[Rarebooks] New Catalog- Gravestones, Epitaphs, Mourning, Funerals

Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA office at joslinhall.com
Tue Oct 31 11:03:38 EST 2006


It's Halloween and the book elves are in fine fettle, rigging Foggygates
up as a Haunted House. As they pointed out, we had the advantage that the
place is a 100+ year-old Victorian that's full of spiders, squeaky doors
and dark corners already, and since we never get around to dusting we
don't have to buy fake cobwebs this year. And then there's the resident
ghost... but before they rigged up the 1,500-watt speakers on the porch
roof and put Bobby Pickett's "Monster Mash" on an endless tape loop, they
finished our latest printed catalog, on an eerily relevant topic-

"A GRAVE AFFAIR", a catalog featuring 154 books and other items about
gravestones, epitaphs, cemeteries, funeral and mourning customs, how
Society deals with death, and related topics, is now posted on our 'A
GRAVE AFFAIR' website-

<http://www.a-grave-affair.com/Catalog_288.htm>

This is also available as a printed catalog; if you'd like a free copy,
please send us your mailing address.

We've also updated the GRAVE AFFAIR website with a bibliography of 500+
entries for books and other materials on gravestones, epitaphs, funeral
and mourning customs and related topics, a links page, and some
surprises...

While you're there you can also sign up for our 'Grave Matters' email
list, where we announce website updates, and will be running
catalog-related specials this week.

<http://www.a-grave-affair.com>

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! and, um...

BOO!!!!!!

-Forrest


JOSLIN HALL RARE BOOKS, ABAA
Fine books of the 16th-20th centuries
on the decorative and fine arts & design

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