Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Editore: History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: Biblio Pursuit, Lenhartsville, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condizione: As New. As New!.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Dean Family Enterprise, Hopkinsville, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Book is in excellent, possibly unread condition and shows very minor edge wear. Please See Photographs.
Editore: Brand: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2024
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Once deemed "the most powerful man in the south," Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson met his violent death on March 12, 1889, at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable doctor who was attempting to seduce the Dawson family governess. More shocking than Dawson's demise was the quick acquittal of his killer on the grounds of self-defense. Drawn from events surrounding this infamous episode, the third novel from the Lillian Smith Award-winning William Baldwin pulls back the veil of a genteel society in a fabled southern city and exposes a dark visage of anger and secret pain that no amount of imposed manners could restrain - and only love might eventually heal.With a southern storyteller's passion for intricate emotional and physical details, Baldwin, through the fictional guise of Capt. David Lawton, chronicles editor Dawson's fated end. Having survived three years of bloody Civil War combat and the decade of violent Reconstruction that followed, the liberal-minded Lawton is now a famed but embattled newspaperman whose national importance is on the wane. Still, he remains a celebrated member of Charleston's refined elite, while in private life moving amid a pantheon of proud and beautiful women - Rebecca, his brilliant wife; Abbie, his sensual sister-in-law; Mary, the all-knowing prostitute; and Helene, the discontented Swiss governess - each contributing to an unfolding drama of history-haunted turmoil. Though Lawton loathes the South's cult of personal violence, by the customs of his era and place, he is duty-bound to protect his household, and though he loves his wife, he, like the doctor he despises, is attracted to the other women around him and entangled in his own sexual intrigues. Unable to act otherwise, Lawton meets his rival in a brutal physical contest, and in the aftermath, Rebecca, Abbie, Mary, and Helene must make peace with their own turbulent pasts.War, earthquake, political guile, adultery, illegitimacy, lust, and murder - all the devices of gothic romance - play a role in this tale closely based on the lives of Charlestonians who lived these events over a century ago. A Gentleman in Charleston and the Manner of His Death interrogates the social codes that govern behavior and relations among the men and women of different races and many classes and confronts us with the folly of the human condition. Will witnessing the killing of David Lawton instruct us as to how to escape our own fated ends? Slipped quietly beneath the storylines of Baldwin's quick-paced novel is perhaps an answer.
Editore: Univ of South Carolina Pr, Columbia, SC, USA, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Beaver Bridge Books, Holiday Island, AR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition with complete number line beginning with "1". Clean, tight and bright. No corner bumps, creases, tears or stain Slightly bruised spine tail. No price listed. Not remaindered or library withdrawn. Mylar-protected dust jacket. Shipped padded in a box with tracking number provided on domestic shipping.
Editore: (Columbia) University of South Carolina Press. (2005). 1st ed. thus., 2005
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 8vo. v, 203 pp. Original red cloth binding. INSCRIBED to author and reviewer Bill (Starr) on the title page by Baldwin. Top front corner bumped else this is a fine book in a bright, fine DJ. Inscribed by Author(s).
Editore: University of South Caroline Press, Columbia, SC, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Baldwin, an award-winning Sourthern writer, uses the violent death of a well-known Charleston, SC, newspaper editor in 1889 at the hands of his neighbor, a disreputable, womanizing doctor, as the basis for an historical novel which examines the social codes that govern the behavior of men and women, not only in the South but universally; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket's back panel shows some very light scratching and rubbing, light edgewear. Collectable.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, S.C., 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Prima edizione
First Edition. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket.; 8vo.
Editore: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Big Bill's Books, Wimberley, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. Brand New Copy.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: Henffordd Books, Herefordshire, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Slight rubbing to edges otherwise in excellent condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.
Editore: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. New.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
Condizione: New. 2006. Paperback. . . . . .
Editore: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. 2006. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. F/F in mylar. A 1st edition/1st printing in fine condition with full number line. Signed by author on title page. There is no wear to jacket. The jacket is not price clipped, the covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: New.
Editore: History Press (SC), 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In his latest novel, Southern writer William Baldwin calls upon the true story of famed Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson to tell a tale fraught with romance and intrigue. Dawson--a larger-than-life personality revered throughout the nineteenth-century South--was murdered while defending his children's governess from the advances of an unscrupulous doctor who lived next door. Baldwin artfully intertwines details pulled from the personal accounts of those involved in the dramatic series of events with his own inimitable prose. The result is a captivating meld of fact and fiction, set in a tumultuous period in the history of the Holy City that is now only a nostalgic memory. In his latest novel, William Baldwin calls upon the true story of famed Charleston newspaper editor Frank Dawson who was murdered while defending his children's governess from the advances of an unscrupulous doctor who lived next door. The result is a captivating meld of fact and fiction, set in a tumultuous period in the history of the Holy City. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Editore: University of South Carolina Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 1570036020 ISBN 13: 9781570036026
Da: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.
Editore: The History Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1596290870 ISBN 13: 9781596290877
Da: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!.