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Becker, Thomas (editor). RACIAL AND ETHNIC PATTERNS OF MORTALITY IN NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque 1993 1st University of New Mexico. Hardcover. Octavo, 233pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a10189)
$23.00 Abbott, Wilbur Cortez . CONFLICTS WITH OBLIVION
New Haven 1924-lst Yale University. 404pp., index. How several famous men dealt with their fears of being forgotten after death: Pepys, Disraeli, Monson, Thomas Blood, Cromwell, Wentworth, Bede and John Scott of Long Island. VG-Fine, no DJ. (a12442)
$35.00 Bartol, C. A. . IN MEMORIAM THE IMAGE PASSING BEFORE US A SERMON AFTER THE DECEASE OF ELIZABETH HOWARD BARTOL
Boston 1883 Cupple, Upham. Sermon on the death of his wife. Octavo, 21pp., printed wraps. Good plus, lower front corner chipped. (a15791)
$30.00 Modi, Juvanji Jamshedji . FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE PARSEES THEIR ORIGIN AND EXPLANATION
Bombay 1923 3rd British India Press. This paper was read before the Anthropological Society of Bombay ...Sept. 1891. Octavo, 31pp., foldout chart, original wraps bound in contemporary Library binder (stiff wraps.) Good, original wraps chipped. (a15883)
$45.00Cooke, Bella. RIFTED CLOUDS OR THE LIFE STORY OF BELLA COOKE
NY 1885 Palmer and Hughes. Autobiography of woman who moved from England to New York and had to endure much disease, suffering and death with her children. Hardcover. Small octavo., 448pp., engraved portrait frontis, one mounted original photo of a drawing, original brown cloth with gilt trim on boards. All edges gilt. Good, cover a bit worn. no dj. (a21320)
$55.00 (civil war ephemera) . CIVIL WAR EMBALMERS
2 recent negatives and 6 (3 copies each) modern glossy 8x10 inch photo prints of each view. The first view is a photo of a photograph of Civil War Army Embalmers at work showing a corpse with 4 embalmers flanked by two upright coffins each with an embalmed (?) soldier standing inside. The 2nd view is a photo copy of the embalmer's printed commission signed by Lincoln. Head embalmer: D. Chamberlain. Photos are in excellent condition and have sharp striking views. (a23857)
$35.00 Perucci, Francesco . POMPE FUNEBRI DI TUTTE LE NATIONI DEL MONDO
Verona 1646 Frencesco Rossi. 27 Raccolte dalle storie sagre e profane...seconda impressione reviste, e con somma accuratezza da molti errori espurgate, e corrette. Oblong 4to., 14pp., 146pp., 27 very attractive full page engravings with 6 small copperplate engravings, woodcut, woodcut capitals, half title. Hardcover. 3/4 vellum with mounted red leather spine label. Innerhinges and inner margin of half titlepage professionally repaired. Good , light overall wear; binding very secure; all pages lightly rippled. Beautifully illustrated seventeenth century imprint. Ebert 16315. (a2967x)
$950.00 Bowman, Leroy Ph.D. . THE AMERICAN FUNERAL, A STUDY IN GUILT, EXTRAVAGANCE AND SUBLIMITY
Washington 1959 Public Affairs Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 181pp., index, cloth. Signed by author. Good, very light staining on cover, no DJ. (a3066)
$26.00 Giles, Chauncey . BLESSEDNESS OF DEATH, AND THE SOUL'S RELIEF FROM ITS BURDENS
NY 1876 Swinney. 12mo., 24pp., wraps. VG (a3903)
$22.00 Freamon, Bernard K. . DEATH WITH DIGNITY LAWS: A PLEA FOR UNIFORM LEGISLATION
Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 5 No. 2, Winter 1982 at pp. 105-148. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., pp.105-222, wraps. VG. (a40461)
$35.00 Kluge, Eike-Henner . THE PRACTICE OF DEATH
New Haven 1975 Yale. 8vo., 250pp., index, boards. VG in Good DJ, chipped at heel of spine. (a41821)
$30.00Lupi, Antonmaria; Zaccaria, Francsco Antonio. DISSERTAZIONI LETTERE ED ALTRE OPERETTE (2 VOLUMES BOUND IN 1)
Faenza 1785 Gioseffantonio Archi. Lupi lived: 1695-1737; Zaccaria 1714-1795. In Italian. 2 volumes bound in one. I. Dissertazione Epistolare Postuma del Padre Antonmaria Lupi...con Note e Continuazione; II. Epistolare Sopra Alcuni Monumenti del Museo Vettori di Roma. Hardcover. Octavo, full vellum. Good, vellum worn, torn from one corner, two chips on spine, many leaves have light brown stain and are a bit wrinkled. Somewhat worn but solid. (a4228)
$299.00 Mollerum, Martin . MANUALE DE PRAEPARATIONE AD MORTEM
Frankfurt am Mayn 1727 Reinhard Custach (?). In German. 12mo., (3.5 x 5.5 inches), 373pp. plus Register, 1/2 leather spine with paper-covered boards. Owner signed (William Peck 1814). Good, paper worn off front board, leaves lightly evenly browned, end papers stained and worn. (a42438)
$200.00 Fraenkel, Marta and Carl L. Erhardt . MORBIDITY IN THE MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK REPORT OF AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN HOSPITAL MORBIDITY REPORTING
NY 1955 Russell Sage. Hardcover.Octavo, 229pp., cloth. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ, a few chips on edges. (a43811)
$35.00O'Connor, Brian, Daniel J. Cherico and Austin K. Kutscher. THE ROLE OF THE MINISTER IN CARING FOR THE DYING PATIENT AND THE BEREAVED
NY 1978 Arno. ISBN 0 8422 7279 8. Hardcover. Octavo, 226pp., red cloth. very Near Fine, no DJ. no owner marks. (a44102)
$24.00(cemetary). THE BOOK OF PRESBREY-LELAND MEMORIALS
NY 1932 Presbrey Leland Studios. Cemetery monument and headstone catalogue. 8vo., 314pp., 107 photo plates, 176 page geographical list of all patrons of the Presbrey-Leland Studios from 1900-1932, original wraps. VG, light browning and light wear on cover. (a60077)
$120.00(Delavan, Daniel C.). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1860
New York 1861 Edmund Jones. Much detailed information about ethnic population of New York, diseases, deaths, weather, etc. Delavan was the City Inspector for 1860. Octavo., 264pp., original patterned blue cloth. Signed by Delavan on the front end paper. Copy of Hon. M. C. Brennan, his name is in gilt on front..Good, covers a bit worn with a few small chips. (a61485)
$45.00 (Marshall Tebbutt) . IN MEMORIAM MARSHALL TEBBUTT BORN JANUARY 20, 1820 DIED APRIL 14 1885
London 1885 Spottiswoode & Co. Tebbutt was an undertaker. 12mo., 16pp., original printed blue wraps. Good. (a62059)
$45.00 MacKaye, Percy . MY LADY DEAR, ARISE! SONGS AND SONNETS IN REMEMBRANCE OF MARION MORSE MACKAYE (SIGNED)
Basle 1940 first edition Emil Birkhauser. Hardcover. Octavo, 262pp., cloth. ***Inscribed presentation copy signed by MacKaye "To our Beloved Florence" and original photograph of Percy and Marion MacKaye inscribed by Mackaye and mounted on blank end page. Dust jacket cut and neatly mounted on blank end pages. Owner's name written inside front board - Florence Percy - is partly rubbed out . Good, paper on front inner hinge cracked, spine lettering faded away, no DJ. In later protective removable glassine jacket. (a6698)
$95.00 Lecchio, Joanne SJ . DESCRIPTIO APPARATUS QUEM IN FUNERE CAROLI VI. IMPERATORIS INSTITUENDUM CURAVIT REGIUM CNAONICORUM A SCALA COLLEGIUM
Mediolani 1741 Franciscus Agnelli. In Latin. Lg.4to., 59pp., one large foldout plate of the floorplan of the funeral site, fancy copperplate engraved first initial, full leather with gilt trim. Very old institution stamp on title page. Good plus, some worming on rear cover, leather a bit rubbed and worn, faint residue of bookplate inside front cover. (a67370)
$290.00 Beaty, Nancy Lee . THE CRAFT OF DYING A STUDY IN THE LITERARY TRADITION OF THE ARS MORIENDI IN ENGLAND
New Haven and London 1970 1st Yale. Octavo, 299pp., hardcover. VG , slight spot on front cover panel, no DJ. Text clean and bright. No ownership marks. (a67625)
$35.00 Brazer, John . A DISCOURSE DELIVERED...1829 AT THE INTERNMENT OF EDWARD AUGUSTUS HOLYOKE
Salem 1829 Foote & Brown. Octavo, 34pp., original brown printed wraps. VG. (a68555)
$24.00 Fiske, John O. . MAN AN UNCERTAIN OBJECT OF RELIANCE. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT BATH... 1850 ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF ZACHARY TAYLOR
Bath 1850 Newman. Octavo, 16pp., original tan printed wraps. Signed by John Fiske. VG. (a68675)
$95.00 Bienstock, Dr. . RESCHERCHES SUR LA PUTREFACTION
Paris 1899. Article in French in Annales de L'Institut Pasteur, Nov. 1899 at pp. 854-864 . Several additional articles in the issue as well. Octavo, original wraps bound in later wraps. Small laboratory stamp on original title page. Uncut. VG. (a70448c)
$35.00 Cheever, Rev. George B and Tayler Lewis . A DEFENCE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BY REV. GEORGE B. CHEEVER AND AN ESSAY ON THE GROUND AND REASON OF PUNISHMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PENALTY OF DEATH BY TAYLER LEWIS
NY 1846 1st Wiley and Putnam. Hardcover. Small octavo, 365pp., cloth with gilt printing on spine. With an Appendix containing a review of Burleigh on the Death Penalty. Pastoral Library Donation bookplate (no other library marks). Good, some light foxing and light water staining throughout, light cover wear and fading. (a71288)
$135.00 (health) . DEFINING DEATH MEDICAL , LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE DETERMINATION OF DEATH
July 1981 President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine. Octavo, 166pp., original printed wraps. Light university library markings, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG. (a75558)
$50.00 Bradley, Ben . WHEN IS DEATH BAD FOR THE ONE WHO DIES?
2004. Philosophical treatment of fine points of the value of human life especially relevant in current debate on value of life of senior citizens, euthanasia, and so on. Article at pp. 1-28 in one complete issue of Nous. Numerous additional articles in this issue as well. Octavo, printed wraps. Fine. (a75716a)
$28.00 Lancaster, Nellie . NELLIE LANCASTER IN MEMORIAM
c. 1876. Nellie was the youngest daughter of the Rev. Daniel Lancaster, she died in New York, October 14th, 1876. 12mo., 18pp., a lock of hair (presumably Nellie's) is mounted on a piece of paper and laid in. Near VG, light staining on cover. (a76701)
$45.00(cemetary). 20 LARGE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS OF TOMBSTONES OFFERED BY THE COOK WATKINS & PATCH, INC.
20 colored illustrations of tombstones. Illustrations are 9 x 12 inches and are mounted on heavy cardboard stock 14 x 11 inches. Each illustration shows a single tombstone in a finely landscaped cemetery. The Illustrations are individual and not bound together, as issued, and were used commercially to sell the tombstones. VG. Paperback Ephemera (a76706)
$55.00Ingleby, C. M. . SHAKESPEARE'S BONES. THE PROPOSAL TO DISINTER THEM, CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THEIR POSSIBLE BEARING ON HIS PORTRAITURE
London 1883 1st Trubner. History of Shakespeare's burial site, cemetery break-ins and attempted bone robberies and so on. Hardcover. Octavo, 48pp., frontis portrait of Shakespeare, errata slip, cloth. Blindstamp and signature of Luther Andruss, 1890, of St. Petersburg Florida on title page. Good, cover soiled and worn. (a78383)
$34.00 (Nicholas I of Russia) . LES DERNIERES HEURES DE LA VIE DE L'EMPEREUR NICHOLAS
Vienne 1855 M. Auer. Traduit du Russe. Sm.4to., 25pp., three engraved plates (on heavier stock paper), original green printed wraps. Good plus, some occasional light foxing, light cover wear. (a78694)
$150.00 Lloyd, O Ll; F. L. R. Williams, W. G. Berry and C. du V. Florey (editors) . AN ATLAS OF MORTALITY IN SCOTLAND INCLUDING THE GEOGRAPHY OF SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
London 1987 1st Croom Helm. ISBN 0-7099-4122-6.Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., cloth. VG plus, faint indentation on rear cover, one tiny spot on spine, slight wear to cornber, no DJ. (a80636)
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