THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF FREEMASONRY: CONSISTING OF MASONIC TALES, SONGS, AND SKETCHES, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
Book Details + Condition: Jno. W. Leonard, Masonic Publishers (New York). Early Edition, 1855. Embossed dark blue/purple boards. 390 pages. A scarce work by Robert [Rob] Morris (1818 - 1888), a prominent American Freemason best known for creating the first ritual for what was to become the Order of the Eastern Star, titled "The Rosary of the Eastern Star". Contents include: All Hail to the morning; Eastern Star Degrees; Masonic Breastpin; Four Masonic Values; Cheerful Hours at the Grand Lodge; and much more. Considerable shelf wear to boards; binding tape to outer spine; endpapers and pages age toned (some more than others); former owners' info on inside front board and endpaper. A well read but solid copy of a scarce work.
