Secret Societies from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Alexandria, VA: George E. French, 1876. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's rather glorious heavily gilded bottle green and black embossed cloth, decorated to spine and front boards with masonic devices. 220pp. A trifle scuffed and rubbed in places, with just a touch of fraying to the head of the spine, sharp and neat, a very good copy. Internally clean.… Read more about this item

London: John Long, 1936. Second Printing. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth (also found in red), titled in gilt to spine, a little rubbed and scuffed to extremities, a trifle duty here and there, but a strong, solid copy. A very good example. 292pp. Internally clean. Bookplate of Sir Willliam Louis Primrose, Baronet, to front flyleaf, along with a discreet private… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1961. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's vibrant purple cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled in silver gilt to spine, a very handsome copy, in a clean, bright dustjacket with some very light fading to the spine panel. A very good copy indeed. 256pp. Internally clean, although there is some odd, pale discolouration to the flyleaves… Read more about this item

New York: Vantage Press, 1955. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 188pp. Neat ownership signature inside front cover, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, generally rubbed but complete; Very Good. Scarce vanity-published adventure novel concerning the search for the Bronze Serpent of the Old Testament, pitting an idealistic rabbi against a… Read more about this item

[Baltimore: Printed by R. Neilson], 1842. Large octavo (23.5cm). Full morocco gilt; AEG; pp.iv,[1]-608. Bound volume of twelve issues, comprising the entire first year of the journal. Minor rubbing and wear; front hinge slightly pulled, but holding; mild ageing to contents; still Very Good or better in a spectacular and well-preserved 19th-c. American publisher's binding. Pencil ownership signature ("E.… Read more about this item

Bruxelles: Imprimerie et Librairie de Ve. Wouters, 1850. First Belgian Edition. 12mo (ca. 19cm.); publisher's blue wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; 160pp. Light chipping and wear to jacket extremities, spine a bit toned, else Very Good and fresh overall. Memoirs of the French police informant whose activities were discovered during the February Revolution of 1848. The author grew… Read more about this item