Hedding, Elijah; Waugh, Beverly; et al. Hymns for the use of The Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised Edition. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1849. Revised Edition. [11516]
Black leather with blind stamping, spine sometime repaired with black cloth - the original backstrip now pasted to the cloth with a large chip missing at the top, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. "T. Oliver Carter" in gilt to front cover. 780 clean pp., all page edges gilt; the first few leaves (including title page) have some insect damage at the top edge of the margin. Good. Hardcover.
1148 selections, words only, with metre given. Has several indexes.
We find references to "T. Oliver Carter" as a real estate broker in New York City.
Someone took care to repair and preserve this hymnal. It's a good one for your collection.
