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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Richard Maxwell's Favorite Hymns You Love" was issued as a complimentary advertising campaign by the Serutan and Nutrex Company in 1946. Serutan was for stimulating bowel regularity, and Nutrex was advertised as a thiamin supplement to combat tiredness. The rear exterior of the book is given over to adverting the two products. Richard Maxwell (B. 1898) was a well-known tenor and hymnologist. He wrote or edited several books devoted to church hymns. While these hymns come form that old time religious tradition, they all seem to be easy and neighborly, rather than traditional, and - they are definitely not Hell-Fire and Brimstone! The following hymns are in this book : ** This is My Creed ** Little By Little ** Let's Go To Church Next Sunday ** Keep On Keeping On ** Don't Trouble Trouble ** Jesus Knows ** Are You Groping For the Answer ** Counting Song ** Thank You Lord ** It's So Easy To Smile ** Rise Up Singing ** I'll Be Waiting ** The Two Mothers (Poem) TITLE : Richard Maxwell's Favorite Hymns You Love EDITOR : Richard Maxwell IMPRINT : The Serutan and Nutrex Company PLACE : New York DATE : 1946 EDITION : First Edition STATUS : OP DETAILS : Slim, Promotional Paperback; 16 pages, contains printed music with words; 6" x 9", decorated wraps, stapled (2 staples) CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : A soft bump to the foot of the spine fold has created a shallow crease; near-negligible bumps to fore-edge corner tips; surface rub is modest and the whole displays nicely. BINDING : Tight INTERIOR : A touch of rub to the inside of the rear cover, else clean and free of marking. No signatures.