Ronayne's Hand-Book of Freemasonry With Appendix
Edmond Ronayne
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Author: Edmond Ronayne ? Late Past Master of Keystone Lodge, No. 639, Chicago, Illinois. Author of 'Master's Carpet,' 'Masonic Oaths,' and 'Chapter Masonry.' A former Freemason who left the craft and produced detailed exposés of Masonic ritual ? among the most thorough and controversial Masonic writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Full Title: Ronayne's Hand-Book of Freemasonry With Appendix ? Revised, Enlarged, Complete. Containing a Thorough Exposition of all the Signs, Grips, Passwords and Hieroglyphics used by Freemasons; also the Proper Manner of Opening, Closing and Conducting the Lodge, together with the Correct Method of Conferring the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason
Publisher: Ezra A. Cook, Publisher, P.O. Box 796, Chicago 90, Illinois ? a leading publisher of Masonic ritual exposé literature
The book is separately wrapped in a layer of buffered tissue paper and then a heavy layer of unbleached paper.
Date: 1947
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Chicago: Ezra A. Cook, Publisher, 1947. Small octavo, black leatherette binding. Condition: Good.
Ronayne's Hand-Book of Freemasonry With Appendix, Revised, Enlarged, and Complete, by Edmond Ronayne, Late Past Master of Keystone Lodge, No. 639, Chicago, Illinois ? author of "Master's Carpet," "Masonic Oaths," and "Chapter Masonry." Published by Ezra A. Cook, the principal Chicago publisher of Masonic ritual exposé literature. Contains "a thorough exposition of all the Signs, Grips, Passwords and Hieroglyphics used by Freemasons; also the Proper Manner of Opening, Closing and Conducting the Lodge, together with the Correct Method of Conferring the Three Degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry: Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason."
Ronayne's Hand-Book is one of the most detailed and authoritative exposés of Masonic ritual ever published ? Ronayne's firsthand experience as a Past Master gives his expositions a specificity unmatched by outside observers. The text has been continuously sought by Masonic historians, researchers of fraternal organizations, and collectors of Masonic literature.
Binding: Black leatherette over boards in good condition. Front board: gilt "HAND BOOK / [square and compass] / FREEMASONRY / RONAYNE / REVISED EDITION" and "EZRA A. COOK / CHICAGO" ? clean, clear, and bright. Spine: gilt italic "Ronayne's Hand Book" and gilt square-and-compass symbol at tail ? tight, sound, no cracking or fraying. Corners with minimal wear.
Interior: Frontispiece portrait of Edmond Ronayne in Masonic regalia with facsimile signature "Fraternally Yours / Edmond Ronayne" ? present and clean. Title page complete and legible. Pages mildly tanned to cream/ivory ? appropriate for age. Text and all lodge diagrams (including "Rite of Circumambulation" and other ritual diagrams) clean and legible throughout. Binding sound, opens flat.
A good copy of the standard Ezra A. Cook revised edition. See photographs for full condition detail.
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