[Rarebooks] FS: Some Books about Gravestones

Mon Nov 5 18:15:03 EST 2007

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Some Books on Gravestones & Gravestone Carvers-

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Bunnen, Lucinda & Virginia Warren Smith. "SCORING IN HEAVEN. Gravestones
and Cemetery Art of the American Sunbelt States" New York; Aperture Books:
1991.
A wonderful pictorial survey of the odd, unusual and moving in gravestones
and grave ornaments, selected from cemeteries in the American South and
Southwest. Ranging from touching to outrageous, sentimental to humorous to
campy, the large format and clear photographs bring these monuments to
"life", as it were... A hugely enjoyable journey. Hardcover. 11.5"x12",
164 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj; light wear; a nice copy.
[06004] $75.00

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"COMPLETE GRANITE ESTIMATES, Based on Barre Granite also adapted for other
Granites giving the Complete Costs for Cutting and Finishing Numerous
Sizes and Styles and Finishes of Stones, including Stock..." Chicago;
Charles H. Gall: 1911. "Also methods and basis rates used in estimating,
with numerous illustrations for variations. All arranged for quick
reference. With an addenda illustrating some orders of architecture and a
brief glossary of architectural terms". Complete tables for estimating the
cost of any part of a marble monument, with tables for dies, caps,
plinths, crosses, steps, columns, shafts, markers, and various types of
decorative carving, with simple line illustrations to show each type and
style. Uncommon. Softcover. 5.5"x10.5", 192 pages, line illustrations.
Publisher's leatherette covers with gilt title; covers worn, tips chipped,
some general soil. Obviously a copy which saw extensive use, but with
tight hinges. [31019] $150.00

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Forbes, Harriette M. "GRAVESTONES OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND AND THE MEN WHO
MADE THEM, 1653-1800"  Boston; Houghton Mifflin: 1927. Edition limited to
780 copies. Not only a study of gravestone design, but also of the craft
of the 17th and 18th century stoneworker, with much information about
individuals who lived and worked in New England. "An important study
containing whole chapters on such important stonecutters as the Lamsons of
Charlestown and the Fosters of Dorchester. An appendix lists
alphabetically the New England stonecutters working before 1800" (Garrett
& Garrett). Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 141 pages, plus numerous b/w plates;
covers with some light wear and soil, tips rubbed, etc. Contents with a
little scattered soil, frontispiece foxed, with offsetting to the title
page. [09590] $200.00

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"GRABSCHMUCK. Katalog No.11 [and] Katalog No.17"  Wurtemburg; Ernst
Strassacker: ca. 1930 & 1936. A wonderful pair of trade catalogs of
memorial figures and decorations for monuments and gravestones, issued by
a German bronze foundry. Each features a wide array of figures, urns,
vases, crosses, plaques, gates, pediments and other cast decorative
elements, many with a distinctly Art Deco or Moderne feeling. The vast
majority of the iconography is Christian, but each catalog does feature a
dozen or so Jewish items, and the 1936 catalog features a selection of
Hebrew letters in the fonts section. There are also brass symbols for
various trades, and a selection of Masonic emblems. A very interesting
pair of catalogs. 2 catalogs. Softcover. 9"x11.5", 81 pages and 120 pages;
filled with b/w illustrations; covers a bit sunned around the edge;
several cover creases; some soil; a few pages of Catalog 11 with moderate
soil. [30896] $275.00

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Neal, Avon & Ann Parker. "EARLY AMERICAN STONE SCULPTURE Found in the
Burying Grounds of New England. New York; Sweetwater Editions: 1981.
Edition limited to 475 numbered copies. A very important and elegant study
of early New England gravestone carving, featuring 42 color reproductions
of rubbings of the decorative details on selected stones, which are also
illustrated with a full-stone black & white photo and discussed in detail.
Neal and Parker began rubbing stones in the 1960s, and presented their
first portfolio on the subject in 1963. This second portfolio is begun
with an interesting illustrated essay on early New England stone carving,
followed by the rubbings and discussion of 42 selected stones. There is
also an interesting bibliography. Hardcover, pictorial boards with leather
spine. 16”x11”, 114 pages with b/w illustrations, plus 42 toned plates.
Clamshell box with paper label. Book fine, box a bit worn and slightly
bowed along the edges. These books were issued with a separate, additional
hand-rubbing, matted and ready for framing, which is NOT PRESENT here
(evidently somebody went and framed it, go figure). The book is priced
accordingly, which represents a good opportunity to buy this important
book for about half what is normally charged for it. [31300] $1,000.00

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Rowlands, Walter. "CURIOUS OLD GRAVESTONES IN AND ABOUT BOSTON"  Boston;
1924. The fifty stones are presented in chronological order and proceed
from the 1653 stone of Samuel Danforth in Roxbury to the 1807 stone of
Henry Roby on Copp's Hill. The stones were photographed by Howland Shaw
Chandler. Rowlands was employed in the Fine Arts Division in the Boston
Public Library and Chandler was an architect, and this lent a certain
antiquarian-scholarly tinge to the selection and photographing of the
stones, which were selected for their designs or odd antiquarian interest
rather than because they were the monuments to famous people. A noted
early photographic survey of Boston gravestones, and becoming increasingly
uncommon. Hardcover. 10"x12", string-tied portfolio housing a title page,
preface page, 2 pages listing the plates, and 50 b/w heliotype plates, all
loose, as issued. Light wear, a little soil to the covers and the edge of
the title page, but a very nice copy. [09591] $250.00

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