Published by Granta Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 1783780568 ISBN 13: 9781783780563
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Published by Liveright, 2014
ISBN 10: 0871404540 ISBN 13: 9780871404541
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Published by Granta Books, 2014
ISBN 10: 178378055X ISBN 13: 9781783780556
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
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Published by Liveright, 2015
ISBN 10: 1631490990 ISBN 13: 9781631490996
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Published by Liveright Publishing Corp., New York & London, 2014
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Advance reader's edition.
Published by Liveright, 2014
ISBN 10: 0871404540 ISBN 13: 9780871404541
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Very Good. 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
Published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York, 2014
ISBN 10: 0871404540 ISBN 13: 9780871404541
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Stated First Edition. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xviii, 317pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue paper over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in gilt. A couple small spots of toning to edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Illustrations throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A "wide-ranging and thoughtful" (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the varied obsessions that the "civilized West" has had with decapitated heads and skulls. The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is a dark side to the head's preeminence, one that has, in the course of human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting. So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this fascinating history of decapitated human heads. From the Western collectors whose demand for shrunken heads spurred massacres to Second World War soldiers who sent the remains of the Japanese home to their girlfriends, from Madame Tussaud modeling the guillotined head of Robespierre to Damien Hirst photographing decapitated heads in city morgues, from grave-robbing phrenologists to skull-obsessed scientists, Larson explores our macabre fixation with severed heads.(Publisher).
Published by Liveright Publishing Co / W W Norton & Co, New York, London, 2014
Seller: Cher Bibler, Tiffin, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. 317pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Published by New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2014
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 317 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index. Summary; The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is a dark side to the head's preeminence, one that has, in the course of human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting. So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this fascinating history of decapitated human heads. From the Western collectors whose demand for shrunken heads spurred massacres to Second World War soldiers who sent the remains of the Japanese home to their girlfriends, from Madame Tussaud modeling the guillotined head of Robespierre to Damien Hirst photographing decapitated heads in city morgues, from grave-robbing phrenologists to skull-obsessed scientists, Larson explores our macabre fixation with severed heads. Subjects; Head - History. Head - Social aspects. Beheading. 1 Kg.
Published by New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2014
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 317 pages: illustrations; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-307) and index. Summary; The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain, and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and connects our inner selves to the outer world. Yet there is a dark side to the head's preeminence, one that has, in the course of human history, manifested itself in everything from decapitation to headhunting. So explains anthropologist Frances Larson in this fascinating history of decapitated human heads. From the Western collectors whose demand for shrunken heads spurred massacres to Second World War soldiers who sent the remains of the Japanese home to their girlfriends, from Madame Tussaud modeling the guillotined head of Robespierre to Damien Hirst photographing decapitated heads in city morgues, from grave-robbing phrenologists to skull-obsessed scientists, Larson explores our macabre fixation with severed heads. Subjects; Head - History. Head - Social aspects. Beheading. 1 Kg.
Published by GRANTA BOOKS, United Kingdom, 2014, 2014
Seller: Pali, Roma, RM, Italy
Hard Cover in Dj. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 8vo 236 x 162 mm. Language: English Brand New Book. The human head is exceptional. It accommodates four of our five senses, encases the brain and boasts the most expressive set of muscles in the body. It is our most distinctive attribute and it connects our inner selves to the outer world more evocatively than any other part of the body. Yet there is a dark side to the head s pre-eminence. Over the centuries, human heads have decorated our churches, festooned our city walls and filled our museums. Long regarded as objects of fascination and repulsion, they have been props for artists and specimens for laboratory scientists, trophies for soldiers and items of barter. Today, as videos of decapitations circulate online and scientists promise the wealthy among us that our heads may one day live on without our bodies, the severed head is as contentious and compelling as ever. From the western colonialists whose demand for shrunken heads spurred brutal massacres to the troops in the Second World War who sent the remains of Japanese soldiers home to their girlfriends; from the memento mori in Romantic portraits to Damien Hirst s With Dead Head; from grave-robbing phrenologists to enterprising cryonicists, Larson explores the bizarre, often gruesome and confounding history of the severed head. Its story is our story. storia delle decapitazioni teste mozze, teste congelate, etc.
Published by -Granta -, 2014
Seller: Paul Brown, Ramsgate, United Kingdom
First edition 2014. 317 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. Please ask to see our other "Death Studies" titles in stock.