CEMETERIES

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Macabre anonymous manuscript nineteenth-century poem, apparently unpublished, from the papers of the Napier family of Tintinhull, a fine example of gothic verse, beginning 'Cold, Damp, Lone, | Lies the flesh that once so glowed'.

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[Napier family of Tintinhull, Somerset; nineteenth-century macabre verse; Victorian gothic]
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Without date or place. [England, 1840s?]
£90.00

2pp., 16mo. On first leaf of bifolium of watermarked laid de la Rue paper. In good condition, on aged and lightly-creased paper. A fair copy, neatly written out in a delicate hand. The poem is 28 lines long, arranged in four 7-line stanzas. Short and effective, with no hint of Christian piety to lighten the unremitting gloom.

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Handbill headed 'Funeral Reform Conference. July 23, 1884. The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., Presiding.', reporting Haden's views on 'the desirablilty of greater simplicity in the conduct of funerals'.

Author: 
Funeral Reform Conference, 1884 [London Necropolis Company; Seymour Haden]
Publication details: 
1884. Printer not stated.
£56.00

12mo, 2 pp. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with one dog-eared corner. Quoting Haden's views, which appear distinctly progressive. He finds the 'retention in a dwelling-house for as long as possible of a body, which ought to be committed to the earth as soon as possible', and the need for a 'strong coffin' great evils.

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Printed 'In Memoriam' card, with small photograph of Jealous, together with printed invitation to a Wigwam Club function.

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George Samuel Jealous (1833-1896), 'For 34 Years Editor of the "Hampstead and Highgate Express." ' and 'Hon. Secretary of The Wigwam Club from Nov. 1888 to Sep. 1896'.
Publication details: 
Wigwam Club invitation, 1892; 'In Memoriam' card, 1896.
£56.00

Wigwam Club flier on one side of piece of paper, roughly 20 x 13 cm. Very good. Headed with humourous illustration of crowded wigwam on which is written 'No admission except on business'. Jealous, as Honorary Secretary, states that the club, with William Hughes in the Chair, will meet at Anderton's, in Fleet Street, on 19 July 1892. 'In Memoriam' card on both sides of card roughly 9 x 11 cm. Good, though a little grubby, with traces of grey paper mount at foot of reverse. Small sepia photograph of Jealous, roughly 3 x 2 cm, in top left-hand corner of recto.

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