Nights at the Circus
London: Viking (1985), 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 7-294, [4] pp. Quarter red cloth over beige paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $15.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent X. Kirsch. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Preceded by the UK edition, Carter's novel explores the concept of gender and identity, as the journalist Jack Walser races to understand Fevvers, the beloved aerialiste of Colonel Kearney's circus. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000016005
A small dampspot on the fore-edge of the textblock; jacket with a closed tear on the front panel and an abrasion on its reverse.
Price: $250.00