Collection library carmen callil (3 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Virago Press, London, 2018
- Softcover
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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EUR 168,21
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Fine. Seven excellent volumes from the Virago Modern Classics series, previously held in the library of the founder of the press, Carmen Calllil. Seven volumes. Virago Modern Classics. From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish books which celebrat…ed women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: The Dud Acovado. Sally is a young American woman hellbent on living. In 1950s, she is in Paris, prowling the Left Bank in search of love, adventure, and fame. Written by Elaine Dundy, an American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress and playwright. Faces in the Water. Istina Mavet descents through increasingly desolate wards to Lawn Lodge, where patients are considered beyond hope. As she observes her fellow patients with humour and compassion, she reveals and original and questioning mind. Written by Janet Paterson Frame, a New Zealand author, internationally renowned for her work. The Weather in the Streets. Following the story of Olivia Curtis and her affair with a married man, Rollo Spencer, whom she knows through his sister Marigold and whom she meets again on a railway journey. Written by Rosamond Nina Lehmann, an English novelist and translator. Fire from Heaven. Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. This is the story of the years that shaped him. Written by Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Memento Mori. Dame Lettie Colston is the first of her circle to receive the insinuating anonymous phone calls. As the caller's activities become more widespread, she and her old friends find their secrets are being dusted off. Written by Dame Muriel Sarah Spark, a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Frost in May. Nanda Gray is nine when she starts convent school and thirteen when she is sent away in disgrace. But her only deviation from total obedience seems to be the passionate friendships she makes. Written by Antonia White, a British writer and translator, known primarily for this work. The Return of the Solider. When Chris Baldry returns from the front to the women who love him: his wife, Kitty, and his cousin, Jenny, they are but strangers to him. Chris remembers Margaret Allington, though, whom he loved fifteen years before. Written by Rebecca West, a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original paper binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. None (illustrator). book.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell 1972-2021, London, 1972
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. A smart collection of first edition volumes from the library of Australian publisher Carmen Callil. Eight volumes. First edition, first impression. From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973, to "publish…books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: About a Marriage: A Novel, 1972. Love at first sight is a romantic ideal, but it can happen. It did happen when Edward first me Ann, but can their love survive the years of marriage that follow? Written by Giles Alexander Esme Gordon, a Scottish literary agent and writer, based for most of his career in London. Of This Our Time: A Journalist's Story 1905-1950, 1982. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The first part of the autobiography of Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson, a British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher. A Woman's Touch: Women in Design from 1860 to the Present Day, 1984. A fascinating study of design and design movements from the 1860's to the 1980's, concentrating on the contributions of prominent women from the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain, the Glasgow School of Art, the Bauhaus, and more. Written by Isabelle Anscombe, a British independent writer and journalist best known for her art books. The Redundancy of Courage, 1991. Set in the fictitious country of Danu in Southeast Asia, based on East Timor, this novel is narrated by Adolph Ng, an ethnic Chinese businessman educated in Canada. We witness events as the country is invaded and occupied by its giant neighbour. Written by Timothy Peter Mo, a British Asian novelist. Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement?: A Stern Account of Literary, Publishing, and Theatrical Folk, 1993. An unguarded, witty, and unorthodox portrait of our literary life and times, forming a sort of memoir from the great literary agent that is the author. Written by Giles Alexander Esme Gordon. The Blue Flower, 1995. The author's final novel, a fictional treatment of the early life and troubled relationships of Friedrich von Hardenberg who, under the pseudonym Novalis, became a foundational figure of German Romanticism. Written by Penelope Mary Fitzgerald, an English Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer. Parrot and Olivier in America, 2009. An improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville which focuses on Tocqueville's trips to the United States. The novel mimics his life with the fictional character, Olivier de Garmont, with the titular "Parrot" acting as Garmont's secretary. Written by Peter Philip Carey, an Australian novelist. Medusa's Ankles, 2021. A luminous collection of short stories that celebrates the very best of the author, carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. Written by Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, known professionally by her former married name, A. S. Byatt, an English critic, novelist, poet and short-story writer. Most volumes are bound in the original full cloth binding, with Parrot and Olivier in America bound in the original paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor wear to the odd volume onle. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of most volumes, with the odd ink inscription to the front endpapers or pencil note to the rear endpapers. Fine. None (illustrator). book.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Andre Deutsch; Chatto & Windus; Granta Books 1984-2013, London, 1984
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Sehr gut
EUR 234,30
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. A smart collection of seven biographies of great women, from the library of Australian publisher Carmen Callil. Seven volumes. First edition, first impression. From the library of Carmen Callil, an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973,…to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives, and which would, by so doing, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors, publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Margaret Atwood, and Angela Carter, all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: A Portrait of Fryn: A Biography of F. Tennyson Jesse, 1984. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A biography of Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse Harwood, an English journalist, author and criminologist. Written by Joanna Colenbrander, a British author and biographer. Nothing to Forgive: A Daughter's Life of Antonia White, 1988. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A biography of Antonia White, a British writer and translator, known primarily for Frost in May, a semi-autobiographical novel set in a convent school. It was the first book reissued by Virago Press in 1978, as part of their Modern Classics series of books by previously neglected women authors. Written by her daughter, Lyndall Passerini Hopkinson. Vera Brittain: A Life, 1995. Illustrated with thirty-nine images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Vera Mary Brittain, an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Best known for her memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War. Written by Paul Berry, a writer and lecturer who was a close friend of Brittain and was appointed her literary executor, and Mark Bostridge, a British writer and critic, known for his historical biographies. The Langhorne Sisters, 1998. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. A biographical study of the five strikingly different Langhorne sisters: Lizzie, trapped in post-Civil War Richmond; Irene, a flirtatious and golden Southern belle; Nancy, an unpredictable, elemental force, who conquered Edwardian society in England and was the first woman to sit in Parliament at Westminster; Phyllis, private, romantic, melancholy; and Nora, extravagant, feckless and promiscuous. Written by James Fox, a British journalist. Rosamond Lehmann, 2002. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with fifty-five images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Rosamond Nina Lehmann, an English novelist and translator who was intimate with members of the Bloomsbury set. Written by Selina Hastings, a British journalist, author and biographer. Edith Wharton, 2007. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A biography of Edith Newbold Wharton, an American writer and designer who became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921. Written by Dame Hermione Lee, a British biographer, literary critic and academic. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, 2013. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Penelope Fitzgerald, a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer who, in 2008, was listed among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" by The Times. Written by Dame Hermione Lee. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With ink annotations to Rosamond Lehmann. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.
