Description
British Museum Press, Published 1992. Hardcover, 96 pp.; 26 cm; First Edition (copyright page dated 1992 with no later printing indicated); with 20 black-and-white illustrations.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. The blue cloth boards are lettered in gilt on the spine and show mild bumping to the edges and corners and mild shelf wear. The binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. The illustrated dust jacket, with a watercolor of a country churchyard on the front panel, has light bumping to the edges and mild shelf wear; the bottom corner of the front flap has been clipped (price-clipped). Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.[From the front jacket flap] This light-hearted anthology of funeral inscriptions, both real and fictional, is gathered from sources all over the British Isles and America. Witty, sardonic, pompous, tragic, the mood is everchanging and the reader is moved alternately from laughter to tears. Noble poets, nagging wives, erring lovers, and worthy watchmakers all find a place here, entertainingly introduced by Sir David Wilson who was Director of the British Museum until 1992.Contents: Preface; Introduction; In Memoriam; The Dear Departed; The Rude Forefathers; The Great and the Good; And the Not So Good; Country or Cause; Mechanical Failure; They Should Have Died Hereafter; Sources; Index.