Artificial Fire ---Souvenir of Japan; The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter; The Loves of Lady Purple; The Smile of Winter; Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest; Flesh and the Mirror; Master; Reflections; Elegy for a Freelance; Love
by Carter, Angela (Angela Olive Stalker Carter)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771018983
- ISBN 13
- 9780771018985
- Seller
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1988. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Blue cloth with gilt on spine, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with very minor shelf wear. Contents include: A Souvenir of Japan / The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter / The Loves of Lady Purple / The Smile of Winter / Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest / Flesh and the Mirror / Master / Reflections / Elegy for a Freelance / Love / Afterword. Check out the scans. . First Canadian Edtion. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jacket Illustration by Lisa Crouch. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000733
- Title
- Artificial Fire ---Souvenir of Japan; The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter; The Loves of Lady Purple; The Smile of Winter; Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest; Flesh and the Mirror; Master; Reflections; Elegy for a Freelance; Love
- Author
- Carter, Angela (Angela Olive Stalker Carter)
- Illustrator
- Jacket Illustration by Lisa Crouch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Canadian Edtion
- ISBN 10
- 0771018983
- ISBN 13
- 9780771018985
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Blue cloth with gilt on spine, tight square and clean, dust jacket has very minor shelf wear including a small 1/4" closed tear back cover top edge at fold. Contents include: A Souvenir of Japan / The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter / The Loves
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Angela Carter; Fantasy and Science Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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