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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
1016261144.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0331245140.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1926331369London: Freemasons' Hall 1926. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Scattered foxing throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; iv 238 pages. 13 plates. Subjects; Amended constitutions. Private organisations. London: Freemasons' Hall hardcover
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
2017BN237368Forgotten Books 2017. 2017. Hardcover. Geschichte der Grossen National-Mutterloge in den Preussischen Staaten Genannt zu den Drei Weltkugeln Classic Reprint <br/><br/>Geschichte der Grossen National-Mutterloge in den Preussischen Staaten Genannt zu den Drei Weltkugeln Classic Reprint Freemasons Germany Forgotten Books hardcover
1921408704London : Freemasons’ Hall 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 139 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Freemasons; Masonry; British masons; World War I; Fallen soldiers. London : Freemasons’ Hall hardcover
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
11784Melvill House 14 June 1800. One page 8vo edges sunned mainly good condition. "My LOrd Having retired tot her Country after dissolving the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland I only had yesterday the Honour of receiving your Grace's Letter of the 7th informing me of His Majesty's Gracious Acception of their Address on the present Situation of publick affairs. I immediately forwarded it to the 1st. Clerk of the Asembly as a farther Record and Testimony of His Majestys benevolent Disposition towards the Church of Scotland. ." Melvill House, 14 June 1800. unknown
elala5764np: np c1750. Possibly edited by Gabriel-Louis Pérau 1700-1767 to whose L'Ordre des francs-maçons trahi it is sometimes found appended. The advice to the binder mentions 8 plates & gives different page placement and together with errata suggests a larger work. Worldcat. cites 2 different printings of the Chansons one of 30 pages the other of 31 with no mention of number of plates. small 8vo. pp. 33 1. 5 engraved plates of music. contemporary floral wrs. some chipping to extremities of wrs. old repair to lower front wr. 1 plate cropped at outer margin light dampstain to plates. elala5764 np: np, [c1750] unknown
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
52052Bury:: Printed and Sold for the Society By R. Hellawell Market-Place 1818. Scarce first edition in later library binding. 12mo.16.0cm x 10.0cm x 2.5cm. pp.xii./pp.432/2pp. - Errata. Green buckram boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Smooth spine with git titles: "Free-Masons Melody - Bury 1818". Later green endpapers. Library label to front endpaper: "Manchester Association For Masonic Research". Clear text throughout on lightly soiled paper. A well-preserved copy of a scarce Masonic publication. VG. Full title reads: "The Free-Masons' melody : being a general collection of Masonic songs . chiefly adapted to familiar tunes . to which are added the Royal Free-Masons' charities a list of the officers of the United Grand Lodge with the remarkable occurrences in Masonry and a list of lodgesdown to the present time / by the Brethren of Prince Edwin's Lodge No.209 Bridge Inn Bury Lancashire." Bury:: Printed and Sold, for the Society, By R. Hellawell, Market-Place, 1818. hardcover
52141Bury:: Printed and Sold for the Society By R. Hellawell Market-Place 1818. Scarce first edition in later library binding. 12mo.16.0cm x 10.0cm x 2.5cm. pp.xii./pp.432/2pp. - Errata. Green buckram boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Smooth spine with git titles: "Free-Masons Melody - Bury 1818". Later green endpapers. Library label to front endpaper: "Manchester Association For Masonic Research". Clear text throughout on lightly soiled paper. A well-preserved copy of a scarce Masonic publication. VG. Full title reads: "The Free-Masons' melody : being a general collection of Masonic songs . chiefly adapted to familiar tunes . to which are added the Royal Free-Masons' charities a list of the officers of the United Grand Lodge with the remarkable occurrences in Masonry and a list of lodgesdown to the present time / by the Brethren of Prince Edwin's Lodge No.209 Bridge Inn Bury Lancashire." Bury:: Printed and Sold, for the Society, By R. Hellawell, Market-Place, 1818. hardcover
9472Edinburgh; 19 August 1802. 4to 3 pp. Bifolium. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Minimal damage has been caused to the second leaf affecting two or three unimportant words of text by the breaking of the red wax seal. Addressed by Guthrie 'To Charles Sharpe of Hoddam Esqr Hoddam Castle Provenance Grand Master for Dumfries Shire'. Small circular red ink postmark. Docketed. Guthrie's letter in a secretarial hand but signed and with an initialed postscript by him covers the two centre pages. He writes that 'a great proportion' of the lodges are in arrears 'some of them 20 years and upwards'. 'The funds of the Grand Lodge are at present very much Exhausted by the liberal supplies they have been induced to afford to Indigent Brethren for these three years past'. He also mentions the laying of 'the foundation Stone of the new Jail at Dumfries'. He cites the minutes in support of a demand that Sharpe 'enforce a strict compliance'. The recto of the first sheet carries a list of fifteen numbered lodges headed 'Dumfries Shire Charles Sharpe Esqr P. G. M.' giving the dates of 'last payment.' and 'last Certificate'. At the foot of the page is quotation of a six-line resolution by the Grand Lodge 'of 2d May last' regarding arrears. Edinburgh; 19 August 1802. unknown
1939182208London : Grenadiers Lodge 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Loosely inserted related ephemera with a host of members' signatures to ffep. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some fading and rubbing to bottom of panels. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 251 pages; Physical desc.: 251 p. : illus. frontis. plates facsims. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Freemasonry - Craft masonry - History. Cover title: The Grenadiers Lodge - No. 66. Includes 50 numbered plates. London : Grenadiers Lodge hardcover
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
1958214081958. Archive of Prince Hall Freemasonry souvenir programs documenting African American fraternal organization networks and civic leadership in Portland Oregon during the mid- to late twentieth century. The material consists of official annual communication programs issued by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon documenting Black fraternal governance mutual aid ceremonial leadership and community organization through structured leadership hierarchies public ceremonies youth initiatives scholarship programs and affiliated women's organizations. The archive provides evidence for the study of African American civic institutions in the Pacific Northwest particularly within Oregon where exclusionary racial laws and a comparatively small Black population historically limited the development of Black organizational infrastructure.<br /> <br /> Archive consists of three illustrated souvenir programs issued by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Portland Oregon in 1958 1973 and 1977. Programs measure between approximately 6 x 9 inches and 8.5 x 11 inches and range from 44 to 73 pages. Staple-bound in illustrated wrappers each volume contains numerous black-and-white photographic portraits of lodge officers affiliated members and organizational leadership. The programs document annual communications in which Masonic leadership convened to establish organizational priorities and reaffirm community initiatives. Several full-page portraits depict high-ranking officials in formal Masonic regalia including William B. Odom Jr. identified as "Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon F. & A.M. Inc." Additional material includes photographs and addresses by Thomas R. Vickers whose remarks in the 1977 program emphasize anti-crime efforts youth mentorship scholarship support and civic engagement. One section is devoted to Grand Worthy Matron Lenora E. Gaskin pictured wearing an embroidered ceremonial sash over formal attire documenting the role of women's auxiliary leadership within Prince Hall organizational structures. The 1977 cover prominently features themes including "Community Involvement" "Youth Civic Affairs" "Education" and "Family" underscoring the lodge's broader social mission beyond ritual practice. No copies located in OCLC at the time of cataloging.<br /> <br /> Founded in 1784 Prince Hall Freemasonry became one of the most significant African American fraternal systems in the United States fostering leadership networks educational initiatives mutual aid structures and civic engagement during periods of racial exclusion from mainstream white institutions. These Oregon programs document the continuity of Black institutional life in a state historically shaped by exclusionary racial legislation and limited African American migration patterns. The archive documents Prince Hall lodges as centers of community leadership youth development and social responsibility within Black civic life during the postwar and post-Civil Rights eras. Minor foxing and light fading to covers occasional edgewear and curled corner to the 1977 program; bindings remain secure and interiors clean. Overall very good condition. Documentary record of African American fraternal organization and community leadership in the Pacific Northwest. unknown
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
