Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
Wise Children was the last novel written by Angela Carter. The novel follows the fortunes of twin chorus girls, Dora and Nora Chance, and their bizarre theatrical family. It explores the subversive nature of fatherhood, the denying of which leads Nora and Dora to frivolous "illegitimate" lechery.
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WISE CHILDREN
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Near fine (usual light toning to the pages.)
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- (1993.)
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- 9780140175301
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New York:: Penguin,, (1993.). Near fine (usual light toning to the pages.). 1st trade paperback printing. A 'richly comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families' sweeping from Broadway in the 1890's to London in 1915 and during the blitz and up to the present day. 234 pp. Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Acceptable
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- 1993-01-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780140175301
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Penguin Books, 1993-01-01. paperback. Acceptable. 5x0x7. Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991-01-01
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316130530
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Little Brown and Co. (1991), 1991-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Canadian Edition. Little Brown and Co., 1991; "Published in 1991..." stated, no additional printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wise Children
by Angela Carter
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140175301
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1993. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316130530
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Tacoma, Washington, USA
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Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1991 Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Canadian edition, black cloth, ilus. endpapers. Little wear to the book, the jacket has a small tear and crease at the lower front corner and minor rubbing.. Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Good
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- 2007
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- Paperback
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- 9780374530945
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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Wise Children (signed by the author).
by Carter, Angela
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- First edition (& 1st printing)
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780701133542
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Farway, Colyton, Devon, GBR
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Chatto & Windus: London, 1991. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON SPECIAL PUBLISHER'S ('WISE CHILDREN') PICTORIAL (reproducing the cover illustration) BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO HALF-TITLE PAGE. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new). Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Edition
- First printing
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780701133542
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Wellington, NZL
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CA$124.64
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. octavo; hardcover, black boards with gilt spine-titling and illustrated mauve endpapers; 234pp. No inscriptions. Nice dust jacket. A novel
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Wise Children
by Angela Carter
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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CA$132.55
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A fine copy of the first edition of Angela Carter's final novel, an astounding work of magical realism set in the 1920s English theatre. The first edition, first impression of Angela Carter's final novel, published the year before her death. In the publisher's original… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wise Children: A Novel
by Angela Carter
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780374530945
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used - Very Good. 2007. Pap. Minor shelf-wear. (Subject: ) Item Price
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WISE CHILDREN: A Novel
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good
- Edition
- 1st Thus
- Published
- 1991
- ISBN
- 9780374530945
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- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1991. 1st Thus. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo., 234pp. In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora?unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day?were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful… Read more about this item Item Price
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WISE CHILDREN
by Carter, Angela
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780701133542
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Naas, Kildare, IRL
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CA$60.19
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London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no statement of reprint to the copyright page, unread copy, unread with unmarked pages, in a near fine jacket which is price clipped. . Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374291334
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Helena, Montana, USA
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CA$16.62
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Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine with a previously bent page corner, in near fine lightly rubbed jacket. 234 pages with a few illustrations along with illustrated end papers. Remains an attractive copy of this work of fiction surrounding the 'tangled fortunes' of two theatrical… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374291334
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Skyway, Washington, USA
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Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked showing light handling. 234pp. In a slightly rubbed unclipped jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Item Price
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Wise Children
by Carter, Angela
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316130530
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Vars, Ontario, CAN
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Little Brown, USA. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0316130532 . Black hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. This copy is in Very Good condition with a tight binding, a bright, unmarked text with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and inVery Good condition with cover scuffing and edgewear. "A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wise Children
by Angela Carter
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- Used - V. Good
- Jacket Condition
- V. Good
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316130530
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cremona, Alberta, CAN
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Boston, London, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1991, 1991. HC and DJ. 6 3/8 x 9 1/2. ISBN:0-316-13053-2. 234 pp. A rich comic tale of the tangled fortunes of two theatrical families: covers Broadway in the 1890s and london in 1915; Hollywood in the 1930s. 'A rambunctious familysaga that spans several generations." A celebration of the lore and tradition of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wise Children
by Angela Carter
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780701133542
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London, London, GBR
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CA$88.37
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London: Chatto & Windus. 1st ed. 1st printing. 234pp. Near fine/near fine copy, now preserved in mylar jacket protector . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1991. Item Price
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Wise Children
by CARTER, Angela
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374291334
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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CA$24.93
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New York: Farrar, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First am. 2nd. Fine in near fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. Item Price
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WISE CHILDREN
by Carter, Angela
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing 1st Printing
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374291334
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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CA$16.62
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1992. First Edition, Third Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. DD
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Wise Children
by Angela Carter
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
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CA$519.34
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a near fine priced dust jacket. Signed by the author on a publishers bookplate affixed to the title page. The book has some softening to the spine ends. The jacket has light wear to the spine. Last book… Read more about this item Item Price
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