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Collections of nothing
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King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has about eighteen thousand), illustrations snipped from old dictionaries (seven thousand), linings of "security" envelopes (eight hundred patterns), "the mute, meager, practically valueless object, like a sea-washed spigot, its mouth stoppered(...)
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King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has about eighteen thousand), illustrations snipped from old dictionaries (seven thousand), linings of "security" envelopes (eight hundred patterns), "the mute, meager, practically valueless object, like a sea-washed spigot, its mouth stoppered(...)
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Collections of nothing
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King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has about eighteen thousand), illustrations snipped from old dictionaries (seven thousand), linings of "security" envelopes (eight hundred patterns), "the mute, meager, practically valueless object, like a sea-washed spigot, its mouth stoppered by a stone." What makes this book, bred of a midlife crisis, extraordinary is the way King weaves his autobiography into the account of his collection, deftly demonstrating that the two stories are essentially one. "I lost and found myself in remote topical aisles of scholarship-wreck," he says of his hours in Yale’s library, reading the most obscure books he could find. His hard-won self-awareness gives his disclosures an intensity that will likely resonate with all readers, even those whose collections of nothing contain nothing at all.
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King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has about eighteen thousand), illustrations snipped from old dictionaries (seven thousand), linings of "security" envelopes (eight hundred patterns), "the mute, meager, practically valueless object, like a sea-washed spigot, its mouth stoppered by a stone." What makes this book, bred of a midlife crisis, extraordinary is the way King weaves his autobiography into the account of his collection, deftly demonstrating that the two stories are essentially one. "I lost and found myself in remote topical aisles of scholarship-wreck," he says of his hours in Yale’s library, reading the most obscure books he could find. His hard-won self-awareness gives his disclosures an intensity that will likely resonate with all readers, even those whose collections of nothing contain nothing at all.
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July 2008, Chicago, London
July 2008, Chicago, London
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Design Theory
Design Theory
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211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Alkmaar : Cantina architectura, 1991.
Alkmaar : Cantina architectura, 1991.
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Christiaan IV van Denemarken, 1588-1648 : architectuur en stedebouw van een Luthers vorst : een wetenschappellijke proeve op het gebied van de letteren, in het bijzonder de kunstgeschiedenis / Juliette Germaine Roding.
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211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Christiaan IV van Denemarken, 1588-1648 : architectuur en stedebouw van een Luthers vorst : een wetenschappellijke proeve op het gebied van de letteren, in het bijzonder de kunstgeschiedenis / Juliette Germaine Roding.
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211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Alkmaar : Cantina architectura, 1991.
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208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
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208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
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London : Laurence King, 2009.
London : Laurence King, 2009.
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Extreme architecture / Ruth Slavid.
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208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
Extreme architecture / Ruth Slavid.
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208 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
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London : Laurence King, 2009.
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xvi, 295 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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xvi, 295 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
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Ancient Antioch / by Glanville Downey.
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xvi, 295 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Ancient Antioch / by Glanville Downey.
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xvi, 295 pages, 21 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1963.
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The primitive fortifications of the city of Rome, and other buildings of the time of the kings.
The primitive fortifications of the city of Rome, and other buildings of the time of the kings.
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xxviii, 232 pages, lix plates
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Oxford, J. Parker and Co.; London, J. Murray, 1878.
Oxford, J. Parker and Co.; London, J. Murray, 1878.
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The primitive fortifications of the city of Rome, and other buildings of the time of the kings.
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xxviii, 232 pages, lix plates
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Oxford, J. Parker and Co.; London, J. Murray, 1878.
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397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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Berlin : Nicolai, ©2005.
Berlin : Nicolai, ©2005.
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Schloss Sanssouci : die Sommerresidenz Friedrichs des Grossen / Hans-Joachim Giersberg ; Fotografien von Hillert Ibbeken ; mit Beiträgen von Thomas Blisniewski [and others].
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397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Schloss Sanssouci : die Sommerresidenz Friedrichs des Grossen / Hans-Joachim Giersberg ; Fotografien von Hillert Ibbeken ; mit Beiträgen von Thomas Blisniewski [and others].
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397 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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Berlin : Nicolai, ©2005.
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Inigo Jones on Stonehenge : architectural representation, memory, and narrative / Caroline van Eck.
Inigo Jones on Stonehenge : architectural representation, memory, and narrative / Caroline van Eck.
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62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura, 2009.
Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura, 2009.
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Inigo Jones on Stonehenge : architectural representation, memory, and narrative / Caroline van Eck.
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62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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62 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura, 2009.
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40 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 35 x 43 cm
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40 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 35 x 43 cm
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Lleida : Universitat de Lleida, 2000.
Lleida : Universitat de Lleida, 2000.
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Lleida 1871 : la visita del rei Amadeu I de Savoia / fotografies de Moliné i Albareda.
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40 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 35 x 43 cm
Lleida 1871 : la visita del rei Amadeu I de Savoia / fotografies de Moliné i Albareda.
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40 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 35 x 43 cm
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Lleida : Universitat de Lleida, 2000.
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2 preliminary leaves, 6, 32 pages, [50] color plates (including frontispiece) : illustrations ; 45 cm
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2 preliminary leaves, 6, 32 pages, [50] color plates (including frontispiece) : illustrations ; 45 cm
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London : John C. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, MDCCCXCII [1892]
London : John C. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, MDCCCXCII [1892]
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The soft porcelain of Sèvres / with an historical introduction by Édouard Garnier ; 50 plates representing 250 water-colour subjects after the originals.
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2 preliminary leaves, 6, 32 pages, [50] color plates (including frontispiece) : illustrations ; 45 cm
The soft porcelain of Sèvres / with an historical introduction by Édouard Garnier ; 50 plates representing 250 water-colour subjects after the originals.
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2 preliminary leaves, 6, 32 pages, [50] color plates (including frontispiece) : illustrations ; 45 cm
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London : John C. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, MDCCCXCII [1892]
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2 v. (xxxv, 792 leaves) : ill.
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1985.
1985.
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The sculptures of the Château of Marly during the reign of Louis XIV / Betsy Jean Rosasco.
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2 v. (xxxv, 792 leaves) : ill.
The sculptures of the Château of Marly during the reign of Louis XIV / Betsy Jean Rosasco.
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1985.
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