Description
[Dickson, George] The Weston Hymn Book for Children. Compiled from the Most Approved Collections. Sheffield, Printed for the editor by Algar Brothers, 23, Church Street. London: Wertheim and Mackintosh, Paternoster Row. 188 pages. [1852] With an inscription presenting the hymn book: “George Dickson from His Uncle on Leaving for Australia, on the 9th of September 1852.” 10.5 cm x 6.5 cm, 16mo. With a copy of “Home Sweet Home” pasted onto the front end paper. Black paper boards with gilt lines on the spine, now worn, but holding. 210 hymns, followed by a morning and an evening prayer for a child. Dr. George Dickson became a medical doctor, practicing in Edinburgh, having graduated from the University of Aberdeen with honors. Two print copies of this book were found at the University of Minnesota and in the Hesburgh Library, at Notre Dame.
United States Consul Edinburgh Wallace Bruce Here’s a Hand First Edition Signed Inscribed 1893