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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)
$45.00 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 (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