Susannah Clapp — A Card from Angela Carter

London, Bloomsbury, 2012. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this exploration of the life and works of Angela Carter from British writer Susannah Clapp, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page, with a message that reads: "Carmen - with thanks, love & memories from Susannah 11.1.12". In presentation to 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. Illustrated with fifteen full-page images. Clapp uses postcards and other small documents to evoke the anarchic intelligence and fierce political commentary of her friend, Angela Carter, an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. The postcards were sent from Carter to Clapp, and become a paper trail of her life. Written by Susannah Clapp, a British writer, editor, and theatre critic who studied under Christopher Ricks. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With previous owner's bookplate to the half title. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.