BURLEIGH, BENNET

octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering, with blind decoration, on spine; frontis; viii+418+1ads pp; illus, fold-out maps; VG-(mod. foxing & browning to prelims; mod. browning to pages; mod. rubbing & soiling to covers; mod. bruising & some fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; both gutters partially detached but book is sound & complete)

PUBLISHER: George Bell 1900

KEYWORDS: military history British Natal campaign Kwa Zulu South Africa Rand Dispute personal stories

GOUGH, SIR HUBERT & BRYANT, ARTHUR (intro)

first edition; super octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; blind decoration on cover; illus/maps on eps; 260pp; illus; VG (sl. browning to eps & page edges; mod. rubbing to covers, with mod. surface loss; sl. bruising & very sl. fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; covers have lost some colour; gutters a little shaky; newspaper clipping stuck to prelim with sellotape),

PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker 1954

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Ladysmith Curragh Mutiny Operation Michael offensive World War I Boer history

FREEMASONS QUATUOR CONONATI LODGE & CRYER, N.B. (edit)

this volume only; imperial octavo; deep blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; illus. title page; viii+255pp; illus; VG+ (book itself in very nice condition: plastic protective cover has been sellotaped to eps)

PUBLISHER: Council of Q.C. Correspondence 1987

KEYWORDS: Freemasonry freemasons proceedings records history transactions

BOUYER DE L'ORATOIRE, LOIUS & DAY, MICHAEL (trans)

small octavo; blue cloth covers; gilt lettering on spine; 87pp; VG+ (top edges sl. foxed; sl. rubbing to covers; edges bruised with sl. surface loss; eps sl. tanned) in d/w sl. tatty (mod. rubbing with surface loss & scratches; sl. grubby; interior mod. foxed: but is has done its job)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Chapman 1958

KEYWORDS: biography history St Philip Neri

LEIGHTON, R. W. Bro. SAMUEL

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 249pp + unpaginated portrait plates to rear, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wm. Brown & Sons (Printer) 1938

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic illustrated history rites Ireland Irish Antrim

GRATTON, Bro. F. M.

FACSIMILE REPRINT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 173pp, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems & board edges, light bruising to board corners)

PUBLISHER: Ch'eng Wen Publishing (Reprinted) 1971

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic China Shanghai history

GLENIE, J. P. (Ed) & SPENCER, NORMAN B. (Fore)

Octavo, light blue heavy card boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 175pp, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, presentation plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: The Observer Printing Works (Printers) 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasonry freemasons masonic history collection papers

VAN ZYL, W. Bro. C. H.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, 108pp, VG (lightly moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, cracking to full length of gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mrs. L. van Zyl 1957

KEYWORDS: South Africa masonic freemasonry freemasons history rites rituals

WALKES Jr., JOSEPH A.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xvi + 176pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, v sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light rubbing with surface loss to edges, moderate sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co. 1989

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic illustrated history african american race

VERRALL, RWBro. PETER & NICHOLLS, WBro. KERRY

ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED to one author by the other and by the editor, octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 245pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl creasing to covers corners)

PUBLISHER: Auatralian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council 2009

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand Australia freemasonry fremasons masonic history culture illustrated

SARWAR, HAFIZ GHULAM

Octavo, heavy cream boards with red cloth spine, xxiii + 425pp + 10pp adverts, VG- (heavy water damage to spine, heavy separation of pages to spine but pgs all present and attached, gov't stamp in ink to title page, heavy crack to gutter to rear with moderate water staining)

PUBLISHER: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf Kashmiri Bazar 1974

KEYWORDS: religion Islam Qur'an prophet history

DI BERNARDO, GIULIANO

Octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 167pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Freestone 1989

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history mankind philosophy religion theology

ABAH, CHIEF RANAMI

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 130pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Lewis Masonic 1992

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history culture religion symbols symbolism illustrated

DE CASTELLS, F.

Octavo, light teal heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, 327pp, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, light water staining to top rear cover)

PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1978

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history culture religion symbols symbolism

WEED, JOSEPH J.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, 216pp, VG- (light chafing to spine extrems & board edges, stain to top edge of text block, light foxing to top of page edges) in d/w VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Chatsworth Press 1965

KEYWORDS: rosicrucian amorc religion history culture

CLYMER, R. SWINBURNE

3 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rosicrucian motif to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus title pages, vol 1- xxvii + 286pp, vol 2- xxxii + 279pp, vol 3- xxxii + 288pp + 17pp adverts, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light sticky label residue to feps, date in ink to all full title pages)

PUBLISHER: Philosophical Publishing Company circa 1946-1949

KEYWORDS: Rosicrucian masonic esoteric occult history culture literature teachings records archives Rosy Cross fraternity

CROKER, Wor. Bro. A. B.

Super ocatvo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 152pp, illus, tatty (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges & spine, light staining to covers, moderate water staining to page edges- not impeding text, binding loose to rear gutter, moderate rusting & separation at staples to front eps, commission stamp in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: R.W. Bro. H. A. Lamb 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand masonic freemasons freemasonry history illustrated grand lodge

GRACE, A. A. (Pref & Postscript)

Octavo, illus light card covers, 159pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & chipping to covers & edges, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand murder true real life crime Nelson history

DODD, ALFRED

Super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 284pp + 64pp adverts, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning to eps, bookseller's stamp in ink to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, very subtle 4cm closed tear to rear cover- very well repaired with archival tape)

PUBLISHER: Rider & Co. circa 1936

KEYWORDS: masonic speculative freemasonry freemasons literature William Shakespeare history

SCOTT, ALEXANDER M.

Octavo, quarter bound heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + 143pp, illus, scruffy (heavy chipping to spine extrems,moderate scuffing to spine, heavy water staining & wrinkling to top half of boards, moderate tanning & water staining to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Munro & Scott 1922

KEYWORDS: Australia masonic freemasonry freemasons history culture Perth royal arch 122