Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Europe
- Leather bound
- Liverpool and London: F. D. Richards; William Cook, 1851
Liverpool and London: F. D. Richards; William Cook, 1851. Ninth edition, revised and enlarged. Leather bound. Good. 379pp. Vigesimoquarto (24mo) [11.5 cm] Full black leather with ruled borders and decorative diamond-patterned blind stamping to the boards and backstrip. Title (L.D.S. Hymns) gilt stamped on the backstrip (partially rubbed away). Gilt turn-ins. With the errata at the rear. Light 3" ripple in leather of front board. 1/4" crack to foot of front joint. Underlying boards exposed at the corners. Front free endpaper missing, however the edges of the once-present free endpaper are adhered to the front pastedown. Rear free endpaper (with pencil notes) adhered to rear pastedown. Thread repairs to text block that run from the head to foot of spine along a handful of the inside margins. Periodic light soiling and minor spots and thin moisture stains to the pages. Top fore-edge corners with sporadic light fold creases. Small loss from bottom fore-edge corner of p. 19/20. Pp. 334/35 just a touch adhered along the inside margins. Flake/Draper 1767. Crawley 604. Chism 55. The second major revision of the European hymnal. Produced during Franklin D. Richards's first term as president of the British Mission.
From the Preface to the Ninth Edition by Franklin D. Richards-
"The ninth european edition of Hymns contains seventy-six pieces which are not found in the former editions; about sixty of which, are substituted for the same number which have been omitted. The hymns which have been retained, will be found on the same pages in the new book, as in the old. The new ones are distinguished by an asterisk (*) at the commencement of each, which is also attached to the first lines of the same in the Index.
"The measure of the hymns, and also the number of stanzas are given, with a view to avoid confusion in the selection of tune and verse for singing. Thirty-two pages have been added to the present volume; an Index of subjects has also been constructed; and being printed on a superior quality of paper, a size larger than the former editions, constitute the most important alterations in the work.
"The sale of the last ten thousand copies, in the short period of one year and a-half, together with the greatly increasing demand from all parts of the British Isles, has induced the extension of the present issue to twenty-five thousand, which, with the eight former editions, numbers fifty-four thousand published and for sale, in the short period of eleven years."
Peter Crawley points out that the fact that the title is changed suggests that the ninth edition is a significant revision. With regards to the new songs, Crawley states that twenty-three "came from the Nauvoo book (item 103 [A collection of sacred hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Selected by Emma Smith, 1841]), three from John Hardy's (item 186 [A collection of sacred hymns, adapted to the faith and views of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1843]). Forty-three are of Mormon authorship, including eight by Eliza R. Snow and eight by John Lyon; four by Parley Pratt; two each by Austin Cowles, John Taylor, John Jaques, and W. G. Mills; and one each by William Clayton, W. W. Phelps, Hosea Stout, John S. Davis, Cyrus H. Wheelock, and Mary Judd Page.
From the Preface to the Ninth Edition by Franklin D. Richards-
"The ninth european edition of Hymns contains seventy-six pieces which are not found in the former editions; about sixty of which, are substituted for the same number which have been omitted. The hymns which have been retained, will be found on the same pages in the new book, as in the old. The new ones are distinguished by an asterisk (*) at the commencement of each, which is also attached to the first lines of the same in the Index.
"The measure of the hymns, and also the number of stanzas are given, with a view to avoid confusion in the selection of tune and verse for singing. Thirty-two pages have been added to the present volume; an Index of subjects has also been constructed; and being printed on a superior quality of paper, a size larger than the former editions, constitute the most important alterations in the work.
"The sale of the last ten thousand copies, in the short period of one year and a-half, together with the greatly increasing demand from all parts of the British Isles, has induced the extension of the present issue to twenty-five thousand, which, with the eight former editions, numbers fifty-four thousand published and for sale, in the short period of eleven years."
Peter Crawley points out that the fact that the title is changed suggests that the ninth edition is a significant revision. With regards to the new songs, Crawley states that twenty-three "came from the Nauvoo book (item 103 [A collection of sacred hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Selected by Emma Smith, 1841]), three from John Hardy's (item 186 [A collection of sacred hymns, adapted to the faith and views of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1843]). Forty-three are of Mormon authorship, including eight by Eliza R. Snow and eight by John Lyon; four by Parley Pratt; two each by Austin Cowles, John Taylor, John Jaques, and W. G. Mills; and one each by William Clayton, W. W. Phelps, Hosea Stout, John S. Davis, Cyrus H. Wheelock, and Mary Judd Page.