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rif. 42622Edinburgh: Scobie & Conacher 249 High St. / Glasgow: Porteous Brothers 43 Renfield Street / Dunfermline: A. Romanes "The Press." / Aberdeen: A Brown And Co. Union Street / Paisley: A. Gardner / Dundee: John Pellow High Street no date c. 1888 . In Paper Covers 2/- ; Boards 2/6; By Post 2d. extra." First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.00" x 0.50" 18.7cm x 12.8cm x 1.4cm. pp.8/pp.163 Original light blue boards. Gilt title to front cover: "Masonic Songs Oddfellowship Songs &c. &c." Boards rubbed and bumped. Spine dulled with similar gilt title: "Masonic Songs &c. J. Blair." Original dark brown endpapers. Library label to verso of the front board: "Freemasons' Hall Library Leicester". Printed title-page. Colophon to verso of the title-page: "Printed by T. C. Blair Musselburgh." Clean English text throughout. A very good copy of this scarce book. John Blair Bard a member of the Lodge Journeyman 8. John Blair 1819-1889 was forced to leave school a 8 years following the death of his father and work in a typographical foundry later becoming a journalist and apart from a stay of 4 years in London lived all his life in Edinburgh. John Blair eventually became manager of the Marr Type Foundry. He died in early March in Edinburgh in his 71st year. He was a man of active mind and much ability. He Was the main editor of the North British Express during the time it existed. He was a Chartist leader prominent Freemason and Oddfellow and a poet. Edinburgh: Scobie & Conacher, 249 High St. / Glasgow: Porteous Brothers, 43 Renfield Street / Dunfermline: A. Romanes, "The Pres hardcover
rif. 52908London: Printed for Private Circulation among the members of No. 4 Lodge. Printed by St. Clements Press Ltd. Portugal Street Kingsway January 1932. Signed limited edition 100 copies. 11.0" x 8.5" x 0.2". pp.28. Blue papered boards and beige cloth spine. Black titles to front board and spine. Dedication to front endpaper signed by the Author dated 2 October 1935. Mezzotint portrait frontispiece of "Doctor Desaguliers" by R. Scaddon. Clean text throughout. VG. London: Printed for Private Circulation among the members of No. 4 Lodge. Printed by St. Clements Press, Ltd., Portugal Street, hardcover
rif. 45140London: Spencer & Co. 23A Great Queen Street no date - c. 1887 . A very good original binding. 4to. 10.75" x 8.50" . pp.20. Black blind-stamped boards with masonic symbols to corners of the front board. Chip to lower edge of front board and rubbing to the spine. Front board with gilt title: "Masonic Musical Service - M. E. Doorly 2/6 Nett". Original yellow endpapers. Library reference number to front endpaper. Clean text and musical notation throughout. A very good copy of this early masonic music. "Doorly Martin Edward organist and composer born in Demerara British Guiana 1847. Was for many years organist of the Cathedral Bridgetown Barbadoes and conductor of concerts ; also music master at Queen's College Barbadoes. In 1891 he graduated Mus. Bac Durham after examination held at Codrington College affiliated to Durham University Barbadoes. He composed an oratorio "The Raising of Lazarus" produced at Marshall's Hall Bridgetown August 24 1880 and repeated on the 27th in St. Leonard's Church ; this performance being conducted by the Lord Bishop of the diocese Dr. ilitchinson. He also wrote an opera "Equality;" A burlesque; and published some organ pieces and songs. He died at Barbadoes August 22 1895." - See British musical biography: a dictionary of musical artists authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies. London: Spencer & Co., 23A, Great Queen Street, [no date - c. 1887] . hardcover
rif. 51108Oceanside California: Rosicrucian Fellowship 1916. Second edition. Contents: I.The Order of Rosicrucians and the Rosicrucian Fellowship: i A New Step; ii Mount Ecclesia. II.The Problem of Life and its Solution: i Three Theories of Life; ii We Are Eternal Poem by the Author. III.The Visible and the Invisible World: i The Chemical Region; ii The Etheric Region; iii The Desire World; iv The World of Thought; v Creed or Christ. Poem by the Author. IV.The Constitution of Man: i The Vtial Body; iiThe Desire Body; iiiThe Mind. V. Life and Death: i Invisible Helpers and Mediums; ii Death; iii The Panorama of Past Life; iv Purgatory; v The First Heaven; vi The Second Heaven; vii The Third Heaven; viii Birth and Child-Life; ix The Mystery of Light Color and Consciousness; x Education of Children. Pp.198/ ix publisher's catalogue with ink price ammendments price ammendment to title page toning to endpapers. Decorated olive cloth boards wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips small bump to lower front edge. Scarce. VG. Oceanside, California: Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1916. hardcover
rif. 52413London: Kenning & Son 1921. 2nd edition. The Old Dundee Lodge is considered one of the oldest "Modern" lodges. It originally took its name in 1747 from the "Dundee Arms" tavern in Wapping London. Pp.xx/316 colour frontispiece from an original water-colour drawing Pelican Stairs Old Wapping by J.L.Stewart many further black & white photo illustrations toning to endpapers Masonic Research Association bookplate to inside front boar. Blue cloth gilt title to front and spine. Scarce. G. London: Kenning & Son, 1921. hardcover
rif. 50837Milwaukee Wisconsin: Independent Order Of Good Templars 208 Oneida Street 1903 . An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted To The Interests Of The Temperance Reform Throughout The World." 12 monthly magazines for 1903 bound together in a very good full leather binding. 8vo. 9.75" x 7.0" x 1.0" pp.432 ending with index. Polished maroon morocco boards with gilt lined border. Spine with gilt banding and title: "I. G. T. 1903". Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. All page edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Original brown endpapers. Clean text illustrions and adverts throughout. VG. "The International Organisation of Good Templars IOGT; founded as the Independent Order of Good Templars whose international body is known as Movendi International is a fraternal organization which is part of the temperance movement promoting abstinence from alcohol and other drugs. The IOGT named themselves after the Knights Templar citing the legend that the original knights "drank sour milk and also because they were fighting 'a great crusade' against 'this terrible vice' of alcohol." - See Wikipedia Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Independent Order Of Good Templars, 208 Oneida Street, 1903 . hardcover
rif. 49145Scotland: James Emslie Torbit 1946 . Leather wrap-round wallet. 5.5" x 3.75" x 1.0" when closed. Black morocco leather over thin card. Gilt titles to outside: "James Emslie Torbit Lodge Crawfurdsburn No. 1121." Plus gilt masonic symbols to the flap. Interior line with marbled paper. 5 folded certificates contained in a personalised leathet wallet. One certificate loosely inserted the other four sewed on to leaves of thin card: Scottish Masonic Certificate dated 22nd November 1961 Lord Kitchener Lodge No. 3402 Limassol Cyprus ; Scottish Royal Select And Super-Excellent Masters dated 26th March 1951 Greenock Council No. 17; Scottish Royal Arch dated 20th November 1946. Greenock Chapter No. 17; Scottish Mark Master Mason dated 28th June 1946 Crawfurdsburn No 1121; Scottish Masonic Certificate dated 18th March 1946 Crawfurdsburn No. 1121 . Family history records show that James Emslie Torbit was born on 29 February 1916 in Greenock Renfrewshire his father John was 28 and his mother Elizabeth was 29. He married Bullbell Coate Brunt in 1948 in Bristol Gloucestershire. He died in 1980 in Norfolk at the age of 64. Military career: Royal Army Medical Corps 1936-39 Palestine; 1939-45 Singapore Sergeant Prisoner of War 1942-45; 1952 Promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major; 1962 Promoted to Captain . Scotland: James Emslie Torbit, 1946 . hardcover
rif. 50740Richmond Virginia : Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Company Inc. 3011 Old Dumbarton Road Richmond VA 23228 c. 2007 . A very good presentation bible presented on the 250th anniversary of the formation of the lodge in 1757. Maroon leather with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Each board with gilt border and central gilt text: "God Shall Establish St Johns Lodge Constituted 5757 Burnt Down The 8th Of March 5770 Rebuilt And Opened November 28 5770 Officers Then Presiding Jonathan Hampton M. William Butler SW. Isaac Heron JW. Spine with gilt title and gilt decoration. All page edges bright gilt. Maroon endpapers. Maroon silk marker ribbon. Presentation page with signatures of the Master and the Secretary but no Apprentice dated Dec 7 1757 - 2007. Printed note before Bible: "The front cover the three pages ahead of this page and the page between Genesis chapter 49 and 50 are reduced facsimiles of the Bible upon which George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States. The page in between the original Bible Bro. Washington kissed after taking the oath. The mapsin the back of this volume are also from the original Bible. The Bible was then and has been ever since the property of St. John's Lodge No. 1 Ancient York Masons New York." The bible is the Self-Pronouncing Edition" King James Version 5.75" x 3.75" x 1.25" Agate 32mo. pp.885/1p./pp.254 . Clean throughout. VG "St. John's Lodge No. 1 A.Y.M. in New York City United States is the oldest operating Masonic Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York Free and Accepted Masons. The lodge was originally warranted as St. John's Lodge No. 2 on December 7 1757 by George Harison Esq. of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New York under the Grand Lodge of England Moderns." Richmond, Virginia : Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Company, Inc. 3011 Old Dumbarton Road, Richmond , VA 23228, [ c. 2007 ] . hardcover
rif. 52423Aesun Publishing 2010. 1st edition. The common origin of Freemasonry and Christianity in ancient sun-worship.22.5cms x 15cms x 2.5cms. Pp.412 colour and black & white photos and illustrations inscribed bu the author to front free endpaper. Paperback. Scarce. VG. Aesun Publishing, 2010. paperback
rif. 42383London: Printed By Norris And Son Bloomfield Street Finsbury Circus. Sold By Brother R. Spencer Masonic Bookseller Publisher Stationer. &c. 314 High Holborn London MDCCCXLVII. 1847 . Signed copy. 8vo. 8.50" x 5.50" x 0.50". pp.8 /pp.147/22pp. Original grey-green cloth binding with rubbed gilt titles to the front board: "Constitutions of Free and Accepted Masons - 1847." Boards faded edges rubbed and bumped. Original endpapers lightly soiled. Printed bookplate to verso of the front board: "A. M. Broadley. Ex Libris The Knapp 1902 Bradpole." Inner hinges carefully stregthened. Pencil notes regarding this special edition to front free-endpaper. Engraved frontis lightly foxed: Pl. 1 Collar and jewel of the Grand Master. Printed title page and clean English text throughout. Dedication on p. v. signed in brown ink by "William H. White G.S." Clean pages throughout just some light foxing to the the plates at the rear. A good copy of this scarce book. N.B. The 1847 edition technically the tenth edition of Constitutions was the last to see the Grand Secretary personally sign the dedication. Thereafter it was printed in facsimile. The illustration of "Collar of a Grand Officer of the Grand Lodge of England" is normally ommitted from this edition but two new illustrations are added: Provincial Grand Master's Jewel; and Deputy Provincial Grand Master's Jewel. William Henry White born about 1777 died 5 Apr 1866 : ".Little is on record of his early days but we do know that he was initiated in the Lodge of Emulation No.21 on 15 April 1799 and in 1801 became its Worshipful Master. Having been honoured with the rank of Grand Steward in 1805 he joined Grand Stewards Lodge in 1805. In 1810 he became Joint Secretary Premier Grand Lodge with his father William White and was very active in the Lodge of Reconciliation. Before 1813 he was appointed Private Secretary to HRH the Duke of Sussex an office held until the Duke's death. He was also Secretary of the Hon. Artillery Company. At the Quarterly Communication of March 1856 when both Zetland and White were absent because of ill health there was open opposition to the re-election of the Grand Master though he was elected and proclaimed and the motion was duly carried. The Masonic Mirror in March 1856 reported that Bro White was quite ill. White sent his resignation to the Grand Master. Zetland refused to accept it and White continued until April 1857 when William Gray Clarke was appointed Grand Secretary. William Henry White became Joint Grand Secretary from 27th December 1813 and retired 29th April 1857. Bro White was to live a further nine years on the pension voted for him by Grand Lodge. He had served the premier Grand Lodge and the United Grand Lodge of England all his adult life. As Joint Grand Secretary of the Moderns with his father from 1810 and Joint Grand Secretary of the UGLE with Edwards Harper from 1813 to 1838 and finally as Grand Secretary of UGLE from 1839 to 1857. A total of forty-seven years serving two Grand Masters the Duke of Sussex and the Earl of Zetland both of whom totally relied on him. He had withstood the onslaught of Drs. Crecefix and Oliver and outlasted them and their magazines. William H. White lived in retirement for another few years and passed away in 1866." - see The Union of the "Moderns" and the "Antients" Grand lodges to create The United Grand Lodge of England in 1813. Bi-Centenary Anniversary 2013 by Allan de Luca The Chingford Masonic Association Newsletter No.41 - Spring 2013 Editor - W Bro Allan de Luca . "Alexander Meyrick Broadley 19 July 1847 � 16 April 1916 was a British historian author and barrister. He is best known for being the defense lawyer for Ahmed Orabi after the failure of the Urabi Revolt. His father also named Alexander was vicar of Bradpole in Dorset England. He entered Lincoln's Inn as a law student in 1866 and was called to the bar in 1869. He lived in Tunis for a number of years and worked as a lawyer there within the French legal system. He later lived in Belgium for a time. In later life he returned to Bradpole and built a large house called "The Knapp" as of 1998 it still existed and had been converted into a nursing home. He collected a large number of books some of which he "grangerized" by adding additional illustrations and also became a prolific author of books on historical topics." - See Wikipedia London: Printed By Norris And Son, Bloomfield Street, Finsbury Circus. ( Sold By Brother R. Spencer, Masonic Bookseller, Publish hardcover
1979rif. 026844American Philosophical Society 1979. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Signed with warm inscription by the author. An extra bright newlooking copy with unopened pages. American Philosophical Society hardcover
rif. 44182London: Published By Bro. George Kenning 2 3 and 4 Little Britain E.C. MDCCCLXXI. 1871 . First and only edition. Original cloth binding. 8vo. 8.25" x 6.75" x 0.25". pp.83/12pp. - Adverts . Brown cloth over bevelled boards soiled and rubbed. Gilt titles to front board. Spine rubbed with careful repairs to top & tail. All page edges gilt. Original brown endpapers. Dedication to front endpaper. Half-title present. Printed title-page in red & black. Each page within a red-lined border. Clear English text throughout. A good copy of this scarce publication. VG. "George Taylor a Past Master of Lechmere Volunteer Lodge No. 1874. George Taylor was a prominent and prolific Worcester Mason in the late 1800�s whose Mother Lodge was in Kidderminster. In 1884 W. Bro George held a �Great Masonic Soiree and Exhibition� at the Guildhall in Worcester and in 1886 he generously offered the whole of his collection of Masonic artefacts and books to the Province." - See Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire . London: Published By Bro. George Kenning, 2, 3, and 4, Little Britain, E.C., MDCCCLXXI. [ 1871 ] . hardcover
rif. 53136London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd 1921. 1st edition. "So far as possible I have accumulated evidence of the use of our signs and symbols throughout the world; among savages among the ancient nations and among the peoples of the East wise in the ancient wisdom.The theory I venture to propound is that Freemasonry originated in the primitive initiary rites of prehistoric man and from those rites have been built up all the ancient mysteries and thence all the modern religious systems."Author's preface. Pp.xxii/373 colour frontispiece 49 further black & white illustrations slight toning to pages with light marginal spotting throughout. Faded maroon cloth gilt title to spine masonic emblem to front board. Scarce. G. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1921. hardcover
1963rif. 028782Horizon Press 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. A tight & clean well-preserved copy. Beautiful bright covers are like new. Thin jacket with chipping to edges faded spine & light soil. Contains writings of her husband not previously published. Horizon Press hardcover
rif. 50296Luton: White Crescent Press Limited 1975. 1st edition. Volume One only. From 1798 charities were set up for clothing and educating sons of needy Freemasons. They originally provided education by sending them to schools near to their homes. A specific masonic boys' school was set up at Wood Green in North London in 1857 following amalgamation of the charities in 1852. A new school was built in Bushey Hertfordshire in 1903 and a Junior School was added on the other side of The Avenue in 1929. By 1939 there were 800 boys at the school. Pp.xiv/257 23 black & white photosand illustrations illustrated endpapers presentation message to reverse of front free endpaper. Blue cloth discolouration to lower rear board edge. Dustwrapper has tear to lower front edge and minor wear to top edges. Scarce. G/G. Following a decline in pupil numbers the junior school closed in 1970 with the senior school closing in 1977. The buildings' condition declined and fell into disrepair. They have now been redeveloped as housing.Both schools were commonly used for films such as Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Lucky Jim twice Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and numerous TV shows from the 1950s until recently. Luton: White Crescent Press Limited, 1975. hardcover
rif. 48918Cincinnati Ohio USA : R. W. Carroll & Co. 117 West Fourth Street 1873 / 1875 . A very good original full leather binding. Wrap-round or wallet style binding. 16mo. 4.5" x 3.0" x 1.0". 6pp./pp.393/pp.153. Bound with: "The Odd Fellows' Minstrel: A Collecton Of Odes.1873" . Black full calf with gilt corner decoration. Spine with title: "Odd Fellows' Pocket Companion And Minstrel". Inner hinges carefully strengthened. All page edges gilt. Clean text illustrations and musical notation. VG . Cincinnati, [ Ohio, USA ] : R. W. Carroll & Co., 117 West Fourth Street, 1873 / 1875 . hardcover
rif. 50741Richmond Virginia : Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Company Inc. 3011 Old Dumbarton Road Richmond VA 23228 c. 2007 . A mint presentation bible presented on the 250th anniversary of the formation of the lodge in 1757. Un-opened and still sealed in polythene. Maroon leather with bright gilt decoration to both boards and spine. Each board with gilt border and central gilt text: "God Shall Establish St Johns Lodge Constituted 5757 Burnt Down The 8th Of March 5770 Rebuilt And Opened November 28 5770 Officers Then Presiding Jonathan Hampton M. William Butler SW. Isaac Heron JW. Spine with gilt title and gilt decoration. All page edges bright gilt. Maroon endpapers. Maroon silk marker ribbon. Presentation page blank. Printed note before Bible: "The front cover the three pages ahead of this page and the page between Genesis chapter 49 and 50 are reduced facsimiles of the Bible upon which George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States. The page in between the original Bible Bro. Washington kissed after taking the oath. The mapsin the back of this volume are also from the original Bible. The Bible was then and has been ever since the property of St. John's Lodge No. 1 Ancient York Masons New York." The bible is the Self-Pronouncing Edition" King James Version 5.75" x 3.75" x 1.25" Agate 32mo. pp.885/1p./pp.254 . Clean throughout. Mint. "St. John's Lodge No. 1 A.Y.M. in New York City United States is the oldest operating Masonic Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of New York Free and Accepted Masons. The lodge was originally warranted as St. John's Lodge No. 2 on December 7 1757 by George Harison Esq. of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New York under the Grand Lodge of England Moderns." Richmond, Virginia : Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Company, Inc. 3011 Old Dumbarton Road, Richmond , VA 23228, [ c. 2007 ] . hardcover
rif. 50938London: R. Spencer Great Queen Street Opposite Freemasons' Hall 1864 . Second edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 4.5" x 0.5" 18.7cm x 11.5cm x 1.5cm. pp.xvi/pp.192/pp.8/pp.vii/15pp. ; Including an engraved frontis of Masonic symbols. Blue boards lightly soiled and rubbed. Gilt title to front board. Spine darkened. Library label to the verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Hallamshire College." There is also an early signature to the top of the verso of the front board: "Wm. Watson June 1877". Yellow endpapers with adverts. Clear text throughout on lightly toned paper. The last 31 pages consist of adverts and summaries of othe Masonic books currently available. A very good copy of this scarce 19th century publication. "The Rev. George Oliver D.D. November 5 1782 - March 3 1867. One of the most distinguished and learned of English freemasons George Oliver is remembered as a laborious antiquary and author on both masonic and ecclesiastical themes. While his erroneous theories and fanciful speculations on the early history of Freemasonry must be rejected his laborious researches and genuine scholarship requires that he be placed as the founder of what may well be called the literary school of Freemasonry. " - Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Albert Mackey. London: R. Spencer, Great Queen Street, Opposite Freemasons' Hall, 1864 . hardcover
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2026rif. x-0198791518Oxford University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 6.22x0.75x9.41 inches. Oxford University Press hardcover
rif. 51505Cork: Printed by Guy & Co. Ltd. 70 Patrick Street 1941 . Third Edition With revisions and additions . Copyright. Scarce copy: Elizabeth Aldworth - The only woman ever admitted to the Masonic Order and her initiation around 1710. 9.0" x 5.75" . pp.37 . Light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. One light blue paint spot to the front board. White endpapers. Clean throughout. No library marks or other ownership details. Compass and square frontis. Printed title. Text very clean. With 9 colour and black & white illustrations. The Lady Freemason 1693-1772 . Perhaps the most intriguing story in connection with Munster Masonry concerns the Hon. Mrs Elizabeth Aldworth nee St Leger the only Lady Freemason. She was born in 1693 the fourth child and only daughter of Viscount Doneraile who was himself a keen mason. The story states that Lord Doneraile held Lodge meetings at Doneraile Court from time to time. On one occasion c.1712 some building work had been partially completed whereby two rooms were to be connected by an arch. Lord Doneraile and other masons held a meeting in one of the rooms not realising that Elizabeth was in the other room having fallen asleep whilst reading. The sound of voices awakened her and her curiosity aroused she removed a loose brick in the wall and observed the proceedings. It is reported a staff member discovered her. The members of the lodge under the circumstances felt they had to initiate her. At this time she was a young girl not more than nineteen years of age. She remained an interested member of the order until her death in 1772. Typed letters include: Lady Castleton to Mrs Hanford Flood 20 Oct 1907; 4 letters dated 29 Sept 1911; 12 Oct 1911; 19 Oct 1911 & Nov 11 1911; all from John Day the author to Mis A. H. Flood . "Alice Hanford Flood was born in Kilkenny Farmley Leinster Ireland about 1856 daughter of William Hanford Flood 1809 - 3 May 1892 and was the was a sister to Mary Frances Hervey. In 1881 she was living with her father at Wollas Hall Pershore Worcestershire. In 1901 a 44 year old spinster living at 16 Queens Road Paddington London and as Miss A. H. Flood of Thurston she exhibited a watercolour at the 3rd Suffolk Art and Aid Association exhibition held at The Athenaeum Bury St Edmund's on 23 October 1908. In 1911 a 55 year old living at Thurston Cottage Bury St Edmund's Suffolk the home of her brother-in-law Col. Constantine Hervey. Cork: Printed by Guy & Co. Ltd., 70 Patrick Street, 1941 . Third Edition ( With revisions and additions ). Copyright. hardcover
rif. 507361876 & 1878. Standard Victorian Notebook. 8.25" x 5.5" x 1.0". 180 leaves with handwriting on one side of each leaf. Crimson Morocco spine and corners over crimson buckram boards. Two old adhesive labels applied to the front board: "Canadian K. T. Ritual and K. M. Ritual; and The American Red Cross Ritual." Marbled endpapers and matching page edges dulled. Two handwritten title-pages: " page 1 - United Orders of the Temple & Malta. Rituals of the Sovereign Great Priory for the Dominion of Canada Founded on the English System of Templars. A.D. 1876." ; page 91 - "Degree of the Order of Malta in connection with the Sovereign Great Priory Of Canada of the United Orders of the Temple and St. John of Jerusalem Palestine Rhodes and Malta as Authorized by the Great Priory of Canada A.D. 1878." Neat inked handwriting throughout with accompanying diagrams. Very well executed. 1876 & 1878 hardcover
rif. 50231London: William Rider & Son Limited 1925. 1st edition. Chapters include: I. Imitations from the Old Records; II. The Acception and Robert Fludd; III. Ancient York Masonry; IV. The Mystical Quest in Freemasonry; V. Masonic Tradition and the Royal Arch; VI. The Second Birth of Masonry in Continental Rites; VII. Grades of the Secret Tradition; VIII. Christology of the Secret Tradition; IX. The Chivalry of the Holy Temple; X. The Development of Vengeance Grades; XI. The Alleged Masonic Peril; XII. The Place of Masonry in the Rites of Initiation. Pp.xii/301 gpresentation message Bequeathed to Joshua Nunn Lodge 2154 by W.Bro. Ernest Clayton. P.G.Std B to inside front board a few minor marginal spots. Bright blue cloth with blind-stamped title to front gilt title to spine minor wear to top and tail of spine. Scarce. VG. London: William Rider & Son Limited, 1925. hardcover
