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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

hardcover. Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future life's work, telling him that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Num Pages: 421 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
421
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212217
ISBN
9780823212217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Editor(s): Hensher, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396002
ISBN
9780141396002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Petronius lived during the reign of the notorious emperor Nero, a writer in a decadent empire, and in Frederic Raphael he finds a translator who brings his words vividly alive. Translator(s): Raphael, Frederic. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547832
ISBN
9781857547832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539215
ISBN
9780199539215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Most likely written by an advisor of Nero, this title recounts the adventures of Encolpius and his companions as they travel around Italy. Estimated to date from 63 - 65 AD, and only surviving in fragments, it offers a satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses and chaos. Translator(s): Sullivan, J. P. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448054
ISBN
9780140448054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909232280
ISBN
9781909232280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Three Diggers Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880842
ISBN
9781845880842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. This title provides tales that range from the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers". Illustrator(s): Harvey, William. Translator(s): Dawood, N. J. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Penguin Books Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442892
ISBN
9780140442892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Every night, the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her the next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king stories of adventure, love, riches and wonder. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights. Translator(s): Lyons, Malcolm; Lyons, Ursula. Num Pages: 1008 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1008
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449389
ISBN
9780140449389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.90

Paperback. Series: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
OUP USA US
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195067859
ISBN
9780195067859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. Series: The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 117 x 43. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195063257
ISBN
9780195063257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Salzman, Dr Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DQ; DSBD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540570
ISBN
9780199540570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. The best of Pushkin Press on Venice, the iconic city. Beautifully designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats and exclusive to Pushkin Press, this box set contains the Venice literature must-reads: the contrasting voices of Paul Morand, Regis Debray, Henry James, Arthur Schnitzler and Petr Kral on the city which leaves no-one indifferent. Num Pages: 880 pages, Various illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 124 x 93. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Special
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906548605
ISBN
9781906548605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.99
€ 48.36

Paperback. "If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Series: Essential Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007395194
ISBN
9780007395194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182209
ISBN
9780141182209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. 'Six days ago, a man blew himself up by the side of a road in northern Wisconsin ..' In this book, the explosion that detonates the narrative also ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of one of Sachs' oldest friends, the writer Peter Aaron. What follows is Aaron's story.. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276615
ISBN
9780571276615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571258802
ISBN
9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. A triology of three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571276653
ISBN
9780571276653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.64

Paperback. A novel, in which, one man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780571276639
ISBN
9780571276639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, this title opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old Adam Walker, an aspiring poet and student at Columbia University meets the enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Edition
Main
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571249527
ISBN
9780571249527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
CD
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183619
ISBN
9780141183619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141510
ISBN
9780349141510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Hangover Square is a true classic. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349141565
ISBN
9780349141565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

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