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
Milan: Archè, 2010. First French Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 280pp. Printed card wraps. Index & bibliography. FRENCH TEXT. A French language translation of Bogdan's "Western Esotericism and Rituals of Initiation" which was first publised in English In the 'SUNY Western Esoteric Traditions' series a few years earlier. Inscribed by Bogdan..... 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: 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
