Secret Societies Yesterday and Today

Scarce First Edition from the collection of a Yorkshire engineer, chess enthusiast, amateur magician and scholar of the science of black holes. Publisher’s purple cloth boards in pristine condition. Endpapers very lightly age toned. Text block notably clean and crisp throughout. Dust jacket near good; very minor nicks to spine tips and corners; clipped; browned tape reinforcing inner folds. An interesting and diverse account of the histories and activities of various hermetic societies, extant or otherwise, including the Assassins, the Rosicrucians, Tongs, Mithraic cults, the Carbonari, and a number of others. 256 pp.