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054054Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. Lot of 10 Booklets Temple Section Degree Five No's 1-9 Fifth Portal. Previously owned by a smoker aroma present. Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Paperback
054109Supreme Council of AMORC Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. Lot of 20 Master Monograph Temple Section booklets including Seventh Portal Rosicrucian Initiation and Degrees #1-19. Previously owned by a smoker aroma present otherwise VG. Supreme Council of AMORC Paperback
054051Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. Lot of 6 Booklets Temple Section Degree Three No's 1-39 & 10 Third Portal. Previously owned by a smoker aroma present. Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Paperback
054049Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. Lot of 11 Booklets Temple Section Degree Two No's 1-10 Second Portal. Previously owned by a smoker aroma present. Supreme Grand Lodge of AMORC Paperback
2005007875New York New York U.S.A.: New York Univ Pr 2005. 272pp/illus.Published in conjunction with the National Heritage Museum this illustrated volume offers a brief overview of Freemasonry's origins in 17th-century Scotland and England before exploring its evolving role in American history from the Revolution through the labor and civil rights movements and into the 21st century. Excellent clean condition. 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York Univ Pr hardcover
1934013563Detroit: Sprague Publishing 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. THE AMERICAN BOY founded in 1900 by William Sprague was a mainly fiction-oriented juvenile magazine roughly equivalent to Britain's The Boy's Own Paper. It merged with its rival publication The Youth's Companion in October 1929. It ceased publication in 1941. This is complete run for 1834 front and rear covers bound in bound in blue faux-leather from publisher with title of magazine pressed on front cover. Numerous writer and illustrators including author Carl Claudy who has three original stories in this volume. Carl Harry Claudy 1879 - 1957 was an American author magazine writer and journalist for the New York Herald. He wrote a number of books relating to photography and to aviation including "First Book of Photography: A Primer of Theory and Prize Winners' Book of Model Airplanes". Four novelization books were printed from some of the science fiction stories that Claudy wrote for The American Boy. His sci-fi stories that appear for the first time in this volume are "The Helmet of Pluto" "The X Mystery" and "A Million Years Hence.' He also was a Freemason and wrote about a dozen books on Freemasonry. Sprague Publishing hardcover
1933ZB385650Berne 1933-37. 44 issues dated January 31 1933 to December 15 1937 not consecutive all thin quartos text in French and German self wrappers; text darkening and becoming fragile overall good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Berne unknown
17734232Paris: Le Breton 1773. 8vo 192 x 120 mm. 566 pages. 5 leaves are cancels as called for in the Avis au relieur on the last page the 5 cancels were originally the last 5 leaves of the final quire. Marginal tear to pp. 399-400 not affecting text. Contemporary French gold-tooled morocco covers tooled with a triple rule frame enclosing a wide dentelle border incorporating emblems of the Freemasons compasses & squares stars shooting stars and a pair of shaking hands fleurs-de-lis at corners at center a large double-ruled Masonic triangle whose band is filled with pointillé dots inner triangle with a shooting star at each corner and the initial P at center; spine in six gold-tooled compartments with title and date in two compartments large and small fleurs-de-lis in the others gilt edges blue endpapers; in fine condition small light dark spot to upper cover a couple of other insignificant small marks. 20th-century leather-backed cloth folding case. Provenance: small booklabel inside folding box “Bibliophilia / AG / Bern†with an image of a binding press. <br /> <br /> A fine Masonic binding on the Almanach royal for 1773. <br /> <br /> This was an important year for the Freemasons in France. In 1773 they reorganized their disparate and in the past often schismatic loges into one hierarchically organized Grand Orient de France whose grand master was none other than Louis-Philippe d’Orléans later known as Philippe-Egalité for his support of radical reform of the French monarchical system. Masonic lodges open to bourgeois and artisans as well as aristocrats were in many parts of France a venue for new social connections and the philosophical opening toward new ideas and they were to take an active part in the elections to the Estates General in 1789. Nevertheless as the Revolution intensified the dangers of being associated with an exclusive secretive and originally aristocratic club were not lost on Louis-Philippe who renounced his position in the winter of 1793; this had little effect on his terrible fate he was guillotined less than 9 months later.<br /> <br /> Other than Le Droit humain an international order of Freemasonry that was founded in the 1880s most Masonic lodges still exclude women and atheists.<br /> <br /> The dentelle of this well-preserved binding is built up from individual tools unlike the Dubuisson bindings that decorate so many Almanachs royaux. The initial P. at the center of each cover may represent a chapter name. Le Breton unknown
190969925N.p.: Supreme Council 1909. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait 75 1 pp. Photographic portraits throughout. Publisher's tan wrappers with raised gilt lettering. An excellent copy.This is a text honoring the great American explorer Albert Pike as a Mason. According to the text this lodge also had two hundred bronze medallions struck to honot his centenary. Supreme Council unknown
1970064432Philosophical Publishing Co. 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 272pp. Tight copy in sea green cloth with gilt stampings. Philosophical Publishing Co. Hardcover
1949221401949. Tuscan Morning Star Lodge No. 48 annual banquet photograph documenting African American fraternal life and community leadership in Philadelphia during the late 1940s. The image records members and guests of a lodge affiliated with Prince Hall Freemasonry a network of lodges founded in the eighteenth century to provide African American men with access to fraternal institutions from which they had been excluded by white Masonic bodies. By the mid twentieth century Prince Hall lodges functioned as major centers of civic organization mutual aid and social leadership within Black communities. The photograph captures a large formal banquet held in 1949 illustrating how Masonic gatherings served as social events that reinforced institutional identity and community solidarity during the decades preceding the modern civil rights movement.<br /> <br /> Tuscan Morning Star Lodge No. 48 Annual Banquet. Philadelphia: Reynolds Hall May 21 1949. Large panoramic black and white photograph credited to the photographer West Hooper. The image shows more than one hundred African American men and women seated at long banquet tables arranged across a large hall decorated with hanging streamers. Attendees appear in formal evening dress including tuxedos corsages and gowns suggesting the ceremonial and social importance of the event. A musical ensemble identified by a sign reading "JS" performs on a raised platform at the rear of the hall while guests converse and dine. The photograph records both lodge members and community participants gathered for the annual banquet of Tuscan Morning Star Lodge No. 48 providing a visual record of fraternal ceremony and social life within Philadelphia's African American community.<br /> <br /> Prince Hall Freemasonry has long played a significant role in African American civic organization providing networks of leadership philanthropy and social support in communities where Black citizens faced exclusion from many professional and social institutions. Lodge events such as banquets and public gatherings functioned as spaces for community organization and mutual aid throughout the twentieth century. The photograph measures approximately 10 × 20 inches and is displayed in a wooden gilt frame behind glass measuring approximately 30 × 18 inches. Minor handling wear visible with light surface marks to the frame and glass consistent with age. Overall condition very good. unknown
1970038638U.S.A.: Exposition Press 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. Scarce!. Exposition Press Hardcover
18273Cosham near Portsmouth . 9 December 1862. 1p. 12mo. In fair condition on aged paper. Newspaper cutting of obituary laid-down at foot. He asks to be sent 'some Printed cards for the Election of Poor Brother Moss' Son'. These are wanted 'to send to a friend in Warwickshire as also to one in Surrey - for them to Distribute.' Cosham [ near Portsmouth ]. 9 December 1862. unknown
26835Both 1823. See John Barrow "The LIfe and Correpondence of Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith" Chapter XIII pp.406-424 Knights Templars etc. ITEM 1: Holograph one page 18 x 23cms aged but good condition double column some additions and corrections apparently a draft for a formal document giving details concerning the distinctions of Wiliiam Sidney Smith in both English and French as follows: "The undersigned Sir William Sidney Smith Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Britannic Majesty's Fleet Knight Grand Prior of the Antient and most noble Order of the Temple Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Military Orders of the Sword of Sweden The Tower and Sword of Portugal of Saint Ferdinand and Merit of Sicily and of the Antient Nobility of the Four Emperors of Germany Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath Knight of the Crescent of the Ottoman Porte Knight of the Lion of Holstein Doctor of Laws of the Univerities of Oxford and Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society of London and President of the Knights Liberators of the Slaves of Africa Declares that all persons are bound to respect these prents the same being lawfully issued under and by virtue of the said Order of the Temple. Given at Paris the 8th Nisan 705 20th March 1823 Masonic symbol f. Gulielmus Anglicanus sketch of a seal". This runs parallel to a translation into French. ITEM 2: One page 12mo "Nisan 1823" printed heading "Ordre du Temple" brief note with subscription and name I can't fathom SEE Image text as follows: "Laissez entrer Monsieur Le Grand Sieur d'Angleterre Chevr. Sir Sydney Smith." From the archive of Richard Bentley & Son material about Smith accumulated for John Barrow's biography. Notes: a. "The "Knights Liberators of the Slaves in Africa" was a knightly order founded by British Admiral Sir Sidney Smith around 1815 though it was more of a philanthropic and political campaign than a formal military order. Its stated goal was to end the enslavement of Europeans captured by Barbary corsairs and to publicize the cause of ending slavery more broadly in Africa. Smith used the organization and related events such as a banquet at the Congress of Vienna to bring attention to the issue and propose international action." AI; b. "Smith had managed to run up significant debts through his diplomatic expenses which the British government proved to be very slow in reimbursing. He also lived the high life and his efforts to mobilise opinion against the slave trade had cost a good deal of money. In Britain at that time debtors were often imprisoned until their debts were paid so Smith moved his family to France settling in Paris. Eventually the government did reimburse his expenditures and increased his pension allowing him to live in some style. Despite frequent attempts to obtain a seagoing position he was never to hold a command again. He died on 26 May 1840 of a stroke. He is buried with his wife in Père Lachaise Cemetery." Both 1823. unknown
191000005390Three Link Fraternity 1910 130 pages signed by W. J. Suttle the Sovereigne Grand Lodger I.O.O.F. of Wisconsin on both the end page and front free end page light wear to top of leather backstrip. Three Link Fraternity hardcover
188414042Pittsburgh: Jos. Eichbaum & Co. Near Fine. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Just the least bit of shelf wear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 55 pages . Jos. Eichbaum & Co. hardcover
033130208X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
187681630Philadelphia: Masonic Publishing Company 1876. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's coated pale blue paper wraps titled to front wrap in dark blue. 233pp. Some light edgewear and marginal creasing some wear to the spine ends and some slight but not terribly significant wear to the spine panel with a small triangle of loss at the head. A very good copy whose only real issue is that 1870's sky blue paper looks a little grubby rather easily. Internally clean a nice densely printed object. An account of the dealings affairs meetings and minutes of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania; expenses new members a mason's account of visiting the various lodges of Philadelphia notable correspondence with other lodges and a wealth of associated information. Masonic Publishing Company unknown
195228635Portland Oregon: Research Lodge of Oregon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy card covers are lightly rubbed & soiled. ; 9"; 96 pages . Research Lodge of Oregon hardcover
183170842Boston: John Marsh and Co 1831. First edition. Leather Bound. Good . 302 14pp. Octavo 18.5cm. In the original leather. Red leather title label on spine; title stamped in gilt. Scuffing to extremities and surface rubbing to boards. Boards are a bit warped. Mild waviness to textblock which is also lightly foxed with spots of dampstaining. Ownership mark on front pastedown. Collated and complete. With 30 full page plates and many illustrations within text.<br /> <br /> A no holds barred tell-all from a former Freemason. John Marsh and Co unknown
1851H683Devon: S.Thorne Shebbear 1851. Tenth thousand . Original Cloth. Vg. small octavo. xvi259 2 adverts pp 29 full page plates with diagrams of masonic ritual handshakes placed before the text. Grubby copy but tight in the original plain brown cloth binding with dark blue paper label chipped. Sealing wax present on front end-paper. A complete copy. SCARCE FREEMASONRY ITEM accompanied by Numerous Engravings; & a Key to the Phi Beta Kappa Also an Account of the Kidnapping & Murder of William Morgan Who Divulged the Ridiculous & Profane. <br/> <br/> S.Thorne, Shebbear hardcover
1892ZB1288931NY: John C. Yorston & Co. Masonic Publishers 1892. 2 volumes folio 210 text pp. approx. 200 portrait plates; contemporary full leather bindings now worn and tattered with the spine coverings very dry however internally clean and tight . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NY: John C. Yorston & Co., Masonic Publishers hardcover
1892ZB1291352NY: John C. Yorston & Co. Masonic Publishers 1892. folio pp. 161-202 text 21 portrait plates; original gilt stamped maroon cloth hardcover very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. NY: John C. Yorston & Co., Masonic Publishers hardcover
188521436NY: MacOy. Near Fine. 1885. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2"; 319 pages . MacOy hardcover
1995052330Supreme Council 1995. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 340pp. Moderate cover wear. Supreme Council Paperback