Secret Societies
Monthly Bulletin (Lot of 57)
Brooklyn Lodge No. 225, Free and Accepted Masons, Oakland, California, 1924-1942. Pamphlet. Fifty-seven issues of this untitled small tri-fold brochure issued monthly by an Oakland Freemason lodge, with meetings listed and a narrative of recent activities. Years present in this run are 1924 (1 issue), 1928 (1), 1929 (2), 1931.....
Why Public Schools?
Supreme Council, 33o Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in the publisher's spider-web motif glassine jacket.
American Freemasonry: Its Revolutionary History and Challenging Future
Inner Traditions, October 2017. Hardcover. A new copy. Explores the American Masonic system and its strengths and failings - Examines the history of Freemasonry in the United States from the colonial era and the Revolutionary War to the rise of the Scottish branch onward - Investigates the racial split in.....
Our Legacy
(the author), 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. The self-published memoirs of a mason, combining thoughts on freemasonry with reminiscences of his travels in Latin America and Europe. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket, probably as issued.
Falicon, pyramide templiere ou la 'ratapignata'
(the author), 1970. Trade Paperback. 159 pages. Illustrated with maps, plans, and diagrams. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author.
That Religion in Which All Men Agree: Freemasonry in American Culture
University of California Press, September 2015. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This powerful study weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons' guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English.....
Founding Fathers, Secret Societies : Freemasons, Illuminati, Rosicrucians, And the Decoding of the Great Seal
Inner Traditions, February 2006. Trade Paperback. An exploration of the influence of secret societies on the formative documents and symbols of the United States - Reveals the Founding Fathers' spiritual vision for America as encoded in the Great Seal - Traces the influence of the Iroquois League of Nations upon.....
The Moose News: Official Publication Oakland Lodge No. 324 & Alameda Lodge No. 509 [34 issues]
(various publishers), 1917-1942. Pamphlet. Monthly publication, typically 16 pages plus printed wrappers. Thirty-four issues; years present include 1917 (1 issue), 1918 (1), 1919 (1), 1920 (1), 1922 (3), 1923 (1), 1924 (1), 1925 (2), 1927 (3), 1928 (2), 1941 (9), and 1942 (9). Very good to near fine in staple-bound.....
Quarterly Meeting Bulletin (Lot of 23)
Golden Chain Chapter, No. 303, 1922-1945. Pamphlet. Twenty-three issues of this untitled small tri-fold brochure announcing quarterly meetings and offering updates on members. The following years are represented: 1922 (1 issue), 1923 (2), 1925 (2), 1926 (1), 1927 (1), 1928 (3), 1929 (2), 1930 (2), 1931 (1), 1933 (1), 1940.....
Constitution, Statutes, Rules and Order of Business, Rules of Procedure of Grand Forum, and Forms of Blanks of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America
Order of Elks, 1915. Trade Paperback. 128 pages. 4.4 x 6 inches. Second edition, 1915. Very good copy in tan wrappers. Covers slightly worn with small chip missing from upper front cover. Scarce.
1. Memorial Day Proclamation, Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Office of the Grand Sire, (and below) Proclamation. Grand Lodge of the State of California, I.O.O.F. June, 1895; 2. Office of the Grand Master I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of the State of California, San Francisco, Cal., May, 1900; 3. Memorial Day Proclamation Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Office of the Grand Sire, Office of the Grand Master Grand Lodge of the State of California, I.O.O.F., May, 1900; Office of the Grand Master I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of the State of California, San Francisco, October 8, 1900 (4 California I.O.O.F. items)
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), 1895, 1900. Poster. 4 sheets, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in black on white. Insignia of Grand Lodge of the State of California on all 4 sheets. The Memeorial Day proclamations are to honor those lodge members in California who have died in the.....
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, at two Especial Communications held at the City of Ottawa, also at the Twelfth Annual Communication, held at the City of Kingston, Ontario, on the 10th day of July, A. L. 5867, A. D. 1867.
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, 1867. First Edition. Trade Paperback. pp. 218-411, with index to Proceedings for 1865, 1866, and 1867. First edition (first printing). Very good in dark blue wrappers (paperback). Front cover with chips missing. Edge and corner wear.