesdienste, als: Kirchen, Versammlungen und Singschulen. Harrisburg, Pa.: Hickok und Cantine, 1844. First Edition. [8833] $400
Nettleton, Asahel; Jocelyn, N. & S. S. Zion's Harp; or a New Collection of Music, Intended as a companion to "Village Hymns for Social Worship, By the Rev. Asahel Nettleton". Also, Adapted to other Hymn Books, and to be used in Conference Meetings & Revivals of Religion. New-Haven: Engraved & Published by N. & S. S. Jocelyn, 1824. First Edition. [8973] $95
[Old German Baptist Church]. A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs, suited to both Private and Public Devotions, and especially adapted to the wants and uses of the Brethren of the Old German Baptist Church. Dayton, Ohio: Johnson & Watson, 1893. Fourth Edition. [8933] $200
Parkinson, William. A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In two parts. Part I. containing the Hymns. Part II. containing the Songs. Designed (Especially the Former Part) for the use of Congregations, as an Appendix, to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. New-York: Printed for John Tiebout, By D. & G. Bruce, 1809. First Edition. [8624] $200
[Pickering, David]. Hymn Book for the Use of Universalists and Restorationists Sabbath Schools. Providence, R. I.: Published and Sold by Samuel W. Wheeler, 1834. Third Edition. [8972] $750
Rhinehart, W. R. The American Church Harp: containing A Choice Selection of Hymns and Tunes, comprising A Variety of Metres, well adapted to all Christian Churches, Singing Schools, and Private Families. Dayton, O.: Printed for the Author, at the Printing Establishment of the United Brethren in Christ, 1856. [8679] $200
Rippon, John. A Selection of Hymns from the best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watt's [sic] Psalms and Hymns. New-York: Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book-Store and Printing-Office, No. 19, Queen-Street, 1792. First American Edition. [8654] $1200
Rippon, John. A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, from the best Authors, in three and four parts; adapted principally to Dr. Watts's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns; containing (in a greater variety than any other volume extant) the most approved Compositions which are used in London, and in the different Congregations throughout England: Also, many Original Tunes never before Printed; the whole forming a publication of Above Three Hundred Tunes. London: Sold by Mr. Rippon, and may be had at the Vestry of his Meeting-house, in Carter-Lane, Tooley-Street, [1795]. Fifth Edition, Enlarged. [8988] $200
Rothbaust, Johannes. Die Franklin harmonie, und leichter Unterricht in der Vokal-Musik. Enthaltend, die vornehmsten Deutch und Englischen Kirchen-Melodien; die bey allen Religions-Verfassungen gebräuchlich, auf drey und vier Stimmen gesetzt: und mit den neuesten und vornehmsten musikalischen Stücken, von verschiedenen Dichtern und Componisten, sammt hinreichendem Unterricht versehen, eingerichtet für Singschulen. Harrisburg, [PA]: John Wyeth, 1821. First Edition. [8838] $600
The Salem Collection of Classical Sacred Musick; in three and four parts: consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, Selected from the Works of the most eminent Composers; Suited to all the Metres in general use. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to Psalmody. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for Cushing & Appleton. Sold at said Cushing & Appleton's Bookstore in Salem; by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; and by all the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1806. Second Edition, improved and revised. [8986] $300
Shaw, S. B. Spiritual Hymns: Selected and Arranged by S. B. Shaw, Holiness Evangelist. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Office of The Michigan Holiness Record, 1884. [8974] $300
Smith, Henry. The Church Harmony: containing a selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Set Pieces, and Anthems, from the most approved authors, adapted to the Divine Worship of the various Religious Denominations; and a concise Introduction to Music. With Additions and Improvements; including a Supplement, or Selection of Sacred Music, adapted to the service of the Sanctuary, in the German Language; also, a series of practical Lessons on Time, Notation, &c. on a new and improved arrangement. Chambersburg, Pa.: Published by the Proprietor, 1847. Twenty-seventh Edition. [8766] $250
Smith, Joshua; Northrup, William; Northrup, Emmanuel. Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs; for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians: being formerly a collection by Joshua Smith, and others; With Additions & Alterations, by William & Emmanuel Northrup. Cooperstown, (N. Y.): Printed and Sold by E. Phinney, 1805. First Edition of the present Compilation. [8529] $600
Smith, Joshua; Northrup, William. Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs; for the use of Religious Assemblies and Private Christians: Being formerly a collection by Joshua Smith - and Others; Twelfth Edition, With additions by William Northrup. Norwich, [CT]: Printed and Sold by Russell Hubbard, 1811. Twelfth Edition. [8928] $400
Stanford, John. The Domestic Chaplain: being Fifty-two short Lectures, with Appropriate Hymns, on the most interesting subjects, for every Lord's Day in the year; Designed for the Improvement of Families of every Christian Denomination. New-York: Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, 1806. First Edition. [8950] $200
Steffy, J. W. The Valley Harmonist, containing a Collection of Tunes & Hymns, from Approved Authors - Adapted to the Worship of Religious Denominations. Winchester: Printed by Robinson & Hollis, 1836. First Edition. [8678] $750
Thompson, Wilson. A Baptist Hymn-Book, designed especially for The Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth; Partly Selected from Approved Authors, and Partly Composed by the Compiler. Arranged to Suit all Occasions of Public or Private Worship. Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., Printers, 1844. First Edition. [8894] $300
Van Deventer, Cornelius. The New-Brunswick Collection of Sacred Music; A Selection of Tunes from the most approved Authors in Europe and America. Designed Principally for the Use of Churches. New-Brunswick, N. J.: J. Terhune, 1840. Eighth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. [8840] $250
Van Deventer, Cornelius. The New-Brunswick Collection of Sacred Music; A Selection of Tunes from the most approved Authors in Europe and America. Designed Principally for the Use of Churches. New-Brunswick, N. J.: J. Terhune, 1841. Eighth Edition, Enlarged and Improved. [8832] $200
The Village Harmony: or, Youth's Assistant to Sacred Musick; consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, selected from the works of the Most Eminent Composers. To which is prefixed, A Concise Introduction to Psalmody. Newburyport: E. Little & Co. | C. Norris & Co. Printers, (1813). Eleventh Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. [8982] $300
Wakefield, Samuel; M'Lain, Lazarus B. The Christian's Harp, containing a choice selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Suited to the various Metres now in use among different Religious Denominations in the United States: designed for the use of Public and Family Worship; By Samuel Wakefield, Esq. Corrected, Enlarged and Much Improved by Lazarus B. M'Lain. Pittsburgh: Johnston & Stockton, 1837. Second Stereotyped Edition. [8845] $150
[Walker, Thomas]. Walker's Companion to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book; being a Collection of above Two Hundred and Eighty Favourite and Original Hymn Tunes and Pieces, (None of which are in his Selection,) In Sixty-two Measures, - Adapted for the Organ, Piano Forte, &c. To which is prefixed, An Arranged Index of the Tunes, exhibiting at one view, Suitable Hymns to such Peculiar Metres as are in Dr. Watts, Rippon, Collyer, Lady Huntingdon, Mr. Wesley's and Albion Chapel Hymn Books. London: Printed for and Sold by J. Walker | J. Haddon, Printer, 1828. Ninth Edition, with Supplements. [8987] $200
Watts, Isaac; Rippon, John. The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts, arranged by Dr. Rippon; with Dr. Rippon's Selection. In one volume, with enlarged and Improved Indexes. Philadelphia: David Clarke, 1827 & 1831. [8934] $200
Weber, T. R. Die Pennsylvanische Choral Harmonie...The Pennsylvania Choral Harmony (German and English). Hellertown, Pa.: Thos. R. Weber, 1884. Thirteenth Edition. 1859 copyright date; 1884 printing. [8850] $95
[Weston, Henry G.]. The Baptist Hymn Book. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1871. [8936] $45
Wolcott, T. A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, for those who wish to praise God. Portland, [Me]: Rinted [sic] by A. & J. Shirley, 1817. [8976] $200
Wyeth, Francis [publisher]. Pennsylvanische Sammlung von Kirchen-Musick | The Pennsylvania Collection of Church Musick. Containing an ample Assortment of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems, &c. Set to both English and German Poetry. Designed for the Use of Families, Singing-Schools and Musical Societies. Harrisburg, PA: F. Wyeth, 1844. [8677] $300
Wyeth, John. Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music. Selected from the most Eminent and Approved Authors in that Science, for the use of Christian Churches of Every Denomination, Singing-Schools & Private Societies. Together with a plain and concise Introduction to the Grounds of Music, and Rules for Learners. Harrisburgh, Penn.: Printed (typographically) at Harrisburgh, Penn. by John Wyeth, Printer and Bookseller, and sold by him, and by the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1810. First Edition. [8771] $1200
Wyeth, John. Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music. Selected from the most Eminent and Approved Authors in that Science, for the use of Christian Churches of Every Denomination, Singing-Schools & Private Societies. Together with a plain and concise Introduction to the Grounds of Music, and Rules for Learners. Harrisburgh, Penn.: Printed (typographically) at Harrisburgh, Penn. by John Wyeth, and sold by him, and by Wm. W. Woodward, Bookseller.., 1816. Fourth Edition. [8786] $750
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]]>Atwill, Thomas H. The New-York Collection of Sacred Harmony, containing The necessary Rules of Music with a variety of Psalm & Hymn Tunes set Pieces & Anthems, Many of which are Original: Compiled for the use of Worshipping Assemblies & Singing Societies, From the most approved Ancient & Modern Authors. Albany: Printed by the Author, (ca. 1803). [8981]
The book is covered in a calf or buckskin wrapper, sewn to itself in a zig-zag pattern over the paste-downs. The covers appear to be card and not wood. Oblong 13.25 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches), lacks all free end papers. VIII., 1-72, 81-104. Defective: lacking the 4 center leaves. Fair. Hardcover.
6 leaves of manuscript music in round notes sewn in at back, with the tunes Cambridge, Ascension, China, North Salem, Watchman, Exhortation, Littleton, and Savannah.
"Published according to Act of Congress."
The first edition was "Engraved for the Editor, by Abner Reed, Lansingburg, 1795," with viii., 104 pp. A second printing was issued in 1802, using the same plates. Reed was also the engraver of this tunebook, identified at the bottom of the Index page.
The Second Edition (1804) had a new title, "The New York & Vermont Collection of Sacred Harmony..." It also had new pagination: viii., [9]-15, [1], 112. It has this prefatory note: "Hitherto known by the title of the 'New-york Collection', since it has been printed by the Author's own hands, have induced him to present to the public this second Edition enlarged and corrected..."
The printing offered to you here has the same page numbers as the 1795 & 1802 printings, uses the same plates, with the change in the imprint to "Printed by the Author." Since the 1802 printing had the Lansingburg imprint, and the Second edition of 1804 has a changed title & pagination, and with the note by Atwill that he had been printing copies "with his own hands," we deem this an 1803 printing, unrecorded. This printing is not in Britton & Lowens, American Sacred Music Imprints, 1698-1810, where the first & second editions are recorded in detail.
The Index claims that the following tunes included here were "never before published." Andover, Addison, Amanda, Brookfield, Boston, Etna, Gratitude, Hillsborough, Millennium, Messiah, Poughkeepsie, Pardoning-Grace, Pomfret, Ripton, Sounding Joy, Suffering Saviour, Spain, Troy, Torringford, Pobsfield, Westpoint, Warren, and Anthem from Isa. 1st.
Thomas H. Atwill (1760-1814), b. Pittsfield, MA; d. Rutland, VT. "A contract [dated Feb. 9, 1801] between the firm of Thomas and Thomas (Isaiah Thomas's branch in Walpole, New Hampshire) and Thomas H. Atwill for the printing of Atwill's New York and Vermont Collection specified that Atwill pay the firm $600 over the period of a year for 4,000 copies of his work. He was also required to furnish the paper! Since this tunebook was printed from engraved plates, supplied by Atwill, and not music type, the $600 figure apparantly represented only the labor and binding costs." - Karl Kroeger, Isaiah Thomas as Music Publisher, American Antiquarian Society.
Benham, Asahel. Federal Harmony: containing, in a familiar manner. The rudiments of psalmody, together with a collection of church music; (most of which are entirely new). Middletown: Moses H. Woodward, 1794?. [9391]
Leather spine with plain paper boards, lacks about 2/3 of the board front and back, oblong 11 cm, (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches). 7-10, [9]-16, 15-58 (engraved plates). DEFECTIVE: lacking all free end papers, title page [1], blank [2], introductory note [3], and Index [4]. That is, it lacks the first 2 leaves and the free end papers. The correct paging is [4], 7-10, [9]-16, 15-58. Pages 15-58 are engraved music, and there is engraved music in columns on pp. 8-10. Poor.
Without the title page it is impossible to tell if this edition is the 4th (1794), the 5th (1795), or the 6th (1796), as all have the same pagination. All three were published in Middletown by Woodward. See nos. 92-94 in Britton, Lowens, & Crawford, American Sacred Music Imprints, 1698-1810.
The music is in four parts with round notes.
"All editions of Federal Harmony display garbled paging...in the second and all later editions of the work there is a gap between the first four pages and the rudiments (as if p. 5-6 were missing), and an overlap after the second typeset group, with pages 15 and 16 (left unnumbered in the second and third editions but numbered thereafter) being followed by pages 15 and 16 of the music." - ibid.
Asahel Benham (1754-1803), b. New Hartford, CT; buried at Wallingford, CT. Benahm was a composer and singing-master in New England and as far south as Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Benham, Asahel. Social Harmony: containing, First, The Rudiments of Psalmody made easy. Second, A Collection of Modern Music, calculated for the use of Singing Schools and Worshipping Assemblies; By Asahel Benham, Author of Federal Harmony. Published according to Act of Congress, [1801]. First Edition, Second Issue. [8984]
Leather spine, plain paper over card, oblong 12 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches), lacks about a third of the front board. First three leaves tattered at fore-edge with some loss of text. (1)-4, 9-60. Defective: lacking "Rudiments," pp. 5-8. All engraved music pages present. Fair. Hardcover.
Preface ends, "Wallingford, September 6, 1798."
95A (p. 166) in Britton, Lowens & Crawford. The 60 pp. identifies this as the second issue of the first edition, with the four additional p. "printed from plates originally used for Woodruff, Devotional Harmony [1801]. Therefore this issue was first published in 1801 or later...Not in Evans or Shaw-Shoemaker (no copy on Readex)."
"Benham's Social Harmony was printed several times, but with only one change in date and one change in musical content, and with no indication of edition number. Copies take three forms: a 56-page issue with a preface date 6 Sept. 1798, a 60-page issue with the same preface date, and a 56-page issue with a preface date 6 Sept. 1799. The music on pages 17-56 of all versions is printed from the same engraved plates, the 60-page issue merely adding four new pages of music at end." - ibid.
P. 17 identifies the engraver as C. Beecher.
Cole, I. P. [compiler]. Cole's Pocket Edition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, containing Most of the Tunes used in the Different Churches. (copy-right secured). Albany: I. P. Cole, (1836). Sixth Edition. [8980]
Leather spine with printed paper over card, oblong 9.5 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches), front cover detached, lacks the front & rear free end papers. 10, 300, (2), text complete. Foxing, some stains. Good. Hardcover.
Cover title varies: Cole's Pocket Edition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, containing Most of the Standard Music used in the different Churches throughout the Country; to which is prefixed, A Brief Introduction to Vocal Music. Seventh Edition. Albany: Printed, Published and Sold by Hoffman & White, No. 71 State-Street and Sold by I. P. Cole, No. 80 State-Street, 1836.
Isaac Packard Cole is listed in Philadelphia directories for 1821-24, in New York City directories for 1827-34, and in Albany, N.Y., directories for 1834-37.
Forbush, Abijah. The Psalmodist's Assistant: containing An Original Composition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; together with A Number of Favourite Pieces from different Authors. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to the Grounds of Music. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1806. Second Edition. [8983]
The original binding sometime covered in deer or calfskin, folded over the boards and sewn with twine, connecting the sides over the paste-downs. The original binding may be seen to be covered in blue paper over wooden boards. Text block now separated from binding. Oblong 14 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches), lacks the front free end papers, text block shaken. (1)-iv.), [iv. misnumbered as v.], [5]-107, (1). Text is complete. Music is four parts with round notes. Fair. Hardcover.
The first edition was published in 1803, with 67 pp. This second edition has 100 selections. Most are composed by Forbush, with other compositions by William Eager, Samuel Babcock, Abraham Maxim, Jeremiah Ingalls, Abraham Wood, Daniel Belknap, Oliver Holden, Benjamin Holt, and Timothy Swan.
Abijah Forbush (1779-1845), a native of Massachusetts, and "a composer, [who] published only his own music in the first edition of his only tunebook, then added pieces by other composers to the second." - Britton, Lowens & Crawford, p. 275.
Gould, N. D. Juvenile Harmony: containing Appropriate Hymns and Music, for Sabbath Schools, Sabbath School Anniversaries, and Family Devotion. Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1837. [8975]
Blue printed wrapper with paper backing, crude sewn repair over spine fold, front nearly detached. Oblong 10.5 cm (4 1/4 x 9 inches), 36 pp., text complete. Some ink scribbles, small stains, creases, turned corners. Good. Stiff wraps.
The music has three parts, round notes.
Nathaniel Duren Gould (1781-1864), b. Bedford, MA; d. Boston, MA. Gould was a singing-school teacher and tunebook compiler. "He studied vocal music with Reuben Emerson. He organized his first singing school in Stoddard, N.H. (1798). He then formed the New Ipswich military band (1804), and was conductor of the Middlesex (Mass.) Musical Soc. (from 1805). From 1819 he lived mainly in Boston, where he was active as a teacher of vocal music and chirography. He publ. 8 anthologies for singing-school use, including National Church Harmony (1832; 4th ed., 1836)." - J. Ingalls, N. D. G. 1781-1864 (thesis, U. of Lowell, MA, 1980).
Nettleton, Asahel; Jocelyn, N. & S. S. Zion's Harp; or a New Collection of Music, Intended as a companion to "Village Hymns for Social Worship, By the Rev. Asahel Nettleton". Also, Adapted to other Hymn Books, and to be used in Conference Meetings & Revivals of Religion. New-Haven: Engraved & Published by N. & S. S. Jocelyn, 1824. First Edition. [8973]
Red leather spine with gilt lines, plain paper over card, printed title on slip pasted to front, front cover detached. Small oblong, 7 cm (2 3/4 x 5 inches), engraved title page and plates, with 36 leaves, 33 of which are music. 3 parts, round notes.
Endorsed by Nettleton. "Gentlemen - I have been favoured with a copy of the small collection of Music, designed to accompany the Village Hymns. It is neatly executed, and exactly meets my own and the wishes expressed by many of the friends of Zion." - Asahel Nettleton. Printed on the copyright page.
Each tune begins with the first line of one of Nettleton's Hymns. One of two states of the engraved title page known, this copy with the scripture verse on each side of the vignette with "Village Hymns...Asahel Nettleton" within quotation marks.
Rippon, John. A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, from the best Authors, in three and four parts; adapted principally to Dr. Watts's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns; containing (in a greater variety than any other volume extant) the most approved Compositions which are used in London, and in the different Congregations throughout England: Also, many Original Tunes never before Printed; the whole forming a publication of Above Three Hundred Tunes. London: Sold by Mr. Rippon, and may be had at the Vestry of his Meeting-house, in Carter-Lane, Tooley-Street, [1795]. Fifth Edition, Enlarged. [8988]
Full calf, front detached, rear cover loosening, oblong 11 x 25 cm (4 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches). xx., [288], (4) pp., last leaf of Index detached. The engraved music is in round notes. The index has old brown ink X marks, as well as some places in the music. The pages are not numbered; after the introductory matter (xx.) there are 24 groups of 6 leaves, or 288 pp., plus 4 pp. Index. Good. Hardcover.
No date, with ESTC suggesting 1795, see their citation no. N49947. The explanations of musical terms and metres are in letterpress; the scores are engraved.
"Five years after publishing his text anthology, Rippon issued a companion tunebook...As in the collection of texts, it was his objective to provide better materials for worship and to unite Baptists in a common repertory...In compiling the tunebook, he had the help of Robert Keene (dates not known), precentor of the Carter Lane congregation, and Thomas Walker (1764-1827), a prominent professional musician." - Music & Richardson, "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story", p. 59.
John Rippon (1751-1836), English Baptist minister & hymn-writer, "one of the most popular and influential Dissenting ministers of his time." Educated for the ministry at the Baptist College, Bristol, "in 1773 he became Pastor of the Baptist church in Carter Lane, Tooley Street (afterwards removed to New Park Street), London, and over this church he continued to preside until his death, on Dec. 17, 1836...His most famous work is his Selection of hymns for public worship, which appeared in 1787...In 1791 he published a Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes...Dr. Rippon performed an important service to Baptist Hymnody, and also, it is said, gained for himself 'an estate' through its immense sale." - Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology.
The Salem Collection of Classical Sacred Musick; in three and four parts: consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, Selected from the Works of the most eminent Composers; Suited to all the Metres in general use. To which is prefixed, An Introduction to Psalmody. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for Cushing & Appleton. Sold at said Cushing & Appleton's Bookstore in Salem; by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport; and by all the principal Booksellers in the United States, 1806. Second Edition, improved and revised. [8986]
Recently professionally rebacked in brown leather, original marbled boards retained, new paper title label with date on front, new end papers. Oblong 10.5 x 27.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches). Ex library, with perforated name stamp on the tp and "An Introduction to Psalmody" leaf. Older oval blindstamps on a few leaves (same institution). One leaf of introductory material with about a third of the leaf cut or torn away, the piece is present and laid in and could be carefully restored. vi., (2), (i.)-(xvi.), 17-135, (1). Text complete. Very good. Hardcover.
No. 451 in Britton, Lowens, & Cushing. "90 compositions, incl. 2 set pieces, for 3 & 4 voices w. figured bass; full text. The music is in round notes.
The Village Harmony: or, Youth's Assistant to Sacred Musick; consisting of Psalm Tunes and Occasional Pieces, selected from the works of the Most Eminent Composers. To which is prefixed, A Concise Introduction to Psalmody. Newburyport: E. Little & Co. | C. Norris & Co. Printers, (1813). Eleventh Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. [8982]
The original binding had a leather spine and plain blue paper over wooden boards. Sometime repaired with another piece of leather over the spine, plain white or oatmeal paper folded over the covers and pasted to the inside paste-downs. Binding now all of one piece, but separated from the text block, which is shaken; small piece of clear tape on outer paper. Oblong 13 cm (5 x 9 inches), "Ira Fullers Property" in brown ink on ffep. (2), (1)-315, (3). Text block shaken with some loose leaves, complete. Fair. Hardcover.
Advertisement written from Exeter, January 1813.
First published in 1795 (111 pp.), this round note tunebook went through 17 editions by 1819 (over 300 pp.). No author or compiler is printed on any of the imprints, but it is known that Henry Ranlet, the publisher of the first six editions, the co-publisher of the seventh, and who signed the Advertisement on the fifth, was directly involved.
"The newspaper advertisement of the first edition...(30 July 1795) indicates that Ranlet received the help of active psalmodists in bringing it out..." Britton & Lowens, American Sacred Music Imprints, 1698-1810, p. 592.
[Walker, Thomas]. Walker's Companion to Dr. Rippon's Tune Book; being a Collection of above Two Hundred and Eighty Favourite and Original Hymn Tunes and Pieces, (None of which are in his Selection,) In Sixty-two Measures, - Adapted for the Organ, Piano Forte, &c. To which is prefixed, An Arranged Index of the Tunes, exhibiting at one view, Suitable Hymns to such Peculiar Metres as are in Dr. Watts, Rippon, Collyer, Lady Huntingdon, Mr. Wesley's and Albion Chapel Hymn Books. London: Printed for and Sold by J. Walker | J. Haddon, Printer, 1828. Ninth Edition, with Supplements. [8987]
Oblong tree calf binding bordered in gilt, 11.5 x 25 cm (4 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches), front joint cracked and weak, rear one is fine. (20), 252 pp. Contents complete and very good. Good. Hardcover.
Thomas Walker (1764-1827), remembered as a prominent English musician [see Music & Richardson, p. 59] who, along with Robert Keene, helped the Baptist minister John Rippon to compile his tunebook. Walker continued to add to Rippon's tunebook through his second, third, and fourth editions, before issuing his own supplement here. You will notice that Walker states in the title that none of the tunes herein are contained in the editions of Rippon's own tunebook.
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