Boston: Grand Encampment, 1895. Oblong Octavo. This copy came from the estate of Frank C. Roundy (1858-1955). He served as Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, 1907-1908. In his long life he personally knew every imperial potetentate from its founding in 1876 and installed many of them in office. At the..... More
AZ, Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded in Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864. It was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of the United States Congress. Offered here is a marvelous scrapbook of the Knights of Pythias in Arizona..... More
Guthrie, OK. Nd(ca.1999). Octavo. 255pp. Inscribed by compiler Robert G. Davis to a fellow Mason: "May you find much light in Masonry!" dated (19)99. This publication is a record of the first one hundred years of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in Gutherie, OK. It is a story of great..... More
Portland, Maine: Stephen Berry, 1872. 15p. Very scarce only reported copies at the American Antiquarian Society and the National Heritage Museum. 15p. Bound in Pamphlet binder for Long Island Historical Society with their blindstamp on title page. Small chip off upper corner not extending to text. Tells history of lodge..... More
Knightstown, IN: KnIghts Templar of the United States of america. First Edition. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Very Good., 692pp. Proceedings, addresses, program, and list of activities of the 1925 conclave. Then considered the most important in the organization's history. Bound in black clotht, embossed border lines, KT cross device..... More
New York: Published By the Grand Lodge, 1888. Large Octavo. Volume I: 450 pages; Volume II: 616p.; Volume III 614p. The importance of these volumes is they cover the role of Free Masonry in both the Colonial period, the American Revolution, and the early Federalist period to 1860. Volume II..... More
Manchester, New Hampshire: Np, 1924. Octavo. 16p. Only recorded copy is in the New Hampshire Historical Society (OCLC). A rare item commemorating both Lafayette who is honored as an early Mason through his association with General George Washington and Major General John Stark who was prominent Mason in no. 41..... More
San Francisco; (1930): San Francisco Center--Rosicrucian Fellowship. First Edition. Octavo. 209p. Inscribed January 27,1931: "A birthday remembrance to our Beloved Leader, Mrs. Max Heindel. May the great-Cosmic Law grant unto thee both Wisdom and Strength to Steer the Good Ship of the Elder Brothers of the cross, and permit thee..... More
New York, nd (ca,1864): Leavitt & Allen. Octavo. 263p. 6 engravings of the virtues; beauty, justice, faith, hope, charity, and presentation to Harry Drake. Such exquisite books were intended as gift books, hence, the page for an inscription. Although gift books began in England in 1822, those printed in America..... More
Santiago De Chile: Imprenta De San Jose, 1920. Small Quarto. 132p, a very scarce work with the only recorded hard copy being in the National Library of Chile [New York Public has a microfilm copy]. Covers the history of Freemasonry in Chile. Bound in rust paper covered flexible boards backed..... More