The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Story of Australia's Greatest Imposter
by Nicholls, Freda Marnie
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1760290149
- ISBN 13
- 9781760290146
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Allen &? Unwin, Sydney, 2016. Reprint. Softcover (Photographic). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Author's note and acknowledgements. Between pages 146 and 147 there are 16 pages of black-and-white photographs and reproductions of newspaper clippings. Colour photographic paperback binding with ochre and gold coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The biography of perhaps Australia's greatest impostor Mrs Ethel Livesey  known to have over 40 aliases, four children, eight known marriages and five divorces and at certain times had claimed to be a " ... cotton heiress, wartime nurse, casino hostess, stowaway, artist, opera singer, gambler, spy, close friend of the King, air raid warden, charity Queen and even the wife of Australian test cricketer Jack Fingleton."  from rear panel blurb. Her story starts in Manchester where she was born then goes to the French Riviera, Ireland to New York Shanghai, Isle of Man New Zealand and then to Australia. But, what is fiction and what is fact? The author, Mrs Livesey's granddaughter, sheds new light on to this fascinating woman. Creasing of the lower corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: Trade Paperback. [8], IX - XIII, [1], 303, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1760290149. ISBN/EAN: 9781760290146. Inventory No: 0286511. . 9781760290146
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- Seller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 0286511
- Title
- The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Story of Australia's Greatest Imposter
- Author
- Nicholls, Freda Marnie
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Photographic)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1760290149
- ISBN 13
- 9781760290146
- Publisher
- Allen &? Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Ethel Livesey, biography, swindler, bigamist, con woman, fraud Law & Criminal Studies; Biography & Autobiography. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 1760290149 EAN: 9781760290146 Nicholls, Freda Marnie The Amazing Mrs Livesey: The Remarkable Sto
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About the Seller
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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