NP [London]: NP [A Dulau et. Co.], ND [Circa 1990]. Bound photocopy. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 192pp. Modern blue cloth binding, lettered in gilt on spine. A BOUND PHOTOCOPY of the 1800 Dulau edition which is in the Harvard College Library, privately bound in blue cloth for a personal collection..... More
Margate: Quatuor Coronatorum, (nd). First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 18 pp. (121-138) Stapled blue wrappers with neat handwritten title on cover. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum." Neat "Quatuor Coronati Lodge" stamp on front wrapper. A hint of discoloration to the staples on the wrappers..... More
Paris: H. Daragon, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 304pp. Contemporary half leather with marbled boards & endpapers. Original wrappers bound in at rear, marbled endpapers. Top-edge-gilt. FRENCH text. Edition limited to 500 hand numbered copies, this being copy no. 101. A history of Freemasonry up to the end of the..... More
Chicago, IL: Privately Printed [ Ustafrican B.P. & D. Co ], 1926. First edition, Inscribed. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 257pp, (v). Original brown cloth with gilt title within gilt border on upper board, gilt title and rules to spine, frontis portrait. This copy inscribed by the author in a shaky hand..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. [vi] + 454pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. A styated first American edition of this hugely successful thriller novel. Small bumps to corners of boards, spine ends a little rubbed, tiny scuff to front board, otherwise a tight, clean VG copy..... More
Rochester, VT: Crucible, 1986. First Paperback edition. Softcover. Octavo. 208 pp. Bibliography, references, index, b&w illustrations. "Drawing on contemporary chronicles and original texts, as well as the immense secondary literature, Burman paints a vivid picture" of the Knights Templar, the warrior monks whose Order was suppressed in 1312 on charges..... More
London: Heinemann Educational Books, 1971. Hardcover, 8vo, xii, 210pp. Illustrations, Chinese character index. Original boards bumped at head of spine; lightly bumped at corners; light bruise to fore edge. Light spots to fore edge; minor creases across early bottom corners. Name to ffep. All else VG. Dustjacket rubbed on folds;..... More
Margate: H. Kerle's Gazette Office, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 24 pp. Original printed wrappers, b&w illustration with tissue guard. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" Volume LXXIV. Some small creases to wrapper otherwise internally clean, unopened pages. VG+ copy. More
Quakertown, PA: The Humanitarian Society, ND ( Copyright 1961 ). Second, Enlarged. Softcover. Octavo, 48pp. Original printed stapled wrappers. A strange racist diatribe, attacking race-mixing, Islam, the United Nations, modern educational methods, etc. etc. Oddly there are a couple of pages on, and several passing references too, Aleister Crowley, who..... More
Margate: H. Kerle's Gazette Office, 1903. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 4 pp. Original printed wrappers, frontis with tissue guard. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" Lodge, Vol. XVI. Edges slightly darkened and chipped, wrappers detached, light foxing to edge of paper. Overall, a VG..... More
Margate: H. Keble's Gazette Office, 1903. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 12 pp. Original printed wrappers, frontis and b&w illustrations with tissue guards. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum". Volume XVI. Edges of wrappers slightly chafed & chipped, otherwise VG+ copy. More
Margate: H. Kerle's Gazette Office, 1907. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Quarto. 4 pp. Original printed wrapper, frontis, b&w illustration. An off-print from the renowned Masonic research journal "Ars Quatuor Coronatorum" Volume XX. Overall, a VG+ copy. More
Philadelphia, PA: Harmony Chapter / Dunlap Printing, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 136pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on front board. B/w illustrations. All-edges-gilt. Cloth a bit rubbed and slightly darkened, light fraying at spine ends, endpaper hinges split (but holding), front free endpaper & first blank page detached (but present), a...... More
London: William Kimber, 1967. Second impression. Hardcover. Large octavo. 272pp. Red cloth boards gilt-lettered on spine. Printed endpapers. Index. B/w illustrations. Slight crease to front free endpaper, else a solid, clean VG+ copy in Good dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, rubbed, a few short edge-tears). More
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 282pp. [ adverts ]. A facsmile reprint of this classic on Masonic ritual. Page edges lightly browned, otherwise a sharp, clean near Fine copy. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 204pp. Light grey boards lettered in gilt on spine, Maltese Cross design on front board. B/w frontis. & plates. Bibliography & index. An account of the Knights of Malta at the height of their power, with a look at the..... More
Boston, MA: WeiserBooks, 2004. Softcover. Large Octavo.. xii + 242 pp. Glossy printed wrappers; index, b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography. The authors explore the history of Rennes-le-Chateau, examining its supposeds relationship to the Merovingian bloodline of Christ; its location in terms of the meridians that link other esoteric cites, stories that..... More
Concord, NH: Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxiv + 546pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Index. Includes a Biographical Dictionary compiled by Gerald Foss and Woodbury S. Adams. A tight, clean VG+ copy in near VG dust jacket..... More
Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing Company, ND [ 1993 ]. Reprint. Softcover. Quarto. 10.75 x 7.5 inches. iv + 282pp. Bright blue paper covers titled and illustrated in black, b&w illustrations. A cheaply produced reprint of the complete Francken typescript of the rituals of all twenty-five degrees of Etienne (Stephen) Morin's..... More
Guthrie OK: Co-operative Publishing Co., 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 386pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. B/w frontis. portrait. Cloth a bit rubbed and darkened, upper corners bumped, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners chafed, pages browned - more so at margins, ink stamped name etc...... More
Central Falls, RI: E. L. Freeman, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 124pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on front board. Several b/w plates. Cloth a bit rubbed and darkened overall, spine darkened & chafed at ends, corners lightly chafed, a few bumps to cover edges, top-edge browned, small tide-marks to fore-edges of..... More
Kingsport, TN: Southern Publishers for Royal Arch Masons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 222pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Colour and b/w illustrations. B/w frontisportrait. The first edition of this volume by American Charles Albert Snodgrass (1876-1963) who also wrote "The History of..... More
Cleveland: Privately published, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 62pp. + 60pp. + 64pp. + 72pp. Black faux leather gilt-lettered on spine & front board, raised double eagle design embossed on upper board, gold endpapers. Handwritten presentation inscription from Albert H. Fiebach, Commander in Chief for Cleveland, to Samuel H...... More
London: The Warrington Publishing Co., ND [ 1923 ]. Hardcover. Small octavo. xii + 78pp. + 6pp. ads. Original blue cloth lettered in white on spine & front board. B/w frontis. J. S. M. [John Sebastian Marlow] Ward (1885 – 1949) was an English author and psychic medium who made..... More
Saratoga Springs, NY: [Rising Sun Lodge], ND [ 1909 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 180pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board, gilt solar design on front board, patterned endpapers. B/w plates. Cloth a bit rubbed and slightly darkened, spine ends chafed, a few tiny chips to cloth at..... More
