Angela Carter — Black Venus
London, Chatto & Windus, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this collection of short stories from noted feminist writer Angela Carter, best known for her 1979 collection, 'The Bloody Chamber&apos. The first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories from English novelist Angela Carter, in the publisher's original price 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 price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
