rif. Kyo TakenouchiNot in perfect condition. unknown
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rif. 1914985028.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 42456London:Privately printed by Warrington & Co. Printer's 23 Garrick Street 1910. Scarce Revised Edition in a very good original binding. 8vo. 19cm x 13cm 1.8cm. pp.119. Blue cloth with gilt crest and title to front board. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. All edges gilt. Original light brown endpapers. Portrait frontispiece of the Prince of Wales King Edward VII . Plus a further 16 monochrome portrait plates plus a coloured plate of Prince of Wales's jewel. A very good copy of this scarce book. "The Prince of Wales Lodge No. 259 was named and established in 1787. In 1787 the lodge met at the Thatched House Tavern Street St. James's Street London. The lodge now meets at Mark Masons' Hall 86 St. James's Street London. This is one of the nineteen lodges that have the privilege of nominating each year a member for appointment by the Grand Master as a Grand Steward and is therefore known as a Red Apron Lodge. Members of the Prince of Wales' Lodge are permitted to wear Garter-blue on the interior portion of the edging to their aprons. This honour was given in 1830 to commemorate that at his accession to the throne King William the Fourth was the Master of the Prince of Wales Lodge." - See National Archives London:Privately printed by Warrington & Co., Printer's, 23, Garrick Street, 1910. hardcover
rif. 46324Bath: The Herald Press 1921. 1st edition. Contents: I.Lineal Descent from the Lodge of Reconciliation; II.The Stability Lectures; III.The Stability Ceremonies; IV.Continuity of Teaching: 1Philip Broadfoot and Peter Thomson1817-1851; V.Continuity of Teaching: 2Henry Muggeridge 1851-1885; VI.Continuity of Teaching: 3Eustace Anderson and F.W.Golby 1885-1917; VII.Uninterrupted Existence for a Century; Appendix A. Alphabetical List of Members of the Stability Lodge of Instruction from its Foundation; Appendix b. List of Members of the Stability Lodge of Instruction Arranged Under Their Respective Lodges. Pp.xx/276 4 black & white portrait plates toning to endpapers. Dark blue cloth gilt title to spine dulled edge wear and small bumps to corners. Good. Bath: The Herald Press, 1921. hardcover
rif. 14892London: Augustine Press 1954. 1st ed. The author argues that Masonic ritual is not compatible with membership of the Christian church and that ".they are but revivals of early Gnostic mystery-cults against which the primitive Church was in deadly enmity." Pp.222 toning to endpapers slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth gilt title to spine minor edge wear. G. London: Augustine Press, 1954. hardcover
rif. 43292Madras India: The Theosophical Publishing House 1926. Chapters include: Schools of Masonic Thought; The Egyptian Mysteries; The Cretan Mysteries; The Jewish Mysteries; The Greek Mysteries; The Mithraic Mysteries; Craft Masonry in Mediaeval Times; Operative Masonry in the Middle Ages; The Transition from Operative to Speculative; Other Lines of Masonic Tradition; The Scottish Rite; and The Co-Masonic Order. Pp.xvi/380 black & white portrait frontispiece 12 futher black & white plates diagonal cut loss to lower front free endpaper. Grey cloth spine withfawn paper-covered boards boards rubbed with bumps to corners spine fading with wear to top and tail. Scarce in this original edition. G. Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1926. hardcover
rif. 52389London: A. Lewis 13 Paternoster Row MDCCCLXXXVIII 1888 . Scarce first edition. Original pamphlet rebound in plain boards and brown cloth spine. pp.39 . 7.0" x 5.0" x 0.2". Library label to verso of the front board: "This Book Is The Property Of The Manchester Association For Masonic Research". Grey paper covers with printed title. Light soiling to first few leaves and last leaf otherwise clean text and musical notation throughout. VG London: A. Lewis , 13, Paternoster Row, MDCCCLXXXVIII [ 1888 ] . hardcover
rif. 47225Chicago : Printed by Knight & Leonard 105 107 and 109 Madison Street 1876 . Fourth edition. A very good original cloth binding. 8vo. 8.0" x 6.25" x 0.5". pp.145 . Green cloth over bevelled boards edges rubbed and corners bumped. Rubbed gilt titles to front board. Light discolouration to lower corner of front board. Original brown endpapers. Previous owner's signature to front free-endpaper: "W. M. La Fiorce Gold Hill Nev 1875". Clean text throughout. VG. " Rob Morris was a prominent American poet and Freemason. He also created the first ritual for what was to become the Order of the Eastern Star. Many references state that Rob Morris was born on August 31 1818 near Boston Massachusetts. However there is some evidence that he was born Robert Williams Peckham in New York and that he adopted the name of his foster parents after the death of his birth parents later shortening his name to Rob to avoid confusion with another poet named Robert Morris. After he became a Mason on March 5 1846 he became convinced that there needed to be a way for female relatives of Masons to share in some measure in the benefits of Freemasonry. While teaching at the Eureka Masonic College "The Little Red Brick School Building" in Richland Mississippi in 1849-1850 he wrote Eastern Star's first ritual titled The Rosary of the Eastern Star. He organized a "Supreme Constellation" in 1845 to charter Star chapters. In 1866 because of his planned travel abroad he handed over the organizational authority of Eastern Star to Robert Macoy. Over the years he wrote over 400 poems many of which were devoted to Eastern Star and Masonry. While traveling in the Holy Land he wrote the words to the hymn "O Galilee". In 1854 he wrote "The Level and the Square" which may be his best-known poem. Because of his many works on Masonic subjects on December 17 1884 he was crowned the "Poet Laureate of Freemasonry" an honor which had not been granted since the death of Robert Burns in 1796. His health began to fail in 1887 and in June 1888 he became paralyzed. He died on July 31 1888 and is buried at La Grange Kentucky. The Rob Morris Home is kept as a shrine to Rob Morris by the Kentucky Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star." - See Wikipedia . Chicago : Printed by Knight & Leonard, 105, 107, and 109 Madison Street, 1876 . hardcover
rif. 52715Leicester: Published by The Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestshire and Rutland. Printed by Anchorprint Group Limited 2010 . First edition. A very good hardback and illustrated dustwrapper. Blue cloth boards. Clean throughout with numerous illustrations. VG/VG Leicester: Published by The Provincial Grand Lodge of Leicestshire and Rutland. Printed by Anchorprint Group Limited, 2010 . hardcover
rif. 50228London : The Honourable Fraternity Of Antient Masonry. 1932 - 1934 . Bound collection of original magazines. February 1932 - April 1934. Green buckram binding with gilt title to spine: "The Gavel 1932-4". 12 bound magazines all with the original green card covers. The periodical of the Honourable Fraternity Of Antient Masonry; The Gavel which was published from 1909 to 1912 and 1929 to date. [London] : The Honourable Fraternity Of Antient Masonry., 1932 - 1934 . hardcover
rif. 52716Sheffield: Sheffield Masonic Press Hallamshire College Library Tapton Hall Shore Lane 2017 . Signed first edition. A clean book with illustrated cover. Author's dedication to title-page: "To Bro. John with fraternal good wishes from John Wade". Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG/VG Book description: This volume contains chapters covering the arrival of Freemasonry in Sheffield during the second half of the eighteenth century and the development of the Craft over the next two centuries finishing with the situation in 2017 which marks the three hundreth anniversary of the founding of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717. The central section of the book contains summary histories of the thirty-eight Craft lodges which meet or have met with the city boundaries of Sheffield. Four of these lodges have surrendered their warrants during the last ten years but the remaining thirty-four continue to meet in the two Masonic Halls at Dore in the Province of Derbyshire and Tapton Hall in the Province of Yorkshire West Riding. Dr John Wade is a Past Master of Fellowship Lodge No. 4069 Yorkshire West Riding and the founding Master of Amadeus Lodge No. 9539 Derbyshire both meeting in the city of Sheffield. He is also a Past Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 the premier lodge of Masonic research meeting at Great Queen Street in London and was the Prestonian Lecturer for 2009. As the Editor of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum AQC for the last eight years he is well versed in Masonic research but intends this history of Sheffield Freemasonry to be suitable for the general reader as well as those more deeply immersed in Masonic studies. Sheffield: Sheffield Masonic Press, Hallamshire College Library, Tapton Hall, Shore Lane, 2017 . unknown
1984rif. 047355Edmonton AB Canada: Academic Printing and Publishing 1984. Soft cover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 206pp w appendix. Wrapper is clean showing small surface abrasion light shelf wear sunning to spine. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Published on behalf of the Canadian Aesthetics Committee Text in English or French. Academic Printing and Publishing paperback
rif. DADAX1845402383New unknown
rif. 46314Farnham: Ashgate 2013. 1st edition. "By the end of the twentieth century Freemasonry had acquired an unsavoury reputation as a secretive network of wealthy men looking out for each others' interests. Yet.this view contrasts sharply with the situation at the beginning of the century when the public's perception of Freemasonry in Britain was much more benevolent with numerous establishment figures including monarchs government ministers archbishops and civic worties enthusiastically recommending Freemasonry as the key to model citizenship.Through an examination of the subject of Freemasonry and the British press a number of related social trends are addressed including the decline of deference the erosion of privacy greater competition in the media the emergence of more aggressive and investigative journalism the consequences of media isolation and the rise of professional Public Relations." Pp.xvi/361 occasional figure illustrations owner's name to half-title page. Black cloth dustwrapper. VG/VG. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. hardcover
rif. 51036London: Q.C. Correspondence Circle Ltd 2000. Limited edition of 500 copies. "Attempts tp examine what evidence has been found to chart the Order's origins and development its membership and offer some explanations for its eventual demise. The period involved is in excess of three hundred years." Pp.78 14 black & white plates to end. Green cloth gilt title to spine gilt motif to front small bbump to lower front edge. VG. London: Q.C. Correspondence Circle Ltd, 2000. hardcover
rif. 50239London: A. Lewis 1920. An introduction to the history of Freemasonry with a selection of the many items in the collection at Freemasons' Hall London illustrated in coloured and half-tone plates. Pp.xii/42 half-tone plates/ 91coloured frontispiece 17 further coloured plates red Foyles bookseller's label to inside front board minor spotting to preliminary pages and to closed page edges. Bright blue clothgilt title to spine white title and motif to front board minor wear to base of spine and small bump to lower front edge. G. London: A. Lewis, 1920. hardcover
rif. 35962London: Richard Spencer 26 Great Queen Street Opposite Freemasons' Hall MDCCCLXX 1870 . 8vo. pp.36/pp.319 . A very good original maroon cloth binding. plain boards with gilt titles and symbols to spine. Browned endpapers and light uniform toning to all pages. First few leaves with small edge tears and chips where the pages have been crudely separated. Editor's Preface - John Edmund Cox Athenaeum Club August 3rd 1870.Original dedication - Jonathan Ashe Bristol Nov. 1 1813. Dr. Oliver's Address - Scopwick Vicarage Aug. 14th 1843. With fold-out plate at rear: "Copy of brother Captain Warren's Tracings." A very good book. Referenced by: NSTC 2C41110 Ashe D.D. Rev. Jonathan. A literary plagiarist who resided in Bristol England. In 1814 he published "The Masonic Manual."Ashe does not it is true pretend to originality but abstains from giving credit to Hutchinson from whom he has taken at least two-thirds of his book." - See Encyclopedia of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey. London: Richard Spencer, 26 Great Queen Street, Opposite Freemasons' Hall, MDCCCLXX [ 1870 ] . hardcover
rif. 49172London: The Quatuor Coronati Lodge No.2076 1971. 1st edition. "In the virtually blank period between those two dates 1730-1760 the major sources of information on ritual developments are to be found across the English Channel in France and the neighbouring countries." Pp.xx/488 41 illustrations minor scuff to front free endpaper but clean text throughout. Red cloth boards gilt title to spine. Scarce. VG. London: The Quatuor Coronati Lodge No.2076, 1971. hardcover
rif. 48853Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk 2009. 250 years of Norfolk Freemasonry. 29.5cms x 21cms x 1.5cms. Pp.265 16 pages of colour photo and black & white illustrations. Light blue stiff card covers minor crease to top front corner. Scarce. VG. Provincial Grand Lodge of Norfolk, 2009. unknown
2018rif. 2082502113900432Bijutsu shubbansha 2018. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
2015rif. 2082502113900831Bijutsu shubbansha 2015. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
2012rif. 2082502113900433Bijutsu shubbansha 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
2011rif. 2082502113900843Bijutsu shubbansha 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
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