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Hardcover. Etat : Poor. No Jacket. 451 Pages; Pages Show Some Yellowing On Margins; Page Edges Darkened; Some Smudges And Nicks On Few Pages. String Binding; Inner Spine Creases Weakened And Split But Pages Intact. Previous Owner Name On Label Pasted On Inside End Page. Numerous Illustrations Including Frontispiece, "The Founder And Supreme Chancellors Of The Order Of Knights Of Pythias". Some Staining And Foxing On End Pages From Exposure To Moisture. Faded Green Hard Covers With Gild Lettering; Designed Borer; Illustration On Front Cover And Spine. Rubbing With Darkened Areas And Smudges On Covers; Corners Bumped; Wear And Minor Fraying On Edges And Spine Ends. Contents Headings Include: Inception Of Pythianism; Knights Of Pythias; A Day In Sicily; Origin Of Knighthood; Charity And Fraternity; Damon; Knighthood; Sicily And Syracuse; Friendship; Many Poems And Addresses, Etc. Very Rare Vintage Copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Internally very good+ except for some occasional light foxing. Externally very good except for an unfortunate 5-inch long stain on the rear cover.; ". . . Prose and poetry from the choicest writings, orations, addresses and essays of the most eminent and fited scholars in Pythian circles."; Large 8vo; 451 pages. Illustrated by Numerous Illus. (illustrateur).…