Wainewright the Poisoner. - 8 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ed Conroy Bookseller.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Size=6.5"x9.5. (full book description) Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2000. 1st Ed. (U.S.) 1st Printing, Fine/VG+, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket. Size=6.5"x9.5", 276pp(Index). DJ rear cover rubbed & dirty, O.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. ISBN 0375402098 Price unclipped. 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN CUSTOM BOXES, WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Syber's Books.
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. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Art; Australia; 18th century; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0375402098. ISBN/EAN: 9780375402098. Inventory No: 0113988. . 9780375402098.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, P. C. Schmidt, Bookseller.
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2000. a solid copy ; dj has pickoff at top of front where price sticker was removed; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR -----. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine Hardback/Very Good+ Dustjacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 6 x 9".

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Zeno's.
New York. 2000. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. ISBN:0375402098. 304 pages. hardcover. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery - evidence was lacking to prove the murders - he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright's double life in a tour de force of the biographer's art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional '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, his pathos and, perhaps, his capacity for murder. As a distinguished biographer (of Philip Larkin and John Keats, among others), Andrew Motion has been notably successful in pinning down the often-elusive details of Wainewright's life. As a first-rate poet (he succeeded Ted Hughes as Britain's Poet Laureate), he shows himself equally skilled in the imaginative investigation of Wainewright's bizarre psyche. The result is a richly memorable exploration of the darkerside of human nature, of the roots of crime, of the nature of biography itself. inventory #28226 ISBN: 0375402098.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, DAVID EVES BOOKS.
New York: Alfred Knopf, 2000. Fine in hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket. Wainewright ( 1794-1847) was a Regency author ,painter,swindler and probable murderer who was exiled to Van Diemen's Land for forgery where he died in 1847.276pp . First American. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Wykeham Books [162256], LONDON, United Kingdom.
Cloth, 8vo, 26 cm, xix, 276, [5] pp, 46 ills. From the blurb - "In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery-evidence was lacking to prove the murders-he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright' s double life in a tour de force of the biographer' s art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional "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, his pathos and, perhaps, his capacity for murder. As a distinguished biographer (of Philip Larkin and John Keats, among others), Andrew Motion has been notably successful in pinning down the often- elusive details of Wainewright' s life. As a first-rate poet (he succeeded Ted Hughes as Britain' s Poet Laureate), he shows himself equally skilled in the imaginative investigation of Wainewright' s bizarre psyche. The result is a richly memorable exploration of the darker side of human nature, of the roots of crime, of the nature of biography itself. " Purple booklabel of Stuart Schimmel, the literary forgery collector, on front pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in slightly ingersoiled else Very Good dustwrapper.

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Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confession of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright--Regency Author, Painter, Swindler, and Probable Murderer--Brilliantly Motion, Andrew, In a time rich in unlikely characters, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (1794-1847) was one of the strangest of all. A painter, writer, well-known London dandy and friend of most of the major figures of the Romantic era (from Blake to Byron, from John Clare to John Keats, Lamb, De Quincey and Hazlitt), he was also almost certainly a murderer, possibly several times over. Arrested and convicted of forgery--evidence was lacking to prove the murders--he was transported for life to the barbarous penal colony of Tasmania, where, years later, he died in obscurity. Behind him he left only rumors and fragments of documents, and a legend of evil that fascinated such writers as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. With a brilliant blend of creative imagination and scholarly sleuthing, Andrew Motion evokes Wainewright's double life in a tour de force of the biographer's art. Cast in the form of a partly fictional "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, his pathos and, perhaps, his capacity for murder. As a distinguished biographer (of Philip Larkin and John Keats, among others), Andrew Motion has been notably successful in pinning down the often-elusive details of Wainewright's life. As a first-rate poet (he succeeded Ted Hughes as Britain's Poet Laureate), he shows himself equally skilled in the imaginative investigation of Wainewright's bizarre psyche. The result is a richly memorable exploration of the darker side of human nature, of the roots of crime, of the nature of biography itself.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, M & A Simper Bookbinders.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hard Cover. 0375402098 . xix, 276pp.; 240 x 165mm .