black venus
first edition, 1985.
london: chatto & windus. isbn: 0-7011-3964-1. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 121 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: near fine.
first edition, 1985.
london: chatto & windus. isbn: 0-7011-3964-1. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 121 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: near fine.
signed first edition, 1979.
london: victor gollancz ltd. isbn: 0575025840. 5.25 x 8 inches. 157 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: owner signature to front free-endpaper. near fine. jacket condition: unclipped (4.95) fine.
first american edition,1979.
jacket design by christine bassery.
new york: harper & row. isbn: 0060107081. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in blue quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: light soiling to block. near fine. jacket condition: slightest sunning to spin. unclipped ($8.95) near fine.
first us edition, 1995.
gathers carter's early short stories, many written before her breakthrough work, the bloody chamber. in this collection we hear her emergent voice, a blend of dark fantasy and social commentary. in stories like "the man who loved flowers" carter twists the familiar into the grotesque.....