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(Burns, Robert) Watkins, Larissa P. BURNSIANA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WILLIAM R. SMITH COLLECTION IN THE LIBRARY OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL, 33°, S.J.
With a Foreword by Akram Elias, Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons, Washington, D.C., Editor-in-Chief New Castle, Delaware and Washington, D.C. Oak Knoll Press & Library of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J. 2008 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover 240 pages
First edition. Published shortly before the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns in 2009, this bibliography presents the unparalleled Burnsiana collection held by the Library of the Supreme Council of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, USA, the most complete collection of Burnsiana in the United States. The William Robertson Smith Collection is the second largest compilation of Burns materials in the world, ranking only behind the collection maintained in The Mitchell Library in Glasgow, Scotland. In terms of American material about Burns, the Library of Supreme Council has the world's largest collection. The contents of this collection, compiled over a lifetime by William Robertson Smith, are available to American and international scholars, historians, literary critics and linguists.

For Masons, because both Robert Burns and William Robertson Smith were Masonic Brothers, this catalogue is meaningful as a living memorial to international Masonic fraternal and literary traditions. Because of the paucity of bibliographic literature illuminating Burns' involvement in Freemasonry, the work contains a biographic sketch entitled "Robert Burns-Freemason" written by Robert L.D. Cooper. From a historical, bibliographical, informational and aesthetic perspective, the Burnsiana catalogue has no analog among currently existing bibliographies. The catalogue is illustrated by the engravings of several generations of artists that provide an image of the Bard of Caledonia and the scenes of Scotland that he loved, and which inspired his creativity. This bibliography is a distinguished gift from the Fraternity of Freemasons in honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of this distinguished Scottish poet and Mason, Robert Burns.

Larissa P. Watkins is Assistant to the Librarian at the Library of the Supreme Council in Washington, D.C. Educated in the Russian Federation as a journalist and librarian, she holds an honors degree in Library Science from the Cultural Sciences Institute of Higher Learning in Ussurisk, Primorskiy Krai, and was Director of Acquisition and Automation at the State Scientific Library in the Maritime Provinces in Vladivostok. In this capacity, she represented the Library administration at annual national conferences in Moscow and Leningrad. In Russia, her book The Men of Dal'zavod was written as the official history for the 100th anniversary of the Dal'zavod, the largest shipyard in the Russian Far East. In the USA, Larissa is a member of Masonic Library and Museum Association and the author of three fundamental bibliographies published by Oak Knoll Press and the Library of the Supreme Council: American Masonic Periodicals: 1811-2001; International Masonic Periodicals: 1738-2005; and Our Very Illustrious Brother, Abraham Lincoln.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 96673

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Dorbon-Aîné BIBLIOTHECA ESOTERICA, CATALOGUE ANNOTÉ ET ILLUSTRÉ DE 6707 OUVRAGES ANCIENS ET MODERNES QUI TRAITENT DES SCIENCES OCCULTES...
(Mansfield Centre Maurizio Martino n.d. but 1997) thick 8vo. cloth. 656 pages.
Reprint of the Paris first edition published by Librairie Dorbon-Aîné. Includes works on alchemy, astrology, chiromancy, demonology, cabala, magic, mysticism, prophesies, secret societies (freemasonry), sorcery, witchcraft, spiritualism, theosophy, hypnotism etc. Gives pagination and number of illustrations. The book itself is illustrated and has extensive notes.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 50074

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(Freemasonry) CATALOGUES BY MASONIC AND MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHERS
New York Masonic and Miscellaneous 1877-1888 small 8vo. paper wrappers variously paginated
Group of seven auction catalogues dating to June 1877, December 1877, June 1878, June 1879, November 1879, November 1880 and May 1888. These are all catalogues of standard and rare old Masonic Books, pamphlets, magazines etc. (McKay 2243, 2308,2396, 2528, 2571,2699, & 3601) All the catalogues show edgewear with the pages tanning slightly.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 79884

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(Freemasonry) MASONIC LIBRARY OF LEON HYNEMAN
New York Geo. A. Leavitt & Co. 1879 small 8vo. paper wrappers 46 pages
Leon Hyneman was a prominent Masonic editor, author and publisher in the mid-1800s. This is an auction catalogue of some of his Masonic books - over 780 are offered. (McKay 2537).Red cover is slightly soiled and faintly creased, some edgewear, pages beginning to tan.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 79885

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(Freemasonry) THE MASONIC LIBRARY OF PYTHAGORAS LODGE , NO. 1.
New York Masonic Publishing Co 1887 8vo. rebound in cloth (iii),65+1 pages
The auction catalogue has rebound in modern cloth with gilt lettering on the front. Although the auction took place in 1887, the front cover has a date of 1861 printed on it. The original paper cover is bound in. The catalogue is listed in McKay - 3511. There were 800 lots in this sale which was the 22nd semi-annual sale for the Masonic Publishing Co. of New York and the Pythagoras Lodge #1. The auction was handled by Leavitt, taking place on Nov. 10 &11, 1887. Although the pages have tanned a bit, they are still quite supple. New endpapers and blanks bracket the original.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 79856

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Walgren, Kent Logan FREEMASONRY, ANTI-MASONRY AND ILLUMINISM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1734-1850, A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
2 volumes Worcester, MA American Antiquarian Society 2003 small 4to. cloth cxvi, (ii), 497+(1); vi, (ii), 499-1136 pages
A comprehensive successor to earlier bibliographies of Masonic books printed in the United States, such as Richard Barthelmess's Bibliographie der Freimaurerei in Amerika (1856) and Enoch T. Carson's Bibliotheca Masonica Carsoniana (1874). Volume 1 contains Introductory Essays and Entries from 1734 to 1827; Volume 2, entries from 1827-1850 and Indexes. The author has compiled 5,560 annotated entries, personally examining 95 percent of those for which surviving copies are known. Arranged in a chronological/geographical format, listing U.S. Masonic publications by date and state; and attempting to reclaim lost bibliographical and historical lore known to the Masons of earlier generations; by means of textual quotations, a sense and flavor of the social, political, and religious issues that preoccupied U.S. Freemasons and their detractors in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as the mythical early history of Masonry, women and Masonry, African-American Freemasonry, religion and Freemasonry, and politics and Freemasonry; and raw data on printing of Masonic literature and its economics in the early United States. "The chronological/geographical arrangement, which allows one to track the genesis and growth of the Craft in each state through the year 1850, provides a sense of time (cause-and-effect), context, and history." (introduction). Illustrated throughout with 70 title-page facsimiles, from "The Constitutions of the Free-Masons" (Phila., Benjamin Franklin, 1734), to the "Constitution of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for the State of California, and Minutes of the Proceedings of the Convention to Constitute Said Lodge" (San Francisco, Bartlett & Robb, 1850). A valuable reference for scholars of U.S. Freemasonry, historians of U.S. social, political, and religious thought, librarians, and students of early U.S. printing.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 73563

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Watkins, Larissa P. AMERICAN MASONIC PERIODICALS 1811-2001.
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2003 4to. Cloth 366 pages
This unique bibliography is based on the largest collection of Masonic periodicals in the United States. The Library of the Supreme Council in Washington, D.C., holds thousands of individual editions printed by more than 675 Masonic magazines, newspapers and bulletins issued between 1811 and 2001. Almost all entries show an illustration of the original periodical with a detailed list of dates and its complete run of editions. This comprehensive work makes an excellent companion edition to Walgren's two-volume bibliography on Masonic books. A "must have" for any Masonic library, collector, or student of Masonic literature. Co-published with the Library of the Supreme Council, 33°, S.J. Sales rights worldwide.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 74528

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Watkins, Larissa P. INTERNATIONAL MASONIC COLLECTION, 1723-2011.
A Bibliography of the Library of the Supreme Council, 33, S.J. New Castle, Delaware and Washington D.C. Oak Knoll Press and the Library of the Supreme Council 2013 8.5 x 11 inches hardcover 580 pages
This extensive bibliography is based on the international Masonic holdings in the library of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction of the USA. It represents an important cross section of Masonic literature obtained by the Supreme Council from about 89 countries worldwide and covers a historic period of about three centuries. Anderson's Constitutions, the first book to discuss activities of the Fraternity, was published in 1723. Since that time interest in Freemasonry has developed and emerged on a worldwide scale. The House of the Temple's International Masonic Collection now contains over 8,000 volumes written in 25 languages. The bibliography is illustrated with hundreds of images which graphically depict major classic themes in Masonic symbolism. Begun at the initiative of Grand Commander Albert Pike in the mid-nineteenth century, it now covers over one hundred years of acquisition effort. The geographic scope of this bibliography, along with historic period of literary coverage provides unique insight into the nature, substance, and evolution of Masonic philosophy of at least eight generations of Masonic authors worldwide. More important, it is the first time in the history of American bibliography that the international Masonic fraternity is documented in context as the oldest universal brotherhood. Thus, it is a fundamental extension to the two previous Masonic catalogs published by this experienced author. We are pleased to announce that this is the third "must-have" catalog for Masonic libraries, collectors, and students of Masonic literature. Co-published with the Library of the Supreme Council.

Larissa P. Watkins is Assistant to the Librarian at the Library of the Supreme Council in Washington, D.C. Educated in the Russian Federation as a journalist and librarian, she holds an honors degree in Library Science from the Cultural Sciences Institute of Higher Learning in Ussurisk, Primorskiy Krai, and was Director of Acquisition and Automation at the State Scientific Library in the Maritime Provinces in Vladivostok.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 105523

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Watkins, Larissa P. INTERNATIONAL MASONIC PERIODICALS 1738-2005
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Press 2005 4to. Cloth 324 pages
This is a companion bibliography to Watkins' American Masonic Periodicals 1811-2001, published in 2003 by the same publishers. This work completes the catalogue of periodicals in the Library of the Supreme Council in Washington, D.C., one of the largest Masonic libraries in the world. A total of 555 non-American periodicals from Algeria to Yugoslavia are listed here, with an illustration of the publication, an explanatory excerpt, and a detailed list of the holdings in the library. The listings start in 1738 with 51 issues of Der Freymäurer of Leipzig and continue through 2005. This wide-ranging work joins with Watkins' first volume and Walgren's two-volume bibliography to make the foundation of a thorough understanding of Masonic publications. It is another "must-have" for Masonic libraries, collectors, and students of Masonic literature. Co-published with the Library of the Supreme Council.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 87719

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