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189517165San Francisco: Occidental Lodge 1895. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 16mo. 43 3 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board. Light rubbing to corners spine ends and along front joint else a near fine copy. As of 5/16 no copies of this date listed in OCLC scarce thus. Includes List of Officers Past Masters by Service and List of Members for the years 1852 - 1895. A printed List of New Members for September 1 1895 to January 1 1899 is pasted in at rear. Occidental Lodge unknown
1869014723Joel Munsell Albany NY 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 6" x 4 1/8". Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped black leather over boards previous owner's name stamped on front board all edges gilt marbled end papers 88 pages. Covers have wear at extremities lacks rear free end paper two marks made in blue ink in blank margins next to where the previous owner's name is listed in the book on two pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 11 oz. Category: Groups Clubs & Associations; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014723. . Joel Munsell hardcover
186532145Leavenworth: Bulletin Book Poster and Job Rooms 1865. Stitched in original printed illustrated yellow wrappers. 105 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br /> <br /> "Auspicious circumstances smile upon our present communication; ruthless devastating war no longer desolates the land; the clang of arms and the shriek of carnage no more disturb or interrupt our solemn mysteries." Participants and activities are recorded.<br /> AII Kansas 453. Bulletin Book, Poster and Job Rooms unknown
187032897Jackson: W.W. Gates & Co. 1870. 16mo. 15 1 pp. Stitched in original printed and lightly worn wrappers. Very Good.<br /> <br /> The By-Laws of Jackson Council No. 13 are printed at pages 12-15. Page 16 prints a list of eight "Officers for 1870" and 24 Members.<br /> Not located on OCLC as of May 2016. W.W. Gates & Co. unknown
184121773Lancaster O. 1841. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers 16pp. 6 1/4 x 8 1/2". Light wrapper wear Very Good. Grand Officers Councils represented the Constitution of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters for the State of Ohio By-Laws of the Grand Council of Ohio and General Regulations are here. This is one of 200 copies printed. FIRST EDITION. Morgan 501 7. unknown
18750000716A collection of seven annual reports as follows: 1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA at Special Communication October 28 1874 and Annual Communication December 8th and 9th Anno Lucis 5874 i.e. 1874. M.W. James A. Hoyt Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: News and Courier Job Presses 1875. 184 pages. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. About very good. A few tiny tears and some light soiling to the wraps; inconspicuous tape repair to the rear wrap. 2. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA December 13th and 14th A.L. 5887 i.e. 1887. M.W. A.H. White Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: Walker Evans & Cogswell Co. 1888. 101 1-blank ii index pages. Original printed wraps. 23.5 x 15 cm. Good plus. Small chip at corner of the front wrap and base of the spine; several other tiny chips; short closed tear to the front hinge. Tiny nick to base of the first two leaves. 3 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA December 9th and 10th A.L. 5890 i.e. 1890. M.W. Laurie T. Izlar Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: Walker Evans & Cogswell Co. 1891. 81 3-blank 3-index pages. Original printed wraps. 23.5 x 15 cm. Front wrap cleanly detached else good. Chip to the base of the spine; chip and closed tears to the rear wrap not affecting printed matter. Marginal tanning to the wraps and a few leaves. 4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA December 8th and 9th A.L. 5891 i.e. 1891. M.W. William T. Branch Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: Walker Evans & Cogswell Co. 1892. 88 4-index pages. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Chips to the spine; hinges split with the front wrap holding well and rear wrap just holding; jagged tear to the rear wrap and last page of text with slight impact on a few letters of the text on the rear wrap. Marginal foxing to wraps and a few leaves. Fair to good only. 5 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA December 10th and 11th A.L. 5895 i.e. 1895. M.W. Claude E. Sawyer Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: Lucas & Richardson Co. 1896. 112 iv index pages. Original printed wraps. 23 x 15 cm. Good. Browning to the top margin of the wraps and title page small chip at corner of front wrap and base of spine marginal chip to rear wrap and other tiny chips and tears. Small marginal bump and tear to base of the first two leaves. Occasional foxing at the edges. 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA December 14th and 15th A.L. 5897 i.e. 1897. M.W. Jacob T. Barron Grand Master . . . Charleston S.C.: Walker Evans & Cogswell Co. 1898. 106 pages. 23 x 14.5 cm. Lacking the front wrap and portions of spine paper; original printed rear wrap present. Else good. Browning to the margins of the title page and final blank; mild toning throughout. 7 PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS OF MAY 25TH AND APRIL 30TH 5901 AND OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREEMASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. December 10th and 11th A.L. 5901 i.e. 1901. M.W. Walter M. Whitehead Grand Master . . . Abbeville S.C.: Hugh Wilson 1901 date on wrap is 1902. 160 4-index pages. Original printed wraps. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. The lower half of the front hinge is torn but the wrap is holding; lower quarter of the spine is chipped. Heavy stains to the title not affecting legibility thin tideline at the base of some leaves. Some corners creased; several marginal tears; a few tiny insect nibbles not affecting text. Fair to good only. FIRST EDITIONS. Each pamphlet contains the annual address of the Grand Master committee reports notes on new charters lists of suspensions and expulsions memorials to deceased members financial reports records of the meetings of member lodges and correspondence with other lodges in the U.S. Canada England and Scotland. There are frequent notices of the Grand Lodges participation in civic ceremonies and the dedication of monuments. There are also discussions of relief work by the Freemasons including aid to the Louisiana victims of the great Mississippi flood of 1874 and assistance with recovery from the Charleston earthquake of 1886. Many prominent South Carolinians belonged to the Grand Lodge and the present reports contain addresses or communications by Joseph B. Kershaw G.M. 1873-1874 a former Confederate general and future judge of the Circuit Court; Wilmot Gibbes De Saussure G.M. 1875-1877 a former Confederate general state representative lawyer and historian; and James Adger Smyth G.M. 1884-1887 who became mayor of Charleston 1895-1903. OCLC locates several institutions with holdings of the serial but only U.S.C. has all seven of the present reports. The only other copies of these imprints found are at Duke 1875 1888 and 1891; N.Y. State Library 1875; and S.C. State Library 1902. Turnbull locates none of the present reports. � paperback
185529854New Orleans: Printed by Sherman Wharton & Co. 1855. 51 5 pp. Disbound with some loosening top outer corner of first two leaves chipped. Else Very Good. <br /> <br /> A scarce record of these Proceedings with lists of participants speeches doings at the various subordinate Chapters. With Edicts and Resolutions. <br /> Not in Jumonville or Thompson. Not located on OCLC as of January 2013. Printed by Sherman, Wharton & Co. unknown
185429852New Orleans: Printed at the Office of the Picayune 1854. 64pp. Disbound with some light inner margin wear else Very Good. <br /> <br /> A scarce record of these Proceedings with lists of participants speeches and discussion of various issues: "Whether any of the Chapter Degrees may be conferred on persons maimed or otherwise imperfect in body" for example. Doings at the various subordinate Chapters are duly reported. With the Constitution Edicts and Resolutions.<br /> Not in Jumonville or Thompson. OCLC 29194707 1- LA State Lib. as of January 2013. Printed at the Office of the Picayune unknown
1838401108London : Norris and Son 1838. 1st edition. Softcover. Poor paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Spine worn detached and somewhat stained front cover. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 25p : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Masonry. Freemasonry. England - masonry. 20th century freemasonry. Masonic loggias. Masonic lodge. Freemasonry Rituals. Freemasonry & secret societies. Social Science - Freemasonry & Secret Societies. Lodge ceremonies. Masonry ceremonies. Augustus Frederick Prince Duke of Sussex 1773-1843. London : Norris and Son paperback
183863326London Norris and Son 1838. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. One plates is detached. Plates with marginal browning otherwise a very fine and clean copy. 25 pp. two folded plates. unknown
18232111160007Portland ME : Mirror Office 1823. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Freemasons 16 pages ; 23 cm. Softcover. Stab binding. Clean unmarked pages. An early and rare Masonic pamphlet from Maine. Portland [ME] : Mirror Office paperback
18578893Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co 1857. Sixth Edition. 8vo 10 5 6-396pp. Frontis and one other plate. Publisher's elaborately blind and gilt stamped red patterned cloth. Spine faded spine ends and corners lightly worn. Bookplate to front pastedown ink stains to upper corner of rear pastedown else clean internally and nearly fine. <br /> <br /> Uncommon Masonic text which explores the symbolism and allegory used in Masonry and how it relates to religious teachings including mortality virtue faith enlightenment etc. Quite scarce especially for having gone through several printings and a very nice copy. E.H. Butler & Co unknown
18858890New York: Robert Macoy Publisher 1885. First edition. 8vo 3 219pp plus 10 illustrated ads at rear. Ownership signature and stamp of Edwin A. Quick to front pastedown. Publisher's purple cloth stamped in black blind and gilt. Spine and top edge heavily sunned clean internally and very good. <br /> <br /> Uncommon 19th century Masonic directory with an interesting provenance. This copy owned by prominent architect from Yonkers Edwin A. Quick 1841-1913 who designed the Colgate Library Yonkers Public Library and City Hall Messiah Baptist Church among many others. He is listed in the directory on pg 211. Robert Macoy, Publisher unknown
18867709Oneonta N.Y. 1886. Menu 21.5 x 14 cm. one leaf printed recto only. Illustrated with two small engraved vignettes at head and foot of sheet. An attractively designed menu for a dinner of the Royal Arch Masons in the central New York State city of Oneonta. The menu items are interesting with a strong representation of clams oysters lobsters salmon sardines boiled ham corned beef pickled tongue pickled tripe pickled more clams and of course ice cream strawberries and pie. "J. Benedict sic Prop.†is printed but there is no indication of the name of a hotel caterer or restaurant. Very slight fold lines otherwise very clean and bright. unknown
1900324956Freemasons -- Southern Jurisdiction of the United States 1900. Hard Cover -- Very Good -- Showing lightest wear -- Lavendar cloth over boards with gilt lettering and gilt to all edges -- First Eition as no prior printing nored -- No date noted circa 1890's /1900's . Hard Cover. Very Good. Freemasons -- Southern Jurisdiction of the United States Hardcover
188343893Dijon: n.p. 1883. First Edition. Very good minus. Original Freemason record book from Dijon's Loge de la Concorde covering the period from March 1881 to March 1883. The majority of the record book's text consists of detailed minutes of the lodge meetings written in a variety of secretarial hands which are generally neat and thoroughly legible. Also included are records of correspondence sent and received receipts for fees due and paid and vote tallies as well as the names and addresses of what may be lodge members and visitors with a number of those being from American cities. 12.75'' x 9''. Lined journal in decorative stamped leather boards with handwritten paper label affixed to front. i-xv 229 pages. Moderate chipping to boards with some loss at corners and spine. Moderate foxing and toning to preliminary leaves mild soil and toning throughout. Text in French written in several contemporary hands. n.p. unknown
18942103160046Boston The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Rare Massachusetts Masonic work in original fine binding no. 2 of only 12 Doubly signed and inscribed by Seranus Bowen M.E. Grand High Priest. Limited edition of "only 700 copies printed . of which only 12 were bound in crushed levant of the later this copy is number 2." Fine binding. Bound in polished brown levant morocco. Front hinge mended. Gilt ruled spine and covers. Gilt dentelle. Top edge gilt. Stamped in gold John Gaigh. Inscribed to R.E. John Haigh by Bownen. 145 pp. Includes list of members. <br> Presumably John Haigh's copy 1832-1896 of Somerville Massachusetts. Haigh was a noted industrialist mason and book collector. - Necrology of The New-England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register NEHGS Boston Mass. 1897 Vol. 51 Page 82. Boston, The Chapter; S.J. Parkhill hardcover
1877SZEPEBKS007741IRio de Janeiro: Oriente do Rio de Janeiro 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 22x15 cm. - 388 pp. - With a separate title-page on the unnumbered Page 221: "Rituaes do Grande Oriente Unido e de Supremo Conselho do Brazil - I." with a date of 1879 as well as a full-page table of "Alphabetos Maconicos" on the also unnumbered Page 325. With a full-page Errata - Half red morocco spine with 4 raised bands and title in gilt marbled end-papers. Edges quite worn. With an old blue label of the Porto Allegre book dealer Joaquim Alves Leite and a bookplate of a now defunct U.S. seminary library. - The Grande Oriente do Brazil is a masonic body in Brazil in the tradition of Anglo-American Freemasonry. This book gives their constitution and laws and descrbes all of their rituals including the funeral ones. - Extremely rare: WorldCat gives no location at all and only a single one for the somewhat shorter 373 pages first edition of 1875 Universidade de Sao Paulo <br/> <br/> Oriente do Rio de Janeiro hardcover
187525499Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger for the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 1875. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. xv 17-236 pages. Plus thirteen plates with albumen photographs by Frederick Gutekunst. 8vo. Publisher's vibrant blue cloth with highly decorated gilt spine. #991/1000 copies. A bright clean copy noting old tape repair to rear of title page. Includes errata slip soiled. Cloth. Gutekunst was a significant photographer in the Philadelphia area garnering medals at national and international exhibitions and photographic major figures who passed through the area. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger for the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania unknown
185827473Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne Printer to the Grand Lodge 1858. 43 1 blank pp. bound with PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA.13TH DAY OF DECEMBER A.L. 5858 A.D. 1858. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 166pp. bound with PROCEEDINGS OF AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AT WILLIAMSBURG ON TUESDAY THE 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER A.L. 5859 A.D. 1859. Richmond: Wynne. 1860. 42 2 blanks pp. bound with PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA.12TH DAY OF DECEMBER A.L. 5859 A.D. 1859. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 164pp. bound with PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA.10TH DAY OF DECEMBER A.L. 5860 A.D. 1860. Richmond: Wynne. 1860. 152pp. All five imprints bound together in later half morocco and black cloth hinges starting with gilt-lettered spine title numerical label on spine. Old rubberstamp on front pastedown. Occasional light dust or minor wear. All Very Good but for the absence of wrappers.<br /> <br /> The first of these five pamphlets records the proceedings commemorating George Washington's birthday and the construction of the Virginia Washington Monument. Governor Wise speaks on the occasion. The imprints supply a complete picture of contemporary Freemasonry in Virginia with reports remarks regulations membership lists and philosophy. <br /> Haynes 6497. Chas. H. Wynne, Printer to the Grand Lodge unknown
189263140New York Boston and Philadelphia John C. Yorston & Co. Masonic Publishers 1892. 4to 350 x 280 mm. Five volumes uniformly bound in publisher original full cloth with gilt lettering and ornamentation to front boards. Small paper-labels pasted on to spines. Light wear to extremities and a few scratches to edges of boards. A few plates with marginal brownspotting otherwise fine and clean. With numerous fine steel engraving. <br/><br/><em>Large Paper Edition of this grand and finely produced biographical compendium of American Freemasonry profusely illustrated with engraved portraits of prominent members across the United States. </em> hardcover
1813015433London: Bro. T. Harper Jun Printer 1813. Rare. 7pp. No printed date circa 1813/1824. Disbound. Pages clean. . Near Very Good. Quarto. Bro. T. Harper, Jun, Printer unknown
18886046Moscow Tx 1888. Good plus. 23331pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum boards. Front board coming detached from foot; loss from foot of spine; moderate wear to corners and edges. Final leaf detached otherwise minimal internal wear. A detailed and long-running record of minutes for the Henderson Yoakum chapter of Freemasons which covers well over thirty years of the group's history. This chapter was located in the small east Texas town of Moscow south of Lufkin whose population was 228 in 1880 according to the census. These entries document the formation of the chapter record votes on members with a count of white and black balls cast bylaws design of a chapter seal announcements of deaths of members foundation of a Masonic school in town and much other chapter business. The book also includes proceedings of trials against members including one on May 27 1860 at which "It was decided that accused was guilty of gross unmasonic conduct by 6 black ball to three white." The entries are interrupted after the meeting on October 20 1860 at which a committee was appointed "To report on the propriety of withdrawing or seceding from the Grand Chapter of the United States." On August 19 1865 after the close of the Civil War the entries resume. An alphabetical index of subjects occupies the initial leaves. The namesake of the masonic chapter Henderson King Yoakum was a soldier politician and author whose 1855 History of Texas was described by John Jenkins as "The first scholarly history of Texas written after annexation." He was a close friend of Sam Houston and a founding member of the chapter that adopted his named. Laid into this record book is a carbon copy of a letter to the son of Texas Governor William P. Hobby remarking that his grandfather Edwin Hobby was a member of the Henderson Yoakum chapter as well as three additional pieces of later Texas masonic ephemera. Also notable is the bookseller's label on the front pastedown denoting that the blank book used to record these minutes was obtained from Henry Hinck Bookseller & Stationer Galveston Tx. A fine document of masonic participation in rural Texas in the second half of the 19th century. unknown
