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 ... to which is prefixed a new and complete introduction to the practical knowledge of music, and a series of progressive lessons ... Newcastle, Virginia: The Compilers, 1868. Fourth Edition. [8792]
This lacks the title page. Author, title, and imprint derived from the Prefaces. A very worn and incomplete copy of a rare tunebook.
This has a hand-sewn leather repair over the original spine, retaining the original paper-over-card boards, now quite worn. Oblong 12 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches). 3-140 pp. Lacking title page and leaf pp. 87-88, 9 leaves torn with some loss (pp. 29-30), (113-120) & (133-140). Almost every page tattered with tears in the margins, not affecting much text other than those noted. Poor. Hardcover.
The first edition (1829) is Stanislaw 37. He does not record any later editions. A four-shape shape-note tune book.
With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.