Fraternal Orders, Masons, Etc

American Masonic publishing Association, Cincinnati, 1870. Half Leather. Very Good/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Half gilt stamped leather, pebbled brown cloth over boards, "translated and compiled from the Masonic histories of Emmanuel Rebold, MD," 432 pages, illustrated with 40 engravings on steel. Leather is worn on spine ends, corners, and along side of spine, covers spotted/stained, some spotting on endpapers, some random light foxing mostly concentrated at front of book; otherwise interior is clean, no writing or marks, binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 5 oz. Inventory No: 006419. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Mass, 1976. Limited. Soft Cover. Very Good/Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of 2000 copies paperbound; a catalog for an exhibit at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts. Red stiff card soft cover, red endpapers, 110 pp., Glossary of Symbols, Catalog, Bibliography, illustrated in b & w. "To show how the emblems and symbols used by the Craft were in turn used to decorate the material possessions of the day is the purpose of the exhibit of which this catalog is evidence." Includes a brief history of Freemasonry in the U.S. and an essay of the same title as the catalog by Barbara Franco, Curator at the Museum. A very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight, but with a faint mildew odor. In an illustrated paper dust jacket that is soiled and bumped at corners & spine ends. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 14 oz. Inventory No: 006256. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)

Order of Apollo Lodge, Troy, New York, 1898. Hard Cover. Good/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright blue gilt stamped cloth, frontis with tissue of the author, 376 pp., Index, portraits of nearly all the Past Masters; List of Lodge Officers, Masonic Register. Also included is a separate "Apollo Lodge Summons" for the Election of Trustee and the Annual Communication in December 1905. It lists the brother's name, his dues, and is signed by the Secretary and embossed with the Lodge Seal. Corners and spine ends bumped with wear, covers scuffed, end papers toned, inner hinge is cracked. The interior is in very good condition, clean, no writing, underlining, highlighting or markings, and portraits are all in excellent condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 6 oz. Inventory No: 005700. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)

Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co, New York, 1890. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. No date, but about 1890 (see explanation below). On the title page: "The original picture painted by Prof. C. Schussele; the engraving by John Sartain, 33rd degree." Christian Schussele was born in Alsace, in 1824, studied painting in Paris where he specialized in the historical subjects then in vogue, moved to the United States in 1847, was for eleven years director of the Pennsylvania Art Schools. Four of his canvasses became famous. One of them has been among the most gazed-at pictures ever painted in America, because prints of it hang in half the Lodge quarters in the United States, and it has been reproduced in Masonic books and periodicals without number under the title of "King Solomon and the Blacksmith." The picture was engraved by Sartain (a member of the Thirty-third Degree), and was published by the Macoy Company of New York about 1890, accompanied by a pamphlet entitled Tubal Cain. References to the Solomon and Blacksmith legend itself, to legends about Tubal Cain, and to the history and customs of the old fraternity of smiths are very numerous. Stapled pale blue paper wraps, pages 13-16 and the inside of back wrap consists of reviews of the engraving & the phamplet and price list for items relating to Tubal Cain published by the MaCoy Co. Wraps lightly soiled, back corners have small creases, light stain at the tip of the bottom corner of all pages, pages lightly wrinkled from handling, but interior is clean, no writing or marks, and binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Inventory No: 005076. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)

Published By the Author, Schenectady, N. Y, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark brown gilt stamped cloth over boards, 188 pp., b & w portraits of various Odd Fellows of importance, history of the lodges in Schenectady, NY. Corners and spine ends bumped a little, covers have some stains from handling, tiny tear in fabric back cover; otherwise, the text is clean and unmarked, no writing or notations; binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 4 oz. Inventory No: 006337. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)

Hartford, Conn, 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight, gilt still brilliant on covers. Brown pebbled cloth over boards, gilt decorated, all edges gilt, decorated endpapers, 311 pp. + 2 pp.[Index], numerous portraits with tissues. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. The interior is excellent, very clean, portraits in excellent condition as well. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Inventory No: 005018. . more information

Offered by Dennis Holzman Antiques (United States)