Lucy Hughes-Hallett — Fabulous

London, 4th Estate , 2019. First edition. Cloth. A lovely signed first impression of these modern retellings of ancient myths, from the library of Carmen Callil, founder of feminist publisher Virago Press. Signed dedication inscription by the author to the title page. The first edition, first impression of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of eight retellings of Graeco-Roman myths, cleverly updated for our modern times with contemporary British settings. Written by cultural historian, biographer and novelist, Lucy Hughes-Hallett. From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, both cloth and dust wrapper are excellent, with the faintest shelf wear to the spine head and tail. A couple faint handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Author's signed inscription to the title page. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.