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Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre
Paul Gambino
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Description for Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre
Hardback. Offers insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre. This title features 17 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection. It includes skulls, mummified body parts, occult objects and various other ephemera. Num Pages: 208 pages, 175 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre, Morbid Curiosities features 18 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection. The collections include skulls, mummified body parts, taxidermy, occult objects and various carnival, and side-show and criminal ephemera. Detailed captions tell the curious stories behind each object, many of which are being shown outside the private world of their collections for the first time. Morbid Curiosities includes stunning, specially commissioned photography of both ... Read more
A fascinating insight into the strange world of collectors of the macabre, Morbid Curiosities features 18 unique collections and an extensive interview with each collector, explaining how and why they collect, and showcasing the most remarkable pieces from each collection. The collections include skulls, mummified body parts, taxidermy, occult objects and various carnival, and side-show and criminal ephemera. Detailed captions tell the curious stories behind each object, many of which are being shown outside the private world of their collections for the first time. Morbid Curiosities includes stunning, specially commissioned photography of both ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
830g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780678665
SKU
V9781780678665
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Ref
99-98
About Paul Gambino
Paul Gambino has been an avid collector of the macabre for over 20 years and owns an extensive collection of nineteenth-century memorial photographs. His two decades of collecting have gained him access to some of the world's most elite collectors of the macabre.
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