A Collection from the Library of Carmen Callil

Edité par Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell 1972-2021, London, 1972

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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.…

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Titre
A Collection from the Library of Carmen Callil
Auteur
Various
Éditeur
Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell 1972-2021, London
Année de publication
1972
État de l'article
Fine
Jaquette
Near Fine
Type de livre
book
Reliure
Cloth
Illustrateur
None
Édition
First edition.
Poids de l'article
3 kilogrammes
Dimensions
8.5" by 5.5"; 10" by 7.5"

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