Dayton: W.J. Shuey 1867. Leather bound. 757p. Bound in full red leather decorated in gilt. Covers rubed and lightly faded. Old staining across the top edge of the pages which does not affect the book's readability. Overall good condition. Early United Brethren hymnal. This is the text put together in 1858 following the General Conference of 1857 held in Cincinnati. Dayton Ohio was an early center of United Brethren publishing. The book contains an old signature from 1886 indicating it was used in Ontario MI. W.J. Shuey unknown
Baltimore MD: Samuel Saur 1797. Second edition. Hardcover. VG. 12mo 7"x4". 572pp register. Full leather covered wooden boards with leather/metal hooked clasps. Hymnal text in German. Very old ex-library spine label. Leather chip missing from head spine extreme with board and endband exposed. Leather well-conditioned light cracking over joints. Edgewear. Text slightly swollen so that it is best to leave book unclasped. Previous owner's marks to front pdep. Front and rear leaves chipped and starting endpapers cracked over hinges. Small closed tear to p222. Heavily foxed and toned interior. In seller's black vinyl sleeve.<br /> Subtitled: Von Alten und Neuen Auserlesenen Geistes Gesängen Allen Wahren Heils-Begierigen Säuglingen der Weisheit Insonderheit Aber Denen Gemeinden des Herrn. Samuel Saur hardcover