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Morbid Curiosities: Collections of the Uncommon and the Bizarre
£19.00£23.80 (-20%)
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 the individual objects and the context of how the collector exhibits their work, forming a unique showcase of the bizarre and the intriguing.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Laurence King Publishing, Illustrated edition (9 Sept. 2016) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 208 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9781780678665 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1780678665 |
| Dimensions | 17.78 x 2.54 x 24.77 cm |
by Sophia Ford
Bought as a Christmas gift for my sister-in-law. It’s a really beautiful book (I had a flick through and it’s definitely an interesting one!), considering getting it for myself too!
by Cezar cezar
Buy it, its a must.
Very good quality and full of horror
by KC
Really interesting read, absolutely fascinating. I’ve ordered books in the past and they’ve arrived damaged, but this was pristine and came so fast!
by Ouija Sue
This book is awesome!!
I’m into morbidity and it’s extremely interesting to see other people with morbid collections such as me…
by James Moynihan
I’m gunna rate it 3 star because it is an interesting book, and is as described. A few of the collector’s however don’t come across all that well.
I love the weird and the macabre, but some of these people have skeletons of children on display as trinkets, which I find a bit disgusting. Also one collector Paul Booth was offered a fresh skull taken from a grave…he didn’t take it. But it wasn’t out of any moral issue, he just didn’t want it because it was smashed and full of maggot’s….so yeah, that guy I just found disgusting.
I like the collections that have historical significance, but the ppl collecting skulls just because they are real human skulls, those people are just pathetic in my opinion and don’t deserve mention to
by Emma M.
I’ve wanted this for a while so my Husband got it me for Christmas. The pictures are stunning and the collectors and their collections are so interesting. Perfect for my morbid mind.
by Birdy
I wouldn’t go as far as to describe myself as a collector of the macabre, partly because of the high financial cost of some of the items and partly because I wouldn’t be allowed in the house with some of the things I’d like to own! So I stick pretty much to natural curiosities and or gaffs. This book has some stunning collections, but it is not for the squeamish. If you are easily offended you won’t like it. I have to admit I find some of it disturbing, but the whole point is that the people who collect this stuff (with a couple of exceptions), are not out to shock, but do so out of genuine (if, well, morbid) curiosity. They collect skulls in the same way that people collect coins or stamps and much for the same reason. The stories in this book will appeal to genuine collectors out there, who will, like me know the feeling of finding (at last) that Item you’ve been looking for for ages, but never thought you’d get. It puts a human face and a voice to collecting and shows that while some of us are a little different to everyone else, it’s only a matter of degree, and one mans’ weird junk, is another mans’ hearts desire!
by Ken
A very strange and intresting book, well worth the price. The book is hard back and made to a high quality.