1805 Free Masons Companion Manual Songs John Phillips First Edition Philadelphia

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1805 Free Masons Companion Manual Songs John Phillips First Edition Philadelphia:
$275.00

Extremely hard to find early first edition American masonic book

Title: The Free Mason\'s Companion, or Pocket Preceptor. Compiled for the Use of the Craft

Author: John Phillips

Publisher: Printed by Bartholomew Graves

City: Philadelphia

Year: 1805

Printing Information: First Edition

Binding Style: Hardcover

Pagination: 211 pages

Width: 4.25\" Height: 7\"

Book Details: This manual contains information on Freemasonry in early 19th-century America, with regulations, list of offices addresses, and, at the end of volume, a collection of lyrics masonic songs.

List of Pennsylvania lodges and day of meeting ( 92)  

Condition / Notes: This antique volume is bound in full brown contemporary leather with a gilt-lettered red leather spine label. The book shows very heavy external wear, with ink stain to to upper left corner of front cover and top of spine, rubbing and heavy scratching to the covers. There is loss of material is visible at the top of spine. The front hinge is tender and splitting . The endpapers display darkened edges. The pages exhibit light foxing. Age toning. An ink stain can be seen in gutter of preliminary and first pages.no names

Front board cracked and partly detached

The exterior poor of edges endpages and fly leaves

Corners bumped.

Front board is beginning to detach with about 3\" of front cover not attached.

Browning

Edges soiled

Overall acceptable

Very scarce in any condition

Additional photos on request

Would benefit from restoration.

Sells As Is.