Hymns Pro Patria and Other Hymns, Christian and Humanitarian
New York: John R. Alden, (1889).
Price: $175.00
Hardcover. First edition. 139pp. Tall octavo. Brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Bookplate of Byron N. Clark; a second bookplate partly effaced, crease on two leaves, else a tight, near fine copy. Hymns Inscribed by the New Jersey author to the head of the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil War General Oliver O. Howard: "To Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard. Orange Valley, N.J. from J.E. Rankin." Howard was renowned for his piety, so it isn't surprising he received this book.
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