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Seller: Castle Hill Books, Llandrindod Wells, United KingdomCastle Hill Books
AbeBooks seller since December 23, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
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Paperback xiii + 207pp illustrated; Octavo.
Seller Inventory # 055068
- Title
- Grave Matters
- Author
- SHUSAN E R
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345364708
- ISBN 13
- 9780345364708
- Seller catalogs
- Social and Local History
People have wanted to have the last word from the beginning of time—and they’ve been writing their own for almost as long. Their wise, witty and often bizarre last messages have now been immortalized in Grave Matters, this wonderfully entertaining collection of epitaphs taken from headstones, church records and historical accounts in the United States and the British Isles.
The epitaphs in Grave Matters span four centuries, and make memorable use of poetry, epigrams and surprising turns of phrase to make parting comments that range from the wry . . .
On the 29th of November,
A confounded piece of timber
Came down, bang slam,
And killed I, John Lamb.
Huntingdon, England
1700
to the satisfied. . . .
THOMAS ALLEYN AND HIS TWO WIVES
Death here advantage hath of life I spye,
One husband with two wifes at once may lye.
Witchingham, England
1650
to the short and sweet. . . .
Going, But Know Not Where
Putnam, CT.
1918
A fascinating look at the way people lived and died in days gone by, Grave Matters is the perfect addition to any library for the literary, the learned and (especially) the living.
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Castle Hill Books
Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since December 23, 1998
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We are on the edge of the Radnor Forest in Mid Wales, an although not open to the public on a regular basis we welcome booksellers and bibliophiles to view our 50,000 books. We keep a very large stock of books on all subjects in our shop but specialise in WALES, HEREFORDSHIRE, ARCHAEOLOGY, BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY, COUNTRYSIDE. We have a large stock of books on Local History,History, Walking, Archaeological and Historical Transactions of many Societies, and much more. We can generate a LIST on your specialised subjects on request. Please ask and we will mail you one. New local books walking books and maps also sold. View our web site on www.castlehillbooks.co.uk Pictures of more expensive books are available on request. Payment by cheque , bank transfer or PayPal through our PayPal address sales@castlehillbooks.co.uk…
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