Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane
by Finucane, Ronald C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0862450438
- ISBN 13
- 9780862450434
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Junction Books, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vii, 232 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents;Classical ghosts -- Christianity and early-Medieval revenants -- Purgatory, penance and the restless dead in the later Middle Ages -- Reformation controversies: demons and ghosts -- Baroque hauntings of the seventeenth century -- Enlightenment and 'atheism' -- The thirst for immortality -- Twentieth century ghosts. Subjects; Ghosts. Geesten.Ghosts History.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 407734
- Title
- Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane
- Author
- Finucane, Ronald C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0862450438
- ISBN 13
- 9780862450434
- Publisher
- London : Junction Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
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