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The Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting

By Robert Irwin
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By Robert Irwin
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A fascinating, one-of-a-kind journey through the obsessive world of collecting (and stamps) by maverick historian and cult writer Robert Irwin.

“[A] delightful mishmash of quotations, digressions, obscure facts, arcane anecdotes and playful romps.” — Literary Review

Why do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire—or even a kind of madness?

Robert Irwin—novelist, historian, translator, collector—was a true original; a virtuoso thinker who combined encyclopaedic...

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