London: Picador. Very Good-. 1990. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Paperback. Some reading and cover creases, light edge and shelf wear with slight crack to spine and bump at top, tiny surface tear to rear cover, lightly sunned spine, paper lightly edge toned. ; Sixth printing of Picador paperback edition, 1985. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Jean Christian Knaff. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 304 pages; Winner of the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. The life and exploits of Sophie Fevvers, a woman who is, or so she would have people believe, a Cockney virgin who hatched from an egg and has fully developed wings. From brothel to freak show to celebrated circus aerialiste hers is a rising star. So much so that the young American journalist, Jack Walser, who has come to interview her, runs away with the circus and falls into a world that his previous journalistic exploits had not prepared him to encounter. .

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ANGELA CARTER was born in 1940. She lived in Japan, the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance , was published in 1965. Her next book, The Magic Toyshop , won the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize and the next, Several Perceptions , the Somerset Maugham Award. She died in Febuary 1992.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 34554
Title: Nights At The Circus
Author: Carter, Angela
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Edition: Reprint; Sixth Printing
ISBN 10: 0330288369
ISBN 13: 9780330288361
Publisher: Picador
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1990
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Fiction;

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Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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....
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