Philadelphia: Published by the Grand Lodge, 1935. First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"); 435-884; two photographic plates. Original wrappers stamped in black. Some general scuffing, soiling, with a thin ribbon of dampstaining to the bottom page edges. Only VG. Includes all of the minutiae about the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania..... More

Philadelphia: [Press of Allen, Lane & Scott], 1905. First edition thus. Republished from the Masonic Disciple and Printed for Private Circulation. Octavo. Original brown, staplebound wrappers stamped in black; 56 pp. A scarce Masonic title. No copies currently in commerce (2015) and not found in OCLC. The Masonic Library and..... More

Winona Lake, Indiana: The Brethren Missionary Herald Company, [ca. 1924]. Fourth Edition. A sermon delivered by the author at the First Brethren Church, Philadelphia, on April 3, 1921, in which he outlines the incompatibility of Masonry and Christianity. McClain bases his argument against Masonry on the Encyclopedia of Freemasonry.Small, stapled..... More

[Philadelphia]: The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, [1885]. First edition. Two early event announcements for the Philadelphia branch of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a Mason offshoot better known today as the Shriners. The A.A.O.N.M.S. was first established in..... More

Philadelphia: Press of George C. Buchanan Company, 1919. First edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped front board; 91 pp.; plates. Welcome Lodge member, Robert Maxwell's copy. Maxwell appears to have been admitted in 1917. Provides an overview of the first 50 years of history of this Philadelphia-based Lodge. Also..... More