Author: MITFORD JESSICA
Title: American Way of Death
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Fifth Prining. Black cloth covers, white title to the spine. In Very Good condition with a tight binding, clean & unmarked pages. Some age tanning to the pages, light cover edgewear. The DJ is clipped and in Good+ condition with some chipping along the top edge, a small tear to the front flap edge. Cover rubbing. "Before the turn of the century, the American funeral was simple "to the point of starkness," says Jessica Mitford, the acclaimed muckraking journalist who published this investigation of the country's funeral business in 1963. That the country went on to develop a tendency for gross overspending on funerals Mitford puts down to the greed and ingenuity of undertakers, whom she regards as salesmen guilty of pressuring families into agreeing to their excessive standards for burial. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .
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Title: American Way of Death
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Fifth Prining. Black cloth covers, white title to the spine. In Very Good condition with a tight binding, clean & unmarked pages. Some age tanning to the pages, light cover edgewear. The DJ is clipped and in Good+ condition with some chipping along the top edge, a small tear to the front flap edge. Cover rubbing. "Before the turn of the century, the American funeral was simple "to the point of starkness," says Jessica Mitford, the acclaimed muckraking journalist who published this investigation of the country's funeral business in 1963. That the country went on to develop a tendency for gross overspending on funerals Mitford puts down to the greed and ingenuity of undertakers, whom she regards as salesmen guilty of pressuring families into agreeing to their excessive standards for burial. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 333 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Funeral Rites and Ceremonies History Undertakers and Undertaking Sociology Collectibles Culture History Collectibles
Price: US$ 62.95 Seller: Bytown Bookery
- Book number: 27869
- Book number: 27869
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