Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
| Book | The Man Who Loved a Double Bass |
| Introduction by | Salman Rushdie |
| Publisher | Henry Holt and Company |
| Copyright Holder | The Estate of Angela Carter |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Salman Rushdie |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Raquel Jaramillo |
| Cover Art by | John Westmark |
| Author photo/portrait | Miriam Berkley |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| Copyright | 1995 |
| Pages / Font | 462 pages |
| Other | 0496 |
| Price | $30.00 |
| Price | $35.00/Canada |
| ISBN 10 | 0-8050-4462-0 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | PR6053.A73B87 1996 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 823'.914—dc20 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 95-26312 |
| Printer's Key | 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9780805044621 |
| EAN 5 | 90000 |
| Chapters | Introduction by Salman Rushdie EARLY WORK, 1962–6 The Man Who Loved a Double Bass A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home A Victorian Fable (with Glossary) FIREWORKS: NINE PROFANE PIECES, 1974 A Souvenir of Japan The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter The Loves of Lady Purple The Smile of Winter Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest Flesh and the Mirror Master Reflections Elegy for a Freelance THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES, 1979 The Bloody Chamber The Courtship of Mr Lyon The Tiger's Bride Puss-in-Boots The Erl-King The Snow Child The Lady of the House of Love The Werewolf The Company of Wolves Wolf-Alice BLACK VENUS, 1985 Black Venus The Kiss Our Lady of The Massacre The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer's Nights Dream Peter and the Wolf The Kitchen Child The Fall River Axe Murders AMERICAN GHOSTS AND OLD WORLD WONDERS, 1993 Lizzie's Tiger John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Gun for the Devil The Merchant of Shadows The Ghost Ships In Pantoland Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost Alice in Prague or The Curious Room Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene UNCOLLECTED STORIES, 1970–81 The Scarlet House The Snow Pavilion The Quilt Maker APPENDIX Afterword to Fireworks FIRST PUBLICATIONS |
| Notes | "A John Macrae Book" First American Edition—1996 Printed in the United States of America |
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