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Savage Grace; the Story of a Doomed Family
by Robins, Natalie & Aronson, Steven
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0575037385
- ISBN 13
- 9780575037380
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. biographical notes. The text is illustrated with two inserts, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Savage Grace is a story of spectacular decadence -- of money, madness and matricide. But it is also about a family unhappy in very much its own way, declining from genius to glamour to final dissolution. Seldom has there been so devastating an exposure of the consequences, for the most sophisticated people, of failure in the simplest duties of love. -- William F. Buckley Jr. – from the front panel blurb. Softening to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book edges. Light age toning of the textblock edges and pages. There is an erasure mark to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper. Creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 10-473, [7] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; ISBN: 0575037385. ISBN/EAN: 9780575037380. Inventory No: 0115301. . 9780575037380
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0115301
- Title
- Savage Grace; the Story of a Doomed Family
- Author
- Robins, Natalie & Aronson, Steven
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575037385
- ISBN 13
- 9780575037380
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB2 true crime, matricide, Baekeland family, Bakelite Law & Criminal Studies; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0575037385 EAN: 9780575037380 Robins, Natalie & Aronson, Steven Savage Grace; the Story of a Doomed Family
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
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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