Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. A selection of Edgar Allen Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry that demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. Illustrator(s): Miller, Harland. Editor(s): Galloway, David. Num Pages: 560 pages, further reading, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439815
- ISBN
- 9780141439815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. Horror, madness, violence and the dark forces hidden in humanity abound in this tales, including - among others - the bloody, brutal and baffling murder of a mother and daughter in Paris in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the creeping insanity of "The Tell-Tale Heart", and the Gothic nightmare of "The Masque of the Red Death". Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141198972
- ISBN
- 9780141198972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
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Paperback. Immensely popular both during and after his lifetime, and a powerful influence on generations of writers and film-makers to this day, Edgar Allan Poe is still counted among the greatest short-story writers of all time and seen as one of the initiators of the detective, horror and science-fiction genres. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496096
- ISBN
- 9781847496096
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.15
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Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008182298
- ISBN
- 9780008182298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
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Hardback. Presents a selection of author's writings that demonstrates the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. This title follows a man's terrifying descent into madness after the loss of a lover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143122364
- ISBN
- 9780143122364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.45
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Paperback. New England boy, Arthur Gordon Pym, stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437485
- ISBN
- 9780140437485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. Includes stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author's feverish imagination at its creative height. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397269
- ISBN
- 9780141397269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
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Paperback. Includes stories of a young eccentric named C Auguste Dupin: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', 'The Mystery of Marie Roget' and 'The Purloined Letter'. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529583
- ISBN
- 9780099529583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.68
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Paperback. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553212280
- ISBN
- 9780553212280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. A selection the author's critical writings, of short fiction and poetry that demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190624
- ISBN
- 9780141190624
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535774
- ISBN
- 9780199535774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
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Paperback. Compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery. This volume also offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143039914
- ISBN
- 9780143039914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.27
€ 24.99
€ 21.27
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598531657
- ISBN
- 9781598531657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.40
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€ 19.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 439 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213377
- ISBN
- 9781910213377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
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Paperback. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194. Series: Dedalus European Classics. 172 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 16. Weight: 194. Translator(s): Costa, Margaret Jull.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517895
- ISBN
- 9781903517895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347899
- ISBN
- 9780226347899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.76
€ 35.99
€ 28.76
Paperback. Tomcat Murr is a loveable animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off, two different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the scholar, carouser and brawler, and the hypochondriac genius Kreisler. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446319
- ISBN
- 9780140446319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. E T A Hoffmann studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to become a graphic artist and painter. This selection of his finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443929
- ISBN
- 9780140443929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
€ 13.00
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Hardback. Captures better than any other story a child's wonder at Christmas. This book features enchanting images of sugar plums and nutcrackers, mistletoe and the Kingdom of the Dolls - continues to cast its fantastical spell on readers of all ages. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143122500
- ISBN
- 9780143122500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
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€ 10.94
Paperback. Illustrator(s): "Callot". Editor(s): Robertson, Ritchie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 pp line drawings by Callot. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552474
- ISBN
- 9780199552474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.60
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€ 12.60
Paperback. When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 114 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241214992
- ISBN
- 9780241214992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.26
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Paperback. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182131
- ISBN
- 9780141182131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.80
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Paperback. It's not easy being a Provincial Lady in Devonshire in the 1920s, juggling a grumpy husband, mischievous children and a host of domestic dilemmas - from rice mould to a petulant cook. But this Provincial Lady will not be defeated; not by wayward flower bulbs, not by unexpected houseguests, not even by the Blitz. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191812
- ISBN
- 9780141191812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621381
- ISBN
- 9781909621381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.73
€ 13.00
€ 11.73