PSALMS/PSALTER from Chilton Books

London: Frederick Muller, 1982.. 1st edition. "A hand-painted, highly illustrated transcription of the best-known, most-loved verses in the Bible, it took James Freemantle some thirty years to complete. The book is an astonishing work of painstaking skill and devotion and a unique record of the India of the early twentieth century, shown through the plants, animals and local scenes… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1932.. Edited with critical notes, and modal harmonies to the melodies, in modern notation and type . "The precursor of the French Huguenot Psalter (the 'Genevan') on which all subsequent metrical Psalters in every other country (including England and Scotland) were founded." 25.5cms x 18.5cms x 1cm. Pp.xviii/112, owner's illustrated bookplate to front free… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins, 1994.. Music and text. 25cms x 19.5cms. "Contains 97 Responsorial Psalms (one for every Sunday in a two-year cycle), and also includes 10 settings of the Canticles from The Alternative Service Book 1980. The musical settings incluce both chanted Psalms and others in a more free-flowing style. Unpaginated. Red cloth, gitlt title to front and spine.… Read more about this item

London: Novello and Company Limited, 1926.. In Accordance with the Parellelisms of Hebrew Poetry and Designed to Conduce to a Natural and Expressive Rendering of the Words on the Part of both the Choir and Congregation. Pp.xxvi/545, inscribed by the co-editor (John Brook) to half-title page. Purple cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine and rear board sunned.… Read more about this item

Swindon: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1991.. Contains entirely new and original settings of 74 psalms by well-known composers of contemporary Christian music....Another important feature of this collection is that it contains a variety of ways to sing the Psalms - most can be sung straight through by everyone, but there are many where the verses are sung by… Read more about this item

Rattlesden: Kevin Mayhew, 1989.. 1st ed. "Here is a new way to sing the Psalms. For each Sunday there is choice of two settings which share a common, tuneful Response for the people. The First is in traditional chant style, while the second is set like a song with the same melody for each verse." 25.5cms x17.5cms. … Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co., 1895.. Being an Edition with Briefer Notes of the Psalms Chronologically Arranged by Four Friends. Ex Library. Pp.12/271, library label to inside front board, inkstamps to endpapers and preliminary pages. Blue cloth, title to spine dulled. Good..

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1949.. 1st ed. ".. a historical survey of Scottish Psalmody wih special reference to the 1650 Psalter." Pp. 23/234, frontis, 13 b/w illustrations, inscrip. and toning to fep. Red cloth, gilt title and minor sunning to spine. G+.

London: Frances Lincoln Ltd., 2000.. 1st ed. This edition reproduces a selection of the most memorable Psalms, in the language of the glorious King James translation. Each extract is accompanied by a detail of a painting from masters including Giotto, Ghirlandaio, Rembrandt and Michelangelo. Pp. 77, 32 illustrations, illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth, gilt title… Read more about this item

London: James Nisbet,1909.. 1st ed. Pp.10/66,inscrip. to fep, endpapers toned and minor spotting to prelims. Cream cloth, spine darkened, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

London: Fontana Books, 1972.. 1st Fontana ed. "This translation in contemporary language has been produced by The Bible Societies". Pp. 2/213. B/w drawings throughout + 2 maps. Spotting and toning to pages. P/b. G.

London: Novello & Co. nd.. Edited and printed for chanting upon the principles of natural speech-rhythm. Consist of a Preface in three sections: On the Principles of Pointing; II. Practical Chanting; III. Notes on the Public Use of the Psalter in Service(by Cosmo Ebor and H. Scott Holland). Followed by The Canticles and Hymns. Pp.15/13. Paperback. G.