I would be skeptical of a book "from 1906" with an ISBN. It would be a lot of work, but have you considered trying to find it in a local college or university library and scanning or copying it yourself? Goodness knows what condition those things are in.

The WorldCat/OCLC number is 1931705.

http://www.worldcat.org/title/english-hymnal-with-tunes/oclc/1931705&referer=brief_results

IMSLP's version is a copy of the same incomplete scan at archive.org

Happy to buy one.
Anyone know a reliable source?
Or what it OUGHT to cost?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0192311115

Is this right?
It says 1933.

RVW adds that the 2nd edition shouldn't affect congregations and that if the former tunes are desired, it's easy enough to find them because cross-references have been added. UK churchgoers historically have been more familiar with pairing a different tune to a known text than USA folks, partly thanks to the words and text being printed separately (or no music being provided, so they have to fit the tune they hear or remember to the words they see anyway).

But with the 1933 that means that at least some of the material (and the book as a whole) is still under copyright protection.

I got a copy of the 1933 revision from the Mus. Lib. at Texas Christian.
It really is an amazing hymnal.

However, this...
"...Plainsong tunes, all of which are now provided with new accompaniments."
is, to me, somewhat unfortunate.

The 1906 Plainsong accompaniments were 4-part, and (in my opinion) worked well as choral harmonies (they form the basis for my very-behind-schedule Flexible English Propers project). The 1933 Plainsong accompaniments are three-part and are much more static. I can tell they work better on the organ, supporting a more free flowing chant style- but I really liked the possibility of 4-part choral chant hymns provided by the 1906 arrangements.

The 4-part accompaniments/arrangements are a wonderful resource and provide a nice complement to the 3-part accompaniments. Both sets seem to reflect rather free flowing chant style to me that many later and modern accompaniments often seem to lack.

In case anyone else is interested:
This Distributed Proofreaders page seems to have the complete work, although not all together in a single PDF. But at least it is not missing any pages.

http://www.pgdp.net/c/tools/project_manager/displayimage.php?project=projectID42bdfed61d611&imagefile=001.png&showreturnlink=1&preload=next&percent=100&jumpto=001.png

OUP claiming to have copyright, and OUP actually having copyright are two different things. The vast majority of the 1933 edition is identical to the 1906 edition, which is clearly in the public domain, at least in the US. The things that are new in the 1933 (plainchant accompaniments, for example) may be copyrighted, and the book as a whole unit also may be copyrighted.

Anyone have more information?

The ehymnal wiki is no longer available! Apparently wiki sites started charging non education folks for their services, and the ehymnal project has not paid up. Does anyone know if their finished material is still available anywhere? I would be interested in all the files

Some the most interesting music in the EH is contained only in the 1933 re-edit. BTW, the words editor, Percy Dearmer, made five or six minute changes in his own hymn texts. Some of those changes had already been made in Songs of Praise, a school assembly hymnal with Dearmer as editor, and Martin Shaw and RVW doing the music. Almost all of the music added in 1933 had already appeared in the two editions of Songs of Praise (1921 & 1928). But the original 1906 EH is a rather beautiful thing to look at. Our public library has had one on the shelves (but I think it was stolen). The pages are less cluttered because there are fewer (but still substantial) cross references for alternate tunes. Virtually every text with a plainsong tune has one, or more, "modern (not plainsong)" tune. Plainsong is only used with Offices Hymns, Sequences, and Proses (there are antiphons for the Holy Week Rites).

It's a classic. The New English Hymnal, 1986, continued over 400 texts from the original book and has become the most widely used hymn book in the Church of England (where unfortunately, there are lots of ohp). A small number of (Episcopal and Anglican Church of Canada) use the NEH, which is also used in Australia and South Africa.

The Hymnal 1982 uses more materials from The English Hymnal than any other American Hymnal.

Songs of Praise has some fascinating music, and some very odd texts. Prepared for schools, and contains assembly songs... some are very nationalistic. With incredible music.

And of course, Dearmer, RVW, and Martin Shaw were responsible for the Oxford Book of Carols (the new Oxford Book of Carols is less practical for congregational use). Some items are common to EH, SOP, and OBC.

All of them worthy of a place on the bookshelf.

The English Hymnal 1933 has been said to have better chant accompaniments than the initial 1906 edition.

The 1933 is who said this. They are better for organ accompaniment of chant, but I find the 1906 ones nice for choral singing.

What!! No Dresden Amen?