| - Book Title: The Body Snatchers
- Author: Daniel Cohen
- ISBN: 0460068121
- Publisher: Dent
- Year Published: 1977
- Our Normal Price: £16.50 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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- Description: Dent 1977: first G B edition: hardcover : pictorial laminated boards : 159 pages including index: b/w illustrations. Synopsis; An entertaining yet thoughtful presentation of the historic details of the practice of body snatching, with analysis of its sociological and anatomical consequences . Contents: Introduction: Dead and buried. Science: Background to body snatching; The romance of the graveyard; Watchers of the dead; Burke's the Butcher, Hare's the thief. Profit; The tomb robbers; How the mummy got its name; Politics : The Sleeping Hero; Honored and dishonored dead. Magic: Restless corpses; Screaming skulls. Suggestions for further reading. Condition: endpapers slightly foxed: overall very clean, firm and good.
- Condition: Collectable- Very Good
- Dustcover: No
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
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