The Arcane Schools + Autographed Manuscript by John Yarker
Publication: 1909 William Tait first edition
First edition. An unusually compelling copy containing a tipped-in autograph manuscript header leaf by John Yarker "Civic Decorations Only” in which Yarker records a number of his Masonic, chivalric and civic distinctions. The manuscript is dated January 1912 and signed “Jno Yarker” at the foot. Among the figures mentioned are H. P. Blavatsky, whom Yarker identifies in connection with his appointment as an Honorary Fellow of the Theosophical Society in 1877, as well as Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, Sultan Mahmud II and Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The manuscript is dated January 1912 and signed “Jno Yarker” at the foot. With illustrated bookplate of “Jos. E. Morcombe." Joseph E. Morcombe (1864–1942) a Welsh-born American Freemason, historian, author and influential Masonic editor.
Taken together, the signed manuscript and Morcombe provenance make this an exceptional and likely unique copy of Yarker’s most important work.
Condition: publishers blue cloth boards, Jos. E. Morcombe bookpalte to pastedown, some fading along the foot of the spine, edge worn,masonic library blind stamped to title page, binding firm, overall in very good condition