Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Hardcover. Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604517
- ISBN
- 9780748604517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.46€ 127.26
€ 134.46
€ 127.26
Hardcover. A charming retelling of the Christmas story by the author of Mary Poppins. Printed on board, with beautiful illustrations, this will be the perfect gift book for Christmas. Illustrator(s): Tyler, Gillian. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 96 pages, 17 b/w line drawings integrated. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 185 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349005713
- ISBN
- 9780349005713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. It's America during Prohibition and shy young George Finch is setting out as an artist - without the encumbrance of a shred of talent. George falls in love with Molly, whose imperious stepmother Mrs Waddington insists he's not the man to marry the stepdaughter of one of New York's most fashionable hostesses. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514145
- ISBN
- 9780099514145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. The Empress of Blandings, prize-winning pig and all-consuming passion of Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has disappeared. Blandings Castle is in uproar and there are suspects a-plenty - from Galahad Threepwood to the Efficient Baxter, chilling former secretary to Lord Emsworth. Even Beach the Butler seems deeply embroiled. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513827
- ISBN
- 9780099513827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Hardcover. A collection of stories that looks at English public-school life at the turn of the twentieth century. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Overlook Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591803
- ISBN
- 9781841591803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.13
€ 17.99
€ 13.13
Paperback. Money makes the world go round for Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge - and when there isn't enough of it, the world just has to spin a bit faster. Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513896
- ISBN
- 9780099513896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79
Paperback. Most of the big money belongs to Torquil Paterson Frisby, the dyspeptic American millionaire - but that doesn't stop him wanting more out of it. His niece, the beautiful Ann Moon, is engaged to 'Biscuit', Lord Biskerton, who doesn't have very much of the stuff and so he has to escape to Valley Fields to hide from his creditors. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514220
- ISBN
- 9780099514220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardcover. Contains stories that include "The Fat of the Land", "Scratch Man", "The Right Approach", "Jeeves Makes An Omelette", "The Word In Season", "Big Business", "Leave It To Algy", "Joy Bells For Walter", "A Tithe For Charity", and "Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust". Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591605
- ISBN
- 9781841591605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Lady Maud, the young daughter of the Earl of Marshmoreton, is confined to her home, Belpher Castle in Hampshire, under aunt's orders because of an unfortunate infatuation. George Bevan, an American who writes songs for musicals and is so smitten with Maud that he descends on Hampshire's rolling acres to see off his rival and claim her heart. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514138
- ISBN
- 9780099514138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardcover. Monty Bodkin has returned to London from Hollywood, leaving Sandy Miller, his secretary there, heartbroken, because Monty loves English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick instead of her. Holding down a job for a year was the condition laid down by Gertrude's father before Monty and Gertrude could be married. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591841
- ISBN
- 9781841591841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Hardcover. Love is a powerful spur, and Cyril Fotheringay-Phipps (known to his friends as Barmy) invests his modest fortune in a stage production, encouraged by his admiration for the delectable Miss Dinty Moore. And so he demonstrates that affairs of the heart and high finance may be happily combined. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591629
- ISBN
- 9781841591629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.42
€ 16.99
€ 12.42
Hardcover. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiance, Jeff Bennison, which means that her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, has to engineer a complicated plot to bring them back together. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 390 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591988
- ISBN
- 9781841591988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.67
€ 19.99
€ 14.67
Paperback. A private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them. An artist so intimidated by his morally impeccable cat that he feels compelled to wear formal attire at dinner. These are just a few of the many members of the eccentric Mulliner clan whose lives and exploits are laid before the regulars of the Angler's Rest. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514053
- ISBN
- 9780099514053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Hardcover. Sir George was disappointed in his son, he was not a chip off the old block and lacked the aggressive drive required of a business tycoon. So why not marry him off to Felicia she has plenty of spark and could manage any man, all was going well until the arrival from New York of Bill West. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 33. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591544
- ISBN
- 9781841591544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. Contains a series of golfing stories: From Evangeline, Bradbury Fisher's fifth wife and a notorious 'golfing giggler', to poor Rollo Podmarsh whose game was so unquestionably inept that 'he began to lose his appetite and would moan feebly at the sight of a poached egg'. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513872
- ISBN
- 9780099513872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Hardcover. A collection of stories, featuring Wodehouse characters, that includes Jeeves and Wooster, Ukridge and his fearsome Aunt Julia, Bingo Little and his wife, romantic novelist Rosie M Banks, twin Mulliner brothers George (the screenwriter) and Alfred (the conjuror), Galahad Threepwood, dotty Lord Emsworth and his younger son Freddie. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591537
- ISBN
- 9781841591537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Lady Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well-connected jewel thieves. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513797
- ISBN
- 9780099513797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
€ 11.99
€ 10.06
Paperback. There's a bitter feud between peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly Lester Carmody. The arch-villain Chimp Twist has opened a health farm - and he and Soapy and Dolly Molloy are planning a fake burglary so Lester can diddle his insurance company. But will Lester's nephew John win over his true love? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099514183
- ISBN
- 9780099514183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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Paperback. It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim - nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts and breaches of promise. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations so that Jimmy ends up having to pretend he's himself. Does he deserve a happy ending? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513889
- ISBN
- 9780099513889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Paperback. Within the ivied walls of Blandings Castle there are snakes in the rolling parkland ready to nip Clarence, the absent-minded Ninth Earl of Emsworth, when he least expects it. Empress of Blandings, in the running for her first prize in the Fat Pigs Class, is off her food - and can only be coaxed back to the trough by a call in her own language. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513834
- ISBN
- 9780099513834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.79
€ 13.99
€ 10.79