We're up to Fourteen! DUPLICATES THREAD

The last thread was quite long so I thought it was time for another. Have I got the right number?

I have a recent copy of Good Behaviour by Molly Keane going spare. It was printed in 2007 and has a red and black 20s (?) style design on the cover. The introduction is by Marian Keyes. I'm happy to send anywhere but outside Europe (from UK) will go surface mail.

Love the cover -- and if you don't mind sending across the pond, would love the book too. I'm certainly in no hurry.

#2 Certainly. I've just checked my PMs and I have your address from two and a half years ago so, unless you have moved in the meantime, I will get it in the post to you soon. It will be surface, so don't wait with bated breath! (Is that right LizzyB?)

3 - Someone's being paying attention to the Troublesome Pairs! :)

Hooray for people paying attention to the Troublesome Pairs!

Love it!

"The cat watched the mousehole with baited breath." That's right, isn't it?

What's the cat's breath baited with?

Cheese?

Peanut butter is said to be most effective, according to my new mousetraps.

How have I lived to the ripe old age of 48 without having come across the term 'Troublesome Pairs'? I'm familiar with the concept of the often-confused words, just have not heard this name before.

Is there a special word for how people misuse 'Fine-toothed comb', rendering it 'Fine toothcomb'? They even put the stress on the word tooth, not comb. Whether or not this error has a name, it's a clear sign that people have lost sight of the meaning of the image. I shouldn't let it annoy me, but it does, every time!

I think that cheese is the correct answer although Genny currently knows a lot more than I do about peanut butter and mice (I'm sorry, Genny). I've never heard anybody say "fine toothcomb," but I'll listen for it. I think I'll be hysterical rather than annoyed. That reminds me (lots of things do; I'm sorry again) about the kid who wrote that he had made a "big missed ape." I also wondered what they thought they were saying when they played the vocabulary card game and said, "Gold fish."

I don't thing "Troublesome Pairs" is a thing as such, it's just what I called my series of posts on oft-confused words when I started it up. I am going to do fine-toothed comb soonish (I have a whole stack of them put aside to write).

#11 Fine tooth-combs seem to be a commonly occurring gadget over here. I frequently hear politicians and other people interviewed on the radio talking about 'going through this issue with a fine tooth-comb...'. I'm glad if the habit has not spread across the Atlantic yet!

#12 I googled Troublesome Pairs, and found quite a bit about them - but maybe those were your posts?

Ah yes, lots more uses. I do get Google searches for the phrase hitting my website every day and when I search mine are at the top, but that might be Google trying to be helpful!

Would "fine tooth-comb" be considered a malapropism? It's a funny one to be sure, conjuring up an image of hairy teeth in need of combing (ew).

And ewwwwwwww, Laura.
In my neck of the woods (the Pacific Northwest) we have used the 'fine tooth-comb' for eons but I had never heard of 'troublesome pairs' other than from people speaking of their youngsters.

16 - You need to read LyzzyBee's blog!

Owing to my rather rash purchase of a Virago box set in a charity shop (see pix here http://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/fortuitous-finds/) I have a couple of duplicates:

Provincial Daughter
Good Behaviour

Both are modern covers, not greens, but the Molly Keane is the woman in a pink dress photo style cover, not the most recent type with the art deco style drawings.

Happy to send anywhere tho will be surface mail if overseas!

Karen I would love Good Behaviour if no one else wants it - it is one I have wanted to read for a while.

No probs Ali - I will get this off to you. I think I have your address!

Thank you so much : )

ALISON just because you didn't click on a buy button doesn't mean that's not clicky-clicky and doesn't count, yknow ...

Only joking. Ish.

*chuckle*

: ) - Liz it doesn't count - as I didn't pay actual money for it.

Karen, I would be thrilled to have Provincial Daughter if you truly don't mind sending her to North Carolina. I love surface mail!!! It gives time for lots of anticipation.

Consider it yours Peggy! I have your address on the envelope you used to send me a book so I will get this off to you soon!

Actually Peggy I'm talking rot and I don't have your address so if you will please PM it to me I will send off the book!

I'm on the way over to your profile with a grin!

No probs Peggy - I will send it soon!

Still grinning! Thank you, Karen.

Your face is going to freeze like that Peggy. lol!~! You will look like a female Joker!

You've been looking at my pics on facebook, Belva!

hee hee hee

My mother-in-law has been to the seaside for a short break and brought back for me the recent set of Daphne du Maurier books - Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, Jamaica Inn, The House on the Strand and The Birds and Other Stories. She found them in a charity shop but they are brand new and unread. Although I have other editions of all of them, the only Virago copy was My Cousin Rachel so this duplicate is now available for any member of the Virago group. It's the same latest design cover and is unread. Usual conditions apply: I'll send anywhere but it goes surface outside Europe

I'd love to have My Cousin Rachel, Kerry, if you don't mind sending it across the pond -- I'm in no hurry.

Certainly, Jane. I'll get it in the post soon.

I have replaced my Penguin green copy of At the Still Point with one that does not have an inch strip cut from the front cover and is not stamped with "Not for Resale." It's a perfectly good reading copy, and I'll be happy to send it anywhere in the continental USA.

Hi, I've been absent from the group for a short while and am a bit behind with threads. Soon after thinking I had a nice long Easter break, I was asked to cover for someone doing my job in another office for a couple of months, while they undergo medical treatment. So I currently have two (part time) jobs!

However...duplicates!

My local charity shop had one of these in their free box, along with the usual unsaleable sewing machine instructions etc, and the other book was for sale for pennies. I already have them both but obviously couldn't just leave them there. Shout if you're interested. They are both the original green Virago Modern Classic editions in quite nice condition. I am happy to post anywhere but will probably use surface mail for overseas.

My Career Goes Bung - Miles Franklin
Armour Wherein He Trusted - Mary Webb

Jump, someone, jump!~!

I am doing some purging as the books are really starting to take over my house. I have some greenies to offer:

I Will Not Serve by Eveline Mahyere
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Mary Lavelle by Kate O'Brien
Brother Jacob by George Eliot

And one of the newer greenies:

The Constant Sinner by Mae West (Green spine, green band down left cover and apple logo)

I'd like to send these stateside; multiples are okey-dokey.

I'll probably be posting more on PBS and will undoubtedly bring some with me to the Philly meetup in May.

Deb -- I'd love The Optimist's Daughter. -- Jane

Ooooh - can I have I Will Not Serve PLEASE!

41 & 42> Sure--just PM your addresses. I may not get them out until Friday as I'm doing a major purge and just listed a bunch on PBS that are going fast.

Oh dear - Soupdragon could I possibly ask for the Mary Webb, and / or Cariola, I would love to read the Eliot, having expanded my reading of her from repeated readings of Middlemarch to include Daniel Deronda and finding that it's my top book of the year so far. I know that's greedy, though, and I do have lots of books, so please only pick me if no one else asks for them! Thank you!

Cariola, I would love to have the The Constant Sinner if it is still available please.

Of course you can, Liz. I don't think I have your address so PM me and I'll get it sent off.

Funnily enough the "bookmark" I'm currently using is a postcard you sent me along with Dusty Answer. I read Dusty Answer some time ago, but the postcard seems to have migrated!

Excellent - thank you. And how funny!

>38 Soupdragon: Dee, I would be interested in My Career Goes Bung -- had thought to locate it after enjoying My Brilliant Career some time ago but haven't yet. I'm all the way over here stateside but of course wouldn't quarrel with any travel time needed!

44> Brother Jacob is yours; just PM your address.

Belva, I'll send along The Constant Sinner.

Mary Lavelle is waiting, if anyone wants her.

48: I'd be happy to send it to you, Jen. PM me your address and I'll get it posted later on in the week.

Thank you thank you!

Many thanks Cariola.

Cariola's Brother Jacob is still available as I hadn't seen the bit about it only being US before I jumped in.

I was just over bumming around on PaperBackSwap and found some greenies if anyone is interested in:
A Woman of My Age by Nina Bawden
Angel by Elizabeth Taylor
Seven for a Secret by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
Brother Jacob by George Eliot
A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor
Granta 21: The Storyteller by Bill Buford
Fly on the Wheel by Katherine C. Thurston
Company Parade by Storm Jameson
Full House by Molly Keane
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Will attempt to finish the list tomorrow as I am about to fall asleep in my chair.

Thanks for the PMs, Liz and Jen. I probably won't get to the post office before next week now but it will be done!

54> A number of those are mine. Belva. And I've also posted several others that aren't showing up as VMCs in the titles, although if you click on them, you will see that they are Virago publications--some of them greenies. Check my PBS book shelf--same name over there.

Oh cool. Didn't know that. Need to check it out. :-) Thanks,

>56 Cariola:, 57: Debora has a gold mine on PBS! I just snagged a couple of her books because they were on my wish list. I've had really good luck acquiring VMCs from PBS, and primarily through the wish list -- about 1/3 to 1/2 of my collection in fact. It lacks the thrill of wandering into an Oxfam shop and emerging staggering under the weight of green spines. But since I don't have that option, it's the next best thing!

58: Sounds lovely if you are stateside! I am doing reasonaly ok with ReadItSwapIt (slightly better than with Bookmooch tbh) and picked up copies of The Children and The Post Office Girl and The Dud Avocado so far - I quite like doing the direct swap thingy tho I wish people would reply a bit quicker - if they don't want to swap I just wish they'd say straight away!

I'll give you all a heads-up whwen I post more VMCs on PBS. It probably won't be for awhile as I'm shipping out almost 40 books this week and am in the midst of the end-of-semester crunch.

So, I really need to take the little purple notebook with my Virago lists in it *everywhere* because you never know where they will turn up - today in the lobby of the hospital where I was taking Youngest Child for physio - and I picked up The Magic Toyshop for 25p in a modern cover because I didn't recognise it and of course I have a green!

So basically it is on offer here before I put it on Bookmooch or ReadItSwapIt or something - let me know if anyone wants it. I would probably send slow boat to overseas, though will need to check postage as we have just had another hike in prices over here... :(((

I also got a few of Deb's from my wishlist on PBS. Annoyingly I was offered Gerald one day after I bought it online but them's the breaks. I have got a lot of Viragos off PBS, and occasionally I've got them in such beautiful condition I am left to wonder where they've been sitting all these years. Only two Persephones though.

I think everyone here knows the 'personal' relationship that I have 'enjoyed' with Angela Carter. But The Magic Toyshop that kaggsy has put up to offer is truly a magical book. I couldn't believe that I was enthralled by a Carter but it was a 4 1/2 star read for me and I had to eat crow.
So grab it up someone. Don't miss out.

Belva liked an Angela Carter?!?!?!?!?!?!

*faints*

OK Belva, I blame you for this.

Karen, if you don't get any takers in the UK, and if postage isn't prohibitive, I would be glad to adopt Ms. Carter. But if you find it easier to list it on Readitswapit, I won't be the least bit offended.

No probs Laura - if no-one else claims it, it will be yours!

I have broad shoulders Laura. I really think you will like it. I liked it so much that I am sorely tempted to, hack, ack, huck, ark, (please to excuse......a hairball, you see........) but to give others of hers a try.


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Today was our library's semi-annual book sale, and For the First Time Ever, I found a VMC there! E. H. Young's The Vicar's Daughter. I already have a copy (which I knew when I bought it), so it's available for adoption. Stateside, only, I fear. It's the green spine. There is a small patch missing from the cover right about at the pianist's left elbow. I think a price sticker may have been pulled off there previously. Anyone?

I posted some more VMCs on PBS last night. I guess there has been some curiosity about why I am doing this, so here's what I replied to Elaine:

"I am not getting rid of all of my VMCs, but yes, I am making a major purge. The reason is very simple: I just don't have enough room for them all. I live in a small two-bedroom duplex with no basement, a one-car garage, and very little closet space, and since I am an academic by profession, my booksheleves are mostly filled with books that I need for my teaching and research. Counting the VMCs,I have well over 1000 TBRs (probably more like 1500) stacked up all over the house. Boxes fill the bedroom closets and shelves, and there are stacks on top of my dresser and covering a lot of the floor space in my office/second bedroom. It was just getting ridiculous, plus one of my cats has been stressing out lately, and I think the crowdedness has been a contributing factor. Obviously, I wasn't really able to enjoy the collection that way, and I knew that I would never be able to read them all in this lifetime. So I've been reading the blurbs and listing those that I either did read and didn't particularly enjoy, those that aren't my cup of tea (fantasy, etc.), and even a few that I did like but know that I won't reread (since I rarely reread books unless I am teaching them).

"That's all there is to it, and I'm really OK with giving these up to people who will love them and have been waiting for them. I've been posting them on PBS not because I need the points for more books--heaven knows I don't want any more right now!--but I will use them to get the mysteries my brother is always asking me to look for. I get a kick out of being able to have them sent to him--and he has the room to store them.

As I said, I'm not giving away my entire collection, and there are still some VMCs that I am avidly seeking, so I will still be hanging around the group.
I'm keeping all Whartons, Whites, Taylors,and most Cathers, as well as other favorites."

I was starting to feel like one of those people on 'Hoarders' so the purging has felt pretty good!

Once I get through the entire collection, I will focus on reading more of them and will be giving them away one or two at a time. At that point, I can offer more of them on this thread and will be able to send some across the pond as well. I wish that I could do that now, but considering that I sent out 45 books (most of them VMCs) this week, I just can't afford the additional cost of sending books overseas.

I will also bring any VMCs that I've posted that haven't been snapped up by May 17 to the Philly meetup.

Purging is good!

Yes, I can actually get from my bed to the bathroom without tripping over a stack of books now!

The previous week, I purged from home and office another two boxes of books, 40 VHS tapes, and about a dozen DVDs and donated them to the department's scholarship sale. I think that may have been what got me started. I plan to retire in 2-3 years, and I started to realize what a massive job it will be to clear out the file cabinets and shelves at work. I have SO many books, both there and at home, that I will never use or read again once I am no longer teaching. It will be another major purge of a different sort. The grad students at BookMooch will be thrilled.

I'm very impressed and yes, purging is good for the soul! I always feel better when I have a bit of a clear out, and tho I'm not at retirement point yet, I will have to clear out some stuff so my children don't one day have to deal with it all. At least my daughters will fight over my Virago collection, and I'm sure middle child will take good care of my Agatha Christies. It's the Russian books I worry about most.....!

I had new bookshelves built a couple of years ago and managed to get rid of most of my bookpiles in the house, but they've started to appear again -- I'm definitely due for some kind of weed-out. And I'll have to do something about the books in my office at school....

While we have plenty of clearing-out opportunities at our house too, we recently added some new bookshelves. So I find it kind of ironic that Deborah is purging her VMCs and sending them about 2 hours down the road to me.

74: The space on those new shelves isn't going to last long..... ;)

I have been purging my books for ages now - hundreds over the last couple of years - just not my Viragos and Persephones because I have made a nice little hobby out of finding the entire collection. Until I was about 40 I was a terrible slob but as I get older I value clean lines and cleared surfaces. At the moment, the downstairs of my house is very pleasant, the upstairs not so much. My mother was tidy for its own sake. I have become tidy because I find I function better in a stress free environment and because I am very keen not to have an 'old person's house' - full of useless clutter that the kids have to toss out when you're dead.

>75 kaggsy:: I'm afraid you're right!

76> Barbara, that's my fear, too. When I had surgery in November 2011, my daughter drove up from TN to stay with me for a few days and FINALLY took back all the stuff I had been complaining about keeping for her for years--the high chair, the doll house, the baby toys, the child's rocker, the clown lamp, the bags of stuffed animals, etc. that were taking up huge amounts of space in my garage, closets, and spare room. Well, all that empty space is now filled with boxes of books and what you call "useless clutter that the kids have to toss out when you're dead."

I started collecting Persephones but have stopped, unless a nice swap copy happens my way. They are expensive and rarely come up on the swap sites. I probably have about 20 of them and at this point don't plan to give them up until I have time to read them.

We have told our nieces and nephew where the good stuff is stored and advised them to torch the place when we die. That's all I can do at present. I guess I'm very immature, but I'm still collecting.

80: I'll confess to being immature as well, then, because I *am* still collecting certain books!!! :)

Ditto that, ladies.

collecting books? what coukld possibly be wrong in that? :)

Quite - couldn't agree more!

Lizzie, I hope I'm still collecting when I'm your age. If I can get bargain Kindle replacements for some of my books I will clear those out, but not the Viragos and Persephones. I had a £15 shopping voucher to spend, and Waterstones booksellers would accept it, and there were lots of display tables of various collectable editions - no Virago or Persephone, and they turned out to have none of the VMC Rumer Goddens in their flagship store! But the NYRB, Europa, Penguin Modern Classics are very attractive, I just have to resist getting too attached to collecting them.

#68: Linda, it looks like no one else has spoken for The Vicar's Daughter, and I would love to have it if it is still available! I have four of E.H. Young's books and have loved them all. I think you have my address from sending ET's Angel last year (which, by the way, I also loved!)...

Katy, the book is yours. So glad to give it a good home. And yes, I still have your address. If I had seen this message before leaving for work this morning I could have put it in the mail today. But it will be on its way to you this week, for sure. ( I thought my offer might have gotten lost in all the "purging" messages above!)

65: Laura, no-one else claimed the Carter so it has gone off to you today by surface mail - hope it reaches you eventually!!

I think you are in for an unknown treat Laura. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Not Virago nor Persephone but I have two books that I have unwittingly duplicated. They are both brand new and thought they might be appropriate to offer here.

1. The Perfect Summer by Juliet Nicolson.
The author is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.
From the back of the book: "chronicles a glorious English summer a century ago, when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. In the summer of 1911 a new king was crowned and the aristocracy was at play, bounding from one house party to the next. At a debutante charity ball where the other girls came dressed as white swans, the striking Diana Manners made a late appearance as a black swan. The Ballets Russes arrived in London for the first time and people swarmed to Covent Garden to see Nijinsky's gravity-defying leaps. But cracks in the social fabric had begun to show. The country was brought to a standstill by industrial strikes; led by the charismatic Ben Tillett, the Southampton Dockers' Union paralyzed shipping in the south, causing severe food shortages. The young Home Secretary Winston Churchill worried in his diary that "all the world is changing at once."
Through the tight lens of four months, Juliet Nicolson brings that portentous summer into crisp focus. Drawing on material from intimate and rarely seen sources, The Perfect Summer is a vividly rendered story of how, day by cloudless day, a nation began to lose its innocence."

(I can't remember if Elaine sent me a duplicate copy or if I got it from her on PBS but I saw and bought it forgetting that I had a copy coming. Doh! I obviously am keeping the copy I received from Elaine, ♥, and so am offering the new copy.)

The second is a book that I hadn't seen on my shelves for some time and I got a yen to have a reread for the umpteenth time. After bringing it home I came across my original copy. It is a long cherished classic from my childhood. A book beloved by many and also new.
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

>87 kaggsy:: yay! Thanks Karen.

Hi Belva: Id be very interested in The Perfect Summer if you're willing to send it this far. I am interested in this family and its many connections as well as the pre-war era. No problem with it going to someone else if it's too expensive though.

Grant

You've got it Grant. I am happy to send it to someone who will appreciate it. Thank you.
hugs,

*sigh* Nobody wants to claim a reading copy of At the Still Point?

Cariola, The Constant Sinner arrived today. It looks like a fun read. Thank you so much.

Enjoy!

Wow, that was fast, Linda! Thank you so much!

>93 LizzieD: Sounds like you really like At the Still Point and if you are still willing to send it on I'd enjoy giving it a read!

Yay, Jen!!! IM your address to me, and it's yours. (In fact, I haven't read it; I just got a better copy and so will send you the mutilated reading copy.)

Thanks so much!

# 92. Thank you very much Belva. You're a real treasure!

>#100:
You are so more than welcome Grant. And thank you. It went out yesterday. (had to wait for payday...lol!~!)
Hope you enjoy; am sure you will.
Enjoy your day. It's still quite early here, but a really lovely day.
b

Liz, I'm pleased the book arrived safely. Jen, I forgot to say but I posted yours at the same time. I would imagine your wait will be somewhat longer though!

I now have these two duplicates to offer. They are both beautiful olive green VMCs, which I found impossible to leave behind when I spotted them alongside several other green spines in the window of one of the York Oxfam bookshops. (See fab finds thread). Both are uncreased and appear unread but the pages are tanned and with some foxing on the Storm Jameson.

Women Against Men - Storm Jameson
The Beauties and The Furies - Christina Stead

I am happy to post to anywhere but may use surface mail for overseas.

Oh, The Beauties and the Furies sounds wonderful Dee - I would love it if I may please!

Of course you may, Karen.

I'm sure I still have your address so no need to PM.

It does sound good doesn't it? - though I know not everyone is a fan of Christina Stead. My copy was a Secret Santa present from Alex last Christmas and it's been calling me ever since.

Thank you so much Dee! I do have one Stead on the TBR, but this is set in Paris so that's something of a draw!

Dee, I would love Women against men, please, and I'm in UK!

Wonderful, Kerry! I don't think I have your address so send me a PM and I'll get the books posted to you both. Hopefully tomorrow, though I make no promises ;)

Thank you so much Dee - whenever you can manage it will be fine.

I have a duplicate copy of Year Before Last by Kay Boyle, which I am reading my other copy of right now and quite enjoying it. This is a good reading copy. No markings on the reading pages but inside both the front and back covers there is writing. The cover is nice but on the spine at both the top and bottom it looks as if there were stickers that someone peeled away, taking the 'green' with the stickers. So perhaps not a collectable copy for you puritans but perfectly good for reading.
hugs,
b

Kerry and Karen - I made it to the post office and your books should be with you soon!

Thank you so much Dee - something to look forward to!

Thank you, Dee. I love getting parcels and if they contain books, so much the better!

I would like to offer a copy of The Well of Loneliness to anyone in the US. It's one of the newer Virago editions (i.e., not a full greenie).

# 109 Oh dear, Belva, I don't have Year Before Last & would be happy with a reading copy but I don't want to be greedy especially as I have just received another very nice book from you.

No problem Grant. It's yours. I am currently reading it myself (my copy that is) and it written quite differently from anything I have read before.
I may not be able to mail it off until Tuesday or Wednesday. My days between last Friday and next Tuesday are taken up with mother. Taking her to consults, pre-surgical screening, and the surgery itself on Monday @ 5:15 A.M. with a 2 1/2 hour drive to get to hospital. I am wishing her daughter was younger right about now.
Will get the book off to you while she is recuping in hospital as I should have some spare time then.
:-)

It's been ages since I posted these dupes and before I list them at PBS I thought I'd relist them here:
The Gentlewomen Laura Talbot
Palladian Elizabeth Taylor

I'll wait a week or so, but they've been sitting around for ages......

I'd love The Gentlewomen, Lucy, but only if you want to send to UK.

Don't mind at all. PM your address to me?

And I'd love Palladian...

110: Dee, the book just arrived in the post and thank you *so* much - I want to pick it up and start reading straight away!

Yay, Genny, Just PM me your address? I'll send them both out together.

#110 Just got home to find my book waiting; thanks, Dee.

120, 122: You're both very welcome :)

Two brand-new Winifred Holtby titles going spare: South Riding and Anderby Wold. They are from the Book People set that I bought. I knew I already had a copy of South Riding but I hadn't noticed that I had an original green copy of Anderby Wold. I love the new covers but you can't beat an original green and there is limited space in my Virago book case so I can't justify keeping both!

May I have Anderby Wold if nobody else has claimed it?

Certainly, Helen. I know you won't want South Riding! Let me know your address.

Will do! Thank you!! xxx

OK, dupes time following my recent madness on the Book People. These are all Muriel Spark books as I replaced my second hand copies with new ones and they are here for anyone who wants them. I will send abroad but by surface mail, please!

Loitering with Intent - modern orange Virago cover, used but in good nick
The Comforters - ditto turqiose
Symposium - ditto blue
A Far Cry from Kensington - Penguin, a little worn but still perfectly readable

Give me a shout if you'd like any of these.

May I have The Comforters please, Karen?

Of course Dee, with pleasure - I will send it off to you in the week!

That's great, thank you! :)

Oo, Symposium is one of the few Spark novels I don't own, so I'd love that one if it's going begging, Karen!

If you wouldn't mind sending Loitering across the pond, I'd be quite happy with surface mail!

I've got two greenies for anyone who wants them:

Without My Cloak and
Two Serious Ladies

Without My Cloak is is a bit worn, some creases on the front and back covers, but certainly very readable. Two Serious Ladies is in better shape, a crease along the spine, but the front and back covers are pretty good.

I have Two Serious Ladies, but I just want to say to anybody wavering that it's absolutely brilliant! Especially for anyone who likes Muriel Spark.

Oh, Lisa. I'd LOVE Two Serious Ladies. I've been wanting it for eons.

I don't know what happened to my post..... I'd LOVE Two Serious Ladies, Lisa. I've been wanting it for years.

Suddenly, both posts are there. Well, I guess that just shows that you would be doing me a real kindness.

Ooh, Kate O'Brien! Lisa, are you able to send Without My Cloak to Canada?

132: No probs Simon, it's yours. I can't recall if I have your current address so do you want to PM me?

133: Happy to send overseas Lisa - just PM me your address and I will send it off this week.

LizzieD - doubly glad to send it to you, just PM me your address

And sqdancer, happy to send it to Canada, just PM me your address.

Thanks kaggsy, address coming your way!

Thank you !!!

Thanks Karen :D

129, 132, 133: Just to say that your Muriels were sent off yesterday and so hopefully will not take too long to arrive!

>126 CDVicarage: - It's here! It's here! Thank you so very much! xxx

>126 CDVicarage: Arrived today, thanks so much!

Karen, I've just home from work to find my copy of The Comforters waiting for me. Thank you so much! It's the only Virago Spark I was after and it looks fascinating.

Yay - that's great! Enjoy!

Karen, are you the Karen who has got in touch on Facebook? I didn't recognise the surname, but given the mutual friends I guess whoever it is is a member of this group!

149: No, not me I'm afraid as I don't have a FB account!

Ok, sorry. I must check the surname again and see if I can work it out.

Happy Day!!! A lovely green copy of Two Serious Ladies from LisaMorr arrived in the mail today!!! I know the next VMC I'll be reading! Thank you again, Lisa!

So happy you received it! I sent it Media Mail (OK, correction, hubby sent it for me, gotta give credit where credit is due!) last Tuesday.

And hopefully the Kate O'Brien will get to Canada shortly (also sent on Tuesday - amazing that Media Mail went quicker).

>153 LisaMorr:

I've always said that our mail must be delivered by a lame pack mule, it seems to come so slowly. :)
(I suppose it probably got slowed down in customs or something.)

It's here! It's here! Thank you so much, Lisa!
I'm going (to try) to save it for my vacation :-)

Yay! Happy my duplicates found their way to their new homes!

I have an extra green Virago/Penguin copy of Mary Lavin's The House in Clewe Street looking for a new home.

Yes please, Rob! I haven't been able to find anything by Mary Lavin yet.

Excellent! Send me your mailing address via PM, and I'll send it right out.

>102 Soupdragon: just reporting that My Career Goes Bung just arrived today, June 10th! Thank you, Dee! It is much appreciated!

Reminder that I have a spare copy of South Riding to give away. It's a brand new latest edition. Happy to send anywhere but outside Europe goes surface.

Some duplicates looking for a good home:

An original green Virago edition of Mrs Miniver by Jan Struther

Modern Virago editions of Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim and The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann

A non-Virago edition of Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym

I'm happy to send these worldwide but it will be by surface mail outside of Europe.

Heather, I'm a greedy grabber, but if I could have the Mrs Miniver, I'd be very happy. I'm also happy to wait however long surface mail takes if you're willing.

160: Hi Jen. It's good to hear the book arrived safely, if not particularly quickly!

#163 Peggy, it's yours and you're not (a greedy grabber). I'm very happy it's found a good home to go to. If you haven't moved then I have your address.

#162 I would like Less than Angels but it's not a 'biggie' for me if someone else wants it more than I do. I just don't own much by Barbara Pym yet and I haven't yet read those I have.

Thank you, Heather. I'm right here!

#166 Grant, it's yours! PM me your address and I'll send it this week.

#167 Peggy, I'm glad to hear that because I posted it straight off without waiting for a reply!

Karen, The Magic Toyshop arrived today. Thank you!

169: Yay! So please - hope you enjoy it!

I've been doing some weeding from my bookshelves - nothing serious just some uneccessary duplicates - and I have a hardback copy of The Enchanted April to give away. It is in very good condition, complete with dustjacket, and, although it's not a Virago copy, it is a Virago title. Also a very nice Book Club edition of The Flight of the Falcon, again, complete with dustjacket.

I know this thread is meant for Viragos but I also have Penguin Classics copies of Middlemarch, Mary Barton and Three Gothic Novels to give away, if anyone is interested. All in good but used condition.

Mary Barton? Oh, yes, I've been looking for that one for ages and that's the edition I'd most like too!

#172 You're welcome to it, Grant, but actually it's Penguin English Library i.e. orange spine, not black.

I have a duplicate copy of The Virago Book of Women Travellers available. I am so very sorry to have to say that I must limit my shipping to stateside for a time as our fortunes (;-), have declined somewhat with the hubby's retirement. I am hoping it will just be temporary and that I soon will be able to once again ship to the shores of the lands of my dreams.

I also have a couple of books that are not Virago but thought I would offer them here before putting them on PBS. They are:
Angela Thirkell's O, These Men, These Men &
Anita Brookner's A Start in Life or The Debut as it is known otherwise. The 1st is a Moyer Bell edition while the 2nd is a Triad Granada and is sized between the trade & the mass market paperback.

Belva dear,

If the Thirkell is still available may I have it please? And what are you doing up so late! ('course, I've been up since 3AM.)

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Elaine, of course you may have it. I believe (ahem) that I have your address.

I was up so late winding down from our trip home. All the way across the state in one day. But we had a wonderful, if exhausting, time with the grands & great grand. Four full days of chasing a 7 month old around our little trailer is hard on a 65 year old but we only get to see them a couple of times a year so I stole every moment I could to be with our little MacKenzie.
This is she:


and the two granddaughters with baby plus boyfriend of the one in pink (not the mommy) in the background:

Lucky woman to have grands and great grands. I had my son at 42 and may die without grandchildren at the rate I'm going. Plus he's only 20 and too young to have kids. But yours are gorgeous Belva!!

Thank you Barbara. Little great grand is as sweet & smart as she can be. And you are still young. He will have his babies when he is ready and you will be there to enjoy just as we do. ♥

O.K. I've been trying to be good. I've waited a day and nobody else has asked for the Women Travelers book. I feel as though I've taken more than my share from this lovely thread lately, but I would really love to have it, Belva, if it's still available. I do thank you!
Great grand!!! Your mother's great, great grand!!! Wow! And she's a darling.

Thank you, thank you Peggy. And just since you are so sweet about 'our' baby and because it is yet available, I shall send you The Virago Book of Women Travellers. 'Twill go out in the post on Tuesday.

I think most of who use this thread take our fair share and give back as well. So it's all good as far as I can see.

hugs,

> Elaine & Barbara;
Your books went out today. I had 9 to post so am afraid they all went media mail. I hope you do enjoy them when you get around to them.
hugs,

So you're sending me Peggy's book, Belva? :)

Oh, NOT!~!
So sorry Peggy. Your book went out today.
hee hee; can't imagine why I 'said' that! Must have had the evil romain on my mind. lol!~!

Do I owe you a book or something Barbara? hee hee Thanx for the catch there.

You do Belva.... don't you remember... you promised me your original green Illyrian Spring?

Ha ha ha!~! If I had one I would send it to you but my edition of Illyrian Spring is an old Orange Penguin. Do you want that one? lol!~!


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So no takers on the Brookner? I will go ahead & put it up on PBS then. :-)

I have a hardback of IS that's in better nick than yours :) This is my cover

http://www.msusurplusbooks.com/media/1b/a20791e13c1ae93514bd3e_s.JPG

I cannot for the life of me remember where I found it but someone had put a plastic cover on it so it is still in quite nice condition. But I do so want that green!

If I EVER come across one in any way; it is all yours Barbara. I am perfectly content with my Orange Penguin even though your copy is in better shape than mine. It even has cool cover art.

No Belva. If you ever come across a green copy you must keep it for yourself!!! But if you come across a whole stash of them I'll hold you to your offer.

>188 romain::
You are on lady..............(using the term loosely, of course) lol!~!

O.K. The Illyrian Spring conversation is funny, but Barbara's getting MY book is definitely NOT!!!

;-); my bad Peg-0-my-heart.

I think you're still getting the book Peggy. She just got our names muddled up in her pretty little head. If it does arrive I'll send it on.

Ooh no, you both. I was only trying to be funny. I know Belva wouldn't make a mistake like that or that if she did, Barbara wouldn't keep it.

True, dat! :-)

>193 LizzieD::
But the key word in your post Peggy, was 'trying'. lol!~!

♥

That's me. I'm often very trying.

Me too Peggy. Friday I tried my husband so much that 8 miles out of town he was ready to turn around and come back home, dump me at home and go on alone. Didn't know I had it in me but guess I must be loaded with it. lol!~!

And these poor fellow Viragoites; we have jacked the duplicate thread. They probably scurry over thinking some blessed soul has posted a duplicate and find our ramblings. Sorry folks. It's back to you. :-)

I'm also hi-jacking the thread as the book I have to offer isn't a Virago but I know a lot of Viragoites also read Iris Murdoch. I have a spare copy of The Bell and although in good condition it is showing its age. It is a paperback edition printed 1981 and its cover is a still from the TV adaptation that was being shown at the time. It was neatly covered with clear self-adhesive film which has now yellowed so that Michael and Dora are strongly suntanned! Usual conditions, i.e. surface mail outside Europe

Belva, YAY! The Virago Book of Women Travellers arrived in the mail today, and I'm a happy camper. Thank you! I'm looking forward to the comments from Mary Morris who edited it too. (When you can't go yourself, you can read about going. I'm happy.)

I am thankful that you are happy Peggy and that the book arrived safely. Enjoy.

I am posting this here and over on the SDD thread too. I have two copies of The Sweet Dove Died - if anyone would like it I can offer a Bello books edition that they sent me - I then found a lovely Moyer Bell edition. So if anyone would like it let me know - overseas people - I am happy to send but it will have to be surface mail - sorry.

I made my request on the other thread, before I saw it here!

: )

At a library book sale last week I found a non-Virago copy of A Few Green Leaves. I already have a copy, but picked up this one for $1 in case anyone here might want it. Any US takers?

203: Not in the US and don't need a copy of the book, but for clarification, there is no Virago edition of A Few Green Leaves , and it isn't likely to become one very soon as Macmillan have just brought it out in paper and ebook in the UK (Bello imprint). If no one's said yes please, you might want to repost on the next thread.