About this title: Featuring color photographs taken in cemeteries around the world, this field guide decodes hundreds of symbols used in memorials. To facilitate quick reference, the symbols are organized into sections devoted to (for example) flowers, mythical creatures, the human body, religious symbolism, and secr
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Date Published: 2004-04-05
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: Very good. Stories in Stone: The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolism. ISBN 1567317766. This is a FLEXIBLE COVER book with the noted ISBN number. Brand new and unread. 14880. read more
Edition: 4th Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, Salt Lake City
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Lower rear outer corner curves in at tip. Dust jacket is a 5 1/4" tall wrap band, while book is 9 1/4" tall and 4 3/4" wide. ISBN-13: 978-1-58685-321-1 Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold design on covers. 288 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Date Published: 2004-04-05
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: Like New. A beautiful copy. Text in mint/unmarked condition. Cover has only the slightest shelf rubbings. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Date Published: 2004-04-01
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781586853211. read more
Edition: 2004th edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: New in new dust jacket. Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Dead men may tell no tales, but the symbols on their tombstones do. Although the meaning of most symbols has remained fairly consistent through the centuriescrosses for Christians, six-pointed stars for Jews, the yin-yang symbol for Buddhists, hearts for love, lambs for innocencenowhere is the ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: GIBBS SMITH PUB
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: New. Stories in Stone The Complete Illustrated Guide to Cemetery Symbolism The language of symbols is one that has been with us from the beginning of recorded history. Our everyday life is full of symbols. We see many of them when we are driving: arrows p... read more
Description: New. Color illus., index. 288 pp. 158685321X. This ultimate resource book for cemetery sleuths decodes the meanings of all the symbols you're likely to encounter including: plants; animals; the human body; tradesmen's tools; religious icons; secret society emblems; fraternal organization insignias; tokens; and death seals. The illustrations in this book are breathtakingly beautiful. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781586853211ISBN:158685321X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine with a Fine decorative band / cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Just finished reading this--- I found it to be interesting. Lots of info on Fraternities past and still operating as well as some interesting meanings for the symbols that can be found on tombstones."
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