1890 PYTHIAN KNIGHTHOOD - SECRET SOCIETY FRATERNITY KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HONOR

THE PYTHIAN KNIGHTHOOD: ITS HISTORY AND LITERATURE  Book Details + Condition: Pettibone Manufacturing Company: Cincinnati (1890). Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Octavo, 671 pages, will illustrations throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered brown cloth-covered boards. More title: Being an Account of the Origin and Growth of the Order of Knights of Pythias, with a Statement of the Principles on Which it is Founded; Including an Essay on Secret Societies, Syracuse and Dionysius, the Entire Text of the Drama of "Damon and Pythias," a Review of the Endowment and Uniform Ranks, and Choice Selections from many Sources Concerning the Objects, Aims and Tenets of the Order. By James R. Carnahan, M.A. Please see below for more information about the Knights of Pythias. Interior hinge cracked but binding remains strong and tight; bumped and rubbed corners and edges; light shelf wear to boards; chipping and small tear to front decorated endpaper; text is clean and unmarked save normal age-toni