Search Results: knight templary in the united states by white elmer

Publisher: Phillips, Smyth & Van Orden and George Spaulding & Co., 1904 Very Good condition, please ask for photos. 559pp. Leather. Some repaired spine damage where splitting occured.

San Francisco, CA: Phillips, Smyth & Van Orgden and George Spaulding & Co., 1904. Hardcover. First edition; 11 1/2 x 8; pp. [9], 10-11, [2], 14-559, [1]; tooled morocco, illustrated in gilt and red; rebacked in black and red leatherette; rubbing to bottom edge and corners of boards; small (burnt [?]) spot to ffep; small personal stamp of previous owner to first blank leaf; illustrated with portrait frontis, photographic plates, and photographs; overall in very good- condition.A beautiful, massive book on the Knights Templar, it was published, according to the author, "...as a contribution to the literature of knight Templary in the United States, rather than as a souvenir of the Twenty-ninth Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment." Although Elmer White, the official historian of the 1904 San Francisco Conclave, focused mostly to the events of that particular one, he also provided exhaustive history of the Templars in general. Most importantly, the book contained many… Read More

San Francisco: Phillips, Smyth & Van Orgden And George Spaulding, 1904. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in original decorated calf, good. Crudely recased. Remains well preserved overall. Floral endpapers. Scans and additional details on request. ; 558 pages; Description: 558 p. Ill. Plates. Subjects: Knights Templar (Masonic order) . Religious organisations, ancient and medieval -- United States.