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A VERY RARE AND GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1874 ENLARGED EDITION THAT IS ABOUT TO TURN 150 YEARS OLD AND WELL-PRESERVEDAN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EDITION AND THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRACE FROM 1874 WITH THESE COVERS CURRENTLY OFFERED BY ANY KNOWN INSTITUTION.WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY A 33RD-DEGREE ROYAL MASTER MASON, 630+ PAGESHERE ARE "SOME" OF THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: FREEMASONRY, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, MASONIC KNIGHTHOOD, ANCIENT EGYPT, THE GREAT PYRAMIDS, THE SOUL, HEAVEN, THE CREATOR, SECRET SOCIETIES, PAGANISM, TEUTONIC KNIGHTS, TEMPLAR CASTLES, SPIRITUALITY, THE CRUSADES, INITIATION, SOLOMONS SEALED FOUNTAIN, THE CELESTIALS EMBLEMS, THE GRAND MASTER, MYSTICISM, THE ORDER OF MALTA, THE GRAND LODGE, MASONIC TEMPLARS, KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY TEMPLE, THE GRAND ORIENT, & MOREDISPLAYING EXQUISITE GOTHIC TOOLED COVERS, MARBLED PAGE ENDS, GOLD EMBELLISHMENTS, AND STUNNING WORKS OF ARTThis is one of the finest, most beautiful, and in-depth books ever created on The Knights Templars. The heavily tooled covers are still glistening,… Read More

A VERY RARE AND GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1874 ENLARGED EDITION THAT IS ABOUT TO TURN 150 YEARSAN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EDITION AND THE ONLY ONE I CAN TRACE FROM 1874 WITH THESE COVERS CURRENTLY OFFERED BY ANY KNOWN INSTITUTION.WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY A 33RD-DEGREE ROYAL MASTER MASON, 630+ PAGESHERE ARE "SOME" OF THE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: FREEMASONRY, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, MASONIC KNIGHTHOOD, ANCIENT EGYPT, THE GREAT PYRAMIDS, THE SOUL, HEAVEN, THE CREATOR, SECRET SOCIETIES, PAGANISM, TEUTONIC KNIGHTS, TEMPLAR CASTLES, SPIRITUALITY, THE CRUSADES, INITIATION, SOLOMONS SEALED FOUNTAIN, THE CELESTIALS EMBLEMS, THE GRAND MASTER, MYSTICISM, THE ORDER OF MALTA, THE GRAND LODGE, MASONIC TEMPLARS, KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY TEMPLE, THE GRAND ORIENT, & MOREDISPLAYING EXQUISITE GOTHIC TOOLED COVERS, MARBLED PAGE ENDS, GOLD EMBELLISHMENTS, AND STUNNING WORKS OF ARTThis is one of the finest, most beautiful, and in-depth books ever created on The Knights Templars. The heavily tooled covers are still glistening, the gold templar… Read More

A GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1858, NOW 166 YEARS OLD AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EDGAR A. POE BOOKS I HAVE EVER OFFEREDTHIS BOOK IS ROMAN NUMERAL STAMPED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY THE PUBLISHER, "MDCCCLVIII" 1858.A REAL 1ST US EDITION FROM THE PUBLISHING HOUSE PRINTED BEFORE THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR OF 1861PRINTED AND BOUND BY RICHARD CLAY (1789-1877) AT HIS BINDERY LOCATED AT BREAD STREET HILL IN LONDON, ENGLANDBOUND IN DEEP GREEN FULL-LEATHER WITH GOTHIC GOLD GILT EMBELLISHMENTS (THE ONLY KNOWN PRINTING WITH THIS BINDING) ALL PAGE ENDS GOLDINCLUDES: THE RAVEN, LENORE, TO HELEN, THE BELLS, ANNABELLE LEE, SILENCE, THE HAUNTED PALACE, TO ONE IN PARADISE, A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, TO HELEN, AND MORE INCLUDING MEMOIRS & EVEN POEMS FROM HIS YOUTHINCLUDES POE'S FIRST-EVER PUBLISHED POEM, "TAMERLANE," WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PRINTED WHEN HE WAS ONLY 18BOASTING 51 VERY SCARCE WOODCUT ENGRAVINGS, SOME BY JOHN TENNIEL, "WHO WAS MADE MOST FAMOUS FOR ILLUSTRATING ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND." ALL ARE IN STUNNING CONDITION… Read More