A collection of photographs taken in Louisiana cemetries, which are different because the land is flat, wet and often below sea level, so coffins are placed in elevated tombs, vaults and mausoleums, rather than buried underground. The book also includes more unusual memorials.
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0807124133I3N00
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Vendeur : HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! N° de réf. du vendeur S_457550555
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Vendeur : Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0003595551
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Vendeur : Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. unmarked, light shelfwear-NICE Oversized. N° de réf. du vendeur 0807124133-01
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Vendeur : HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! N° de réf. du vendeur S_256568447
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Vendeur : H.S. Bailey, Fort Myers, FL, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good +. 1st Edition. "First Printing" stated with complete number line - therefore 1st edition, dj shows very light wear with a few light scratches, full page color photographs of cemetery scenes, foreword by Thomas Lynch, introduction by Steven Maklansky. N° de réf. du vendeur FSR-1124
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Vendeur : Braintree Book Rack, Cohasset, MA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. A bright, clean copy! N° de réf. du vendeur 128554
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Vendeur : Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Used - Like New. The most obvious distinction of many south Louisiana cemeteries is that hardly anyone is buried in them. In the delta, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, the land is flat, wet, and often below sea level, so coffins are placed in elevated tombs, vaults, and mausoleums. Truly cities of the dead, these cemeteries contain buildings of stone or brick, marble statues, wrought-iron fences, narrow passages, and hidden enclaves. And, like any city, they are densely packed with bodies. In sixty-two stunning photographs, William K. Greiner captures the visual landscape of these ghostly neighborhoods. A colorful respite from the gray conventions of graveyard photography, his images leap off the page with brilliant hues. His pictures are not just about graves, but also about the lives and values of the people who inhabit and visit them. Most of his portraits are of humble and inconspicuous burial grounds. Located somewhere between town and country, they exist as geographic testimony to our Comprehension of the graveyard as the transitional space between heaven and earth. In these photographs, there is no great divide; streetlamps and telephone wires intrude into the heavens, supermarkets and mausoleums share parking lots, and religious and secular symbols vie for attention. Where we expect to find solemn stones, Greiner points to a new lexicon of mourning. Plastic dolls, polyester ribbons, Styrofoam letters, and brilliant bouquets of plastic flowers adorn these graves and fill these photos. In these sepulchral communities, holidays are marked with Valentine hearts, Fourth of July arrangements, and Christmas decorations, and bingo boards and Harley-Davidson models stand assilent reminders of the daily lives the residents once lived. Not a soul appears in these images, but they are haunted none the less, by the skeletons of flowers, by chipped statuettes, by faded pictures, and by overgrown grass; by the tangible evidence of the passing visits of those who have come to bury or remember their clear departed; by passing clouds, and by the passage of time. In his striking memorials to these memorials, Grein er honors the colorful cast of characters, both alive and dead, whose telling traces he has found left behind. Wrapped in Brodart dust jacket protector. Book has minor shelf wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 20110314140637
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Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and dated by author. Physical description: xv, 125 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Greiner, William K.; Parr (Martin) Collection; Photography, Artistic; Cemeteries Louisiana ; Pictorial works. 3 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 396684
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Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED and dated by author. Physical description: xv, 125 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Greiner, William K.; Parr (Martin) Collection; Photography, Artistic; Cemeteries Louisiana ; Pictorial works. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 396684
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