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Best.-Nr. 50739London: Privately Printed 1976. First edition. Signed. "A collection of careful answers at an elemental level on the queries and problems that arise in the lodge room from Brethren who are eager for a better understanding of the things that they say and do in the course of their Masonic duties." pp.xxi/1p./pp.425 Illustrated dustwrapper rubbed and chipped now protected by a removeable clear plastic cover. Cream boards with red titles to spine. Ownership labels to verso of the front board and base of the title-page: "W. Bro. Clare Dunkerley P.A.G.D.C. Manchester Lodge For Masonic Research No. 5502". Black & white portait frontispiece with authors signature and owner's name: "W.Bro. C. Dunkerley P.P.G.W." 19 further illustrations and diagrams. Clean throughout. VG/G. London: Privately Printed, 1976. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50749London: Hamilton Adams And Co. Paternoster Row; And R. Spencer 314 High Holborn Nottingham : B. S. Oliver MDCCCXL . 1840 . First Edition. A very good original publisher's binding. 8vo. 9.0" x 6.0" x 1.0". 5pp./pp. viii - xxii./pp.338/2pp. - Advert . Brown blid-stampe decorated boards. Edges rubbed and bumped. Top and tail with small loss. Spine with dulled gilt decoration and titles. Endpaper stuck to verso of the front board with printed library label: "Library Of The Lodge Of Virtue No. 177." Inked inscription to front free-endpaper: "Presented to the Library of the Lodge of Virtue No. 177 Queens' Hotel Manchester by Brother Geo. H. Norton June 20 1848". Second later unused Library label to verso of front free-endpaper: "This Book was presented to the Provincial Grand Lodge Library of the Province Of Lancashire eastern Division." Title-page with engraved vignette and ink stamp: "Lodge Of Virtue 177". Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper with a few blemishes from previous use. London: Hamilton, Adams, And Co., Paternoster Row; And R. Spencer, 314, High Holborn, Nottingham : B. S. Oliver, MDCCCXL . [184 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50763Manchester: Handwritten Booklet 1936 . Original hand-written booklet. ff.16 16 numbered leaves . Red buckram boards with gilt title to spine: "Garden Of Eden Chapter No. 2 - Coulthurst". Library label to verso of the front board: Manchester Association For Masonic Research". Also a neat handwriteen dedication: "Manchester Assoc. for Masonic Research With S L Coulthurst's Compliments June 1936". One printed page: "The Northern Freemason" Lined notepaper including handwritten : A Copy of No.2 Royal Arch Warrant Manchester May 12 1796". Manchester: Handwritten Booklet , 1936 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 50764Middleton: Privately Printed 1952 . A very good original booklet. 4pp./pp.112 . 8.0" x 5.0" x 0.25". Blue covers with gilt titles to front board. Adhesive residue along leading edge of front board. Edges rubbed and bumped. Cleat English text and illustrations throughout. VG. Imperial George Masonic Lodge is located at the Middleton Masonic Hall in the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire. Middleton: Privately Printed, 1952 . unknown
Best.-Nr. 50789London: Whittaker and Co. Ave-Maria-Lane 1846 . A very good publishers cloth binding. 8vo. 7.75" x 4.75" x 1.25" 19.7cm x 12.2cm x 3.3cm. pp.xxiv./pp.456. Tan buckram binding. Blindstamp decoration to both boards. Smooth spine carefully re-cased with dulled gilt titles: "Preston's Masonry". Corners and edges rubbed and bumped. Library label to verso of the front board: "Lancaster Masonic Library. Presented by W. Bro. J. W. Wearing March 1910." . Previous owner's signature to front free-endpaper: "Mattw. Heathcote Lancaster". Printed title-page. Clear English text throughout on lightly toned paper. A good copy of this scarce 19th century publication. N.B. Matthew Heathcote is listed as an Architect and a Member of the Lodge of Fortitude No. 281 Lancaster from 1837. London: Whittaker and Co. Ave-Maria-Lane, 1846 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 36371London: John M. Watkins 1942. First impression of 5000 copies. "This handbook concerning the spiritual meaning underlying the Ceremonials of Initiation is issued after many requests and comprises a record of certain studies undertaken in a Lodge of Instruction extending over a decade." Pp.viii/172 clean throughout. Blue/green cloth a few small bleached spots to spine edge wear to top and tail to spine and corner tips. Scarce. VG. London: John M. Watkins, 1942. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 48828London: The Masonic Record Ltd 1922. 1st edition. Contents: I.Brief History of Organised Masonry; II.Who Rules the Lodge; III.What to Say and Do in Lodge; IV.What May be Worn in Lodge; V.The Masonic Dinner; VI.What to Read; VII.Lodges of Instruction; VIII.The Higher Degrees in Masonry; IX.The Masonic Charities. 19cms x 12.5cms x 1cm. Pp.70 inkstamp and label to inside front board toning to endpapers and spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroaching onto margins. Green pebbled cloth gilt title to front and spine spine sunned. Scarce. G. London: The Masonic Record Ltd, 1922. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 46183Hersham: Privately published 2006. This book I believe will become a classic for the study of Freemasonry not only for the data and conclusions it provides but also for its methodology which might usefully be emulated by anyone wishing to seek out long hidden history previously dismissed as archaic legend. In addition and importantly it reveals that we underestimate the intelligence of our predecessors at our peril; sometimes we have to admit they did know what they were talking about however obtuse their language may have become to the modern ear." Foreword. Michael Baigent. Pp.viii/484 inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Paperback. VG. Hersham: Privately published, 2006. paperback
Best.-Nr. 36893Leicester: Lodge of Research No. 2429 Freemasons' Hall 1935 . Illustrated by Fourty-one Plates Consisting of Fac-similes of Original Documents &c." . A very good original binding. 4to. 8pp./pp.304/4pp. - List of Subscribers . 10" x 7.75" x 1.25" . Very clean blue cloth with gilt titles to spine just a few scuff marks and light rubbing to corners. Very clean throughout and well illustrated. VG. N.B. This is a heavy book so there will be an extra charge for posting overseas. Leicester: Lodge of Research No. 2429, Freemasons' Hall, 1935 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 46202London: Lewis Msonic 2000 . A very good reprint of the Second Edition printed in 1895 by John Lane F. C. A. . with an introduction by William James Hughan . Published under the authority of the United Grand Lodge of England. A very good and tight binding. Large 4to. 11" x 9" x 1.75" pp.544 . Original navy blue cloth coverd boards. Front board and spine with bright gilt tiles. previos owner's signature to front endpaper: "John Acaster 13 Novemeber 2008". Portrait frontis of John Lane. Clean text throughout. A well preserved book. Please note this is a heavy book. So there will be an extra charge for posting outside of the UK. London: Lewis Msonic, 2000 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 46288London: Lewis Masonic 2007. 1st edition. Transactions of the Seventh International Conference 5 & 6 November 2005. Pp.xix/140 owner's name John Acaster to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth dustwrapper. VG/VG. London: Lewis Masonic, 2007. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 36032London: Q.C. Correspondence Circle/Quatour Coronati Lodge No.2076 1978. Reprint. Companion volume to "Early Masonic Catechisms" reprinting ".a selection of masonic pamphlets newspaper articles and advertisements printed during the years 1638-1735 together with shorter or longer extracts of masonic interest from contemporary works of a general character. All are chosen because they throw light on the accepted masonry of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries." Pp.x/338 owner's label to front free endpaper. Blue cloth gilt title to spine. Scarce. VG. London: Q.C. Correspondence Circle/Quatour Coronati Lodge No.2076, 1978. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 44843London: Methuen And Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street 1916 . A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 7.5" x 4.75" x 0.75" . Navy blue calf covered spine and corners over blue cloth covered boards. Edges lightly rubbed. Polished leather spine with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Clean text throughout. VG.THERE was Rundle Station Master An' Beazeley of the Rail An' 'Ackman Commissariat An' Donkin' o' the Jail; An' Blake Conductor-Sergeant Our Master twice was 'e With im that kept the Europe-shop Old Framjee Edu1jee.Outside - " Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!Inside - 'Brother" an' it doesn't do no 'arm.We met upon the Level an' we parted on the SquareAn' I was junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!We'd Bola Nath AccountantAn' Saul the Aden JewAn' Din Mohammed draughtsmanOf the Survey Office too;There was Babu ChuckerbuttyAn' Amir Singh the SikhAn' Castro from the fittin'-shedsThe Roman Catholick!We 'adn't good regaliaAn' our Lodge was old an' bareBut we knew the Ancient LandmarksAn' we kep' 'em to a hair;An' lookin' on it backwardsIt often strikes me thusThere ain't such things as infidelsExcep' per'aps it's us.For monthly after LabourWe'd all sit down and smokeWe dursn't give no banquetsLest a Brother's caste were brokeAn' man on man got talkin'Religion an' the restAn' every man comparin'Of the God 'e knew the best.So man on man got talkin'An' not a Brother stirredTill mornin' waked the parrotsAn' that dam' brain-fever-bird.We'd say 'twas 'ighly curiousAn' we'd all ride 'ome to bedWith Mo'ammed God an' ShivaChangin' pickets in our 'ead.Full oft on Guv'ment serviceThis rovin' foot 'ath pressedAn' bore fraternal greetin'sTo the Lodges east an' westAccordin' as commanded.From Kohat to SingaporeBut I wish that I might see themIn my Mother-Lodge once more!I wish that I might see themMy Brethren black an' brownWith the trichies smellin' pleasantAn' the hog-darn passin' down;An' the old khansamah snorin'On the bottle-khana floorLike a Master in good standingWith my Mother-Lodge once more.Outside - Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!'Inside- Brother" an' it doesn't do no 'arm.We met upon the Level an' we parted on the SquareAn' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there! First published in the The Pall Mall Gazette and the Pall Mall Budget on May 9th 1895. In the Sussex Edition the poem is dated 1894. ORG No. 634. Rudyard Kipling was initiated into the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No 782 founded in 1858 under the English Constitution at the Masonic Hall the Jadughar as described in Kim in Anarkali Lahore on 5 April 1886 at the age of twenty. As this was the Lodge into which he was initiated it became his Mother Lodge. A Freemason will always have a particular attachment to the Lodge which saw him enter into Freemasonry even though he may cease to be a member of that particular Lodge. The poem was written some eight years later when he was living in Vermont. Charles Carrington in his The Complete Barrack-room Ballads p.166 reports that it was written in a single day on October 29th 1894 while Conan Doyle was staying with the Kiplings. It celebrates the equality which reigns among Freemasons without distinction of profession rank race or creed and the first two stanzas clearly reflect the diversity of this particular Lodge underscored by the refrain which contrasts the behaviour displayed in public with that shown inside the Lodge. The use of vernacular with the dropped �h� highlights the wide social rankings of the members." - See "The Mother Lodge" by George Kieffer 2017 London: Methuen And Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, 1916 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 43619London: For Private Circulation by Harrison & Sons Printers In Ordinary To Her Majesty 1889 . First and only edition. A very good original half leather binding by Harrison & Sons. 8vo. pp.24/pp.240 . Crimson morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spine with 5 raised bands and gilt titles. All page edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original presentation label laid-down to the verso of the front board: "Presented to The Right Honble Lord Viscount Cross G.CB. GCSI. by the Master and Wardens of the Saddler's Company Fred. Wm. Porter W. Master. Sadler's Hall Cheapside E.C. 20th December 1895". Armorial bookplate to front endpaper: "Eccle Riggs Library". Also loosely inserted; Original purchase invoice for Dr. Lattimore for �18.00 dated 02/05/78 from "The Bookroom First Floor 10 Green Street Cambridge." Binder's stamp to recto of rear endpaper: "Bound By Harrison & Sons St Martins Lane." Clean text throughout with numerous full-page plates some folding. A very good book. "Eccle Riggs is a country house located on Eccle Riggs a ridge of land about 0.75 miles 1.2�km to the south of Broughton-in-Furness Cumbria England. It was built in 1865 in Tudor style for Richard Assheton Cross and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. A dining-room wing was added in 1880 by the Manchester architect J. S. Crowther. It has since been used as a leisure club." - See Wikipedia Richard Assheton Cross 1st Viscount Cross GCB GCSI PC FRS DL 30 May 1823 � 8 January 1914 known before his elevation to the peerage as R. A. Cross was a British statesman and Conservative politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1874 and 1880 and 1885 and 1886. N.B.: Dr Colin Lattimore was Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers . London: For Private Circulation (by Harrison & Sons, Printers In Ordinary To Her Majesty), 1889 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42329London: Diprose & Bateman Sheffield Street; Spencer & Co.; 15 Great Queen Street; George Kenning 16 & 16A Great Queen Street W.C. 1891 . First Edition. A very good original Victorian binding. 8vo. 8.75" x 5.75" x 1.25". pp.24/pp.316/2pp. - Adverts. Blue cloth over bevelled boards with bright gilt titles to front board and to spine wear to top and tail of spine and edges rubbed. Brown patterned endpapers illustrated owner's bookplate Peter Saunders to verso of the front board: Clean text throughout with subscriber's list and adverts at the end. 4 plates as called for: Portrait frontis of Dunckerley; Portrait of Frederick Prince of Wales; Portrait of King George II.; and Dunckerley's Seal of the Knights Kadosh. A very good copy of this scarce book. "Thomas Dunckerley was born on 23 October 1724 and died on 19 November 1795. After a naval career Dunckerley became a prominent freemason being appointed Provincial Grand Master of several provinces promoting Royal Arch Masonry introducing Mark Masonry to England and instituting a national body for Templar masonry. This was made possible by an annuity of �100 rising to �800 which he obtained from King George III by claiming to be his illegitimate half brother. Albert Mackey blamed Dunckerley for inventing Royal Arch Masonry and splitting the third degree in the process removing the true word of a mason to the new degree and losing the original "pure" form of the ritual forever. This is unlikely as the Royal Arch degree was worked for at least a decade before Dunckerley's initiation. He published a number of Charges Lectures and songs related to different branches of Freemasonry. Together with Grand Secretary Heseltine and William Preston he campaigned and raised funds for the first dedicated headquarters of English Freemasonry the first Freemason's Hall. During his lifetime he held various high masonic offices: Past Senior Grand Warden of England Provincial Grand Master for the Counties above mentioned and Past Grand Master and Grand Superintendent of Royal Arch Masons over eighteen counties. His major contribution was to the emerging "higher degrees" the Templar Royal Arch Ark Mariner and Mark degrees. Not only did he successfully promote them he organised them standardised their ritual and forced them to keep proper records. For this alone historians of Freemasonry have cause to be grateful to him." - See Wikipedia. London: Diprose & Bateman, Sheffield Street; Spencer & Co.; 15, Great Queen Street; George Kenning, 16 & 16A, Great Queen Stree hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 42463Longton Staffordshire: Hughes & Harber Ltd. Masonic Printers The Royal Press 1942 . Scarce and only edition. 18.8cm x 12.2cm x 0.8cm. pp.78/4pp. Original maroon leatherette covered boards with bright gilt titles. Pink endpapers. Previous owner's signature to the verso of the front board: "B. Baker Walsall 21/xi/42" . Clean text throughout. A very good copy of a scarce guide. "There had also been several Lodges in Wolverhampton before St Peter�s was founded in 1834. The first Wolverhampton Lodge according to Willmore was constituted on 28th March 1732 the fourth in 1768 and he says that this town �appears�to have been the local centre of our masonic �forefathers� �. So it was to be for the Royal Arch Masonry in this Province. St Peter�s Chapter Wolverhampton - This Chapter chartered on 4th May 1842 is now the St Peter�s Chapter No 419. The number change from 607 to 419 was a result of the closing up of Lodge numbers in 1863." - see PGLStafford Longton, Staffordshire: Hughes & Harber, Ltd., Masonic Printers, The Royal Press, 1942 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42461Hertford: Printed By Simson And Co. Ltd. no date c. 1929 . First and only edition of this scarce lodge history. Well bound in the original blue cloth with bright gilt titles to both the front board and the spine.Clean endpapers no marks or previous owners signatures. Black and white portrait frontis: "R.Wor. Bro. C. E. Keyser P.G.W." Clear English text throughout just the odd brown spot or small blemish. Well illustrated with a further 5 full-page plates 3 coloured and showing the designs for the tracing boards. A very good copy of this scarce book. "Hertford Lodge No. 403. The Warrant of the Lodge is dated the 31st August 1829 and the Lodge was consecrated at the Salisbury Arms Inn Hertford on the 8th September 1829 by W. Bro. John Bott P.G.D. When consecrated its number was 849 in 1832 it became No.578 and in 1863 No.403. It would appear that no mention is made in the minutes of the fact that the number was altered. It is the oldest Lodge in the Province of Hertfordshire the next oldest - the Watford Lodge - having been consecrated as the Bamborough Lodge on the 13th November 1829. At the time of its consecration there appears to have been no other Lodge existing in the County." - See Hertford Lodge No. 403. Hertford: Printed By Simson And Co. Ltd., [no date c. 1929?] . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42470London: George Kenning 198 Fleet Street and 1 2 3 Little Britain and 175 Aldersgate Street 1878 . First edition. Thick 8vo. 8.5" x 6" x 1.75" . pp.10/pp.665/12pp. -Adverts. Occasional rippling ol pages; slight toning to pages Subscriber's List; followed by numerous adverts to end. Plain blue cloth binding over bevelled boards rubbed gilt title to spine spine darkened and worn to top and tail. Scarce. G. London: George Kenning, 198, Fleet Street, and 1, 2, 3, Little Britain, and 175, Aldersgate Street, 1878 . hardcover
Best.-Nr. 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
