Nights at the Circus

London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24.25cm); dark red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-294,[2]pp. Some very subtle tanning to text edges, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net), showing mild surface wear, faint wrinkling at upper spine panel, with a faint, tiny stain to lower edge of front panel on verso. The English author's eighth novel, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. "A truculent and expansive tale with a strong Dickensian flavor, Nights at the Circus follows the life and amorous exploits of Fevvers, the "Cockney Venus," a giant circus woman with authentic wings. Flamboyant and picaresque, a witty novel on the borderlines of traditional fantasy" (Barron, Fantasy Literature 4A-65). 85459.