Freeman. A Selection of Hymns: including A Few Originals 1829 Baptist Hymnal

Freeman, Enoch W. A Selection of Hymns: including A Few Originals, designed to Aid the Friends of Zion in their Private and Social Worship. [Exeter, NH]: [John C. Gerrish], (1829). First Edition. [8655] Olive leather spine with gilt lines & "Freeman's Hymns." Scuffed marbled boards, joints with crude sewn repair, 12 cm (4 3/4 x 3 inches). [4], 288 pp. Leaves complete but with several torn edges affecting some text. Contents worn and well-used. Fair. The title page has no proper imprint; publishing info gleaned from the copyright page, Advertisement, and another first edition in our catalogue. We have compared this with an 1829 Exeter imprint by Gerrish, and the page numbers and other matter match, but the title page here is without the printer's imprint. It is the true tp however, with the copyright information on the verso.This appears to be a very early printing with the publisher's imprint erroneously left off the title page - all other aspects of the title page are identical t