GRAY, GEORGE M.

The Ritual of the Holy Royal Arch as Taught in the Aldersgate Chapter of Improvement No. 1657, Originally Extended And Annotated For The Use Of The Companions In The District Of Nigeria. By E. Comp. G.M. Gray, M.D., F.R.C.S. Late Grand Superintendent

London: Privately Printed and Published By A. Lewis (Masonic Publishers) Ltd. 6 Hogarth Place, S.W.5 . Fifth Edition (Revised) 1964 . 0. 48mo. 4" x 2.75" . pp.12/pp.195 . Red leather boards (edges lightly rubbed). All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Red marker ribbon. Clean text throughout in red & black. Each page within a red ruled border. Contents include: Ceremonies of Opening and Closing a Chapter, Ceremony of Exaltation (with the Lectures from the chairs), Installing the Principals, Investiture of Officers (with Addresses) and Consecration of a Chapter etc. with full directions. With a couple of small marks to the margins and a couple of alterations to the text. A neat little book.

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Keywords: 36350 Gray, George M the Ritual of the Holy Royal Arch Aldersgate Chapter of Improvement No. 1657, Originally Extended and Annotated for the Use of the Companions in the District of Nigeria Masonic

GRAY, BRO.REV. G.T.

A Short History of the Gundulph Lodge No.1050. 1865-1965. (Province of Kent).

Rochester: The Sign of the Ampersand Dono Ltd, 1965. 0. Contents include: Masonic Beginnings in the Medway Towns; The New Lodge is Born; The Funds of the Lodge; The Lodge Meeting Place; Gundulph Lodge During the Two Great Wars; Gifts to the Lodge; Lodge of Instruction; Masonic Honours; Gundulph Lodge and the Cathedral; Hands Across the Sea; Gundulph Lodge and the Masonic Charities; Children of the Lodge; Officers of the Lodge. 24.5cms x 19cms. Pp.48, 9 pages of black & white photo illustrations. Blue cloth with decorative gilt pattern of dates (1865-1965) in a vertical stripe near to front spine hinge, dulled gilt title to spine. Centenary Summons loosely inserted. VG.

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Catalogue: Masonic: : Kent

Keywords: 50367 Gray Short History Gundulph Lodge Province Kent Freemasonry Masonic History Masons Medway Towns 36654 Masonic: : Kent

GREENSILL, T. M. [TOM MARSTON GREENSILL 1915-1996] .

History of the S.R.I.A. (Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia) . T. M. Greensill M.B.E.

Printed by Premier Metropolis, 2003 . 0. Second edition, revised. 8.00" x 5.5" x 0.75" [20.6cm x 13.8cm x 1.8cm]. [6pp.]/pp.374, fold to title page which has loss to lower front corner. Red card covers with black titles to the front board and spine. Clean throughout. G+. ** The Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (abbreviated Soc. Ros, sria or SRIA) is a Rosicrucian Society in England (Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia), which is a side branch of Freemasonry. The SRIA has numerous local lodges, so-called colleges throughout the British Isles, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, as well as in France and the Netherlands. *** Tom Marston Greensill, Agricultural Superintendent, Eastern Region, Nigeria. Awarded the M.B.E. in the 1957 Birthday Honours. Tom Marston Greensill was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire on 26 August 1915. A pre-war member of the Territorial Army, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 22 April 1943. Promoted to War Substantive Lieutenant, October 1943, and Temporary Captain, September 1944. During the war Greensill qualified as an Instructor in Fire Control (Anti-Aircraft). He was mentioned in despatches as a Temporary Captain, ‘in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’ He relinquished his commission on 22 December 1949 and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. His Efficiency Medal was awarded to him as a Lieutenant (Hon. Capt.) (retired) but with his surname mis-spelt ‘Greenshill’ instead of ‘Greensill’, as per the London Gazette of 23 June 1992. After the war Greensill became an Agricultural Superintendent in the Eastern Region of Nigeria, based at Enugu, and was awarded the M.B.E. in this capacity. By 1963 he was a Senior Agricultural Officer in the Bahamas. He wrote several books including, Vegetable Growing in the Eastern Region of Nigeria 1950-1957 (1957), Rural Science for Tropical Schools (1959), Gardening in the Tropics (1964) and Growing Better Vegetables: A Guide for Tropical Gardeners (1968). A Mason, Greensill also wrote A History of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA) (1987). Tom Marston Greensill died in 1996. A post-war civil M.B.E. group of six awarded to Captain T. M. Greensill, Royal Artillery. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, these unnamed, mounted as worn; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R, 1st issue, Territorial (Lt T M Greenshill (sic), RA) late issue, note spelling of surname, in named card box of issue; together with a mounted set of five miniature dress medals (as above but without Efficiency Medal) and a Great War Commemorative Medal 1914-19, Efficiency Medal extremely fine; others good very fine and better (12) Sold for £180.00 19th September 2014 - See Dix Noonan Webb, Auctioneers, London.

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Keywords: 50259 Tom Marston Greensil History of the S.R. I.A. Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia Masonic

REV. CANON E. GRIFFITHS (EDITOR) .

Sussex Masters Lodge Transactions. No. 3672, No. 23 April, 1950 .

Lewes: Privately printed for Sussex Masters Lodge, by Farncombe & Co, 1950 . 0. An original pamphlet. 8.5" x 5.5" . pp.35 . Yellow covers with printed titles (edges dulled). Rusted staples. Clean text throughout, illustrated with a full-page black & white picture of: W. Bro. Ivor Grantham, O.B.E, P.Dep.G.Swd.B. VG.

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Book number: 36855

Catalogue: Masonic: : Pamphlets

Keywords: 37277 Sussex Masters Lodge Transactions. No. 3672 Ivor Grantham Lewes Rev. Canon E. Griffiths Masonic: : Pamphlets

SOUTH WALES MASONIC HISTORY GROUP.

The Reason Why. A History of the Masonic Province of South Wales.

Cardiff: Provincial Grand Lodge of South Wales, 2012. 9780957128200. 1st edition. The History of the Province from 1724. The Histories of over 180 Lodges. Separate Biographical Sketches of all the Provincial Grand Masters and their Deputies. "Discover The Reason Why: a particular Lodge was formed, a Lodge acquired its distinctive Name, the Banner was so designed and much more. Colour illustrations including every Lodge Banner and Past Master's Jewel". 20.5cms x 21.5cms x 5cms. Pp.736, many colour and black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Blue boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Keywords: South Wales Masonic History Reason Why History Masonic Province Welsh Freemasonry Lodge Names Banners Past Masters Jewel Biographical Grand Masters Deputies Illustrated 48373 Masonic

HAFFNER, CHRISTOPHER.

Workman Unashamed. The Testimony of a Christian Freemason.

Shepperton: Lewis Masonic, 1989. 0853181675. 1st edition. The author "gives reasoned answers and explanations to the issues raised in anti-masonic publications and exposes their lack of substance, in many cases as journalistic speculation..There are chapters explaining the organisational background pf Freemasonry and how it functions including the beliefs encompassed in the order." Pp.271, owner's masonic bookplate to inside front board, small mark from old sticker to front free endpaper. Blue boards, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Haffner Workman Unashamed Testimony Christian Freemason Freemasonry Masonic Heresy Secrecy Deism Pelagianism Gnosticism Syncretism Satanism Baal 51289 Masonic

HALEVI, Z'EV BEN SHIMON .

The Kabbalistic Tree Of Life. Revised Edition . Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi .

Birmingham: Kabbalah Society, 2009 . 9781909171121. As New. 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.5" pp.200 . Illustrated hard cover and numerous illustrations and diagrams within the text. ** The Kabbalistic Tree of Life sets out to introduce the principles of the Tree in metaphysical, symbolic and practical terms to illustrate the essence of this key diagram of Kabbalah. Originally, this was the first book by Halevi in the series of Kabbalah. It has now been updated to include a wider scheme of the kabbalistic Tradition in ancient, medieval and modern ways, with added insights given by new illustrations making it relevant to the present time. This book is a study of the metaphysical scheme known as the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, based upon ancient, medieval and modern views of its principles. The structure and dynamic of existence are described in great detail, for instance in the workings of economics, the course of a love affair and the progression of evolution. Such examples reveal how cosmic laws operate throughout the four interconnected Worlds of Jacob's Ladder. Within this scheme, the purpose of humanity is explained in terms of different levels of physical, psychological and spiritual development. We are in part of the interaction of matter, form and creation in a vast process that originates in the Divine Realm. ** Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi is the Hebrew name of Warren Kenton, born in 1933 into a Sephardic Jewish Levite family in England. He has studied the Teaching since he was twenty-five and has visited the major historic sites of the Tradition in Europe, North Africa and Israel. Over this time, he has written sixteen books on the Kabbalah, including a novel. They have been translated into sixteen languages. Besides running courses in Britain, the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada, he has taught in ten European countries as well as in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan and Israel. He is the Principal Tutor of the Kabbalah Society and a Fellow of the Temenos Academy in London. He sees it as his task to clarify Kabbalah and update its mythology and metaphysics in terms of modern science and psychology.

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Book number: 42103

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Keywords: Kabbalah Society Birmingham the Kabbalistic Tree of Life Revised Edition Z'Ev Ben Shimon Halevi 46055 Masonic

HALLIWELL, JAMES ORCHARD .

The Early History Of Freemasonry In England. By James Orchard Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S. Second Edition.

London: John Russell Smith, 4, Old Compton Street, Soho Square. M.DCCC.XLIV. [ 1844 ]. 0. A very good tight binding. 12mo. 8" x 5". Original dark brown cloth covered boards, but preserving the original printed label to the front board. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Original yellow endpapers, lightly soiled. Frontispiece: "Fac-simile of the first page of an ancient poem on Masonry.." Followed by printed title. Text ends with a four page Glossary of ancient English words. Bound with a 24 pages of adverts for: "Valuable and Interesting Books Published Or Sold By John Russell Smith.." . Clean text throughout, just the odd page chip or corner crease. A very good copy of this scarce publication. ** "James Orchard Halliwell (1820-1889), published over 600 books during his life, ranging from 16-page monographs, many of which first appeared as magazine articles, to a 14-volume commentary on Shakespeare. Born on June 21, 1820, Halliwell was the youngest of 4 children of a successful leathercraftsman and merchant. One of his older brothers became a lawyer, a profession James was to have frequent dealings with over the years. The young Halliwell was noted as a mathematical prodigy. He also had a special interest in collecting medieval manuscripts, at that time still plentiful and cheap at ordinary booksellers. He combined these two traits in his writing, and at 16 was producing a column of brief biographies of scientists (mainly mathematicians) for his school paper. These included such greats as Isaac Newton, Roger Bacon, René Descartes, and Archimedes; and also Charles Butler, a notable mathematician, but also Halliwell's mentor before he went on to the University. And also Euclid of Alexandria, a biography that probably influenced his brief appearance in Masonic lore.." - see Masonic Poets *** " [The Halliwell Poem] ..It was first published in 1840 by Mr James Orchard Halliwell, a non-Mason, under the title “A Poem on the Constitutions of Masonry”. Mr Halliwell used the only known existing manuscript copy of the original that was kept in the King’s Library of the British Museum; before that it belonged to a well-known collector of the seventeenth century, Charles Theyer. Most experts believe that this manuscript originates from between 1425 and 1450, and Mr Halliwell says that it was copied in 1390. A few other people even believe that it is a transcript of the Book of Constitutions adopted by the General Assembly held in York in 926, but this seems very unlikely. The manuscript is in rhythmic verses, has 794 lines, and the language is very archaic even in relation to other manuscripts of this period.." - see An Outsider’s View of Freemasonry by Giles C. H. Nullens .

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Book number: 38871

Catalogue: Masonic: : 19th Century

Keywords: 40936 the Early History of Freemasonry in England. By James Orchard Halliwell John Russell Smith Masonic: : 19th Century

HAMMOND, ROB .

A History Of Royal Denbigh Lodge

Denbigh, Wales; Privately Printed For Royal Denbigh Lodge, 2014 . 0. Thick paperback signed by the Author. No publishing details so I think this is a proof copy. 20.7cm x 14.9cm x 3.0cm. pp.ii./pp.514 . Blue card covers with title and coloured illustration. Inscription to verso of the front cover: "Dear John, Happy reading! Rob. Also postcard loosely inserted [ To John (Acaster) from Rob (Hammond) ] . Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG .

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Book number: 49033

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Keywords: 50504 Royal Denbigh Lodge Rob Hammond John Acaster Masonic

HAMMOND, WILLIAM.

Masonic Emblems & Jewels. Treasures at Freemasons' Hall London.

London: A. Lewis, 1920. An introduction to the history of Freemasonry with a selection of the many items in the collection at Freemasons' Hall, London, illustrated in coloured and half-tone plates. Pp.xii/42 half-tone plates/ 91,coloured frontispiece + 17 further coloured plates, red Foyles bookseller's label to inside front board, minor spotting to preliminary pages and to closed page edges. Bright blue cloth,gilt title to spine, white title and motif to front board, minor wear to base of spine and small bump to lower front edge. G+.

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Book number: 50239

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Keywords: Hammond Masonic Emblems Jewels Freemasons Hall Illustrated Speculative Freemasonry Charges Old Rolls Aprons Minute Books China Mopses Westminster Royal Alpha York Grand Masters Charterhouse 51760 Masonic

HAMMOND, WILLIAM E.

What Masonry Means.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1940. 0. "This volume will make clear to candidates the cardinal purpose of Masonry and will quicken in older members their sense of moral obligation." Pp.170, small notation to front free endpapers, toning to endpapers. Light blue cloth, edges slightly sunned, dustwrapper toned with internal repairs. G+/G+.

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Book number: 36052

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Keywords: William Hammond Masonry Masonic Supreme Architect Personal Edifice Fraternal Ties Eternal Temple Freemasonry 36463 Masonic

HANDFIELD-JONES, R. M. [ RANALD MONTAGU HANDFIELD-JONES 1892 - 1978 ] .

The Origin And History Of The United Religious And Military Orders Of The Temple And Of St. John Of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhoes And Malta In England And Wales And The Dominions And Dependencies Of The British Crown.

London: Published under the authority of the Grand Master's K. T. Council, 1973 . 0. Clean booklet. Maroon printed covers, pp.39 .

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Book number: 48969

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Keywords: 50454 Grand Master's K.T. Council Handfield-Jones, R.M. The Origin and History of the United Religious and Military Orders of the Temple and of St. John of Jerusalem, Palestine Masonic

HANNAH, WALTON.

Christian By Degrees. Masonic Religion Revealed in the Light of Faith.

London: Augustine Press, 1954. 0. 1st ed. The author argues that Masonic ritual is not compatible with membership of the Christian church and that "..they are but revivals of early Gnostic mystery-cults against which the primitive Church was in deadly enmity." Pp.222, toning to endpapers, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, minor edge wear. G+.

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Book number: 14892

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Keywords: Hannah Christian Degrees Masonic Religion Christian Freemasonry Hiramic Royal Arch Ritual Rose Croix Kadosh Templar Chivalry Church 51732 Masonic

HANSON, E. H. & VAN ZWANENBERG, D. F.

The British Union Lodge No. 114 1962-1987 by W.Bro. E. H. Hanson P.A.G.D.C. and W. Bro. D.F. van Zwanenberg P.P.G.S.D.

Ipswich, Suffolk: Privately Printed (For the British Union Lodge) [by W. S. Cowell Ltd, Butter Market], 1987 . 0. History of the Lodge 1962-1987 and published in celebration of the 225 years since its consecration. pp.48 Blue cloth, with gilt title to the front board, sunning to spine. Clean text throughout, illustrated with 4 black & white pictures, owner's bookplate to inside front board, light spotting to endpapers. G+.

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Keywords: 47313 Hanson, E.H. & Van Zwanenberg, D. F the British Union Lodge No. 114 Ipswich, Suffolk: Privately Printed [by W.S. Cowell Ltd Masonic

HARDWICK, CHARLES (EDITOR) .

The Quarterly Magazine Of The Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society. Edited By Charles Hardwick, P.G.M. Vol. IX. - New Series. January, 1873, to October, 1874 .

Manchester: Published by the Grand master and Board of Directors, at their offices, Grosvenor Street / London: Simpkin, Marshall, And Co. / Manchester: John Heywood, 1874 . 0. A very good original half leather binding. 8vo. 8.50" x 5.50" x 1.25". [4pp.]/pp.257 - pp.304/pp289 - pp.304/pp.201 - pp.264/pp.65 - pp.524 . Maroon morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with gilt bands and titles: 'Oddfellows' Magazine.' & '1873-4'. Marbled page edges. Clean text throughout, plus full-page engravings of: William Lovsey; John Scarfe; George Cleminson; William Cowman; William Norton Western; James Andrew; William George Fretton; william Kay ** "Charles Hardwick (1817-1889) of Preston, Lancashire, antiquary, Grand Master of the Manchester Unity Order of Odd-Fellows, and Vice-President of the Manchester Literary Club.

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Book number: 39215

Catalogue: Masonic: : Oddfellows

Keywords: The Quarterly Magazine of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Friendly Society. Edited by Charles Hardwick Masonic: : Oddfellows