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Fireworks: Available Copies

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Fireworks (VMC)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780860684022
    Publisher: VIRAGO PRESS LTD (2005)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $1.89
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $7.95

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Fireworks (VMC)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780860684022
    Publisher: VIRAGO PRESS LTD (2005)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.89
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $7.95

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Group USA (1987)


    Seller: ZBK Books (Woodland Park, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $8.78
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $8.78

May contain writing, notes, highlighting, bends or folds. Text is readable, book is clean, and pages and cover mostly intact. May show normal wear and tear. Item may be missing CD. May include library marks.

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Books (1987)


    Seller: HPB-Emerald (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $5.04
    Shipping: $3.75
    TOTAL Cost: $8.79

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Group (1987)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta (AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $9.03
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.03

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3

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Fireworks (Virago Modern Classics)
    by Angela Carter

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781844083671
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London (2006)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $3.19
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $9.25

In the short fiction of Angela Carter, the landmarks of reality disappear and give way to a landscape of riotous and uncensored sensibility. The city of Tokyo turns into a mirrored chamber reflecting the impossible longings of an exiled Englishwoman abandoned by her Japanese lover. An itinerant puppet show becomes a theatre of murderous lust. A walk through the forest ends in a nightmarish encounter with a gun-toting nymph and her hermaphrodite 'aunt'. Not simply a book of tales, Fireworks is a headlong plunge into an alternate universe, the unique creation of one of the most fertile, dark, irreverent, and baroquely beautiful imaginations in contemporary fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Fireworks : Nine Profane Pieces
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (1987)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.66
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.66

Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

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Fireworks : Nine Profane Pieces
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (1987)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $9.66
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $9.66

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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FIREWORKS: Nine Profane Pieces
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Books, New York (1987)


    Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc. (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $5.50
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $10.00

8vo., 133pp. An anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Quartet Books Ltd. and contains a collection of stories, several of which are based on Carter's own experiences of living in Japan from 1969 to 1971. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good

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Fireworks (Virago Modern Classics)
    by Angela Carter

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781844083671
    Publisher: Virago 05/10/2006 (2006)


    Seller: AwesomeBooks (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $4.61
    Shipping: $5.67
    TOTAL Cost: $10.28

This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Books (1987)


    Seller: SecondSale (Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $10.51
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $10.51

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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Fireworks: Angela Carter
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781784872984
    Publisher: Vintage (2017)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $4.55
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $10.61

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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Fireworks (Virago Modern Classics)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781844083671
    Publisher: Virago (2006)


    Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $1.00
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $11.09

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Group USA (1987)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $11.95
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $11.95

Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: Harpercollins, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1981)


    Seller: Ash Grove Heirloom Books (Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $12.00

Book has wear to bottom edge. Dust jacket has edge/corner wear and tan spot to the back panel. Dust jacket protected by a removable plastic cover.

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Fireworks : Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (1981)


    Seller: Better World Books: West (Reno, NV, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $12.00

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Fireworks : Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (1981)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $12.00

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Group USA (1987)


    Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $12.30
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $12.30

SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: Harpercollins (1981)


    Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $13.17
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $13.17

First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (fantasy, short stories)

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FIREWORKS Short Story Collection Paperback Book (Angela Carter - 2004)
    by ANGELA CARTER

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780860684022
    Publisher: Virago (2004)


    Seller: Comics Monster (Margate, Kent, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $1.96
    Shipping: $12.24
    TOTAL Cost: $14.20

FIREWORKS Short Story Collection Paperback Book - 2004 - Condition : Very Good

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Angela Carter

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: Harper & Row, New York, NY (1981)


    Seller: Paradise Found Books (Chico, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.00
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $14.50

First U.S. edition. Light edge wear and rubbing, flaps and pages starting to yellow, clean copy.

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Fireworks B
    by Carter, Angela, Carter, Ángela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781844083671
    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Limited (2006)


    Seller: Better World Books Ltd (Dunfermline, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $4.80
    Shipping: $10.09
    TOTAL Cost: $14.89

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: harperCollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (1981)


    Seller: Frank J. Raucci, Bookseller (Wallingford, CT, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $4.99
    TOTAL Cost: $14.99

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND PRINTING. Another in a line of extraordinary publications from the internationally acclaimed and gifted Angela Carter. "Fireworks, subtitled Nine Stories in Various Disguises, is a series of virtuoso prose pieces which shuttle between narrative and meditation to produce a rich and striking weave of the exotic, the erotic, and the horrific. The result is a kind of contemporary gothic in which "mirrors, forsaken castles, haunted forests, forbidden sexual objects" appear in traditional or modern guises, creating an overall effect of the timelessness of human fantasy". 133 pages. GO5

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: HarperCollins, New York, NY (1981)


    Seller: Hourglass Books (vancouver, BC, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.00

Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition

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Fireworks: Angela Carter
    by Angela Carter

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781784872984
    Publisher: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London (2017)


    Seller: WorldofBooks (Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $9.10
    Shipping: $6.06
    TOTAL Cost: $15.16

‘I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.’ So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic, sensuous stories represent Carter’s first major achievement in the short story form. Lush imaginary forests, a murderous puppet show and an expressionistic vision of Japan: each one instantly conjures an atmosphere, dark and luminous in turn, and from the recognisably daring imagination of one of the great twentieth-century stylists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Fireworks (Paperback)
    by Angela Carter

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781784872984
    Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London (2017)


    Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $15.32
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.32

Paperback. The first short story collection by Angela Carter - the book that presaged The Bloody Chamber.'I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic, sensuous stories represent Carter's first major achievement in the short story form. Lush imaginary forests, a murderous puppet show and an expressionistic vision of Japan- each one instantly conjures an atmosphere, dark and luminous in turn, and from the recognisably daring imagination of one of the great twentieth-century stylists. I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in. So says Angela Carter of this collection, written during a period living in Toyko. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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The Bloody Chamber, Wise Children, Fireworks: Introduction by Joan Acocella (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series)
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781101907993
    Publisher: Everyman's Library (2018)


    Seller: ZBK Books (Woodland Park, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.74
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.74

Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.

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Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (King Penguin)
    by Carter, Angela

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780140105889
    Publisher: Penguin Group USA (1987)


    Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.97
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.97

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Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9780060148522
    Publisher: Harpercollins (1981)


    Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $15.97
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.97

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The Bloody Chamber, Wise Children, Fireworks: Introduction by Joan Acocella
    by Carter, Angela

    Hardcover
    ISBN: 9781101907993
    Publisher: Everyman's Library (2018)


    Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $15.98
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $15.98

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75

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