Wellingborough, England: Crucible, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208pp. Light grey boards gilt-lettered on spine, b&w frontisportrait & illustrations. Appendix, notes, bibliography & index. This copy is SIGNED by the author, R.A. Gilbert on the title page and also has a lengthy & amusing inscription to Crowley scholar Martin P...... More
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
New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc., 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 678pp. Original black cloth with red title, etc. to spine, extensive end notes and index. The first edition of this popular work. From the current publisher: "Billington claims with considerable evidence that revolutionary ideologies were shaped..... 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
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1973. First US edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 246pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Map endpapers. Bibliography, glossary & index. B/w plates. A complete history of the remarkable brotherhood most recently known as the Knights of Malta and also known as the Knights of St..... 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
Groton, MA: Martin and Lawrence Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 426pp. B/w illustrations. B/w illustrations. Signed by the author on title-page. A "Da-Vinci Code" type novel revolving around 600 year old Knights Templar relics in New England. Although a work of fiction, all the historical sites, artifacts, archaeological..... 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
Concord, NH: Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 290pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Top-edge-gilt. B/w frontis. portrait. Several fold-out plates. From the author's Foreword: "...the assembling of scattered facts, gathered from the records of our Grand Lodge, and otherwise..... More
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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
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 326pp + 10pp of adverts at rear. Original brick-red cloth, black-stamped title, etc. to spine and front board, b&w frontis and illustrations. A collection of essays on early Masonic history by Albert Churchward (1852–1925). Churchward was a...... 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: Rosicrucian Foundation, ND [ Copyright 1935 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Small, thick quartos. 464pp & 960pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines, gilt crests of the House of Clymer on front covers, blind rules, colour and b&w illustrations. R. Swinburne Clymer's massive..... More
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Quakertown, PA: Philosophical Publishing Co. "Beverly Hall Corp." ND [ Copyright 1946, 1947 and 1949 ]. First Editions (?). Hardcover. Large octavos. Three volumes. xxviii + 288pp & xxxii + 280pp & xxxii + 288pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles and authors to spines, gilt Rosy Cross design on..... More
Quakertown, PA: The Humanitarian Society, ND ( Copyright 1961 ). Second, Enlarged. Softcover. Octavo. 48pp. Original orange 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..... 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
Los Angeles, CA: Philosophical Research Society, Inc., 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Large 8vo. viii +lviii + 48 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations. A Reprint of the Rare Masonic Monograph. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Overall, a tight and clean VG+ copy. No dustjacket..... More
New York, NY: Citadel Press, 1962. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 256pp. Orange cloth with black lettering to spine, b&w illustrations, index. From the publisher: "Almost every social system throughout history has produced its secret societies. Here is a unique study of such societies from earliest recorded times to the..... 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
