Hill, Benjamin. Hymns of Zion...for the use of Baptist Churches (1832)

Hill, Benjamin. Hymns of Zion; being a Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, compiled chiefly for the use of Baptist Churches. New-Haven: Durrie and Peck | Stereotyped by A. Chandler, 1832. Second Edition. [8468] Full leather binding, red leather title label, gilt lines to spine, 2 1/4 x 4 inches, no cracks or other damage to the binding. Most of the ffep is cut away; there is a narrow 1/2 inch hole in the front fly page. Second fly page inscribed in brown ink, "Mrs. Lavinia Buck, Salisbury, 1832." 256 pp., complete. Some sections shaken, a few tattered page edges & creased corners. Good. Starr, A Baptist Bibliography, H3795. The first edition was published in 1829; the second edition was first published in 1830.Benjamin Munro Hill (1793-1881), Pastor of the Baptist Church in New Haven at the time of this compilation. The Prefaces (first & second) which introduce this volume contain apologies by Hill for some of the crudeness of the selections, and, after saying hymns were ad