Item 182113BY-LAWS AND RULES OF ORDER OF SPARTAN LODGE, No. 24, I.O.O.F., Laurel, Ind.
Laurel, IN: 1891. Paperback. 15p. A small softcover booklet in very good condition. Booklet as a while is rather crinkled, but otherwise clean and tight.
Fraternal Organizations
Item 181284BY-LAWS OF MAD RIVER LODGE No. 243 I.O.O.F.
Fairborn, OH: Mad River Lodge No. 243, I.O.O.F., 1994. Paperback. 11p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. A few faint smudges and flecks of mild foxing on the cover; otherwise clean and tight. By-laws of an Odd Fellows lodge located in Fairborn, Ohio.
Item 184315BY-LAWS OF MAD RIVER LODGE No. 243 I.O.O.F., Fairborn, Ohio
Fairborn, OH: Mad River Lodge No. 243, I.O.O.F., 1979. Paperback. 11p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Cover creased and faintly foxed. Text clean except for a tiny pen mark at top of page 6. Binding tight. By-laws for an Odd Fellows lodge in Fairborn, Ohio.
Item 182124CENTENNIAL SESSION: SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE, GENERAL MILITARY COUNCIL AND ASSOCIATION OF REBEKAH ASSEMBLIES: Jacksonville, Florida, September 15 to 20th, 1924
Jacksonville, FL: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1924. Paperback. 24p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition overall. The edges are faintly tanned; the insides of the covers are more heavily tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. The souvenir program for a session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.).....
Item 182115CHARGE BOOK OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE under the Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I.O.O.F., 1950. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 160p. A small burgundy cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light smudge on back cover and corners lightly worn. Ownership page inside front cover has been filled out. Otherwise clean and tight. Measures approx. 6.7" x 4.1"
Item 182116CHARGE BOOK OF A SUBORDINATE LODGE under the Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I.O.O.F., 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 157p. A small burgundy cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners lightly bumped. Ownership page inside front cover has been filled out. Otherwise clean and tight. Measures approx. 6.7" x 4.1"
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Item 189706THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CINCINNATI: Year Book 1930-1957
Cincinnati: The Commercial Club of Cincinnati, 1957. Hardcover. 158p. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Owner's stamps on endpapers and title page; otherwise clean and tight. Proceedings for the club meetings from October 1930 to May 1957.
Item 181257FORGET IT NOT: A Book Consisting of the Initiatory and the Three Subordinate Lodge Degrees, the Ceremony of Admission by Card, the Form of Installation for Subordinate Lodge Officers, and the Charges for Instituting Subordinate Lodges
Cleveland: Bullis & Holden, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. 168p. A pocket-size hardcover book bound in navy blue cloth. Acceptable condition. Spine crinkled and hinges shaken, though all pages are still attached. Cloth faintly soiled and ack cover warped. Text unmarked. A vintage manual for fraternal lodges. Measures approx. 5" x 3.5".....
Item 181249THE GAZETTE OF THE UNION, Golden Rule, and Odd-Fellows' Family Companion. A Saturday Journal of General Literature, Odd-Fellowship and Amusement. (Volume IX, July-December 1848)
New York: J.R. Crampton, 1848. First Edition, First Printing. Leather. A large hardcover book bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards. POOR CONDITION. Boards heavily scuffed all over, and cracks forming along the edges of the spine. Front hinge completely cracked; rear hinge weakly holding. Page edges worn. Heavy.....
Item 181280HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE I.O.O.F. OF GERMANTOWN, OHIO.
Dayton, OH: J.W. Johnson, 1900. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 220p. A small book bound in thin cardboard covered in brown cloth. Cloth is peeling back from the corners of the front cover, and the front and spine are lightly scuffed. Text clean and binding tight. A very scarce Odd.....
Item 181288THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS: A World Wide Fraternal Order
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio. Paperback. 12p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Edges lightly faded and crinkled, but otherwise clean and tight. A vintage pamphlet encouraging membership in the I.O.O.F. of Ohio. Contains an unused membership form in back. Undated; ca. 1960.
Item 181985INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING MASONIC TRIALS
Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Indiana (Newell A. Lamb, P.G.M.), 1976. Paperback. 24p. A staplebound booklet in near-fine condition. Spine slightly faded; otherwise clean and tight.
Item 181250IOLA NO. 83 SOUVENIR
Dayton, OH: Iola Lodge no. 83, Knights of Pythias, 1907. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. An oblong, thread-bound softcover book in POOR CONDITION. Cover is chipped, creased, and lightly soiled. Bottom corner of entire book appears to have been nibbled into by a small animal or insects. Occasional fingerprint smudges.....
Item 181989LEAVES FROM GEORGIA MASONRY
Educational and Historical Commission of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, F. & A.M., 1970. 3rd Printing. Paperback. 239p. A softcover book in good+ condition. Spine creased, foredges and endpapers foxed, and faint musty smell inside. Text clean and binding tight.
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Item 186857MASONIC DIRECTORY OF DAYTON, OHIO 1968
Dayton, OH: The J.W. Johnson Company, 1968. Paperback. 123p. A softcover book in good condition. Cover foxed, old stamp on front, and a couple tiny pen marks in text. Most pages clean; binding tight. 1968 directory of Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar, and Scottish Rite Masons in Dayton, Ohio.
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Item 186856MASONIC DIRECTORY OF DAYTON, OHIO 1974
Dayton, OH: 1974. Paperback. 104p plus membership rosters. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned; smudges and discoloration on back cover. Otherwise clean and tight. 1974 directory of Masonic lodges in Dayton, Ohio.
Item 181298OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE I.O.O.F.: Session 1978 Held in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, TX: Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., 1978. Paperback. 136p. A staplebound softcover book in good condition. Cover tanned and soiled, but text unmarked and binding tight.
Item 181264OMICRON DELTA KAPPA BOOKLET OF INFORMATION
General Council of Omicron Delta Kappa, 1949. Paperback. 39p. A staplebound booklet in POOR CONDITION. Cover and all pages dampstained. Small hole torn in front cover, head of spine chipped, and crackly piece of brown paper pasted to back cover. Text is unmarked and binding still tight. OFFERED AS-IS.
Item 182117PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO REBEKAH ASSEMBLY, I.O.O.F.
Eaton, OH: The Kee Printing Co., 1995. Paperback. 170p. A softcover book in very good condition. A couple faint smudges on back cover, and foredges lightly foxed. Otherwise clean and tight. Proceedings of the assembly's 109th annual session in Miamisburg, Ohio, April 26-27, 1995. Includes foldout abstracts of Rebekah Lodges.....
Item 181260RITUAL OF A SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT Under the Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the I.O.O.F., 1975. Hardcover. 175p. A blue hardcover book in good+ condition. Edges rubbed and corners a bit crinkled. IOOF ownership page filled out inside the front cover. Otherwise, text clean and tight.
Item 181261RITUAL OF A SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT Under the Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1954. Hardcover. 207p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed, IOOF ownership form inside front cover is partially filled out, and endpapers lightly foxed. Otherwise clean and tight.
Item 181263RITUAL OF A SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT Under the Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Sovereign Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., 1957. Hardcover. 184p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Faint musty smell inside. Spine and edges visibly scuffed, and cloth foxed. IOOF ownership form inside front cover is filled out. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight.
Item 181283WHY ODD FELLOWSHIP?
Paperback. 8p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Cover lightly foxed; otherwise clean and tight. Briefly explains the purpose and benefits of joining the Odd Fellows. Undated and no publisher stated; ca. 1970s.
Item 181986A MANUAL OF THE LODGE; or, Monitorial Instructions in the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, Arranged in Accordance with the American System of Lectures; To Which Are Added the Ceremonies of the Order of Past Master, Relating to Installations, Dedications, Consecrations, Laying of Corner Stones, etc.
New York: Clark & Maynard, 1866. Hardcover. 235p. A brown cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Corners and spine ends heavily worn, and cloth soiled all over. Considerable foxing and age-toning throughout, but the binding is still tight enough for normal handling. An early printing of this very scarce 19th-century.....
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Item 190035A DICTIONARY OF SECRET AND OTHER SOCIETIES
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 543p. Ex-library. A red cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Edges rubbed, faint spotty stains on front cover, and call number on spine. Library labels and stamps on endpapers and title page. Small closed tears in gutter.....