The Error World : An Affair with Stamps (Hardcover)

from ForeignCircus

I was excited to read this book, figuring either it would be a great memoir, or a great book about stamps, but this book was neither. Though I did enjoy reading about young Simon's growing love for stamps, I would have like the personal element of the story to be introduced much much earlier. Aft...

from NielsenGW

We are all of us collectors. Be it books, baseballs cards, or Barbie dolls, what we gather into our lives defines us in some way. Simon Garfield's life seems to be one of not only collecting, but of crisis and loss. From his first experience with stamp collecting, he was hooked, but his pseudo-ob...

from BooksOn23rd

Better for residents of the UK.

from varielle

I am that rare creature -- a female stamp collector, so I can empathize with Simon Garfield's collecting obsessions. I too gave up collecting over a relationship. In his case it was to pay for a divorce settlement, in mine my ex resented that if I had any hobby it took away from the time I was ex...

from varielle

I am that rare creature -- a female stamp collector, so I can empathize with Simon Garfield's collecting obsessions. I too gave up collecting over a relationship. In his case it was to pay for a divorce settlement, in mine my ex resented that if I had any hobby it took away from the time I was ex...