Heroes & Villains
by Carter, Angela
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969. 214pp. Purple cloth boards a bit faded, black titles on spine. Book shows only mild wear, with some publisher's glue residue visible at crease between front and rear pasted down and free endpapers. Dust jacket illustration by Graham Percy. Dust jacket has chipping at head and foot of spine, as well as a split running about 3" up spine edge of front jacket panel. Dust jacket intact, not price clipped. Jacket presents well in mylar. Carter's third book is a novel set in a post-nuclear world, following a near-sociopathic heroine as she undergoes a journey of self-discovery. Scarce in this edition. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Octavo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033848
- Title
- Heroes & Villains
- Author
- Carter, Angela
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Fairy Tale Ilustrations 70's., Angela Carter, Feminism, First Edition, Bookfair24
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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