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Wainewright The Poisoner; The Confessions of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
by Motion, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375402098
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402098
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, foreword, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white illustrations/photographs between pages 138 and 139. 1/4 black coloured backstrip with silver titles. 3/4 green coloured boards. Illustrated dustwrapper with brown and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The colourful autobiography/biography of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, 19th-century painter, writer, dandy and friend to major figures of the Romantic period and poisoner. Convicted of forgery (there was never enough evidence to prove murder) he was sent to the penal colony of Tasmania. He died there in 1847. Using a blend of " .. creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Waine-wright's double life in a tour de force of the biographer's art. Cast in the form of a partly fictionalised "confession" written by the subject himself, buttressed (and sometimes contradicted) by the notes, background essays and other commentary setting out the known-facts, it reveals the man as no straightforward history could do – his distinctive voice, his wit and charm, his callousness and unreliability, this pathos and, perhaps, his capacity for murder." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. The front fore edge has been hand cut. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels which also has a few marks. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (8), IX-XIX, (3), 3-276, (6) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Art; Australia; 18th century; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0375402098. ISBN/EAN: 9780375402098. Inventory No: 0113988. . 9780375402098
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0113988
- Title
- Wainewright The Poisoner; The Confessions of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
- Author
- Motion, Andrew
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375402098
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402098
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Thomas Griffiths Wainwright, biography, painter, poisoner, 19th century, Tasmania, penal colony Biography & Autobiography; Art; Australia; 18th century; Law & Criminal Studies. Illustrated Unbranded ISBN: 0375402098 EAN: 9780375402098 Moti
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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