The Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting

Robert Irwin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2025
ONE (Verlag)
978-1-80533-774-4 (ISBN)

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Acclaimed historian and novelist Robert Irwin begins his book with a caveat: '[it] will be of little or no practical use or interest to stamp collectors. It does not deal with the subject's practicalities'. Instead, Irwin takes us on a fascinating, wayward journey through a wealth of literary texts that cast a surprising light on stamps and the curious activity of collecting them.

Drawing on writers from Sigmund Freud to Ellery Queen, Irwin charts an erudite path that encompasses the psychology and psychopathology of collecting, classification, nostalgia, anal retentiveness, secrecy and subversion, boredom and death. As his sources take him from the colonial history of stamp imagery to the bizarre trade in stamp forgeries, Irwin builds a unique and compelling portrait of the art of collecting, and of himself as collector.

Robert Irwin (1946-2024) was a novelist, publisher, reviewer, Arabist and historian. He was a fellow of The Royal Society of Literature and the author of ten novels, including The Arabian Nightmare, Satan Wants Me and Tom's Version, as well as many works of non-fiction including The Arabian Nights: A Companion and Memoirs of a Dervish.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.4.2025
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
ISBN-10	1-80533-774-2 / 1805337742
ISBN-13	978-1-80533-774-4 / 9781805337744
Zustand	Neuware