N.p.: Missouri Lodge of Research, 1961. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 356pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Inoffensive stain on outer page edges to otherwise near fine volume; jacket edgeworn, with a few archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. Tight and attractive first edition. Superb copy of this scarce study -- with appropriate nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf: "Presented to / Artie Marshall Christy / on his observance of / Fifty Years in Masonry / by his / Brethren of Herald Lodge #455 / George E. Cordell / Worshipful Master / Maxwell, Iowa / April 7, 1965." (Boldly penned in black fineline with signature in blue ballpoint.).

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45453
Title: House Undivided: The Story of Freemasonry and the Civil War
Author: ROBERTS, Allen E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Missouri Lodge of Research
Place of Publication: N.p.
Date Published: 1961
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Civil War;

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.

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