Details
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Title
Taxidermy
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Binding
Hardcover
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Edition
First Edition
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Condition
Used - Very Good
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Pages
256
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Rizzoli
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Date
September 2013
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Illustrated
Yes
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Bookseller's Inventory #
294266
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ISBN
9780847840977 / 0847840972
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Weight
2.36 lbs (1.07 kg)
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Dimensions
9.7 x 6.9 x 1.1 in (24.64 x 17.53 x 2.79 cm)
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Library of Congress subjects
Animals in art, Natural history museums
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2013930106
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Dewey Decimal Code
590.752
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From the publisher
Alexis Turner is the founder of London Taxidermy, one of the world’s leading dealers in antique and contemporary stuffed and preserved fauna and related objects. Clients include set designers, interior designers, fashion stylists, photographers, museums and galleries, and collectors.
Media reviews
“This beautifully bound book covers taxidermy’s story, starting with the Egyptian mummification of cats to contemporary feather fashion on the catwalk.” ~San Francisco Chronicle
“Taxidermy is Alexis Turner’s beautifully designed homage to the long- established, curious and flamboyant art of skinning and stuffing dead creatures. Turner’s examination of the practice encompasses religious beliefs, science and museums, interiors, fashion and advertising, tracking it all the way to the present day in a fascinating and occasionally queasy-making narrative. Taxidermy is a cabinet-of-curiosities of a book. It’s beautiful, odd, intriguing, strange and sometimes repellent, just like the history of taxidermy itself.” ~The Irish Times
“The 337 images in Taxidermy are artful and immaculate-- everything that a taxidermy workshop, with its dust, fumes, stench, viscera and decay, is not. This book is eye candy, which makes sense because Alexis Turner is the founder of London Taxidermy, a business that supplies natural history artifacts to the fashion and film industries, among other clients. You can see his stuffed and pickled props in the “Harry Potter” films, “Sherlock Holmes,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Les Misérables,” “Anna Karenina,” “Skyfall” — and now in this book.” ~The New York Times
“Alex Turner’s Taxidermy is historical, romantic and curiosity-shop voyeurism. Turner’s book is the first to consider this medium as an art for. The renowned London dealer and collector showcases the very best of both classic work and modern contemporary pieces.” ~Huffington Post
About the author
Alexis Turner is the founder of London Taxidermy, one of the world's leading dealers in antique and contemporary stuffed and preserved fauna and related objects. Clients include set designers, interior designers, fashion stylists, photographers, museums and galleries, and collectors.
