Would people like to post their updated VMC wants lists here, so that when I'm out and about I can look out for them.
I'd love to have a copy of Sylvia Ashton-Warner's
Spinster.
I am seeking:
The Summer House Trilogy by Alice Thomas Ellis.
The Sheik by E.M. Hull (as that was my maiden name)
Elizabeth von Arnim's:
All the Dogs of My Life,
Fraulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther,
Love,
The Solitary Summer and
Mr. Skeffington.
Mary Webb's:
The Golden Arrow and
The Armour Wherein He Trusted.
Barbara Comyns:
The Vet's Daughter, The Skin Chair, and
Sisters by a River.
Don't want much, do I? But I am not a Virago green purist and would take any copy.
thank you,
belva
Message edited by its author, Nov 3, 2009, 6:22pm.
I can't find the old thread with the lists...anyone know where it is, please and thanks?
>6
Here :)
(Edited to make link relative)
Message edited by its author, Sep 18, 2009, 12:30am.
>#12:
Barbara;
Is that the one we laughingly called "half a Virago" with the crummy cover? The one that you "didn't write in"? The one that is now entitled Talk of Angels? Because I am looking at my Kate O'Brian's and not seeing a
Mary Lavelle.
But wait; On the intro page it says and I quote: "This is the situation of Kate O'Brien's Mary Lavelle."
Hey Teazle, I have
Mary Lavelle but it isn't
Mary Lavelle any longer. It is now Talk of Angels.
Whew, I need a nap. That was a brain-strain.
Thank you Barbara. Where on earth would I be without my friends?
Love ya,
belva
OH!!! Generous Teazle,do you feel like sending
A Pin to See the Peepshow over here??????
I'd love it, and because it's still green, I'll love it even more! I don't
need white lines, and like Belva, I would be delighted to help with the postage!!!!!!!
Thank you, Caroline. I'm not a purist, and I would be happy to give Elizabeth and her garden a new home. (I hadn't even realized that some of them had the lines and some didn't. Now that I look at my collection carefully, I see I have a fair representation of both, as well as many black ones.)
Rob:
Give me your address and I'll send
Spinster to you. I have 2 copies, you see (1 VMC and one hardback edition).
Teazle, I have recently become a virago purist (is there such a thing?) and only collect the older green ones with the white lines. It keeps me from collecting too too much and they look so tidy on the shelf together! ;) So
All Passion Spent is still up for grabs!
hjelliot, I understand about being a purist - I collect any edition of VMC's that I find, but will replace them with 'white line' copies if I find them at a reasonable price.
I'm in no position to be a purist and take them anyway I find them, but I have received from PBS half a dozen new style ones in beautiful condition and I am thrilled with them, just because they are new.
As far as wish lists go - reading out of my comfort zone during August has shown me that some of the 'boring' titles I own were absolutely wonderful - in a couple of cases superb. So I am much less sure now about what I do want to acquire.
Like everyone else though - I want a Virago
Illyrian Spring and
Pin to See the Peepshow and anything by
Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
>20, 21 - I have tried to find first editions for the early works as well so that probably makes me a purist also but unfortunately they have become very scarce in this part of the world!!
Grant (#19): That's wonderful! Thank you!
>27 - Charlotte - I have a friend who keeps a Virago watch for me when she works at one of the local charity shops and she has given me a duplicate copy of
Trooper to the Southern Cross which I can send to you if it is still on your wishlist. If you would like it leave your address on my profile page and I will send it on its way.
ooh thank you Mrspenny! That's very kind of you!
Now that is a good example of how I have a lot of Virago authors not in Virago editions. That is Thirkell's book, right? I enjoyed that one and still have it. but not in a virago.
Updated my list in message 11, to remove
Mrs. Miniver, which is now part of my collection, thanks to e-Bay.
She really wants it! ;)
She's serious.
But do you think she REALLY wants it?
oops, didn't realize I had two of them! Just edited it.
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