Fifteenth DUPLICATES THREAD

An LT friend has three VMCs that can be sent anywhere in the US:
* A green Virago Modern Classic edition of The Mother's Recompense by Edith Wharton - claimed
* A black Dial Press edition of Three Sisters by May Sinclair - claimed
* A black Dial Press edition of The Semi-Attached Couple and the Semi-Detached House (no longer available)

Any takers?

Laura - could I have the Wharton!

Now back from visiting Middle Child in Leicester (post to follow about my finds) but I have ended up with a duplicate green (later green) of The Sugar House by Antonia White which is up for grabs. I would *prefer* to send inland owing to the postage issue :((( but could probably send overseas by surface if someone really wanted it!

>2 romain:: certainly, Barbara. The LT member is @avaland. I'll leave her a PM with your member name and the two of you can connect regarding the details.

Thanks Laura!

I have a spare copy of An Academic Question, which is coming up soon on the Barbara Pym Centennial Read. If it goes outside Europe it will have to go surface mail so might not arrive in time for the correct month.

Over on PaperBackSwap this morning I came across these books which may be of interest to someone out there:
The Virago Book of Women Travellers
ISBN-13: 9781860492129 - ISBN-10: 1860492126,
Coincidence (Virago New Fiction)
Author: Jane McLoughlin
ISBN-13: 9781853816031 - ISBN-10: 1853816035,
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (Virago Pantheon Pioneers)
Author: Judith Okely
ISBN-13: 9780394747651 - ISBN-10: 0394747658,
The Lacquer Lady (Virago Modern classic)
Author: F. Tennyson Jesse
ISBN-13: 9780803747043 - ISBN-10: 0803747047, (this one is a Dial Press),
The Rising Tide (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: M. J. Farrell, Molly Keane
ISBN-13: 9780140161007 - ISBN-10: 0140161007,
Fly on the Wheel (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: Katherine C. Thurston
ISBN-13: 9780140161830 - ISBN-10: 014016183X,
North-West by North (Virago Travellers)
Author: Dora Birtles
ISBN-13: 9780860686446 - ISBN-10: 0860686442,
Brother Jacob (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: George Eliot
ISBN-13: 9780140161885 - ISBN-10: 0140161880,
The Persimmon Tree and Other Stories (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: Marjorie Barnard
ISBN-13: 9780140161489 - ISBN-10: 0140161481,
Gone to Earth (Virago Modern Classics)
Author: Mary Webb
ISBN-13: 9780860681434 - ISBN-10: 0860681432,
Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
Author: Amelia Edwards
ISBN-13: 9780860687290 - ISBN-10: 0860687295,
Wave Me Goodbye
ISBN-13: 9781844080311 - ISBN-10: 1844080315,
A Wreath for the Enemy
Author: Pamela Frankau
ISBN-13: 9780860686385 - ISBN-10: 0860686388,
That's How It Was
Author: Maureen Duffy
ISBN-13: 9780385279550 - ISBN-10: 0385279558,

Perhaps one of you will find something that you don't have & want. I was really surprised to see the Mary Webb in an actual Virago cover. I have only ever seen the Dial Press, which is what I have.

Alas Belva, wouldn't it be nice to be in the USA! I confess there is a green Virago of Gone to Earth in the local Oxfam charity shop but I have ignored it for weeks having read Cold Comfort Farm!

#8 I read Gone to earth (on Kindle) last August and they certainly needed Flora!

#9: That's what I've heard which is why I've been avoiding it despite Youngest Child pointing it out to me regularly! :)))))))

#8 - According to her biographer - also her nephew - Stella Gibbons wasn't parodying Mary Webb and Sheila Kaye-Smith as much as the many imitators who sent in their work after they were serialised by the magazine she worked for. The rural novelists weren't to her taste but in later life she did express concern the she might have caused them distress.

Mary Webb isn't for everyone, and I accept that much of her work is flawed and dated, but I do like her.

Oh no - I love both Cold Comfort Farm and Mary Webb and manage to do so simultaneously. Webb has a touch of the Hardy, Lawrence and Francis Brett Young about her but with a distinctly feminine slant, and is very readable.

I've read other Mary Webb and liked them but Gone to Earth just didn't work for me.

I had another look today and opened some pages at random - noooooooooooooo, it's definitely not for me!

Have a VMC up for grabs:

The Lost Traveller, Antonia White--one of the black editions in decent condition but with a few unobtrusive creases on the cover

Touchstone takes you to the right work, but not the edition I'm offering.

I prefer to ship to US addies only, because of postage. =(

I have a non-Virago edition of Rebecca West's This Real Night if anyone is interested. (State-side, please)
This particular edition is a hard bound Viking publication and an ex-library book but a very good reading copy. This is West's book two of her Cousin Rosamund trilogy right between The Fountain Overflows and Cousin Rosamund.

After my shopping today and despite using the app - I find I have a duplicate original green of The Rising Tide by Molly Keane and a modern VMC (green spine) of A sea grape tree by Rosamond Lehmann I am offering them to you all my lovely friends - but if they are to travel across the pond I will need to post surface mail.

#1: Laura, may I have Three Sisters if no one else has claimed it?

Also, I posted this on the last thread but it may have been missed--I have a duplicate copy of A Few Green Leaves that I'd be happy to send to anyone in the US.

I know you're already sending me a book but I'd love A sea grape tree, please, Ali.

>18 kdcdavis:: sure Katy, I will leave a PM for @avaland, who has the books to give away. I'll give her your member name and the two of you can connect regarding the details.

#19 of course Kerry - anyway I'm not sending the other book - Corsair are : )

#21 Thank you!

My husband just returned from a trip to the UK, where he was helping my daughter settle in for her study abroad program in Exeter. Despite providing him a 3-page list of my Virago collection, he returned with 3 that I already own. The silver lining is that they are original green Virago editions, and my copies are Penguin and Dial editions. So I now have three duplicates to offer:

The Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West - Dial Press (Black) edition
Crossriggs, by Jane & Mary Findlater - Penguin (Green) edition - @ccookie
Family History, by Vita Sackville-West - Penguin (Green) edition - @Heaven-Ali

#23 I would love Family History - but understand if you aren't able to send across the pond :)

Oh and just to remind everyone I have a very good original green edition of The Rising Tide still up for grabs.

>24 Heaven-Ali:: It's yours Ali! Your address is in the Secret Santa master spreadsheet, so I am all set.

And I still have The Sugar House by Antonia White - if no-one claims it, I shall pop it on ReadItSwapIt!

#25 thank you so much :)

Ooh you're in for a treat there, Ali! Think my review will go up tomorrow ...

#24 Could I have The Rising Tide please Ali? I don't know how I missed that...

yes of course you can Heather : ) - just remind me of your address - I'll get it sent out when I can.

Laura,

I don't have Crossriggs and would love to add it to my collection. I have only recently started amassing these wonderful tomes and am now up to 45. I guess that is not bad since I only started earlier this year. Spending waaaay too much money!!

ALso, at a sale this weekend I picked up a second copy of A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor so that I could offer it to someone. It is A Virago Book by Virago Little Brown and Co. UK so it has the modern cover. This was the book that started me on my collection and I received it from my Virago Secret Santa last year. Let me know if you would like it.

>31 ccookie:: ccookie, Crossriggs is yours! Please PM me your address. I have that same edition of A View of the Harbour -- I actually really like the modern covers on the Eliz Taylor novels.

> 32
Thanks Laura. I actually prefer the modern covers to the Greens and Blacks. Guess I am not much of a Virago-ite

#30 Thank you Ali! No rush.

> 3, 26
Karen,
I would love to have The Sugar House by Antonia White. I have started to read Frost In May and am loving the writing. However, I am in Canada so if that is not feasible for you I understand.
Cathy

35: That's no problem Cathy, as long as you don't mind waiting for it to arrive by surface mail! PM me your address and I will send it off to you later this week!

>36 kaggsy: Thanks! off to PM you!

Got it Cathy - will let you know when the book is sent!

Oh, I got briefly excited at the possibility of The Sugar House - it's the one of that quartet which I'm still missing - but Cathy beat me to it. Never mind, by the time I've got round to (re) reading the first two, no doubt another copy will have come to light...

Sorry Genny - if another one passes by me I will grab it for you!

Don't worry Karen, I'm glad it's gone to a good home, and I have plenty of opportunities myself for finding nice original green copies.

I'd like to offer up a copy of Rebecca West's Return of the Soldier

Be warned though, it is definitely 'used'. It came to me this way.

It has a crease that starts about 2/3 of the way from the spine on the top down to about 1/5 of the way from the bottom right corner ...

And
... sadly it is filled with yellow highlight marks.

The good news is it is a green published in 1987.

Let me know if you would like it.

Cathy

Can any body in the continental US use an ex- library Moyer Bell copy of The Duke's Daughter, which I picked up at our local library sale this morning?

>43 LizzieD:: Oh Peggy, may I please?!! I'm dying for some Thirkells right now.

>43 LizzieD: & 44:
Peggy & Laura; I think that both Ali & myself are reading Thirkell's Wild Strawberries & I must admit that I am finding it hysterically funny! I love her. Right now she is my Calgon. She 'takes me away.' :-)

I'm fed up with all the books in my Currently Reading collection and not one of the ones in my TBR pile appeals, then I read this thread and realised that Wild Strawberries is just what I need. Mine is an old hardback but it's a Virago in spirit.

#45 I finished Wild Strawberries yesterday, my review is scheduled to post to my blog a bit later today - and I did love it. It is perfect reading when you need something a little comforting to lift your spirits, it is very funny and a real joy. I have pre-ordered Christmas at High Rising and Pomfret Towers in the new virago editions - fully determined to read the Christmas one over Christmas.

I received Pomfret Towers last Christmas for Virago Secret Santa! It was my introduction to Thirkell and I'm keen to read more.

>46 CDVicarage::
Hoping that W.S. will be just the ticket for you Kerry. She is just a delightful author. :-)

>47 Heaven-Ali::
Ali, checking in the U.S., the only Thirkells I see in the Virago Modern Classics are Trooper to the Southern Cross & Christmas at High Rising, the former being available only used from vendors & the latter available only for the Kindle which I thought was a hoot because who collects VMCs on Kindle? I mean I do have some titles on my Kindle but they cannot look pretty on my shelves.

Most of my Thirkells are used books & are in the Moyer Bell edition with a few old hardcovers & mass markets thrown in. I do have High Rising and Wild Strawberries in the V.M.C. But don't think I will duplicate the others just to have them in a Virago edition. That darned budget only stretches so far. ;-)

Laura, the book is yours, and I'm excited to send it!
I had no idea that there was a Christmas at High Rising. Wow! Off to check it out for the Kindle........... Belva, like you,my Thirkells are not VMCs - except Trooper to the Southern Cross which a wonderful Secret Santa sent me, and I won't try to duplicate them for the same reason.

My wonderful mother-in-law has been book-shopping again and has found two lovely original green Viragos; one is a duplicate Anderby Wold. Although it's in quite good condition the pages, especially the edges, have yellowed with age. If that doesn't put you off I'm happy to send it anywhere, although outside Europe it will have to go surface, which can take up to six weeks.

So, when I wasn't paying attention, I managed to obtain a duplicate copy of The Dud Avocado (modern cover) from ReadItSwapIt (I really must check lists before requesting books). Happy to pass it on, but will have to restrict to Europe this time, I'm afraid.

All read and enjoyed but I don't need to keep them ... will send anywhere but will be surface mail outside the UK I'm afraid.

Vita Sackville-West - Heritage (touchstone won't work but you know the one) - modern Bello Books edition, unmarked, except for my name and the date and where it came from in ink, neatly, inside front cover.

Janet McLoughlin - Up and Running: Women in Business - a Virago Business and Management / Women's Studies book from the early 90s, still has its interest. Dark green with photographic cover. Some chipping on spine. My details inside front cover.

Mary Webb - Armour Wherein he Trusted - original green, some chipping and wear on spine, no white lines on spine. Kindly sent to me by Dee and a note inside reflects such - I did very much enjoy it but I try to pass on books I'm not going to re-read (and I hope Dee doesn't mind!)

Lis Whitelaw - The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton - Women's Press edition, some creasing on spine but not visible, can just be felt. Typical mid-90s WP biograhy. She wrote William an Englishman

Let me know who would like what!

Liz, I'd love the Vita Sackville-West, please. It's one of hers that I've never read.

Liz, I'd be very interested in the Cicely Hamilton biog please - she's an intriguing author! Thanks in advance!

Both - cool - drop me a note of your addresses on a private message and I'll stick them in the post!

I would love to have the Mary Webb - Armour Wherein he Trusted but I am in Canada so will understand if it is too much!

Ccookie, that's fine, but I'll just send it surface mail. And I know the Canadian PO rules about where to write the return address etc. so it should be fine. Pop me a private message with your address.

Doh, too late for the VSW! I actually had a copy in my hands when I was in America, but my friend begged me to let him have it instead...

Oh no! Maybe Kerry will send it on to you afterwards or do a postal lend ...

No worries, I have plenty of books to be getting on with ;)

I know I haven't yet sent out my previous offers (and did anyone want Up and Running by the way? but I have another non-Virago but of interest I'm sure ...

It's Edith Sitwells English Eccentrics in a lovely Folio Press edition. It's a lovely hard cover (so only able to post in the UK, sorry!) and there's a photo of the cover here http://librofulltime.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/state-of-the-tbr-november-2013/ (next to Tess). It has some pencil markings inside with prices. The pale blue box is a bit grubby and has pencil markings, but has kept it clean so I'll send that on too.

I have read most of it - it DOES have some fairly gruesome bits about cannibals in it and I found it quite hard to read generally. I try not to keep books as objects. So if someone wants it (that includes Heaven-Ali of course, I just didn't want to force it on you if you didn't really want it!) please shout!

And I'll post the others out soon, I promise!

Liz x

Oh, Liz, may I have it? I'll be in Stratford for a week in January so you can send it to my Stratford address or maybe we can meet up in either Stratford or Birmingham for a charity shop adventure? I'll be in Stratford for the Shakespeare Institute "winter school'', a series of lectures and discussions on Mantel's Cromwell novels in coordination with the RSC's production of the two novels at the Swan.

Elaine

Ooh Elaine, that would be lovely, I'm sure we can manage to meet up at one or the other location and Matthew's work will be clearer then so I can bring him to meet you. It's a deal, I'll save it for you!

>63 Liz1564:: Note to self: stow away in Elaine's suitcase.

>65 lauralkeet::
My first giggle of the morning Laura. Always a good way to begin the day. Thank you. LOL!~!

If there's a plan of sorts to meet in January in Birmingham or Stratford, perhaps I could tag along too - now that I've moved to the area, I need to be introduced to the good charity shops!

The more the merrier!
Elaine

Yes of course, well, we need to meet up before January, don't we!

Before January would be good, but given how fast the months have passed since I've moved, it will be January before we know it...

I would be quite interested in joining you too - always willing to try charity shops in a new area! I might even be able to dig out a few books that need rehoming.

I'd try to make a January meetup too.

Looks like Stratford in January is on, then??

Elaine, when are you over in January?

I believe there's a London Read It Swap It meetup planned on 25 January (I know there are other RISI members here and I'm sure you'd be welcome if you care to join us - I know several people want to visit Any Amount of Books before they go home so it probably won't be a million miles from Charing Cross Road).

I'd like to try and come, too. A day out in January would be lovely (unless it snows!)

Although I use RISI I haven't tried the social side so I didn't know about their meet-ups.

yipee - please make it a saturday so I can come :)

I'll be in London Jan 15 to 20 when I leave for Stratford. In Stratford I have the "winter" school Jan 21-23. I'm free Jan 24,25,26 and leave for London Jan 27. I fly home Jan 28. (In London I stay at a hotel on Russel Square within walking distance of Persephone and Any Amount.)

elaine

So we could do a Stratford trip 25 Jan and I can have a late birthday treat! For example ... This would mean that no books purchased would Count.

Jan 25 is best for me.

Bit of a dilemma for me, as it's the same day as the London meet up. Still quite tempted though - I'm a bit surprised by the length of the journey but at the moment I could buy a return ticket for a total of £12. That's going through the National Rail site, and it's London Marylebone, Chiltern Railways. The fares are really variable so it's probably worth booking quite soon, I might just gamble on planning to come and buy the £12 tickets - £6 each way - as otherwise it's £50-£96. Best trains look like 9 am arriving at 11.15 and the 17.37 back (otherwise it's the 15.37).

The thread police just stopped by. They recommend a new thread for the EPIC STRATFORD MEETUP!!

>81 lauralkeet::
Laura, I didn't know you could be just mean, mean, mean. lol!~!

But yes, we have a whole meet-up group. It's here:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarythinggatherin

And BTW, I am just pea green ladies. I live in the same country as Elaine and have no opportunity and you girls are clean across the pond and get to. NO FAIR! ;-)

If anyone is planning to give Letters from Skye as a Christmas gift, let me know. I have two brand new hardbacks (long story) that I am happy to contribute to someone's Christmas stocking. if no one wants them, I'll stick them on Paperbackswap.

Stateside only, please, this time.

PS. These are now gone. You all have wonderful taste. I have to write a review and my reaction is underwhelming....

Hello. I picked up a copy of Lantana Lane by Eleanor Dark in very good condition at a used bookstore in Seattle, only to discover I already owned a copy. Anyone interested in a copy? I'd prefer to send it within the US. I don't follow this thread closely, so please message me...

Re discussion #63-82 above about a meet-up in Stratford, see new thread here. Anyone who is interested, please come and help make plans...

I'm a bit of a goose and have picked up some extra copies of the following. Would anyone like me to send them to you?

One of Ours by Willa Cather

Loving without tears by Molly Keane - 1997 edition

Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby

The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West - a bit browned and foxed but otherwise in good nick

William by E.H. Young - a bit foxed but in otherwise good nick

Let me know.

Greetings from NZ. I'd love to have both One of Ours and William if that is possible.

Done europhile...please pm me your address. tks.

Actually europhile - I think I've got it. Have you moved since June 2012?

No, still at the same address. Thank you very much indeed.

#86 I would love to have The Edwardians if you're happy to send it to the UK?

Happy to do that souloftherose...just pm me your snail mail address on my profile page.

Not a duplicate, not even a Virago BUT for any of you who are taking part in the Great War Theme Read:
I have an ARC/ER copy of Wake by Anna Hope. It is London 1920, about 3 women whose lives are intertwined without them even knowing it, the second anniversary of the Armistice of the Great War and the 'Unknown Warrior' . If anyone would like to have it I shall be happy to send it stateside only please. This one fits into the 'after' part of our Great War theme read.
Anyway if anyone would like it please let me know by early Tuesday or it will be gone. Thanks.

Would love it, Belva.

Elaine

You've got it Elaine! Will have hubby ship it out this week. Thank you.
hugs,

Just to let you all know I am giving away two VMC greens All passion Spent and South Riding and a Persephone The Far Cry on my blog a random draw will take place on Wednesday night UK time.

Http://heavenali.WordPress.com

Although I got a lot of Viragos for Christmas many of them were duplicates so they are available to the rest of the group. The usual conditions - I'll send anywhere but surface mail outside Europe.

Original Greens
The Orchid House (TV tie-in picture)
Anderby Wold
A Pin to See the Peepshow

2nd Style Greens
The Enchanted April (TV tie-in picture)
The Diviners

Latest Coloured Style
The Magic Toyshop
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
Invitation to the Waltz
The Return of the Soldier - part of the World War One reading year.

I shall be coming to the London meet-up on 23rd March so if anyone who will see me there wants one (or more) I can bring them then.

I would love The Diviners (assuming that's the Margaret Laurence), please, since I don't have a Virago copy.

Is it 22 or 23 March?

Certainly, Luci. It's the Saturday, isn't it, so that will be 22nd. Will I see you there or shall I post it?

I hope to come though I'm not certain, because I have a clash of things that day.

Well, I'll be happy to send it if you let me know your address.

Thanks, I'm leaning towards the idea that I'm coming at the moment though.

Kerry, nobody has asked for A Pin to See the Peepshow in original green? I would love to replace my green Penguin with a Virago copy unless somebody else doesn't have it all. If I'm reading you correctly, you will send to USA by surface mail. That would suit me perfectly, and I thank you very much for considering such a gift!

Peggy, you are welcome to it. Leave me a message with your address and I will send A Pin to See the Peepshow off on its sea voyage.

>58 LyzzyBee: LizzyBee
Finally received Armour Wherein He Trusted which you posted on Nov 28, 2013 - exactly three months ago! Thanks so much!

>97 CDVicarage: Kerry,

if they are still available, I would love to have:
The Orchid House
The Magic Toyshop
Our Spoons Came From Woolworths
Invitation to the Waltz

However, I am in Toronto Canada so if that is too much I will understand.

Cathy

> Alexdaw
If it is still available I would love to have Loving Without Tears but I am in Toronto so if that is too much I will understand.

>106 ccookie: That is fine. I am pleased to send them to a good home. I'll investigate the cheapest way to parcel them up, so they may come in batches!

ETA: I'll need your address! Leave me a pm on my profile page.

>105 ccookie: goodness me! At least it did arrive!

>109 LyzzyBee: I know, crazy, eh? It must have gotten lost because I recently ordered a Persephone and it came in less than 2 weeks!

Edited to add that Laura picked this up from me at PBS

I have a couple of green dupes to offer - I'd prefer to send them in the UK if anyone from there wants them, as the budget is a bit all over the place after recent spending!

The Quest for Christa T - Christa Wolf - later green
A Touch of Mistletoe - Barbara Comyns - an original green but a bit battered and with a line down the spine (I owe this to Simon's encouragement to buy books in Henry Pordes - he's a bad influence and I forgot I already had this but upgraded my copy!)

I have a duplicate of Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage v 1 in original Virago green. Any takers?

>113 lauralkeet: Laura, if there are no other takers, I have that on my wishlist, and would be delighted.

Great Colleen, just PM me your address!

Thank you, Laura. PM sent. :)

Karen, I would love The Quest for Christa T if it's still available.

>117 Soupdragon: Yes, Dee, it still is! So I will send it off to you - assuming you haven't moved, I still have your address!

Thank you Karen, that's wonderful! Yes, I'm still at the same address.

I already have A Touch of Mistletoe and loved it. It seems increasingly difficult to find, so I would encourage any UK LTer thinking of taking up Karen's offer to do so!

>112 kaggsy: & >119 Soupdragon: I wasn't going to ask for A Touch of Mistletoe because I felt as if I'd bought far too many books on our lovely bookshop trawl through London but if it's still going spare and Dee especially recommends it..... (please someone else from the UK shout if you want it though - I feel very rich in Viragoes at the moment)

>120 souloftherose: That's absolutely fine Heather - if no-one else shouts I will happily send it to you. I like my spares to go to a good home! Just PM me your address!

120 & 121: I'm happy to have been involved in the re- homing of a VMC, especially one of my favourites and one that is now out-of-print again. I don't know why Virago haven't republished it but suspect it might be to do with its similarities to our Spoons Came from Woolworths.

>122 Soupdragon: :))))

>120 souloftherose: No-one else has claimed this, so if you want to send your address Heather I can send the book on Saturday!

>123 kaggsy: Thank you Karen - I've pm'ed you with my address :-)

Having just had a bit of a lapse with The Book People (ahem! 10 Mary Stewarts for £6), I thought I would offer these spares here (although they are not Virago) before putting them up on RISI:

Wildfire at Midnight
Airs Above the Ground

I will have to restrict to UK this time if anyone wants them.

>125 kaggsy: a bit of a lapse with The Book People HA!

>126 lauralkeet: :) Well, I was doing an order for work and it was free postage and the Mary Stewarts were in the sale at 10 books for £6 - what could I do???? ;)

My brain has obviously completely turned to mush :s Went to put The Children on my list and shelf, only to discover I already have it in an old green.... Therefore if anyone in the UK would like a new-cover brand new version, just say so.......

>127 kaggsy: oh I know! (said in a Sybil Fawlty voice of course)

As I said awhile back, I have a 1952 Penguin edition (green) of A Pin to See the Peep Show that I will happily send within the continental US. The pages are very tanned, it has a used bookstore stamp inside, the print is Penguin-tiny, but it is in quite readable condition. This is a real group book: Barbara sent it to me, and I'm happy to send it to somebody else.

>130 LizzieD: Well, Peggy, as I've neglected my Virago reading AND collecting of late, I believe I will take advantage of your offer of A Pin to See the Peep Show. Let me know if you don't have my address (it hasn't changed).

I did!? I have no memory of it at all.

Thank you Karen/Kaggsy for my VMC copy of The Diviners which arrived this morning, lovely condition too. I think I now have 3 copies of the book (but only one Virago), the others are a lovely University of Chicago edition, afterword by Margaret Atwood and a tatty New Canadian library copy which also has an introduction. I now have 4 out of 5 Manawaka books in VMC (don't think they published the 5th) and 4 out of 5 in Canadian editions (not A Jest of God).

Time for a reread of the whole series, I think. I first read them at 19, and I've reread two more recently but The Stone Angel was probably still 10 years ago.

>133 elkiedee: Thanks for the thanks Luci, but I think it might have been Kerry, not me, who sent The Diviners!!

>133 elkiedee: Luci, your touchstone for The Diviners goes to some teen paranormal book - I clicked on it because I didn't recognise the title (I haven't yet read any ML). Thankfully the link to The Stone Angel pointed me in the right direction!

Sorry, thank you Kerry for The Diviners - a very lovely copy.

Sorry you had to wait so long, Luci, and glad it arrived safely.

Doing a little much-needed tidying of my desk in search of a book that I know must be there somewhere, I came across a duplicate copy of In a Summer Season. It's the latest style cover, printed 2012 and I'm happy to send it to anyone who would like it.

>132 romain: Barbara, you did, and now it's on it's way to Linda!
Genny, read Margaret Laurence as soon as possible!!!

>139 LizzieD: Yes ma'am! I do have a copy of The Fire Dwellers with me - the only one of hers I own so far. I see that it is no. 3 in the Manawaka cycle. Is this cycle something that needs to be read in order or can I safely start with no. 3?

There's no reason why you have to read them in any particular order, they're really a group of novels rather than a sequential series.

That's good to know. Now I can obey Peggy's orders!

I'm much relieved although I really like to be able to come after you for non-compliance, Genny!

I had a lovely lucky find or two in the charity shops this weekend:

http://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/find-of-the-week/

Yes, I know this is the wrong thread, but it's meant I have a couple of duplicates to offer:

The Constant Nymph - original green but a bit battered with fold line on front cover
The Towers of Trebizond - modern Flamingo, an ex library but in pretty good nick

Would prefer to send to the UK owing to hideous postal rates!

>108 CDVicarage:
Got my FOUR Viragos in the mail today. Thank you so much!!
I am very excited!

BTW, I chuckled when I saw your return address since I am currently reading Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

>145 ccookie: Glad they've arrived safely after their long sea voyage!

Our current vicarage is a fairly modern house but our previous one was a large, Victorian one in huge grounds, which could have made a good set for a dramatization of Murder at the Vicarage. I ran it without servants...

... chuckle ... "I ran it without servants..."

That made me giggle too.

>146 CDVicarage: "I ran it without servants"....and without murders, I assume?

>149 laytonwoman3rd: she's not telling. I'm calling Poirot.

>150 lauralkeet: Should investigation be required it was more a Miss Marple type village, but there were no murders there in our time!

To update, I now have the following dupes available:

The Constant Nymph - original green but a bit battered with fold line on front cover
The Constant Nymph - original green - edges a bit bumped but not too bad
The Towers of Trebizond - modern Flamingo, an ex library but in pretty good nick
West with the Night - green spin, but reprint with pictorial front cover
The Lost Traveller - original green
Beyond the Glass - original green

As I said before, I'd prefer to send them to the UK owing to postage costs but if nobody in the UK wants them I would consider overseas by surface mail!

If no one in the UK requests them, I would love to have:

The Constant Nymph - either one of them
The Towers of Trebizond
West with the Night
The Lost Traveller and Beyond the Glass - I have them but in the Lester, Orpyn and Denis version (Black) and would love the Green

edited: Oops! Just realized that I do have Beyond the Glass in a green.

If no one in the UK requests them, I would love to have:

The Constant Nymph - either one of them (as it's been on my wishlist for a long time now).
The Towers of Trebizond

Surface mail is fine but I quite understand if postage is too much.

I think I have bagged West with the night over on Karen's blog but am happy to let it go elsewhere as I have read it just don't have my own copy. Though I think I would have to re-read it.

S'okay Ali - it will be save me postal costs if Cathy doesn't mind. I will send Cathy a Nymph and a Lost Traveller, Grant a Nymph and Belva bagged Trebizond earlier today.

So that just leaves Beyond the Glass - which if no-one wants I will stick on RISI.

Remember, too that I already have a Black copy of Lost Traveller so if someone else wants it I am ok with that.

If no-one else wants it, could I have Beyond the Glass please?

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I also have an original green copy of South Riding by Winifred Holtby looking for a good home. It's in very good condition. Outside Europe I will need to send by surface mail.

Heather, I'd love South Riding, please. I always prefer to have the original green!

158> - it's yours Heather - I'll get this off to you later this week!

Oh. This is exciting! I just started collecting Viragos and I posted in the 2014 Wishlist not too long along ago. Does anyone have any duplicates of Semi-Attached Couple or Belinda by Rhonda Broughton or The Corn King and The Spring Queen? Those are the three I'm most interested in right now ^_^

Hi there Shy, welcome to the group. I just took a look at your profile and see you're a Paperbackswap member. I've had pretty good luck getting VMCs there by wish listing Virago editions.

Poo, I just realized that I can only add 200 books with my free membership. That really stinks. :'( 10 dollars a year is silly. I think I'll only come here for groups and recommendations.

Have they changed the 'forever' membership? When I joined I paid a one time fee (forget the amount but it wasn't awfully much), never have to pay again & can have as many books in my library as I collect &/or read.

I think lifetime membership is still on the basis of "$25 or whatever you can afford" which can be less than that. IMO it's the best $25 I've ever spent!

>165 Sakerfalcon:: I agree! The lifetime membership is the way to go.

I bought a lifetime membership and am glad I did, but you can still enjoy this by just participating in groups.

Yes, I did a lifetime too and I'm glad I did - it's definitely worth doing!

On the topic of VMCs, mmy dads ordering me 18 for my 21st birthday. ^-^ It was on June 1st, so he's getting them for me for forgiveness for forgetting.

Semi Attached Couple, Mrs. Palfrey, The Corn King and The Spring Queen, Love Letters Between and Nobleman and His Sister, Moonraker, Belinda, Crossriggs, Marriage, Deerbrook, A Description of Millenium, Miss Mole, Enchanted April, The Three Miss Kings, Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, Ladies of Lyndon, Miss Marjoribanks, Troy Chimneys and Maurice Guest.

Ones I'm still looking for: All Passion Spent, Susan Spray, A Pin To See The Peepshow, The Beth Book, Angel, Young Entry, Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Travel Light, The Flint Anchor, That Lady, The Clever Woman of The Family, The Tortoise and the Hare, Devoted Ladies, Sheltered Life, Red Pottage, Lucy Gayheart, Peking Picnic, Pirates At Play, The Reef, The Way Of An Eagle, Marcella, Family History, Mad Puppetstown, and the rest of the VMCs by Mrs. Ophliant: The Rector and The Doctor's Family, Salem Chapel, The Perpetual Curate and Phoebe Junior.

Ladies and Grant: books were posted off today!

Ali and Heather - your inland volumes have gone 2nd class
Belva, Grant and Cathy - your overseas volumes have gone what is now called International Economy so could take several months to reach you - I hope they eventually arrive and that you enjoy them!

>170 kaggsy::
Karen, I thank you so much and am quite content with the long wait. I know that postage has become so dear. The last time I sent a book overseas it cost well over the dollar value of the book. I wish we had (or perhaps we do by now) the International Economy here.

>169 toast_and_tea::
Shy, what a wonderful gift your father is giving you. That is awesome! Not too often one can honestly say that they are happy someone forgot their birthday but I bet you can now. :-)

>171 rainpebble: No problem Belva - I hope you enjoy it! Although the postage cost was much more than the book cost, I'm glad it's going to someone who will appreciate it (I like to rescue lost books.....)

>169 toast_and_tea: They certainly are wonderful books - it's always good to get gifts you actually want.....! :)

I replaced my mutilated copy of The Way Things Are through PBS, and the book arrived today. So now I can offer a reading copy with an inch cut off down the right side of the front cover and one "Not for Sale" stamp." It's an original US Penguin green, unread, so at least the spine looks good. And, as I say, it is a fine reading copy. I'm sorry that I can send it only to the continental US, but there it is up for grabs.
>169 toast_and_tea: Hannah, that's an amazing list! I hope your father forgets your birthday again next year! (I'd love to know where he found The Corn King and the Spring Queen and whether there's another available for not too much $.)

>170 kaggsy: thank you Karen :)

You know what? I went ahead and ordered a copy of *CK & SQ* from AwesomeBooks along with Millennium Hall, and I'm glad.

Try abebooks.com, half.com, or the amazon marketplace under used. Ebay too maybe.

>170 kaggsy: Kaggsy
Thanks so much! These Virago-ites are generous people.

Right...as per note in Twenty Fabulous Finds, Caspar picked up a duplicate for me at the recent Lifeline Bookfest The Fly on the Wheel by Katherine Cecil Thurston. Does anyone want it?

>178 alexdaw: Well, yes, I would, but I'm extremely conscious of postage costs these days and I don't want to appear greedy. Also I haven't found any duplicates myself for quite a while (though I did give a friend 4 VMC's to "start her off" as nobody else wanted them).

>170 kaggsy: Thank you very much, indeed. This was the top one on my wishlist for a long time otherwise I wouldn't have asked.

Anyone have Pirates At Play?

>179 europhile: No problem Grant - hope it doesn't take *too* long to arrive!

>179 europhile: europhile - never greedy...enthusiastic...I like enthusiasm ...I shall pop it in the post as soon as I can. Nice to be able to send something across the ditch :)

>159 CDVicarage: Kerry, I probably should have said when I posted that I seem to be a bit disorganised at the moment but I will try and post it to you this week. I don't think I have your address - could you pm me please?

>169 toast_and_tea: What a lovely book haul for your birthday :-)

>170 kaggsy: It's arrived! Thank you :-)

>183 souloftherose: - Yay! Enjoy, Heather!

>170 kaggsy: Mine has arrived too. Several months? It was only about 6 days - sometimes the post is amazing. Thank you very much.

>185 europhile: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!! I have a suspicion that this might be down to the inexperience of the Post Office clerk. I explained I wanted the cheapest option, i.e. what used to be surface mail. It's now called International Economy and in her innocence she stuck air mail stickers on. Maybe they just assumed while the parcel was in transit that it *was* an air parcel even though the postage sticker presumably said something else! Anyway, I'm so glad it reached you quickly!!

We have international economy rates too but they sometimes go airmail anyway just because it's easier somewhere along the line.

I'm looking for All Passion Spent, Angel, The Beth Book, Christopher and Columbus, Devoted Ladies, Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Family History, The Flint Anchor, The House In Dormer Forest, Hunt The Slipper, Loving and Giving, Lucy Gayheart, Luminous Isle, Mad Puppetstown, Marcella, Maurice Guest, Peking Picnic, A Pin To See The Peepshow, Pirates At Play, Red Pottage, The Reef, Roman Fever, Sheltered Life, Susan Spray, That Lady, The Tortoise and The Hare, Travel Light, Treasure Hunt, The Way Of An Eagle, and Young Entry.

>188 toast_and_tea::
Shy, our group has a wish list located here:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/171177#

You might put your desired Virago on that list. It really comes in handy especially during our Virago Secret Santa time.
Happy hunting. :-)

>170 kaggsy::
Karen, my book arrived 2 days ago & I was so shocked. Like Grant, I was prepared to wait a few months for it. Thank you so very much.

' "Take my camel, dear," said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return to High Mass.' Thus starts, with one of the most famous opening lines in modern English literature, Rose Macaulay's classic novel, The Towers of Trebizond"

~from the back of the book

I must say that I am quite intrigued and will probably read this one during this month.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! And for the note as well. I love the artwork at the top. (((♥)))

>191 rainpebble: I'm so pleased Belva! It's astonishing the speed they arrived in - but I'm happy about that! I haven't read this myself, but the opening alone is wonderful! Enjoy! X

>191 rainpebble: I loved The Towers of Trebizond, read it about 30 years ago - must be due for a re-read!

I also loved it Genny but in my case it was as much because I am fascinated by Turkey. Trebizond I had never heard of and when I investigated it on line found this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Pisanello_-_St_George_and_the...

Gorgeous except for the hanging men on one side. :)

If the link doesn't work, it was a lovely painting of St George and the Princess of Trebizond.

>194 romain:, 195:
Was this it Barbara? There were better ones but I was unable to snag them.

>193 gennyt: & 194: romain
I am so glad to hear good things about it. I plan to read it sometime in the remainder of the month. Thank you, Genny & Barbara for sharing how well you liked it & I especially thank Karen for the gift of the book itself. We shall see how willing I am to pass it along after completion.
hugs ladies,

Yes that was it Belva - thanks. Some people didn't like the book last year. As you know, we all have different tastes so you may or may not like it. I read her Told by an Idiot several years ago and could not get into it.

I'll take my chances. :-)

>170 kaggsy:
Karen,

Received my two books today! 10days not 3 months!!

Thanks so much!!

Yay! The post office have surpassed themselves this time!! :)))))

I have

Tillie Olsen's Tell me a Riddle & Yonnondio in a second-generation green, spine is very sun lightened to a blue colour, one crease, edges of cover slightly chipped, my name and a date inside front cover.

Attia Hosain SUnlight on a Broken Column original green, some chipping to edge of spine and covers, no creasing to spine, my name and date and place of purchase inside front cover, pencil pricing on first page.

Surface mail overseas from the UK - anyone want?

I'd like Sunlight on a Broken Column, Liz -- if you don't mind sending it across the pond. I'm in no hurry.

Liz,
I would love to have Tell me a Riddle & Yonnondio. As you know I'm in Canada and if you decide to send it to me, I have moved so will have to give you my new address.

It's been ages since I was here, but I come back bearing gifts! Well, a gift - I have a spare The Skin Chairs by Barbara Comyns in green VMC (a little battered, but not too awful). Would especially love to send to a Comyns fan, but will send to anyone else - with preference for UK, but can be flexible!

I have a spare copy of The Curate's Wife. It's an original green but with the Penguin on the top right of the front cover, which means it's an American edition, I think. It's in good condition; the back cover has been creased but the front and spibe are smooth. Outside Europe goes by Surface Mail but I'll send it anywhere.

I've also got a latest edition (printed 2011) of A Game of Hide and Seek in very good condition to give away. I'm keeping my original green!

Kerry, I would love The curate's wife if no-one else wants it.

>208 Sakerfalcon: Certainly, Claire. I'll need your address.

CdVicarage, may I have A Game Of hide And Seek if it's not already claimed?

>210 toast_and_tea: Certainly you may, Hannah. I'll need your address, please. You're in America, I think, so surface mail, which may take up to six weeks though it often arrives sooner.

I picked up duplicate copies of Jenny Wren and Shutter of Snow at a book sale the other day. Happy to send them around the USA or Canada.

Update: These have both been claimed!

I have a duplicate of G. B. Stern's The Matriarch in Penguin green. Anyone interested?

>214 lauralkeet: Dare I ask if you're prepared to send abroad Laura? If you're not, I'll quite understand, but if you are I'd be keen because I've yet to try any Stern.

>215 kaggsy: sure Karen, I can do that. I have your address in the Secret Santa database so I'm good to go!

>216 lauralkeet: Thanks *so* much Laura!

Today I upgraded my Virago Traveller High Albania so I have a spare to offer here, which is pretty good anyway, with some block tanning and a couple of marker lines on the top and bottom block. I'd prefer UK but will send overseas if no-one here wants it - surface mail, obviously!

>213 sibylline:
Would love to have Jenny Wren and Shutter of Snow! Am in Toronto, Canada.

I have a bunch of titles to offer here:

Frost in May - Antonia White (a Black Lester & Orpen Dennys version - 1981)

The Lost Traveller - Antonia White (a Black Lester & Orpen Dennys version - 1981)

Beyond the Glass - Antonia White (a Black Lester & Orpen Dennys version - 1981)

Blow Your House Down - Pat Barker (modern - 2002)

People have been so generous sharing with me I am happy to send these anywhere!

>220 ccookie: Yes please for Blow Your House Down. I thought Union Street was very good indeed and would like to read more by her (including The Regeneration trilogy, which I already have).

Grant!~! So lovely to 'see' you here. We have been missing you.
I am planning to read The Regeneration Trilogy most likely in the Fall or Winter. I've heard really good things about these books.

Grant,
I haven't been on the computer much lately so just saw your post now. Please PM me your address and I will get Blow Your House Down away to you asap.

>213 sibylline: Thanks very much to you sibyx. The books arrived today. I have now added Jenny Wren and Shutter of Snow to my Virago shelf!

These are not Viragos, but as part of my ongoing cull I've been listing loads of stuff on ReadItSwapIt. If anyone is desperate for any of these give me a shout and I'll see what I can do - I like them to go to a good home..... :

http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/UserBooks.aspx?UserID=80011

>225 kaggsy::
Karen, I would love to have Ottoline Morrell: Life On The Grand Scale if possible? Just let me know either way. Thank you.
(I like the set-up of ReadItSwapIt.)
belva

>226 rainpebble: You certainly may Belva - I will sort this out and get it out to you. I'm glad it's going to a good home!

Yes, RISI is quite user-friendly I find! I get on better with it than I did with Bookmooch!

Karen, is the offer still open? I would LOVE to have The Hare with Amber Eyes if you still have it, and if it takes 3 months to get here, I'll be thrilled at day 3 months + 1.

Yes of course Peggy - I will get this off to you in the next few days.

Belva, your book was sent today - hope it reaches you eventually!!

>229 kaggsy::
Thank you so much Karen. I think I have plenty to keep me busy until it arrives whenever that may be. I appreciate your kind & giving heart. ♥

>228 LizzieD: Just to let you know your book went off today, Peggy - hope it doesn't take too long! :)

kaggsy, are you able to get the Gormenghast Trilogy over to the US? Let me know, I'd love to read it!

>232 toast_and_tea: I'll look into the cost, Hannah, and let you know!

Hi Hannah - I will have to send this sloooooow mail as it's very heavy - do you want to pm me your address? Karen

Excitement reigns! Thank you, Karen - just as Belva says!

No probs - I'm always happy if I know my books are going where they'll be loved!!

Picked this up in a charity shop today for 50p - I don't want to read it myself, having looked at the back, but am happy to send it on to someone else who wants it:

Women in the Wall by Julie O'Faolain

As I've sent a few volumes overseas recently, I *prefer* to keep this one to inland!! :)

Anyone who reads my blog will have noticed that I'm having a bit of a clear out at the moment, as space (and weight!) is causing concern. At the weekend I tackled the Viragos and discovered I had a considerable number of dupes, many where I'd replaced new cover copies with original greens. I've also been a bit ruthless and tried to ask myself honestly if I'm likely to read certain books. So I have for offer the following and again would prefer to keep them inland but will consider overseas if anyone is desperate! If no-one wants them, the charity shops locally will love me!! :)

MODERN COVERS

Union Street - Pat Barker
Liza's England - Pat Barker
The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall
Our Spoons Came from Woolworths - Barbara Comyns (x 2 - one with dog and one with most recent cover)
Elizabeth and her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
The Edwardians - Vita Sackville West
Frost in May - Antonia White
The Land of Green Giner - Winifred Holtby
Precious Bane - Mary Webb
Kingfishers Catch Fire - Rumer Godden
Breakfast with the Nikolides - Rumer Godden
Black Narcissus - Rumer Godden
Good Behaviour - Molly Keane
Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

GREENS

Blow Your House Down - Pat Barker
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont - Elilzabeth Taylor ((black cover Dial Virago version)

MISC

The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant
The Collected Stories - Grace Paley

>238 kaggsy: I'd love The Yellow Wallpaper and Joanna (if that's not too greedy), Karen.

>239 CDVicarage: Not greedy at all Kerry - they're yours! I think I have your address if you're still at The Vicarage!

>240 kaggsy: Thanks, Karen. Yes, still at The Vicarage! I'll have to change my username when we move...

:)))))

Is the Grace Paley Collected Stories the Virago or another edition?

>243 elkiedee: It's a Virago edition, Luci, with a photo of Paley on the cover. A bit bumped, but it's yours if you want it!

>244 kaggsy: Yes please!

:) Just pm me your address Luci and I'll send it. I'm going to the post office tomorrow!

Hannah, Luci, Kerry and Ali - your books went off today! :)

Thanks!

Just discovered I still have The Bolter by Frances Osborne if anyone would like that!

>247 kaggsy: Thank you

#203 and 204 I accidentally hid this thread and had no idea anyone wanted them! Janeajones and crookie please PM me your addresses and I'll send them on! Sorry!

I've also just discovered a duplicate Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome - it's a Wordsworth American Classics version and although not a Virago is a Virago author if anyone wants it!

Thank you, Kaggsy, my pristine copy of The Edwardians arrived this morning!

Yay! Glad it reached you safely Liz!

After my recent shopping I have some duplicates to offer:

The Weather in the Streets, second green style
The Fountain overflows, modern coloured cover

I can't remember if I've offered these before and no-one wanted them but I'll mention them again:

No Fond Return of Love
In a Summer Season, both modern coloured covers.

I'll send anywhere but outside Europe goes Surface Mail.

>249 kaggsy: Karen, I have sat on my hands and not asked for this one since you have already sent one across to me, and I really don't want to be greedy. On the other hand, nobody has snapped it up, and I would really enjoy seeing The Bolter if you're willing to send it. You probably want to get the book out of the house, so if you prefer to take it somewhere local, I'll understand completely. But if you can do the surface mail postage again, I'll thank you, and if it's next month or the next, I'll thank you then too.

>256 LizzieD: I'm happy to send this to you Peggy - no problem! It will go off surface mail later this week!

Karen, you are the best! Thank you.

Yesterday I enjoyed meeting up with Heather and Genny with Hannah from the 75books group, we were later joined by Liz. I resisted all book buying *polished halo* but grateully recieved two books rom Genny. However on returning home I realised I alreadu had one of them. Oops! So therefore I have a green edition of Full House by Molly Keane up for grabs. I will send anywhere - but overseas will have to wait till after payday and I'm afraid will be sent by service mail.

That's one I haven't got, Ali. I'd love to have your spare, please, and no rush!

Brilliant Kerry I'm sure I have your address somewhere, but if you could just remind me of it to make sure I get it right :) I'll send it out soon.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Virago-modern-classics-Romance-novels-set-of-14-/1114718...

Just found this on Ebay for newer collectors. 14 VMc's, most original green, for $15 including shipping. The books seem to be in decent shape from the photo.

>262 Liz1564: Oh wow, I have most of them and have read the E.H. Youngs and the Holtby. All very good.
Note that $15 is the starting bid, and there are no bids yet. The auction ends Oct 02, 2014 at 07:09:31 PDT. Most of the bidding action -- if there is any -- will likely occur near the ending time.

A nice selection for US collectors - but "romance novels"??? That's a bit dismissive!!

>264 kaggsy: yeah that kind of made me gag. Clearly the seller doesn't know anything about the books.

That may be an advantage - I don't know how much the shipping would be in the US but here it would cost that if not more to post 14 books. Good luck to anyone who decides to bid.

Two hours to go and still no bids. I suspect the "romance' category may have skewed the auction. That is a lovely copy of Celia.

Well, no one offered a bid on the Viragoes. What a shame.

They've been re-listed, I think.

I know it is VSS season and people may be nervous of accepting new books however...
My mum has a very good condition copy of Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby that she just finished reading (suspect she was slightly underwhelmed though I really enjoyed it when I read it). It is one of the modern editions with the railway covers. If anyone would like it let me know, and I'll arrange getting it from her to me to you :)

Did anyone ask for The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter. It was an October Early Review offering. I just finished reviewing it and would be happy to pass it on. Won't be published until March 2015 and apparently it is getting a real push in the publicity dept. There are comparisons to Byatt...

If anyone stateside would like a green copy of Lady Audley's Secret, just let me know. It's in fairly good condition.

>271 Cariola::
Deborah, I would love a green copy of Lady Audley's Secret please. Mine is being held together with rubberbands.

Belva, I will send it on tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I still have your address but will let you know if I don't. Enjoy!

Hey, just checking in to read the Secret Santa thread and saw the old-by-this-point offer of Anderby Wold... Had been meaning to look for it but haven't found it yet. I would certainly be interested if it's still a possibility. I love those new covers, myself!

>274 outrageoussocks: if my mum still has it and hasn't sent it to the charity shop I'll get it off her over Christmas and send it off in or just before the New Year.

>273 Cariola::
Thank you Deborah. I appreciate it.

>275 Heaven-Ali: hooray! Many many thanks, and please no rush to send it during the holidays! Truly appreciate it -- Holtby is so good a writer.

I have a few duplicates or simply ones that I do not plan to read again. I will have to list them one at a time due to the condition of our chequebook & postage. Sorry.

1st up is a perfectly good reading copy of Francis Marion Beynon's Aleta Dey. It's green beauty is a bit marred by the unsightly "Penguin Original" sticker.



(actual copy of book)

Belva, I would love this copy of Aleta Day. I am in Toronto Canada so if that is too costly for you please feel free to send it to someone closer.

Nope, I will be happy to send it to you Cathy. Postage is however the reason I am not listing all of these at once. No funds to send 7 books out into the big wide world at once. When we get paid again I will throw another one up on the thread.
I do not have your address. Would you please P.M. it to me & I can have this one in the post within the next couple of days and thank you for giving her a home.

As I found an almost perfect copy of Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West recently, I have a spare (pretty good quality) copy to offer. I'd prefer to send inland owing to postage costs, but if no-one in the UK wants it I'll consider surface mail abroad! :)

Karen, would you please put me on the 'stand-by' list for abroad? Thank you. I have no expectations. :-)

Because of the changes in PBS, I am offering the contents of my bookshelf here. (I want to spend my current credits there and don't need any more!) So, please, if anyone wants any of these books, they are yours. And the more one person orders, the less I spend on postage. Stateside only, please. If UK VCM members want a book, I'll get it to you in August via meeting or royal mail.

Non Virago editions:

Cassandra-Wolf
Charms for an Easy Life-Gibbons
Ellen Foster-Gibbons
Mary Oliver A Life (Dial)-Sinclair
No Place on Earth-Wolf
The Richer, The Poorer-West
Story of an African Farm-Schreiner
Unlit Lamp (Dial)-Hall Also have a second generation VCM.

Other

The fixer-Malamud
Indiana-George Sand
Mortimer Wheeler-Hawkes

Hello Elaine. Welcome home. I hope your weather is not too dismal at home.
Might I please request some of your Brit crime books? Just what is leftover after the requests would suit me fine. Thank you dear lady.
hugs,
belva

Great! That would be False Inspector Drew, Fete Fatale, Rogue's Life, Stoneware Monkey, and Tales of Mystery. Will mail when the blizzard stops.

Elaine

Thank you Elaine.
It does sound like you are getting hammered back there. Meantime out here we have had no winter at all. Rather stange.

>283 Liz1564: I'd love the copy of Brown girl, brownstone, Elaine, and am happy to wait until August for it. It means we'll have to meet up again :-)

Not duplicates, but an offer to all my VMC friends--and perhaps a chance to pick up a VMC or two for free:

PaperbackSwap is going to start instituting membership fees or per-swap fees starting on February 15. I have over 100 credits, have only used a handful in the past year, and do NOT intend to pay for this service. (I will get more out of donating books to the library's annual sale and claiming a tax deduction.) So--if any of you stateside see any books at PBS that you want, let me know ASAP, and I'll have them sent to you.

I will take you up on that offer, Deborah. I would love books 12, 13 and 14 of Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott series. (Winter's Child, Hard Row, and Death's Half Acre. They all seem to be available on PBS. I think there's going to be quite a backlash about this change, at least among the LT crowd!

I don't have any credits to share, but if anyone wants any of the books I have listed on PBS, let me know, and I'll get them sent off to you. I'm laytonwoman3rd there as well. I'll be removing my books from the site before the 15th.

Likewise, though I'll only send in the USA, if anyone wants anything from my PBS shelf, message me the titles and your address on librarything. I wanna get rid of them, anything leftover will go to my annual summer yard sale--maybe make some bucks to get some highly anticipated kindle books..

>289 laytonwoman3rd: Just send me your address and I'll have them shipped directly to you. Happy to help--I'd much rather give the $300 I spent on postage to friends than to the greedy, grubbing PBS. What do they need that money for anyway? They already sell books and credits and other stuff, and since the computer program does all the work, and volunteers answer questions, they can't have more than 4 or 5 paid employees.

Oh, and they get kickbacks from Amazon when you buy books thru PBS.

>289 laytonwoman3rd::
Linda, I would love to have Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, The Memory Keeper's Daughter & Miss Bugle Saw God in the Cabbages if they are still available please.

Like Linda I have no credits to share but I do have a few books listed that any of you are welcome to. Most likely I too will pull mine by the 15th. Stateside only, I am afraid and you may need to await a payday. :-( sorry......
Oh, I believe that on PBS, I am nannybebette.

>288 Cariola::
Deborah, I too will take you up on your very kind offer.
I am trying at the moment to gather together Joyce Carol Oates' collections of shorts and would love to have the following which are listed on PBS:
All have arrived but:
Faithless: Tales of Transgression.

Thank you for your generosity Deb.

Belva, that's fine--I will order all seven for you. I still have your address.

Thank you very much Deborah.
Cheers,

Belva, five of these books are on the way. I could not find copies of Small Avalanches or Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Since PBS sent the emails, people have been either buying up books to use their credits or taking down their bookshelves. I don't blame them--this is a real ripoff. This morning I cancelled an order because I frankly did not want to invest another $3 in shipping for a credit that I would have to pay another 49 cents to use.

Understandable, Deborah.
Thank you for ordering the 5. I am tickled that you were able to get Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway (P.S.). Now to just hope that the owners of the bookshelves will accept the requests.

Three of them are hardcover. :)

Ohhhhhhhh :0

Belva, so sorry, but I just got an email from PBS saying the person wh listed Wild Nights! cancelled it--"No longer available." They don't have any other copies. :(

Interesting backlash and scheming! I decided to use some credits today too, but don't see myself using all of the credits I have left. I'm trying to decide whether to bail completely or leave my wish list up and pay the fee for the occasional VMC that pops up.

>301 Cariola::
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!~!

I have 2 VMC to offer.
The first is Antonia White's Beyond the Glass. It does have a sticker on the front reading "NOW A MAJOR BBC TV Production". You will find it a bit rough around the edges but a perfectly good reading copy.
The 2nd is Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome with the movie tie-in photo on the front.

Please let me know if you would like one or both.

>303 rainpebble: Belva, I suspect the member did exactly what I did--didn't need the point, decided not to pay to swap, cancelled the order.

>302 lauralkeet: Laura, I don't know that I'd call it scheming--people paid to send out books and they just want the swaps they're entitled to, without paying again. A LOT of people are either bailing entirely or just keeping a few points and a free wish list. That's what I'll be doing, and it will have to be a book I REALLY want before I'll pay another 49 cents.

>304 rainpebble: I would love the Jenny Uglow if that is possible. I have other biographies of Eliot and have wanted to read this one.

I wasn't familiar with PBS, so it has been interesting following this thread. I like the way this group shares and it is a great way to prune. I will be doing more of that this spring in preparation for moving, so will have some books to offer here.

Deb - I am not sure if my last message got to you but the books I asked you about are still showing on PBS. I really don't know what to do myself about PBS because I got a lot of kids' books off there last year. 95 actually. Do we have to pay that 49c before the middle of Feb?

>293 rainpebble: OK, Belva...you got 'em. I'll try to get them in the mail tomorrow.

>301 Cariola: I wonder if a lot of people will just withdraw their books now. I considered it, but I think I will leave a few up for the time being. Unless they all get claimed here, of course!

>307 romain: Sent you a PM. The editions are listed, but the books are not available for ordering.

>308 laytonwoman3rd: It's already happening. Mass exodus over there. I'm planning to use the bulk of my remaining credits on books to donate to the local library's sale, so I can get a tax deduction. I'll leave a few there in case anything hard to find that I really want ever comes up. From now on it will be my boxes and stacks of TBRs, the library, and using Amazon gift cards earned from MyPoints. The remaining credits I have at PBS and those I have at BookMooch represent over $1000 in postage paid to send other people my books. I can't afford to keep doing that once I retire.

>306 SassyLassy::
Sassy, of course you may have the Uglow. It is quite good.
Please P.M. your mailing address to me.

>308 laytonwoman3rd::
Thank you Linda.

>310 rainpebble: Thanks so much. I have responded by PM. This is a most amazing group when it comes to sharing (and everything else of course!).

Deborah, I did not mean to sound negative in using the word "scheming". I actually like the way people are looking to maximize benefit before the changes take effect. Sorry if I offended you or anyone with my poor choice of words.

>313 lauralkeet: Laura, no offense taken! It's the English teacher in me--words, you know!

Belva, Linda, and Barbara, please let me know when your books come in so that the shippers can get their credits. A number of them are already on the way.

Will do, Deborah.

What Linda said, Deb.

Deborah, I received one book today; details PM'd to you.

>318 laytonwoman3rd: Wow, that was fast!

Yup...it was mailed on Tuesday from right here in PA.

I'm late to the scouring. I went ahead and paid the $18 because my exchanges are pretty even there, and I don't know how I'd get to trade my little pile otherwise. I'm sorry that a good thing has gone bad.

I also paid the $18, Peg. And a 50c admin surcharge which made me angry. What was the $18 for?! But I do use the site regularly for non-VMC stuff. I did read some of the comments on the site and it seems that some people use it as a discussion forum and never trade at all. One person implied that some bookshelves consist entirely of un-owned books - just random ISBNs they have no intention of trading.

>283 Liz1564:: Elaine, if any of those books are still available, I'd love A Woman's Place and The Lacquer Lady. Thank you!

I have a couple of books to offer to anyone stateside: Year Before Last (green VMC) and A Note in Music (black Dial).

Right! So glad someone wanted them. PM me your address.

Mail is moving slowly out of Chicago. I sent something to Belva and it looks like it and my packages going west are stuck in Des Moines. God knows what is happening to the ones heading for the east coast.

Elaine

Hello peeps!

I have some Viragos to offer here as follows:

Kate O'Brien:

The Land of Spices (modern cover)
Without My Cloak (modern cover)
The Ante-Room (original green)

Agnes Smedley - Daughter of Earth (later green)

Enid Bagnold - The Squire (original green)

Maureen Duffy - The Microcosm (later green)

Molly Keane:

Devoted Ladies (original green, a bit battered)
Loving and Giving (modern cover)
Full House (original green)
The Rising Tide (original green)
Time after Time (modern cover)

Much as I would love to send them abroad, I will have to restrict to the UK for the time being as the costs for even surface mail abroad are very high. Let me know if you would like any of these!

Karen

I would love the land of spices - reviews look really intriguing - if ok to request as a usual lurker not contributor?!
Charlotte

Hi Karen. I would love The Ante-Room if it is still available.

>326 charl08: That's fine Charlotte - let me have your address and I'll send you the book.

>327 Soupdragon: Hi Dee, yes of course you may have it - I think I have your address so if it's not changed I'll send you the book.

Thank you, Karen! Yes, I'm still at the same address.

>325 kaggsy: Ooh - could I have The Squire please?

Thanks! Have pm'd the address.

>330 souloftherose: Of course you may, Heather!

>331 charl08: Thanks, Charlotte!

>293 rainpebble::
Laytonwoman3rd; Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, The Memory Keeper's Daughter & Miss Bugle Saw God in the Cabbages all arrived in today's post along with the lovely card. Thank you so very much. I think I will have to choose a 'month' in which to read 'Freedom'. It is massive!
Cheers,

If you're still offering Maureen Duffy's The Microcosm, I'd love it.

>334 janeajones: Yes, it's still available Jane - PM me your address and I'll put it in the post! :)

<>333 rainpebble: Yay! I read that tome many years ago, but I'm pretty sure it was worth the time.

Dee, Heather and Charlotte - your books went off today! :)

:-)

Thank you, Karen!

>339 Soupdragon: one of my very favorite books! (just have to pop my head up every now and then and repeat that opinion every now and then! Heh heh.) It is just so fun to see people just on the doorstep of a loved book!

I would love the Molly Keane books, but I live in the US :(

>341 toast_and_tea: I would love to be able to send them to you, Hannah, but I think the postage cost would be prohibitive. I will look into this and see if there is a less expensive shipping method I could find.

>340 outrageoussocks: Thanks Jen, that's good to hear :-)

Thanks for your generosity Karen - The Ponder Heart arrived yesterday.

>344 elkiedee: Glad it arrived safely Luci - you've been so generous with your books that I was happy to be able to send you one in return! :)

>337 kaggsy: Thank you Karen - The Squire was waiting for me when I got home after work yesterday which was a lovely way to end Monday :-)

A couple of duplicates to offer - these will go surface mail if you're outside of Europe (and I may not manage to post them very promptly).

Salem Chapel by Mrs Oliphant - original green in good condition, slight yellowing to pages
Pomfret Towers by Angela Thirkell - new Virago edition, good condition with a few dog-eared pages

I'd love the Mrs Oliphant, please, Heather. I'm in the UK but, even so, there's no hurry as I have a few books on my TBR pile already!

>347 CDVicarage: It's yours Kerry. Thanks to the changes to the comments feature I managed to find your address too!

>337 kaggsy: Book arrived! Thank you so much.

>346 souloftherose: >349 charl08: That's great! Enjoy! :)

I have a stack of duplicates - all green - that have been waiting for a while for find them new homes.

I'm sorry but those new homes are going to have to be in the UK

('Surface mail' is a thing of the past and its replacement - 'international economy' - well let's just say it isn't what its name suggests.)

The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley
Bobbin Up by Dorothy Hewitt
Blue Skies & Jack and Jill by Helen Hodgman
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter (the tv tie-in edition)
Painted Clay by Capel Boake
The Curate's Wife by E. H. Young (US edition with a Penguin instead of an apple)
Cindie by Jean Devanny
Sleepless Nights by Elizabeth Hardwick
A Sea-Grape Tree by Rosamond Lehmann
Open The Door! by Catherine Carswell (US edition with a Penguin instead of an apple)
Miss Mole by E H Young

Thanking the Lord that I needn't pout because I live on this side of the pond as I have these. Whew!~!

Jane, I feel a bit greedy requesting a book from you when you were such a generous Secret Santa but would love Bobbin Up if it is still available.

>353 Soupdragon: Not greedy at all to want to give a book a good home - I'll pop it into the post this weekend.

>354 BeyondEdenRock: Thank you!

>351 BeyondEdenRock: Cindie looks good Jane, if no one else wants it I would like it :)

>356 Heaven-Ali: She's yours!

I'll need your address again please, because I can't see the message it was in now.

Ali, Cindie is good. I know you'll enjoy it!

(U.S. only please)

NOT FOR THE COLLECTORS:
These are NOT VMC editions.

I have Feminist Press editions of Not So Quiet by Helen Zenna Smith and We That Were Young by Irene Rathbone. I read these for our Great War Theme Read last year & both were 5* reads for me. Wonderful reads, both.

Belva, since nobody else is responding, I'd love your copy of We That Were Young if you still have it to send. I can add my little voice to the praise for Not So Quiet if that helps anybody else.....

>351 BeyondEdenRock: FleurinherWorld: I've just seen your post. If you still have Painted Clay and The Curate's Wife I would love them.

(I'm in the UK, and will let you have the details if you are able to send these!)

>361 parmaviolet: The books are still here hoping for a new home and I'd love you to have them, so just send me the details in a private message and I'll send them along.

>360 LizzieD::
Peggy, it is yours of course. You might refresh my memory as to your mailing address please & I will get it off to you next week.
Thank you.

>351 BeyondEdenRock: FleurinherWorld: Thank you so much! I'll do that.

Yippee!!! Thank you, Belva!

>351 BeyondEdenRock: FleurinherWorld: The books have arrived. Thank you so much - and for the lovely cards!

>366 parmaviolet: You're very welcome - thank you for letting me know that they arrived safely.

Happiness! Belva's copy of We That Were Young came in the mail today. I'm excited to have it even if I can't start it right this minute. Thank you, Belva!!!!!

You are more than welcome Peggy. I thought it very good.

Very excited to find a package of books in the mail today--thank you, Elaine! I think my husband is going to enjoy The Lacquer Lady, too, although we both brought home enormous stacks from the library today, so it may be a little while before we get to it.

I can only blame the weather for the delay! And we got five inches of snow yesterday. Winter just doesn't want to let go!

I lucked out a little in the Samaritans Book Cave today(pics to follow) - some of them were upgrades, and so I have the following to offer (UK only to begin with as the postage prices have just gone up again :( which is a pain)

Elizabeth von Arnim - Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther
Mrs. Oliphant - The Rector and the Doctor's Family
Willa Cather - A Lost Lady

These three are original greens and the next is a modern cover:

Barbara Comyns - The Vet's Daughter

Oh man, I would love the oliphant and barbara, but I live in the US!!!

>372 kaggsy: Karen, could I put in a bid for Fraulein Schmidt and Mr Anstruther and The Rector and the Doctor's Family, please. I do have Gutenberg ebooks of them but I'd love to see them on my Virago shelves.

I also have a pile of duplicates to offer and I will try to get round to listing a batch later on today.

>374 CDVicarage: Of course you may Kerry - I will send them off to you with pleasure! :)

>373 toast_and_tea: I wish I *could* ship more books abroad but the postage costs just keep going though the roof - it's a real shame :(

>375 kaggsy: Thank you very much, but don't rush as I have a few books on my TBR pile already!

I've gathered together all my Virago duplicates in one place and I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I have seventeen volumes, but only fourteen titles. I will list them all now but if there is a rush I will have to timetable the sending over a few weeks or so. Like Karen, having looked at the new postage rates, I will give preference to those in the UK or Europe at the moment. **Open to the whole world now!**

Original Greens:
Lady Oracle (has had water damage but is now almost completely flat again)
The Passion of the New Eve (creasing to front cover)
A Stricken Field (has Penguin on the front cover and some sticker removal damage)
South Riding (looks unread)
A Game of Hide and Seek
Precious Bane (rathered battered front cover)
The Judge (two copies! one printed 1980 the other 1987; the older one is in better condition)
The Sugar House

Second Style Greens:
The Weather in the Streets (two copies)
Blaming

Modern Coloured:
Provincial Daughter (mint)
The Constant Nymph (mint)
In a Summer Season (two copies)
The Fountain Overflows (mint)
The Enchanted April (mint)
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont film tie-in cover (mint)

Added 20th July
The Land of Green Ginger
The Land of Spices
The Vet's Daughter

>373 toast_and_tea::
Not to feel bad, Shy. The Virago are so hard to find here in the U.S. that a few years ago I took to buying the non-Virago editions. I read them and then donate them out. You don't have the pretty green collectable covers but you do get to read the book. It works for me. It might for you as well.

>375 kaggsy: The books arrived today, Karen, and what lovely copies! Since you said you were upgrading I expected them to be at least a little bit battered but they are unmarked, thank you very much.

>379 CDVicarage: Glad they arrived safely Kerry! Yes, they were slight upgrades for me, but my originals were quite nice too. Pleased you like them - enjoy! :)

I have one lone duplicate Penguin greenie to send out to a loving U.S. home. My Next Bride by Kay Boyle. The bottom of the spine has a small bit peeled away as if there was once a sticker on it. Other than that it is in good shape.

(so sad that the cost of posting a wee book has become so prohibitive that we cannot send them out wherever as we used to)

>381 rainpebble: I find it awfully frustrating Belva - I'm still looking into alternative shipping methods as there are other companies that send abroad from here, but the savings tend to be on larger parcels. Very annoying, as I like my Viragos to go to homes that want them...

Hi everyone

I haven't been around this lovely group for yonks. Too busy with work I'm afraid. I have several duplicates for anyone who might like them in Australia or NZ...Caspar and I went a bit mad at the UQ Alumni book fair and even though I take a list I can still get too carried away with excitement...

Occasion for Loving Nadine Gordimer

The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim

William E H Young

Maurice Guest Henry Handel Richardson

Peking Picnic Ann Bridge

They are not in pristine condition - a few bent corners, fraying covers, stains but they are not too hideous.

PM me if they appeal.

Hope you are all well and happy.

Alex aka Luvvie

Anyone like a green edition of Beyond the Glass by Antonia White? I have a second copy. If US will have to send by surface mail.

>377 CDVicarage: I've added to my duplicates list above. Please claim some! I want to give them away to good homes. I'm happy to send overseas by surface mail, although not all at once. Please consider choosing two titles at a time as it is as cheap to send two books as one with the current cost bands.

Don't be diffident about claiming some: I have had many books from others on this list, in the UK and overseas, and I want to contribute to other bookshelves.

May I have A Stricken Field please Kerry?

>386 Soupdragon: Certainly, Dee, let me know your address. Is there another title you'd like as it will not add to the postage?

Thank you, Kerry! I'll PM you my address. Thank you also for your offer of a second book but (I'm slightly embarrassed to admit) I have all the others 😳

I upgraded my copy of The Ha-Ha by Jennifer Dawson today so if anyone in the UK wants a bumped and slightly bent one, let me know! :) (no longer available)

I have these duplicates to offer. I'll offer to post worldwide as I only have a few and it's been a while since I've had any to send. All original Virago green editions though the Stevie Smith isn't a VMC.

The Seventh Horse and Other Tales - Leonora Carrington - rather worn condition but couldn't leave this on the shelf knowing it was a hard-to-find VMC!

Harriet Hume - Rebecca West

Me Again: Uncollected Writings - Stevie Smith

Oooh, could I please have the Carrington, Dee? I've been after this for a while! :)

>391 kaggsy: I'd be delighted to send the Carrington to you, Karen. It's one I'd more or less given up on finding and then I found two in the space of a few months! I've just checked and I still have an address for you from 2012. Are you still there?

>392 Soupdragon: Thanks Dee, and yes I'm still at the same address! Much appreciated!

I now have a duplicate copy of A Favourite of the Gods by Sybille Bedford thanks to not taking my list into town with me today... It's a little bit bumped but up for grabs in the UK!

I accidentally bought a duplicate copy of a VMC of A Saturday Life by Radclyffe Hall - would anybody like it? Preferably UK...

Yes please, Simon!

Do look at >377 CDVicarage: in case there is anything I can send you, too.

Lovely Kerry! Could you remind me of your address, via PM?
And, oo, I would love The Passion of New Eve, thanks!

>397 Stuck-in-a-Book: On its way!

>398 CDVicarage: Ditto :)

alex, is peking picnic still available? :)

>398 CDVicarage: It's arrived, thank you Kerry!

>401 Stuck-in-a-Book: And so has mine, thanks!

I've added some more books - all modern coloured covers - to >377 CDVicarage: so do have a look and claim some.

CD, may I have "Provincial Daughter" ?

>404 toast_and_tea: Certainly you may, Hannah. I have your address already unless you moved since July last year!

Nope! Thanks so much. I'm in the process of purging my shelves and trying to read through the books I own, so I'll post the Viragos I don't want here instead of posting them on BookMooch. I'm pretty sure I have ones that you all might be interested in..