What do you do with your soap bars when they become too small to use? If you've ever lost a cuff link, what did you do with the one that remained? In "In Flagrante Collecto", Marilynn Gelfman Karp explores and catalogues our impulse to collect the incidental miscellanea of the past. In her words "There are collectors of things with intrinsic value - gold or diamonds or baseball cards. Then there are a group of people who love the unloved. These are the purest kind." For these collectors, the hunter-gatherers of misshapen pretzels, do not disturb signs, and marbles, there is deep and satisfying value in collecting the arcane objects that most people overlook or forget. This book is a tribute to the realm of those "unloveable" objects, those that seem banal, common, corny, in bad taste, too familiar, or just invisible. Part observation, part confession, Karp's text takes us on a joyous journey of philosophical musings, cultural history, and personal memoir.
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Da: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2050grams, ISBN:9780810955400. Codice articolo 2281992
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Da: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Condizione: fine/fine. First edition. Quarto. (30cm x 23cm) 367pp A fine copy in dust jacket. From Karp's perspective, collecting is a calling, not a choice. She examines the impulse to acquire and its modus operandi, describing the essential reasons why anyone collects anything, from ancient coins to fingermail parrings. Codice articolo 62863
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Da: Ucarstore, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Codice articolo 09-10-2026_MN_1.6M_H00018J5
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Da: Sparrow Reads, Edgewood, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: New. Codice articolo 002206
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Da: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Codice articolo 0810955407
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Da: Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 368pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated dustjacket with light rubbing to jacket at head & foot of spine- covered in removable protective clear plastic, white papered boards with small nick to top edge of front board & head of spine, col. illust. endpapers & title pages, col. & b/w plts. & text ills., full page col. illust., index. In Flagrante Collecto explores and catalogues our impulse to aquire the incidental miscellanea of the past. Size: Large Quarto. Book. Codice articolo 001427
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Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo 73E88_60_0810955407
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Da: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 4to pp. 368, "According to author Marilynn Gelfman Karp, collecting is a calling; and those who are driven to collect unloved objects are the purest collectors of all. In this literary and sophisticated celebration of humble objects, Karp shares her passionate insights on what she calls the 'rapture of the capture.'". book. Codice articolo 251001
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Da: BUCHSERVICE / ANTIQUARIAT Lars Lutzer, Wahlstedt, Germania
Hardcover. Condizione: gut. 2006. In Flagrante Collecto: Caught in the Art of Collecting In englischer Sprache. pages. Codice articolo BN398216
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