Polly Devlin — Only Sometimes Looking Sideways

Dublin, The O'Brien Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, first impression copy of this collection of essays from Northern Irish writer and broadcaster Polly Devlin, signed in presentation to Carmen Callil. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page, 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. A collection of essays considered the best of Devlin, selected from Image and The World of Hibernia, presenting her witty, entertaining, and often spontaneous writing. From lost dogs, Venetian palaces, and marries, list, to her Irish background, police brutality, and Parisian museums, this collection is fresh and lively. Written by Polly Devlin, a Northern Irish writer and broadcaster. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small crease. A light crease to the bottom tip of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .