[Rarebooks] FS: New England Cemeteries, Epitaphs & Gravestones

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Crossing Into Eternity. A Collection of Epitaphs, plus Epistles on
Death, Dying and Eternal Life”

By Frank R. Merchant.
Published by the author in 1992.

DISCUSSION: An interesting, highly personal survey of epitaphs at several
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts cemeteries. Merchant and his wife,
who was dying of cancer at the time, gathered the epitaphs themselves, and
these form the background to the author’s delving into the history and
religious questions surrounding death, burial, cemeteries, and epitaphs. A
deeply religious and opinionated man, the author’s text nonetheless makes
compelling reading, as does his somewhat idiosyncratic spelling and
punctuation. A privately published volume and quite scarce.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 248 pages, black & white illustrations;
gilt-lettered black buckram, as issued.

CONDITION NOTES: The first blank endpaper has been sliced out, otherwise
in fine, clean condition.

PRICE: $150.00

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