Harmonist, First Edition (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Front free-end page has a rip in it. Cover is a bit soiled, wear to the edges. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. 237p., first edition, previous owner's inscription along with an inscription signed in full by Henderson, very good condition in an edgeworn dj.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published in White Gritt near Minsterley, Shropshire by Music Publisher William Henry Bennett (1866-1946) this is a very rare four sided song sheet of which no copies seem to be recorded in any of the main institutional library collections, Bennett was a Primitive Methodist and was organist and choirmaster of Gritt Primitive Methodist Chapel, The song sheet is 8.5 inches tall approx., and has a pencilled date of 1933 Noticeable creasing and a few short edge tears with no loss else in good general condition. This is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout, A Rare Survival.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. N. C. Brooks was President of the Baltimore Female College. Andrew J. Cleaveland was Professor of Music in the Baltimore Female College. Only 6 copies in libraries. This is the first and only edition. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Previous owner's name written on front free end-paper. 238pp., with a 2-page Metrical index. All songs with music. Some spotty foxing. Inner hinges split (but holding strong). Corners worn. Rear free end paper gone. Rare. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 80; 80p of music. Index to each vol. Attractive modern quarter cloth over marbled boards with title in gilt along spine. A continuation of 'Essex harmony'. Very good copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. shelf wear, some soiling, inscriptions on end pages. Shelf wear. 394 pages plus advertisements. some page end staining. S3 3.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. oblong8vo, 15.3x 24cm, 348,[xiii]p., index to the tunes, metrical index & general index to the hymns and tunes, in the original quarter black roan backed illustrated blue paper cover boards, some slight wear at the edges of the boards, cover image slightly faded, some slight foxing, a fine copy. (n1) - cf. T.P.L. 9436 for 1866 edition. Amicus lists this and one other 1864 issue and several later editions or printing - A rare pre-confederation tune book. MacMillan, Tune-Book Imprints, p.36. Cf. Calderisi p. 98 & 101. Cf. TPL 9426 (1866 edition). This is the second issue of the first edition as described by MacMillan, being published by Samuel Rose rather than Anson Green. It is the second Methodist tune-book published in preconfederation Ontario. A very scarce Canadian tune book. There are three different 19th century owners' signatures penciled on various leaves of the book.

Hardcover. Wide 16mo. Quarter calf with gilt rules and tan printed paper over boards. 424pp. Extensive music notation. Good plus. Boards lightly edgeworn and as usual age toned and rubbed; internally tight, with light to moderate foxing throughout; front flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement. Attractive, quite handleable first edition of this thick hymnal that (to continue subtitle) "Present[s] a Great Number of Metres Than Any Book Heretofore Published" and "To Which Is Prefixed a Progressive System of Elementary Instruction for Schools and Private Tuition." Of greatest interest, perhaps, is page 373, the very first appearance in English of "Silent Night!" -- with an early translation by J.F. Warner, not the better known lyrics by Episcopal priest John Freeman Young first published in 1859. Also of interest is a 7 3/4" X 1½" blue slip tipped to top of page 33 (the first page of the actual hymnal following the instructional material) -- one full line of music notation penned in brown ink and titled "Mercy Seat." Rear flyleaf bears some lightly pencilled notes from an early owner. Nice copy of this very scarce hymnal of special significance.

Condition: Good. 3 volumes of 6 originally published comprising engraved music bound in contemporary half black morocco with gilt lines and decorative spines. Internally fresh in sound bindings; the volume numbers and price (8/6) have been added to the title page in manuscript. Volumes two and three are in uniform bindings over marbled boards which are rubbed to spine ends, edges and corners but overall are very good. Volume one is good in a similar binding over worn plain boards, with a short tear to the foot of the spine, and generally more signs of use. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front paste-downs. An attractive set. Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Leather Backed Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong octavo. Pp. 362, Words and scores to hymns and anthems on every page. Light foxing here and there; wear to spine and extremities of leather-backed marbled boards; a bit shaken, but holding to gether.