First edition. Chatto & Windus, London,1991. Hardcover, 234 pp. Dust jacket is faded more noticeably on the back cover. Very slight shelfwear on bottom edge.
A first edition of Carter's last novel, beloved for its integration of the narrative elements she was most recognised for: her upturning of classic literary tropes and fairy tales, and the inclusion of the freaky and the carnivalesque.
