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. To Which Are Added, The Form Of Government Of The Presbyterian Church In The United States Of America, The Directory For Worship, And The Shorter Catechism -

Paperback. Very Good.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. Fair with no dust jacket. 1843. Hardcover. Banded black full leather binding rubbed at extremities; spine ends & corners abraded; boards smudged; hinges & midpoint in binding cracked; back board detached but present; middle signatures loosening, one detached but present; notes in pencil on front paste-down; ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; paste-downs & endpapers smudged; gilt edges dulled & scuffed; most top leaf edges dampstained. No dust jacket. ; Full lyrics, but no musical scores; all edges gilt; owner's name, Mary Johnson, printed on front board.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 561 pages .

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1843. Hardcover. 1/2" spine head chip, edges rubbed, some text page corner creasing and tears, 1859 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Embossed cover with gold spine lettering, all edges gilt. "The want of some improvement in the existing Psalmody, and particularly of an enlarged and arranged collection of Hymns, suitable for public and private worship in the Presbyterian Church, has for a considerable time been felt and acknowledged. In the year 1838, a Committee was appointed by the General Assembly ... the results of their labours is submitted in the present volume. The Psalms have been left without alteration, the Committee believing that it would be extremely difficult to furnish a more acceptable version than that of Watts. The Hymns, as may be seen, have undergone great and essential modifications." - Advertisement. An attractive early copy of the… Read More

front cover beginning to detach, foxing through out chip missing bottom spine and toplist form of government. index first line of hymns with page number lists subject of hymnsback cover wornprevious owners name in pencil pg 3480 pgs with 33 pages for form of government

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Presbyterian Board of Education, 1843. Some light edge and corner wear, corners are bumped and rubbed, front hinge is broken and board is detached, lightly shelf worn, some scuffage, overall a wonderfully well preserved used first edition! Fully-leather bound with gilt outer page edges and gilt lettering and design on the front cover and spine. 754 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and inspirational pages! Very very scarce and hard-to-find in this condition! Extemely collectible! "The want of some improvement in the existing Psalmody, and particularly of an enlarged and arranged collection of Hymns, suitable for public and private worship in the Presbyterian Church, has for a considerable time been felt and acknowledged. In the year 1838, a Committee was appointed by the General Assembly, to which was entrusted the preparation of such a collection as would supply the exigency, and, at the same time, such a modification or improvement in the present version of… Read More