Author: Angela Carter
Title: Black Venus&Apos;S Tale
Description: London, Next Editions, 1980. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this short story about 'The Black Venus', or Jeanne Duval, the lover of poet Charles Baudelaire, illustrated throughout. A compelling short story about Jeanne Duval, the lower of French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire. Jeanne Duval is nicknamed 'The Black Venus' in this story. This story was later incorporated into a collection of short stories, Black Venus (1985), including numerous other short stories like 'The Kiss', 'The Cabinet of Edgar Allen Poe', 'Peter and the Wolf', and more. Written by English novelist and short story writer Angela Carter, whose works evoked themes of feminism and magical realism.The first edition of this work. Including woodcuts by Philip Sutton.  In the publisher's original spiralbound binding, with original flexible paper boards. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Philip Sutton. Fine .

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