The Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting

Robert Irwin

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Acclaimed historian and novelist Robert 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.

Author(s): Irwin, Robert
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 02/06/2026
Pagination: 240 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Published By: Pushkin Press
Book Classification: Memoirs|Biography: literary|Collecting stamps, philately
Dimensions: 20
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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781805337768

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