HEROES & VILLAINS
by Carter, Angela
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with mild shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends and mild age
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, [1969]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with mild shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends and mild age darkening to the spine panel. Uncommon. (25049). Octavo, boards. The author's fourth novel. "Describes a future world of small, enclosed settlements constructed on the blasted remnants of some vast catastrophe." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 162. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-222. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 59. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
Synopsis
Angela Carter (1940 -1992) wrote nine novels and numerous short stories, as well as nonfiction, radio plays, and the screenplay for Neil Jordan's 1984 movie The Company of Wolves , based on her story. She won numerous literary awards, traveled and taught widely in the United States, and lived in London.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25049
- Title
- HEROES & VILLAINS
- Author
- Carter, Angela
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with mild shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends and mild age
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1969]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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