Angela Carter — Black Venus
London, Chatto & Windus, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of short stories from noted feminist writer Angela Carter, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This work contains eight stories, the majority of which are concerned with re-imagining the lives of historical and literary figures.The 'Black Venus' of the title story is Jeanne Duval, the lover of poet Charles Baudelaire. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, but with rubbing to tail of rear board. Dust wrapper sunned to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
