Death, Dying, Mortality, Morte from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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Six Hours in heaven
by Knight, Charles Spurgeon
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- 1946
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- Pamphlet
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San Jose, CA: Excelsior Press, 1946. Pamphlet. 64p., wraps. 8.25 x 5.25 in. Edges of front wrapper chipped. Good. Religious fiction inspired by the death in childhood of the author's son. Tells the story of a young boy's near-death experience and visit to heaven where he sees marvelous things, visits ancestors, and talks to various people (e.g. an atomic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Murder in Gramercy Park
by Filler, Louis
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- 1947
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- Pamphlet
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Yellow Springs, OH: The Antioch Review, Inc, 1947. Pamphlet. pp.495-508, 6x9 inch wraps; reprinted from The Antioch Review, slight toning on back wrap, bit handled, otherwise very good. On the murder of author David Graham Phillips. Item Price
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The show of science
by Rider, Robin E.
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- 1983
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Berkeley: The Friends of The Bancroft Library , University of California, 1983. Paperback. 79p., wraps, illustrated with antiquarian cuts. The overlapping yapp edges (per a binding design) have suffered tiny bumps and one short tear. Else very good to fine. Keepsake number 31. Item Price
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In Memory of Celia Alice Kling, daughter of Arthur and Alice Kling. Died July 15, 1897, aged 2 years, 7 months, 25 days
by Kling, Alice
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- 1897
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- Handbill
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[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1897. Handbill. 1 sheet. 9 x 4.5 in. Spotting; single horizontal fold. Good. Single sheet with a mourning poem written by the deceased's mother. The Klings resided in Schoharie, NY. Item Price
$35.00
Our dead selves; anthology of the lowly
by Eldridge, Paul
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- 1923
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$25.00
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New York: Boullion-Biggs, 1923. Hardcover. 68p., green cloth boards with titling in gilt, in very good condition. The reveries of dead animals. Item Price
$25.00
Digging Holes. An Inktober Comic
by Whitfield, Daniel
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- 2018
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- Pamphlet
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n.p.: Self-published by the author, 2018. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about thirty pages, b&w comix panels throughout, zine format in 8.5x5.5 inch stapled wraps. Rear cover has an inch-long sticker scar with a little remnant flap, the sole flaw we see, serious or trivial; all in all a very good copy. Plot, young man on a construction crew digs holes for… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Psychic [cover title]. Book I: Psychics Past - Present [chapter head serving as title on title page]. Book II - The Dead Speak. [Book III], Questions-Answers](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/485/1561485985.0.m.jpg)
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The Psychic [cover title]. Book I: Psychics Past - Present [chapter head serving as title on title page]. Book II - The Dead Speak. [Book III], Questions-Answers
by Overlee, Vernon W.
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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Canaan VT [printed] / Post Falls ID [cancel]: Mora Press, 1983. Hardcover. 204p., legible presswork, if not quite professional layout, hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch light brown cloth boards titled black, inscribed and signed by Overlee on the front pastedown. Opposite the inscription find a bleached-out label, and (fore and aft in the text) a small neat rubberstamp address that… Read more about this item Item Price
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Directions for Restoring the Apparently Drowned - For Saving Drowning Persons by Swimming to Their Relief - and for the Treatment of Frostbites. As practiced in the United States life-saving service
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- 1909
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- Pamphlet
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$20.00
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Washington DC: GPO, 1909. Pamphlet. 11p., illustrated with modern diagrammatic depictions and one interesting old woodcut. Softbound, a stapled pamphlet in 9x6 inch plain printed tomato-bisque wraps, an oddly attractive item in nearly-new condition. Tincture of opium, to be used in combination with lime-water and linseed oil, must have been easier to obtain in 1909. Item Price
$20.00
Murder Can Be Fun: #20. Waiting in Line to Die: 2007
by Marr, John
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- 2007
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- Magazine
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San Francisco: Self-published by the author, 2007. Magazine. 47p., 5.5x8.5 inches, stories, illustrations, wraps lightly worn, staples rusted, else very good digest-size zine in stapled white pictorial wraps. Excerpts of Marr's writing from other publications, plus a reprint of the story on death at Disneyland from Murder Can Be Fun #13. Item Price
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Il circo i sentimenti permangono come macchie
by Mellis, Miranda; translated by Monica Pezzella
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- 2019
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- Paperback
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- 9788894334548
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n.pl: Wojtek Edizioni, 2019. Paperback. 63p., 5x7.25 inch wraps; corners slightly bumped, else very good. Queer author, performer, and painter based out of San Francisco. In this mythical novel, a woman embarks on unknowingly on journey to the afterlife. Item Price
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Further Selections from The Tragic History of the Sea - 1559-1565. Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garca (1559) Sao Paulo (1561) and the misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo Antonio (1565) - Translated and edited from the Original Portuguese by C.R. Boxer
by Boxer, C.R., editor
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- 1968
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Cambridge: Published by the Hakluyt Society at the CUP, 1968. Hardcover. x, 170p., illustrations and plentiful maps, hardbound in Hakluyt's signature blue cloth boards gilt & blind and enclosed in the dust jacket. A handsome book in perfectly sound, clean and unmarked condition. The dust jacket has a mildly toned spine panel and a touch of top edge wear:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Swimming in a Sea of Death: a son's memoir
by [Sontag, Susan] David Rieff
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9780743299466
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. Hardcover. 180p., very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. On the death from cancer by her son. Item Price
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The Dying of Death
by Jacobs, Joseph
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- 1900
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New York: The Tucker Publishing Co, 1900. 13p., stapled wraps, 5.5x7.75 inches, vertically creased, spine and right edge of both wraps covered with clear non-archival tape, first and last pages evenly toned, bottom edge closely trimmed with series statement on front wrap cut off but no other loss of text, "#11" penned on front wrap. Balzac Library, no. 11,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Galgenlieder
by Morgenstern, Christian
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- 1916
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Berlin: Cassirer, 1916. 72p., slender hardcover, 23rd printing, spine ends worn. text in German. "Songs from the Gallows," by the theosophist poet. Item Price
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Up a Creek, with a Paddle: Tales of Canoeing and Life
by Loewen, James W.
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- 2020
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- Paperback
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- 9781629638270
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Oakland: PM Press, 2020. Paperback. 163p., 5x8 inches, trade paperback, illus., New. Loewen is author of Lies My Teacher Told Me. Item Price
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A Reckoning: a novel
by Sarton, May
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780393088281
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New York: Norton, 1978. Hardcover. 254p., very good first edition, first printing stated in half-cloth boards and price-clipped slightly soiled dj. Grier A* B**. Lesbian themes. Item Price
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The Other Side of Death: A Critical Examination of the Belief in a Future Life, with a Study of Spiritualism
by Cohen, Chapman
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- 1922
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London: Pioneer Press, 1922. Paperback. 158p., 4.75x7 inches, sewn paperback, soiled and edgeworn wraps, a smattering of foxing throughout the book, spine wrap a little loose at head and tail, a decent reading copy. The prominent British secularist and proponent of atheism and freethought takes on the belief in life after death, with special attention to Spiritualism. Item Price
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Rag and Bone: a journey among the world's Holy Dead
by Manseau, Peter
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805086522
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New York: Henry Holt, 2009. Hardcover. 243p., prologue, epilogue, notes, a few b&w illustrations, very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Item Price
$11.00
Inquiring Mind, Winter/Spring 1990, Vol. 6, No. 2, Special Issue on Death and Serving the Dying; A Semi-annual Journal of the Vipassana Community
by Gates, Barbara and Scoop Nisker
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- 1990
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- Newspaper
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Berkeley: Dharma Foundation, 1990. Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid, lightly toned, illus., mailing label on lower front cover, else very good. Includes: Interview with Stephen Levine, a Tibetan View of Death, Death Awareness Practice, directory of sitting groups, 1990 Vipassana retreat schedules, etc. Item Price
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Death song
by McGrath, Thomas, edited by Sam Hamill, introduction by Dale Jacobson
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9781556590351
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Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1991. Hardcover. 117p., first edition, very good condition in like dj. Poetry. Item Price
$15.00
