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Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reissue Edition. 651 pages; B&W photographs. Fading to pages. Heavy foxing to the exterior edges of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A landmark history of Western man's changing attitudes toward death - and thus his perceptions of life itself - over the last one thousand years. By the author of Centuries of Childhood.

paperback. Condition: As New. Appears to be unused. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 6.18 X 1.87 X 9.24 inches; 704 pages; Yellowing to pages. Light foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- Dust Jacket. 1st printing of 1st American edition. Good hardcover with very good- DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding sound and sturdy. Top edge of text block has foxing. Light general shelfwear. Dust jacket is unclipped and has a price of $20.00 on front inner flap. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st American Edition. COLLECTIBLE: BREATHTAKING: MONUMENTAL: COMPELLING: RICH: SEMINAL: FINE / AS-NEW Stated First American Edition hardcover (Orig 1981): NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket showing orig. $20.00 price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, AS-NEW black linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles FRESHLY gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page-style side-edging, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & red & yellow-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white end-papers on heavy stock, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in Avanta (a film version of Electra) on superb paper * Illustrations: presented on gloss-laminated paper in 2 sections: 22 b-w illus. on 12 pp. following p. 204, 18 b-w illus. on 12 pp. following p. 428 * Illustrations (vii), Foreword (xi), Preface (xiii), Notes (617), Index (640) * 6.32" x 9.62" x 2.78", 1.20 kg, xviii+651 (669) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: The fruit of almost 20 years of study, this landmark history compellingly traces the changes in Western attitudes toward death & dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day, revealing a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a virtual redefinition of human nature. Starting at the very foundations of Western culture, the eminent historian Phillipe Aries shows how, from Graeco-Roman times through the 1st millennium of the Common Era, death was too common to be frightening; each life was quietly subordinated to the community, which paid its respects & then moved on. Aries identifies the first major shift in attitude w/ the turn of the 11th century when a sense of individuality began to rise & w/ profound consequences: death no longer meant merely a weakening of community but rather the destruction of self. Hence the growing fear of the afterlife, new conceptions of the Last Judgment, & the first attempts by Masses & other rituals to guarantee a better life in the next world. In the 1500s attention shifted from the demise of the self to that of the loved one as family supplants community & by the 19th century death comes to be viewed as simply a staging post toward reunion in the hereafter. Finally, Aries shows why death has become such an unendurable truth in our own century, how it has been nearly banished from our daily lives, & points out what may be done to re-tame this secret terror. The richness of Aries' investigative work & source material is breathtaking. Exploring everything from churches, religious rituals & graveyards w/ their often macabre headstones & monuments, to wills & testaments, love letters, literature, town-plans, paintings, diaries, crime & sanitation reports & grave robbing complaints, Aries ranges across Europe to Russia on the one hand & to England & America on the other. As he sorts out the tangled mysteries of our accumulated terrors & beliefs, we come to understand the history, indeed the pathology, of our intellectual & psychological tensions in the face of death. In this masterpiece of historical analysis & reconstruction, Philip Aries has given us a monumental work, an architectural plan into which all other contemporary writings on death fit, finding their context within the gigantic historical design he alone has been able to shape. * "There is no doubt at all that [this extraordinary book] has supplied all future historians with a benchmark -- & a target . . . [This book] will be a seminal work of historical scholarship, a major landmark in the historiography of the late 20th century." - Professor Lawrence Stone, from his review of the original French edition in the NYRB, Oct. 1978 * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this SUPERB two volume set for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL MAIL at our posted rates.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. lst vintage books ed edition. 696 pages. 9.20x6.20x1.70 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

15.5x23 cm. xvii+651 pages. Softcover. Spine sides slightly yellowing. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs. The book is in : English.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. lst vintage books ed edition. 696 pages. 9.20x6.20x1.70 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.