Montgomery: Printed at the 'Masonic Signet' Office, 1854. 28, 8pp. Sewn, original printed wrappers [some wear]. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Ellison 903. More
[Steuben County, NY? 1829?]. Folio broadside, 10" x 18". Light wear, matted [easily removable]. Several old ink marks at blank bottom margin. Good+ or so. This frenetic broadside endorses Josiah Dunlap for election to the New York Assembly, and bitterly opposes Freemasons, who have circulated false charges against him. "Heed..... More
Norwich, Chenango County NY: 1832. Visible 8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. Lightly toned, tastefully matted and framed to 13" x 17." An extremely attractive, rare, evidently unrecorded imprint. Blank corners torn, but not observable as framed. Very Good. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869), a veteran of the War of 1812, joined..... More
[Boston? @1830]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 13". Some old folds, lightly foxed upper and lower margins, Very Good. A rare broadside illustrating the anti-Masonic fervor of the times. Many prominent Americans opposed organizations whose secret rituals and oaths suggested fealty to a higher authority than the United States. Fueled by..... More
[Boston? 1834]. Broadside, folio, 11-1/4" x 16". Light edge wear, printed in four columns. Very Good. "Boston Daily Advocate.... Extra." A rare broadside urging election of Antimasonic candidates for Governor and other State offices. John Bailey was the Party's choice for Governor [he would lose, and die in the following..... More
Cleveland: Steam Press of Harris & Fairbanks, 1853. 24pp. Original printed wrappers [light wear]. Stitched. Light dusting, near Very Good. A rare item on the history and glory of Freemasonry. Despite the difficulties of tracing "the influence of the principles of a secret institution upon society," Chubb does so and..... More
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Selma: [1855]. 8pp, sewn, original printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. Very Good plus. Everywhere but in the halls of Masonry, sectional strife and fanaticism are "putting in peril that union which the Fathers founded by their wisdom and hallowed by their prayers." Masons "trace our existence back far..... More
Boston: 1794. 31, [1 blank], 6, [2 blanks] pp. With the half title. Disbound with scattered and generally light foxing. Good plus. Deane was a minister in Portland, then part of Massachusetts. This document, praising the civil government and emphasizing the importance of government support of education, includes an Appendix..... More
Lancaster, O. 1841. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers, 16pp. 6 1/4 x 8 1/2". Light wrapper wear, Very Good. Grand Officers, Councils represented, the Constitution of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters for the State of Ohio, By-Laws of the Grand Council of Ohio, and General Regulations are..... More
Columbus: Richard Nevins, 1862. 70, [2 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [dustsoiled with some wear], stitched. Minor foxing. Very Good. With many references to the Civil War, and detailed information on the state of Freemasonry in Ohio at this time. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Thomson, Eberstadt, Decker. More
Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, Printer to the Grand Lodge, 1858. 43, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 166pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT, FREE..... More
Lockport: Printed by S. Wright, 1858. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". Stitched in original printed wrappers. [2], 8, [2 blanks] pp. Very Good plus. The first leaf is a blank form certifying an individual's membership in the Lodge. Not located on OCLC. More
New-York: Printed by George F. Nesbitt, 1837. 26pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Good+. A meticulously detailed sketch of the lives and services of these recently departed Grand Masters. Born in 1762, Morton was educated in Elizabethtown, NJ, and went to Princeton. A friend of Alexander Hamilton, he became a clerk..... More
Kewanee: Advertiser Job Office, 1859. 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Blank rear wrapper lightly spotted, else Fine. Printing in Kewanee, Illinois, began in the 1850s, according to OCLC; this is one of only a few such imprints. Kewanee is about 150 miles west, and..... More
Peoria, IL: Printed by N.C. Nason, 1868. [53]-87, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Original green printed front wrapper [light edgewear, spine eroded, institutional rubberstamp], stitched. Text lightly age toned, else Very Good. This journal includes reports of the individual officers, abstracts on subordinate encampments, lists of the Grand Officers, past..... More
Leavenworth: Bulletin Book, Poster and Job Rooms, 1865. Stitched in original printed, illustrated yellow wrappers. 105, [1 blank] pp. Very Good. "Auspicious circumstances smile upon our present communication; ruthless, devastating war no longer desolates the land; the clang of arms, and the shriek of carnage, no more disturb or interrupt..... More
Woodstock, VT: J.B. & S.L. Chase, & Co., 1836. ix, [1 blank], [11]-72 pp, as issued. Disbound and foxed. Inscribed at head of title page, "T.H. Hall To Hon. W.C. Bradley." Good. "Being a history of tergiversation in politics for twenty-five years, culminating in a bitter personal quarrel" [Gilman]. "Arising..... More
New York: Published by the Author. 1857. 54, [10 advts.] pp, many illustrations. Original printed wraps [light wear, spine ends chipped]. Front wrapper illustration of blindfolded Initiate, his hat falling from his head, riding a goat. Clean text, Very Good. A satire on secret rituals of this Society, with initiation..... More
Birmingham, Ala. Roberts & Son, 1888. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". 18, [2] pp. Illustrated front wrapper and title page. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. One wrapper spot, a clean text. Very Good. The rare founding documents of this little Lodge, based in Bessemer, which was founded in 1887..... More
[Los Angeles: Kingsley, Moles & Collins, 1902]. 127, [1] pp, illustrations. Original wrappers printed and illustrated in color and gilt [light wear], two staples. Profusely illustrated with full page and half page photographic illustrations, illustrated advertisements. Light wear, a few short closed tears [no loss], else Very Good. An illustrated..... More
New Orleans: Printed by Sherman, Wharton & Co., 1855. 51, [5] pp. Disbound with some loosening, top outer corner of first two leaves chipped. Else Very Good. A scarce record of these Proceedings, with lists of participants, speeches, doings at the various subordinate Chapters. With Edicts and Resolutions. Not in..... More
New Orleans: Printed at the Bulletin Book and Job Office, 1858. 117, [1 blank], 5, [1 blank], 5, [1] pp. Disbound. Several paragraphs carefully excised for an unknown reason at pages 15-18. Else Good+. This title is bound with the PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND COUNCIL OF R. AND S. MASTERS..... More
Providence [RI]: Printed at the Office of the Watchman, 1853. 55, [1] pp. Disbound with an old adhesion to small portion of title page, else Very Good. Why this was printed in Providence is a mystery. The Grand Secretary was ordered to publish three hundred copies. This is a scarce..... More
New Orleans: Printed at the Bulletin Book and Job Office, 1856. 71, [1] pp. Disbound. At pages 35-38, several paragraphs have been carefully excised for an unknown reason. Otherwise, Good+. A scarce record of these Proceedings, with lists of participants, speeches, and discussion of various and sometimes abstruse Masonic issues..... More
New Orleans: Printed at the Bulletin Book and Job Office, 1857. 96pp. Disbound with some light toning, bit of loosening, and an archivally repaired closed tear at leaf [81-82] [no loss]. Good+. A scarce record of these Proceedings, with lists of participants, speeches, and discussion of various and sometimes abstruse..... More