Karp Marilynn (33 results)

Condition: very_good. Fast Free Shipping â" Very Good condition book with a firm cover and clean pages. Shows normal use and some light wear or limited notes markings. A solid, nice copy to enjoy.

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Like New. Never used! Light wear to corners/edges from shelving.Never used! Light wear to corners/edges from shelving.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or limited writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st. pictorial boards. Over 650 examples are illustrated. 222pp 2.19lb 8.5x8.6x0.9in.

Condition: New. Brand new.New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Illustrated with 650 examples from Marilynn Gelfman Karp's own collection, this attractive book explains the corkscrew's 18th-century origin in an instrument designed to remove wadding from gun barrels, and describes the different types: the basic T, the folding waiter's friend, the open frame, and various more complicated mechanical devices, alongside many decorative and often humorous models.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. This is the official funeral program for the art dealer and author Ivan Karp. Horton, David (illustrator).

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A splendid (and giftable) visual guide to the beautifully convoluted world of corkscrews. Ever since the standardised wine bottle came into use in the eighteenth century, thirsty people have sought a convenient means of removing its cork stopper. At first they employed whatever was at hand - including the helical gun screws used to clean out firearms - but the patent corkscrew emerged by 1795 and soon multiplied into more permutations than the proverbial better mousetrap. In Uncorked, Marilynn Gelfman Karp uses her own collection of corkscrews - carefully chosen both for their inventiveness and for their decorative qualities - to trace the history and evolution of this curious tool. She establishes a taxonomy of the corkscrew, based on the fundamental characteristics of handle, shaft, and screw, and then presents more than 650 individual specimens by category. They range from the simplest "basic T" models to the most whimsical flights of fancy (a folding pair of legs, a seahorse) and the most elaborate mechanical contrivances. Each example is illustrated with superb colour photography and fully described. Uncorked is at once a serious contribution to the history of material culture, and a delight to page through. It will be an essential reference for helixophiles (as collectors of these gadgets are called) and an agreeable gift for any corkscrew-wielding wine lover. AUTHORS: Marilynn Gelfman Karp is professor emerita at New York University and a collector and historian of extraordinary objects. Her other publications include In Flagrante Collecto: Caught in the Act of Collecting. Jeremy Franklin Brooke is professor of filmmaking at the New School, as well as the creator of the information management systems used in the preparation of Uncorked. 562 colour illustrations A splendid (and giftable) visual guide to the beautifully convoluted world of corkscrews, rigorously researched, beautifully photographed, impeccably organised Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: 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.…

Condition: New.

Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 222 pages. 8.50x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A splendid (and giftable) visual guide to the beautifully convoluted world of corkscrews. Ever since the standardised wine bottle came into use in the eighteenth century, thirsty people have sought a convenient means of removing its cork stopper. At first they employed whatever was at hand - including the helical gun screws used to clean out firearms - but the patent corkscrew emerged by 1795 and soon multiplied into more permutations than the proverbial better mousetrap. In Uncorked, Marilynn Gelfman Karp uses her own collection of corkscrews - carefully chosen both for their inventiveness and for their decorative qualities - to trace the history and evolution of this curious tool. She establishes a taxonomy of the corkscrew, based on the fundamental characteristics of handle, shaft, and screw, and then presents more than 650 individual specimens by category. They range from the simplest "basic T" models to the most whimsical flights of fancy (a folding pair of legs, a seahorse) and the most elaborate mechanical contrivances. Each example is illustrated with superb colour photography and fully described. Uncorked is at once a serious contribution to the history of material culture, and a delight to page through. It will be an essential reference for helixophiles (as collectors of these gadgets are called) and an agreeable gift for any corkscrew-wielding wine lover. AUTHORS: Marilynn Gelfman Karp is professor emerita at New York University and a collector and historian of extraordinary objects. Her other publications include In Flagrante Collecto: Caught in the Act of Collecting. Jeremy Franklin Brooke is professor of filmmaking at the New School, as well as the creator of the information management systems used in the preparation of Uncorked. 562 colour illustrations A splendid (and giftable) visual guide to the beautifully convoluted world of corkscrews, rigorously researched, beautifully photographed, impeccably organised Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.…

4to. 367 pp. Very good hardback copy, in like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New in publisher's shrink wrap. First edition. Large quarto. 367, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over paper covered boards. 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." "In Flagrante Collecto" is a vividly illustrated book that is equal parts cultural history, personal memoir, and coffee table objet d'art. The 1000 color photographs that fill this book tell stories of lost and found objects. Ignored by many, these figural matchbooks, buttons, erasers, cigar rings, pictorial seed packets, and other items are hunted and gathered with Ahab-like tenacity at flea markets, antique shops, and collectible shows worldwide. This lovingly assembled volume is a fascinating compendium of material culture as told by an incredible array of objects. Book is new, still in publisher's shrink wrap.…