Death & Dying
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Final Exit
by Derek Humphry
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying is a controversial 1992 book by Derek Humphry, founder of the Hemlock Society in California and past president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies.
How To Survive the Loss Of a Love
by Melba; Bloomfield, Harold H ; McWilliams, Peter Colgrove
One of the most directly helpful books on the subject of loss ever written, the first edition of this comforting and inspiring book, published in 1976, sold nearly two million copies. This completely revised and expanded edition encompasses not only the medical and psychological advances in the treatment of loss, but also the authors’ own experiences. - from the publisher
How We Die
by Sherwin B Nuland
Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, was Clinical Professor of Surgery at Yale University until his retirement in 2009, though he continues to teach Biomedical Ethics and Medical History to Yale undergraduates, and serve the university in various capacities. He won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Book Critics Circle Award when this book was initially published. In hardcover and paperback, How We Die was on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of...
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Questions & Answers On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
On Death and Dying is one of the most important books ever written on the subject and is still considered the bench-mark in the care of the dying. It became an immediate bestseller, and Life magazine called it "a profound lesson for the living." This companion volume consists of the questions that are most frequently asked of Dr. Kübler-Ross and her compassionate answers. She discusses accepting the end of life, suicide, terminal illness, euthanasia, how to tell a patient he or she is critically...
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Final Exit the Practicalities Of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide For the Dying
by Derek Humphry
Death & Dying Books & Ephemera
A SACRED WALK Dispelling the Fear of Death and Caring for the Dying
by Authers, Donna M
Donna M. Authers. Very Good. 2008. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Signed by author on title page. Date written at top of first page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Author .
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$18.00
Fine three-page Autograph Letter Signed
by LEE, Isham L
Washington, 1862. unbound. Outstanding letter, three pages, 9.75 x 8 inches, Washington, August 12, 1862. Written to Naval Captain (later Admiral) J. Thomas Turner, whose son was killed while a Capt. in the 4th Reg., U.S. infantry. Lee has painstakingly supplied (in manuscript) the correct form which Turner must use when he petitions the Government for his dead son's property, in part: "...In case of no widow or child, the father is sole heir. There is no bounty, or bounty laws to commissioned...
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$400.00
Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow & Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast
by Ross, Laurie Margot
xvi, 374pp., prof. illus. (some color). Illustrated Boards. Leiden: Brill, 2016. no d.j. (as issued). New. Signed by the author.Please Note: Insurance is required for this item.
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$140.00
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
by Callanan, Maggie; Kelley, Patricia
Bantam, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$5.99
Death and Eastern Thought: Understanding Death in Eastern Religions and Philosophies
by HOLCK, Frederick H.--Editor
Nashville: Abingdon, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Occasional note in pencil in margins and small scribble mark in pen on top of one page but text is clean, Spine ends bumped with small tear on bottom spine end, dustwrapper shows shelf rubbing with light browning and soiling, a few small chips and tears on edges, flap corners slightly clipped but price present.
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$20.00
Internal Combustion: The Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City
by MAYNARD, Joyce
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 490 pages, 8vo, black boards with silver lettering, dust wrapper. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, (2006). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Inscribed on the front free endpaper with an original drawing of a woman with a bloody hatchet: "...with love, Joyce."<br/><br/>
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$60.00
On Death and Dying (Scribner Classics)
by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Scribner, 1997. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 285 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.
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$35.05
![[Manuscript 1860, Will, Denekamp, Borggreve, Gilbers] Enkele papieren betreffende de familie (Van) Borggreve te Denekamp, 19de-eeuws, 7 p.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/620/811620693.0.b.jpg)
[Manuscript 1860, Will, Denekamp, Borggreve, Gilbers] Enkele papieren betreffende de familie (Van) Borggreve te Denekamp, 19de-eeuws, 7 p.
O.a. testament van Lambertus Borggreve, 19 jaar oud, wever te Denekamp, zoon van wijlen Johannes Borggreve en Maria Beumer, d.d. 13 augustus 1860 (erfgenamen: Bernardus Gilbers, landbouwer te Denekamp, en zijn vrouw Susanna Steggink, waar hij inwonend was). Voorts een paspoort (groot verlof militaire diensttijd) voor de milicien Van Borggreve, geb. Denekamp 10 augustus 1812, zoon van Lambert en Janna Heuvels, d.d. 1839. M4207
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$88.70
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
by Nuland, Sherwin B
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 1st printing. Prior owner's embossed stamp on front flyleaf. 278pp. Jacket is well rubbed.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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$12.00
On Death and Dying
by Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1969. First Printing stated. Near Fine, small crease at head of spine, in a Near Fine dust jacker, crease and small chips at head of spine, small chip top edge rear flap fold. Her famous and revolutionary work, uncommon in the Forst Edition, First Printing in current commerce. . First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$300.00
Living with Death and Dying
by Ku¨bler-Ross, Elisabeth
Macmillan, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$8.95
Living with Death and Dying
by Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
MacMillan Publishing, 1981. Good Hardcover with dustjacket, DJ has some chipping/ tear, previous owner's name. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.
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$15.00
Objects of Desire
by Jessica Bayer
Paradigm Press, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [24] pages. 4-1/8 by 7 inches. One of 400 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled red wrappers (paperback).
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$15.00
WHAT EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW About Funerals!
by Consumer Information Bureau
Consumer Information Bureau. Very Good. 1965. Stapled wraps. 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 17 pages .
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$10.00
Caring for Your Own Dead
by Carlson, Lisa
Vermont: Upper Access Publishers, 1987. Second printing. Paperback. Fair. Trade paperback in fair to good condition. Wear to the cover edges and foxing/light soil. Binding is solid with no creasing to the spine and the text is unmarked other than a stamp to the half title page. The lower quarter of the rear cover is creased. Light incense odor. 343 pp., detailed burial information from the states, and a blank copy North Dakota death certificate laid in. How to make your own funeral arrangements...
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$15.00
On Death and Dying
by Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth
NY: Macmillan Company, 1970. 289 clean, unmarked pages/idex. Paperback. Very Good. Mass Market.
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$5.50
The Loveliest Woman in America
by Gaston, Bibi
New York: William Morrow - and Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Debbie, Bibi Gaston." Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. A very good copy with bending and crimping at the spine tips. Corners are straight and pages are clean and unmarked. Solid binding and hinges. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good with matching wear at the panel edges near the spine, and minor scuffing to the...
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$20.00
Sad Autographed Letter Signed on the death of his daughter Louisa
by WOODWARD, Charles (1793 - 1869)
Middletown, 1852. unbound. 3 pages (front and back), 10 x 7.75 inches, Middletown, October 3, 1852, to his nephew Dr. Rufus Woodward, in small part: "...I shall not be able to give you a very intelligible description of your cousin Louisa's last sickness and I have no very clear idea what was the cause of her death there was no examination made. She has always been subject to a good deal of pain in the head and more or less affliction of the stomach. Near two weeks before her death she was...
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$300.00
How We Die
by Sherwin B Nuland
Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; An explanation of what happens to us when we die. The author, a surgeon with more than 30 years' experience, describes in detail the processes which take place in the body and sets out to strip away many illusions about death.
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$16.09
Autographed Letter Signed on "Headquarters Army of the United States" letterhead
by SHERMAN, William T. (1820 - 1891)
Washington, D.C., 1871. unbound. Three-page handwritten letter with outstanding content, 8 x 5 inches, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1871. Written to former Confederate Brigadier General Marcus J. Wright, commander of the District of Atlanta, in full: "Your note of June 1, awaited me here on my return from Texas. It is sharp that you even noticed in the newspaper of the day the fact that less than a year ago Capt. Buel of the Ordinance Department, the same who was on my staff at Atlanta, and who was...
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$2,200.00
Living with Death and Dying
by Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
Souvenir Press Ltd, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$8.04
Deaths of Man
by SHNEIDMAN, Edwin S
New York: Quadrangle / New York Times Book Co, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in original blue cloth, slight discoloration to spine, and very good pictorial dust jacket, light edgwear and a closed tear to front panel with interior tape repair.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. xviii, 238 pp. Warmly inscribed by Shneidman on front free endpaper. Foreword by Arnold Toynbee. Jacket illustration from "The Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein the Younger.
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$20.00
Women and the Material Culture of Death
by Goggin, Maureen Daly & Beth Fowkes Tobin, Eds
Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2013. 8vo. xix,384pp., prof. illus. b&w. Bib., Index. Cloth, d.j. New.Note: New York residents must pay NY sales tax. Thank you.
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$125.00
