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Regulations for the Duties of Registrars of Births and Deaths and Deputy Registrars January 1838
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London: William Clowes and Sons, 1838 Some contemporary underlining and spine backstrip and rear wrap missing. Rare.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Death in the Secular City: A Study of the Notion of Life After Death in Contemporary Theology and Philosophy
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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1972 First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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When the State Kills... The Death Penalty V. Human Rights
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London: Amnesty International Publications, 1989 Surveys in detail the use of the death penalty in 180 countries around the world. It analyses the arguments used to justify the penalty and shows how they fail the tests of logic and experience. Illustrated.. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Getting Away with Murder: Political Killings and 'Disappearances' in the 1990s
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London: Amnesty International Publications, 1993 State killings and massacres explored. Horrific.. First Edition. Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Suicide and the Meaning of Life
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London: William Hodge & Co., 1947 Conversations with people rescued from suicide attempts; a pioneer work in the modern study of suicide. Preface by Cyril Burt. Review copy with information on American distributors pasted onto fep, minor marks to boards. Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Discovery of Death in Childhood and After
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New York: Basic Books, 1972 When the original version of this book was first published in England in 1940 as The Child's Discvovery Of Death, it was immensely well received. This edition is an enlarged and thoroughly revised version of that earlier work, enriched with new research. Some fading to boards.. First US Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Discovering Suicide: Studies in the Social Organization of Sudden Death
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Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1978 First Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Power to Silence: A History of Punishment in Britain
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London: Robert Maxwell, 1968 Details various methods of punishment, torture and execution. Some minor staining to boards.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Sack-'Em-Up Men: An Account of the Rise and Fall of the Modern Resurrectionists
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Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1928 Account of 18th and early 19th century grave robbers who supllied corpses for medical research. Some fading to boards and spine. Rare in any condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Body Snatchers: Doctors, Grave Robbers and the Law
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New York: Dorset Press, 1989 Account of 18th and early 19th century grave robbers who supllied corpses for medical research.. Facsimile of the 1928 Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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This is Spiritualism
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London: Spiritualist Press, 1967 Accounts of spriritualism.. Third Impression. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Practical Time Travel: How to Reach Back to Past Lives By Occult Means
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London: The Occult Book Society, 1937 Some fading to boards. nd c.1950s.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Reprieve: A Study of a System
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London: George G. Harrap, 1965 Historical study, with case histories, of the power possessed by successive home secretaries to recommend the crown to reprieve a person convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Foreword Baron Chuter-Ede of Epsom.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Personal Identity and Survival
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London: Society for Psychical Research, 1958 Frederic W.H.Myers memorial lectures.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Heyday of a Wizard: Daniel Home The Medium
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London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1948 Hume was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. When Home was young, he moved with his aunt and uncle from Scotland to America, where they lived in Connecticut. After becoming well-known he travelled to England in 1855, and conducted hundreds of séances, which were attended by many of the best-known names of the Victorian period. Though there were speculations that Home employed fraud, none were ever proven. Home died in France in 1886, and was buried in the St. Germain-en-Laye cemetery in Paris. Includes a foreword by Harry Price, bibliography and index. Spine faded.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Curiosities of the Search Room a Collection of Serious and Whimsical Wills
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1880 With chapters titled "excentric wills," "puzzling wills," "wills in obsolete language and in rime," "vindictive wills," "directions for wills, " "bequests," "wills in favour of dumb animals," "disputed wills," and others. Boards grubby and soiled.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The Death Penalty Enquiry Being a Review of the Evidence Before the Select Committee on Capital Punishment 1930
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1931 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Capital Punishment in the Twentieth Century
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927 Abolitionist viewpoint written over 30 years before capital punishment was abolished in the UK. Spine missing, front signature loose.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Practical Forensic Medicine
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London: Hutchinson Medical Publications, 1956 A marvellous and uncommon book by one of England's most eminent Forensic Pathologists. Minor tear to an internal page, no loss.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Earthly Remains: The History and Science of Preserved Human Bodies
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London: Oxford University Press, 2001 The preserved remains of other human beings hold a special fascination for the living. "Earthly Remains" explores the science and history behind such phenomena and examines cases ranging from ancient Egyptian mummies to 20th-century politicians, from Iron Age bog bodies to the extraordinary finds at Pompeii. After explaining the scientific processes of decay, the authors move on to discuss the bog bodies of northern Europe, including the famous Lindow Man and several Danish examples, many of which were found mutilated or handicapped. How and why these bodies ended up in bogs is discussed by the authors, the possibilities ranging from accident to murder to ancient sacrificial rituals. They then turn their attention to one of the oldest methods of preservation - mummification - looking not only at famous ancient Egyptian examples, but also at the earliest known mummies of the Chinchorro people from South America. The preservation of bodies as a result of environmental factors such as freezing is also addressed. The authors examine examples such as the astonishing 5000-year-old Tyrolean ice man, frozen together with his clothing, food and tools, and with the tattoo marks on his skin still visible. They also describe the discovery of bodies preserved in outline form, such as those of Pompeii and Sutton Hoo, and the painstaking scientific processes involved in unearthing and interpreting such finds. Finally, this study would not be complete without a look at modern preservation methods and humanity's perennial search for immortality through techniques such as cryonics, cloning, DNA and suspended animation. Extensively illustrated with the haunting images of many of the cases discussed, "Earthly Remains" is a compelling book that should appeal to everyone's sense of mystery in the history and origins of our ancestors.. First Thus. Cloth. New/New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Ought Suicide to Be a Crime? A Discussion of Suicide, Attempted Suicide and the Law
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London: The Church Information Office, 1959 Rare.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Cristofano and the Plague: A Study in the History of Public Health in the Age of Galileo
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London: Collins, 1973 Study of the plague in Italy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Lifting the Taboo: Women, Death and Dying
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London: Little, Brown and Company, 1995 The first major study in Great Britain or the USA of the sexual politics of death. The path breaking study splits open the silence not merely surrounding mortality but shrouding women's relationship to it.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Earth-Burial and Cremation: The History of Earth-Burial with its Attendant Evils, and the Advantages Offered by Cremation
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892 Important study on the benefits of cremation over burial. Contents include history, conditions surrounding graveyards, statistics, nature of cemeteries in various cities, description and progress of cremation, etc. Author was an officer of the NY Cremation Society. This book was written at the request of the directors of the US Cremation Co.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Lesson of the Scaffold: The Public Execution Controversy in Victorian England
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London: Allen Lane, 1974 A history of public execution by hanging in Victorian times.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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On the Wings of Spirit: An Autobiography
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London: Research Publishing Co., 1977 First Edition. Hard Cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Folk Songs of the South, Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore Society
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New York: Dover Publications, 1967 First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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A Textbook of Forensic Pharmacy
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London: Edward Arnold, 1954 Some foxing to eps.. Third Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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A Textbook of Forensic Pharmacy
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London: Edward Arnold, 1946 Some marking to boards. Some informative pencil notes.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Christian's Defence Against the Fears of Death With Seasonable Directions on How to Prepare Ourselves to Die Well
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London: Printed for J. Buckland and Others, 1789 Translated by Marius D'Assigny (Daniel Defoe). Some foxing, wear to edges and corners.. Twenty-Second Edition. Full Calf. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The New Immortality
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London: Faber & Faber, 1938 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Twentieth Century Book of the Dead
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London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1972 This striking and original book is an attempt to describe the true and false cultures of mass death in our time. On the battlefields of the First World War, in the death camps of the 1930s and 1940s, in Vietnam and in all the local disasters, pogroms and organized famines some 110 million have died, a nation of the dead. This is a conservative estimate, if only because we hardly know how to count the dead. Mr. Elliot has begun to find accurate methods and, more important, to discover ways of individualizing the figures. He has examined the techniques of mass death and he has imaginatively recreated the experience of the victims. Thus he analyses blockade, scorched-earth policy and the human engineering of concentration camps. At the same time he evokes the ordeal of the dying - as seen through the eyes of a young soldier, two Russian women, a Jewish tailor and an old Chinese peasant. Apart from engaging our sympathies throughout, this book brings together for the first time a whole historical dimension of mass violence. The author pursues the logic of his subject to ask how we must view our own death in an age when the comforts of religion have been replaced by a cold collation of facts. Includes sections on "The European Solider In The First World War"; "The Jews Of Europe"; "The Death Process"; and "The Petrified Forest".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Infidel Death-Beds
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London: The Pioneer Press, 1933 Death bed accounts from various atheists and freethinkers including Jeremy Bentham, Sir Richard Burton, Giordano Bruno, Charles Darwin and many others. Much enlarged edition. Boards grubby and stained contents unaffected. Rare in any condition.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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Tortures and Torments of the Chrisitian Martyrs
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London: Fortune Press, 1930. Facsimile of the Charles Carrington editon. Machine numbered limited edition 153/1200 on English Moulded paper. Translated and Adapted by A.R. Allinson.. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information
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Capital Punishment as a Deterrent: and the Alternative
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London: National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, 1961 Includes additional material. An unread copy.. Second Edition. Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information
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The Worship of The Dead or the Origin and Nature of Pagan Idolatry and Its Bearing Upon the Early History of Egypt and Babylonia
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1909 Some minor foxing. A rare book in any edition.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Medico Legal Aspects of the Ruxton Case
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Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1937 First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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The History of American Funeral Directing
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Milwaukee: Bulfin Printers, 1955 This is both a practical guide and a historic guide to American funeral directing, include reproduction of many old adverts etc. Some fading to top of boards.Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Romance of Wills and Testaments
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912 Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Ruth Ellis
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London: Arthur Barker, 1963 Biographical case study of the last woman to be hung for murder in the U.K. Showing some wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Methods of Torture and Execution
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London: Walton Press, 1966 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Reflections on the Newgate Calendar
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London: W.H. Allen, 1975 This book gives an account of the Newgate Calendar, first published in 1774, which gave a record of this country's legendary criminals and famous crimes and trials from as far back as the beginning of the century, from sheep stealing to forgery, smuggling and highway robbery, many of which were punishable by hanging.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Haunted England: A Survey of English Ghost-Lore
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1951 Third Impression. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Homicide Act: The First Thorough Examination of How the Homicide Act Has Been Working in Practice
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1964 The Homicide Act in Britain of 1957.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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The Great Passing On
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London: Rider & Co., 1934 Accounts of spriritualism.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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D.D. Home: His Life and Mission
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co,, 1921 Introduced and edited by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Some foxing to eps and edges. Wear to spine top.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Adolescent Suicide
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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1971 An in depth study of juvenile suicide, critical factors, case studies, relationships, clinical therapies, and prevention methodologies.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Death and What Then?
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London: Skeffington & Son, 1904 Spiritualism and life after death. Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information
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Design for Death
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1967 First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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Care of the Dying
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London: Priory Press, 1973 Foreword by Cicely Saunders.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information
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