pitkin lorraine (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Fourth Edition. Essential guidebook to this Masonic order, which was founded in 1850 & unusual in that it was open to both men & women & prominently featured women in positions of authority (the highest being Worthy Matron). The book includes general regulations for members, opening & closing chapters, installation into grand & subordinate chapters, initiation rites, funeral ceremonies, etc. Orig. published in 1890, this is an Apr 1914 printing of the Fourth Edition, amended in Sept. 1913 at a special session in Chicago, IL. Hardcover 24mo (4" x 6") has dark green cloth-covered boards with a stamped gilt design to front, somewhat faded in spots, & a blind-stamped design faming it on both front & back boards. In 136 pages, publisher's red stain to all outside page edges, illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches throughout. Condition is Good+: very clean, stitched binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with age-appropriate tanning to edges & some foxed spots, else completely unmarked. Rubbing to extremities, heavy in 2 small spots at top edge of front board & to both ends of spine, with fraying & cloth loss here, as well as at the corners. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dark green cloth boards with title and O.C.F. emblem in gilt on front cover. Boards slightly warped (book doesn't lay exactly flat). Light wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. 48 + [3] pages. 9 x 6.25 inches. No copies located in WorldCat institutions. A very rare anthology of 58 tunes for chapter use of the Order of Chosen Friends, a fraternal organization founded in May 1879. This is very similar to the previous volume of songs that Pitkin had compiled with Jennie E. Mathews, Gems of Song for Eastern Star Chapters (1882). The two volumes share in common 25 songs (one of which, ''Coronation,'' has different lyrics), but with Mystic Songs featuring 33 songs that do not appear in Gems of Song. The volume was dedicated by Pitkin in ''F.A.P.'' (Fraternity, Aid and Protection, the motto of the order) to the Members of the Order of Chosen Friends. Lorraine J. Pitkin (1845-1922) was a important figure in the Order of the Eastern Star (OEC), serving in leadership roles in both the Grand Chapter of Illinois and in the General Grand Chapter, where she served as Most Worthy Grand Matron, 1880-1883, and Right Worthy Grand Secretary, 1889-1919. The several Lorraine Chapters of the OEC are named for her.