LIBER BREVIOR ( No.813) with Rhythmic Signs of Solesmes, Desclee Co. Inc. New York, published by The Gregorian Institute of America, Toledo, Ohio, 1954 original 1st Edition with full Catholic Imprimatur in the same year, printed in Belgium.

5 1/8 by 7 1/2” in black leather over stiff card hard cover, gilded title embossed on the spine face, red edges page block, 640 pages plus 126 pages of the Proper of the Time, 2 silk marker ribbons. The square note Gregorian chant is in Latin with rubrics in English, front sections have method of instruction on the conducting of Gregorian Chant, plus the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin and other features.

It is the shorter abridged Liber Usualis, made for the use in typical parish situations before the modernizing Council of Vatican II, and using the traditional music for the  cycles of the liturgical year.

Condition graded Extra Fine; the book has never been used but note personal information has been blanked out by white tape inside front cover right top only, all else is like new- a collectible out of print book.


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