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The Error World: An Affair with Stamps
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Author
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Simon Garfield.
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Publisher
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Houghton Mifflin
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.5
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5.75
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0.75
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ISBN
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9780151013968
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Pages/Publication Date
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245/2008
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Daedalus Item Code
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12181
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List Price:
$24.00
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$4.98
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Description
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This engaging memoir from the author of Mauve illuminates the philatelist's mania for stamp collecting. From the Penny Red to the Blue Mauritius, generations of collectors have been drawn to the mystique of rare stamps. As a boy Simon Garfield collected errors—rare pigment misprints that create ghostly absences in certain stamps. When this passion reignited in his mid-40s, it consumed him. In the span of a couple of years he amassed a collection of errors worth upwards of £40,000, pursuing not only this secret passion, but a romantic one as his marriage disintegrated. The end result is a thoughtful, funny, and enticing meditation on the impulse to possess.
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