The Masonic Book Club (MBC) was formed in 1970 by two Illinois Masons, Alphonse Cerza, 33°, and Louis L. Williams, 33°. The MBC primarily reprinted out-of-print Masonic books with scholarly introductions; occasionally they would print additional texts as “bonuses.” Westphalia Press is republishing the series for greater accessibility.

Publications of the Masonic Book Club, 1970–2010

Vol 1: The Regius Poem – Masonic Book Club
Vol 2: The Constitutions of the Free-Masons
Vol 3: Ahiman Rezon
Vol 4: Illustrations of Masonry
Vol 5: A Serious and Impartial Enquiry into the Cause of the Present Decay of Free-Masonry in the Kingdom of Ireland
Vol 5A: Masonic Membership of the Founding Fathers
Vol 6: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Vol 7: The Signers of the Constitution of the United States
Vol 7A: Masonic Symbols in American Decorative Art
Vol 8: Samuel Prichard’s Masonry Dissected, 1730
Vol 8A: Trestle-Board
Vol 9: Anderson’s Constitutions of 1738
Vol 10: Sufferings of John Coustos
Vol 11: The Revelations of a Square
Vol 11A:  Biblical Characters in Freemasonry
Vol 11B:  A Masonic Reader’s Guide
Vol 12:  Three Distinct Knocks and Jachin and Boaz
Vol 13:  Masonic Almanacs and Anti-Masonic Almanacs
Vol 14: The Beginnings of Freemasonry in America
Vol 14A: Bespangled, Painted & Embroidered: Decorated Masonic Aprons in America, 1790-1850
Vol 14B: Making a Mason at Sight
Vol 15: Masonic Concordance of the Holy Bible
Vol 15A: By Square and Compasses: The Building of Lincoln’s Home and Its Saga
Vol 16: The Old Gothic Constitutions
Vol 16A: Modern Historical Characters in Freemasonry
Vol 17: The Rise and Development of Organised Freemasonry
Vol 17A: Ancient and Early Medieval Historical Characters in Freemasonry
Vol 18: The Lodge in Friendship Village and Other Stories
Vol 19: Records of the Hole Crafte and Fellowship of Masons
Vol 20: A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons
Vol 20A:  Freemasonry and Nauvoo, 1839-1846
Vol 21: Masonic Odes and Poems
Vol 22: Lessing’s Masonic Dialogues
Vol 22A: ABC of Freemasonry: A Book for Beginners
Vol 23: The Folger Manuscript
Vol 24: Freemasonry and Christianity: Lectures from Two Ages
Vol 25: The Constitutions of St. John’s Lodge
Vol 25A: The Mystic Tie and Men of Letters
Vol 26: Recollections of a Masonic Veteran
Vol 27: The Freemason’s Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry in Two Parts