Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

August 26, 2023: Summer Americana - Day Three

Sat, Aug 26, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 2125

ANTIQUARIAN MUSIC SONGBOOKS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $50 - $100
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ANTIQUARIAN MUSIC SONGBOOKS, LOT OF THREE, two shape note songbooks with German and English text published by T.R. Weber, The Pennsylvania Choral Harmony dated 1844 and The New Harmony, second edition, dated 1855. The Psalmodist by Thomas Hastings and William R. Bradbury, English text published New York, 1844. Hardcover with marbled paper-covered boards.

Condition

"New Harmony" text appears complete with a loose page from another songbook after page 104; "Pennsylvania Choral Harmony" with song lyrics cut from newspapers pasted inside front and back covers and loose newspaper sheet music between pages; interiors with scattered foxing and staining.
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Property from the estate of William S. "Pumpernickel Bill" Troxell, Allentown, PA.