Fraternal Organizations from THE BOOK VAULT

Harrison and Van Fleet, Trenton, NJ, 1920. 8.875" X 6" in gray heavy paper covers. Covers moderately soiled, esp. along fore edge of front cover; soil and smudge on title page. 220 total pages. [BA056]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

John C. Yorston & Co., New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, 1889. 3 Volumes: 11" X 7.75" in marbled boards with red leather corners and spines. All edges gilt. The outward condition of these volumes can only be described as deplorable. They are heavily rubbed and abraded along edges; hinges are in various stages of weakness, with the front cover of volume… Read more about this item

John C. Yorston & Co., New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, 1889. 11" X 7.75" in marbled boards with dark red leather spine and corners. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Leather is dry and heavily rubbed; outer hinges starting to crack; corners worn and abraded; writing on flyleaf: FAIR PLUS to GOOD MINUS condition. In contrast, the contents are very nice… Read more about this item

Bernard C. Harris Publishing, White Plains, NY, 1988. 11.25" X 8.75" in red hard covers. Clean, tight, unmarked - just shy of like new: FINE. 851pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

MacCrellish & Quigley, Trenton, NJ, 1913. 9" X 5.75" in blue paper covers. Moderate soil - both covers and edges. Contents very nice: VERY GOOD condition. Odd pagination scheme - probably over 400pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

I.B.M., 1950. 7" X 4" in heavy blue paper covers. A tiny bit darkened from handling, but clean, unmarked, nice throughout. 76pp of magicians' names and addresses, mostly in the U.S., but also in such unlikely places as Ceylon, Cuba, and Sarawak. [Hard to Find]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Club House, New York, 1950. 7 1/2" by 4 1/2", spiral bound cardboard. Guidebook provides a sampling of old and new buildings in Des Moines, Iowa. 84 pages, with numerous photographs, and street maps.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

MacCrellish & Quigley, Trenton, NJ, 1911. 9" X 5.625" in blue heavy paper covers. Top front corner tip chipped off; covers moderately soiled, but contents excellent. 2 sections: 229/182pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

KAPPA ALPHA. ALPHA DELTA PHI, AND PSI UPSILON FRATERNITIES, 1877. This is the 1877 issue of the CORNELIAN, published by 3 fraternities at Cornell University. The book appears to be a kind of school yearbook - but an odd one, with its emphasis - apparently much more important years ago than today - on fraternity life. Each of the fraternities… Read more about this item

Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey, 1949. 9" X 6" in blue heavy paper covers. Covers moderately soiled; contents nice. Covers the year 1948. 530pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

J.B. Lippincott, Company, Philadelphia,, 1903. 9" X 5 7/8" in heavy paper covers with gilt lettering. Moderately soiled, VERY faded covers. Contents excellent with the exception of a little foxing. 3 nice engravings: the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia; a portrait of George Washington; and a portrait of Cornelius Stevenson, R.W. Grand Master of 1843. 213pp + 154pp report of correspondence..… Read more about this item

The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1958. 10.25" X 7.375" in red cloth. Minor soiling; Spine lettering has faded to illegibility; contents clean, tight, unmarked. 390pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Kappa Alpha, Alpha Delta Phi, Psi Epsilon, and Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternities, Cornell University, 1881. This is the 1881 issue of the CORNELIAN, published by 3 fraternities at Cornell University. The book appears to be a kind of school yearbook - but an odd one, with its emphasis - apparently much more important years ago than today - on fraternity… Read more about this item

Griffith-Stallings Press, Boston, 1914, 1914. 7 X 5.5" approx. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Spine and back cover mottled looking. moderately soiled. Back hinge cracked, interior excellent. M/N/N. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Central Printing Co., Litttle Rock, Ark., 1914 7.75 X 5.5" in blue cloth. Water stain lower left corner fr cv which intrudes into the margin s of the flyleaf, title page and first few pp. Cvs lightly soiled, edges abraded. About G- to FR+.. F. Hardcover.