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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Hardback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 400 pages, Please figure on drawing one simple map of the Arab world. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149228
ISBN
9780231149228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.40
€ 85.15

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099511892
ISBN
9780099511892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. A set of ten interlocked stories, set in Dublin and involving their adrift hero Belacqua in a series of encounters, as woman after woman comes crashing through his solipsism. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244607
ISBN
9780571244607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. intended by Samuel Beckett to form the 'recessional' or end-piece of his early collection of interrelated stories, this title situates the work in terms of its biographical context, its intertextual references, and as a vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571246380
ISBN
9780571246380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. On his deathbed, and wiling away the time with stories, the octogenarian Malone's account of his condition is intermittent and contradictory, shifting with the vagaries of the passing days: without mellowness, without elegiacs; wittier, jauntier, and capable of wilder rages than "Molloy". The sound I liked best had nothing noble about it. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571244638
ISBN
9780571244638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

paperback. Includes the novellas "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled". Editor(s): Dukes, Gerry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141180151
ISBN
9780141180151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.75

paperback. Written in Roussillon during World War Two, while the author was hiding from the Gestapo, this title tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master. Watt's mistake is to derive the essence of his master from the accidentals of his being, and his attempts to 'know' ultimately consign him to the asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244744
ISBN
9780571244744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. The Unnamable - so named because he knows not who he may be - is from a nameless place. He speaks of previous selves ('all these Murphys, Molloys, and Malones..') as diversions from the need to stop speaking altogether. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244645
ISBN
9780571244645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.94

CD-Audio. Keywords: "Bestsellers, Beckett, Samuel, General, The Classics, Literary Classics, English, Age (feature_two_browse-bin), Audio CD"
Format
CD
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks Dublin
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
9789626343371
ISBN
9789626343371
CD
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.80

paperback. Includes the novellas "First Love", "The Calamative", "The End" and "The Expelled". Editor(s): Dukes, Gerry. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0019016
ISBN
9780141180151
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.75

paperback. Written in Roussillon during World War Two, while the author was hiding from the Gestapo, this title tells the tale of Mr Knott's servant and his attempts to get to know his master. Watt's mistake is to derive the essence of his master from the accidentals of his being, and his attempts to 'know' ultimately consign him to the asylum. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256. Very good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Internally, crisp and clean and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031498
ISBN
9780571244744
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Setting out to make his fortune, a young traveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon, and is given a home among its handsome citizens. But their visitor soon discovers that this ideal community has its faults.. This is a humorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy and the unthinking acceptance of beliefs. Editor(s): Mudford, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140430578
ISBN
9780140430578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

paperback. Throws a subversive brick at the smug face of Victorian domesticity. Published in 1903, a year after Butler's death, this novel is a thinly disguised account of his own childhood and youth 'in the bosom of a Christian family'. Editor(s): Cochrane, James. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780140430127
ISBN
9780140430127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 9.99

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Peixotto, Ernest C. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FC; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 218 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466. Hardback in very good condition. With dustjacket.
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0027409
ISBN
9780781807159
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of men's lives, before returning home in a 'conclusion in which nothing is concluded'. Editor(s): Goring, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439709
ISBN
9780141439709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Rasselas and his companions leave the 'happy valley' in search of 'the choice of life'. Johnson's philosophical tale considers such things as the nature of poetry, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and the pursuit of happiness. This new edition relates the novel to Johnson's life and the political and social context. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199229970
ISBN
9780199229970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Written by Samuel Lover, an Irish writer, musician and artist; this title features a collection of poems. Including bar-room legends and fireside fables, it has been illustrated by the author. Series: Nonsuch Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845882006
ISBN
9781845882006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.35

Paperback. Andy Rooney is a fellow who had 'the most singularly ingenious knack of doing everything the wrong way'. Written by Samuel Lover, author, artist and musician; this volume focuses on tales of Irish folklore. Series: Nonsuch Classics. Num Pages: 539 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845881986
ISBN
9781845881986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.34

Paperback. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas; Wakely, Alice. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536498
ISBN
9780199536498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Based on actual events, Pamela is the story of a young girl who goes to work in a private residence and finds herself pursued by her employer's son, described as a "gentleman of free principles." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393001662
ISBN
9780393001662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.33

Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress' son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter. Num Pages: 544 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Publication date
1980
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
SKU
KKD0006104
ISBN
9780140431407
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome sexual advances. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 1536 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 146 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140432152
ISBN
9780140432152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008167561
ISBN
9780008167561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.40

Paperback. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110806
ISBN
9781551110806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.05

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