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AMERICAN HYMNALS

Uncommon Collection ofENGLISH Sacred Music
McFarlane, Thomas.  A collection of sacred music, consisting of old and new psalm & hymn tunes, of various metres, also Te Deums, chants &c. Composed and arranged for four voices, with a separate organ or piano forte accompaniment . . . London: Goulding & Dalmaine; Edinburgh: R. Purdie; Glasgow: J. McFadyen et al., [ca. 1820]. Folio. [2], 84, [1 (index)], [1] pp., 16 manuscript pp., 16 blank pp.
$1250.00


Once Property ofClass No. 7
Bradbury, William B. Bradbury's Sabbath school choir. A new collection of music and hymns for Sabbath schools. New York, & elsewhere: Ivison & Phinney, & others, 1857. Oblong 12mo. 144 pp.
$65.00

Another Variety ofSample” Book
  Paperback! Pentecostal Hymnal (with Music)
Date, Henry, ed.  Pentecostal hymns no. 2. Chicago: Hope Publishing Co., [1900]. 8vo (9.9 cm, 3.9"). [2], 30, [16], 31–[222] pp.
$90.00


With aCharming Front Cover
Echo to happy voices; hymns and tunes for the home circle and Sabbath-schools.  Chiefly original. New York: American Tract Society, © 1869. Oblong 12mo. 160 pp.
$35.00


German-AmericanHymnal in Typical FRAKTUR Style
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.  Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung zum Gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in den vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen in Pennsylvanien und den benachbarten Staaten. Philadelphia: G. & D. Billmeyer, 1814. 12mo (17.2 cm, 7"). [12] ff., 626 pp., [5] ff. [bound with] Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian. Kurze Andachten einer Gottsuchenden Seele, auf alle Tage der Woche und andere Umstände eingerichtet. Philadelphia: G. & D. Billmeyer, 1814. 12mo (17.2 cm, 7"). 26 pp.
$200.00



Billmeyer-PrintedGerman Lutheran Hymnal
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States.  Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung zum Gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in den vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen in Pennsylvanien und den benachbarten Staaten. Philadelphia: G. & D. Billmeyer, 1818. 12mo (14.7 cm, 5.75"). Frontis., [22], 463, [9 (index)] pp. [with] Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian. Kurze Andachten einer Gottsuchenden Seele, auf alle Tage der Woche und andere Umstände eingerichtet. Philadelphia: G. & D. Billmeyer, 1818. 12mo. 26 pp.
$200.00


Outside! the Canon A Shoemaker's Verses
Fellows, John.  Grace triumphant, a sacred poem, in nine dialogues; wherein the utmost power of nature, reason, virtue, and the liberty of the human will, to administer comfort to the awakened sinner, are impartially weighed and considered. . . . A new edition, embellished with a portrait of the author. London: Pr. for Alexander Hogg, [ca. 1770]. 12mo. Frontis. port., 120 [i.e., 96] pp.
$475.00
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Atheist Hymnal
(Filling a Felt Need).  Bennett, De Robigne Mortimer.  The Truth Seeker collection of forms, hymns, and recitations. Original and selected. For the use of liberals. New York: D. M. Bennett, Liberal and Scientific Publishing House, [1877]. 12mo. vi, 7–585, [1], [6 (adv)] pp.
$400.00
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Ada's Hymnal
Hedding, Elijah.  Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised edition. New York: Carlton & Lanahan; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, copyright 1849. 8vo. 736 pp.
$75.00

Henkel FamilyJoint ProductionNew-Market (VA) Hymns
Henkel, Paul.  Church hymn book, consisting of newly composed hymns, with an addition of hymns and Psalms, from other authors, carefully adapted for the use of public worship, and many other occasions. New-Market, VA: Solomon Henkel's Printing Office, 1816. 12mo. (14.5 cm, 5.7"). x, 546 pp.
$400.00

AGEM  from Hull . . .
Hull, Asa. Sabbath school gem: a collection of hymns and tunes for the sabbath school. Boston : H.V. Degen & Son; Philadelphia: P. Peterson; Hamilton, C.W.: Rev. Thomas Campbell; Halifax, N.S.: Rev. J. McMurray; Manchester, England: W. Bremmer & Co., [copyright 1863]. Oblong 12mo. 125, [3] pp.
$50.00


Lovely Condition An Owned Copy
Lowry, Robert; W. Howard Doane; & Ira Sankey.  Welcome tidings: a new collection of sacred songs for the Sunday school. New York: Biglow & Main; Cincinnati: J. Church Co., (copyright 1877). Oblong 12mo. 160 pp.
$30.00
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ACarry-to-Church” Hymnal/Psalter
Mason, Lowell, ed.  Church psalmody: A collection of psalms and hymns, adapted to public worship. Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1844. 12mo (16.3 cm, 6.4"). 576 pp.
$235.00

"Greatest Hits" in aHandsome Binding
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society.   Vestry songs: A collection of hymns and tunes for sabbath schools, social meetings, and private devotion. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, [copyright 1854].12mo (16 cm, 6.5"). 270 pp.
$50.00


A PRB&M PartnerGrew Up in Lancaster
This Is Pretty Exciting to Her!
Mennonite Church (Lancaster Conference).  Ein unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend Geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum Allgemeinen Gebrauch des Wahren Gottesdienstes. Auf Begehren der Brüderschaft der Menonisten Gemeinen aus vielen Liederbüchern gesammelt. Lancaster [PA]: Johann Albrecht, 1804. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). [3] ff., 79, [1], 415, [1 (blank), 17, [1 (blank)] pp.
$250.00
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German-AmericanClassic
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior. Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in den Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen in Pennsylvanien und den benachbarten Staaten.... Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1803. (17 cm, 6.6"). Frontis., [12], 602, [8 (index)] pp. [bound with] Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian. Kurze Andachten einer Gottsuchenden Seele, auf alle Tage der Woche und andere Umstande eingerichtet. Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1803. 28 pp. [and] Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and the Adjacent States. Anhang zu dem Gesangbuch der Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherischen Gemeinen in Nord-America. Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1803. 80 pp.
$375.00
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Oh, We MUST Sing”An American Couple's Wedding Present?
in a Fine American Binding
Reed, Thomas.  Hymns, selected, and original; for the use of the citizens of Mount Zion: while passing through the wilderness, to their inheritance of glory. London: Pr. by William Brickhill, sold by E. Walker & Sons, 1848. 12mo (16.2 cm, 6.4"). 269, [1] pp.
$450.00
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The WORDS to 48 Hymns, forOne Penny
(“Toy” Hymnal).  American Sunday School Union.  The penny hymn-book. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, n.d. [ca. 1827-1853]. 32mo (11 cm, 4.3"). [30], 31-32 pp.
[SOLD]


Greatest Hits” in aHandsome Binding
Vestry songs:  A collection of hymns and tunes for sabbath schools, social meetings, and private devotions.  Revised edition. Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, © 1854. 12mo. 234 pp.
$45.00

A NewSignet Ring for Chicago
Webster, Joseph Philbrick. Signet ring: a new collection of music and hymns, composed for sabbath schools, &c. Chicago: Lyon & Healy; Boston: O. Ditson; Philadelphia: C.W.A. Trumpler; New York: C.H. Ditson; Chicago: Western News Co., 1868. Oblong 12mo. 160 pp.
$250.00

The Dragon's Rage, The Shakers, & The Kingdom of Glory
Wells, Seth Youngs.   Millennial praises, containing a collection of gospel hymns, in four parts; adapted to the day of Christ's second appearing. Composed for the use of his people. Hancock: Pr. by Josiah Tallcott, jr., 1813. 12mo. viii, 288, [4 (adv.)] pp.
$3500.00
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J. Wesley'sEucharistic Hymns
Wesley, John.  Hymns on the Lord's Supper ... the ninth edition. London: J. Paramore, 1786. 12mo (16.5 cm, 6.5"). 32, 129, [7 (index)] pp.
$250.00


TheNew York” Collection
Woodbury, I. B. The dulcimer: Or the New York collection of sacred music. Constituting a large and choice variety of new tunes; chants, anthems, motetts, etc., from the best foreign and American composers, with all the old tunes in common use. Together with a concise elementary course, simplified and adapted to the capacities of beginners--the whole comprising the most complete collection of sacred music ever published. New York: F. J. Huntington, (1850). Oblong 8vo. 352 pp.
$45.00


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