Author's copyright--t.p. verso [with general statment of copyright for other individual items contained]

ca. 215-225 hymns, choruses, duets, solos, quartets, etc., with music close, vocal and piano scores--p. 1-252.

Includes indexes : Index ; Religious liberty songs ; Temperance songs ; Songs for social gatherings and home circel--[2] p. at end.

Separate sections with distinct text headers : cf. indexes.

T.p. and p. 128 [Songs for social gatherings] with photographs [church and home] ; t.p. verso and p. 128 with quoted verses. Experiential, and other anecdotes--p. 116, 179, 180-181. T.p.with publisher's address ; front cover with added place of publication : Fort Worth, Texas.

Brown paperboard binding ["yellow-back" edition] with black linen spine : front with title, author, publisher's information, prices for single, dozen or hundred and scripture quotations : "While I live I will sing praises unto my God in the congregation of saints" ; [at head] "My servants shall sing for joy of heart. Isa. 66:14." [simple black frame borders and underlinings]

Covers detaching with endpapers. Paper worn and acidic.

Frank J. Metcalf's outer front endpapers bookplate stamped with date : Oct 1 - 1919.

Inscription : "[Wm. J.?] Rusten Books. Pleas do not steal this book from me. For I am poor and needy you must love the Lord and keep my comanment [sic] the comanment [sic] of the Lord Profl. [Wm. J.?] Rusten Jacksonville Fla."--inner front endpapers verso.