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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530091
ISBN
9780099530091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Drawing on a rich oral tradition, this work describes both the tangled, often treacherous relations within three generations of the royal family and the exploits of Hrolf's famous champions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435931
ISBN
9780140435931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750959711
ISBN
9780750959711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Japanese Studies Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231136297
ISBN
9780231136297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439662
ISBN
9780141439662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Ivan Turgenev's On the Eve, here presented in a brand new translation, is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Russian literature and an essential document of the upheaval that dominated Russian society in the years prior to the Crimean War. Translator(s): Pursglove, Michael. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496324
ISBN
9781847496324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. The garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this, she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. This is an ironic novel of manners. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on half title page.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KTG0013354
ISBN
9781853260001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. The garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this, she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. This is an ironic novel of manners. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260001
ISBN
9781853260001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Paperback. Dickens' final, unfinished novel features themes and motifs such as: drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder. It also includes a number of stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder, guilt and childhood romance. Illustrator(s): Fildes, S. L.; Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853267291
ISBN
9781853267291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. Monsieur Grandet is a very rich man whose chief care is his gold. He runs his household with exacting miserly attention and his wife and daughter suffer a Spartan existence. On the evening of his daughter Eugenie's twenty third birthday his foppish nephew Charles suddenly arrives from Paris. Eugenie has never known passion. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560869
ISBN
9780099560869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.68

Hardback. Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behaviour becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her has been misplaced. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 206 x 38. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241198957
ISBN
9780241198957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Edward Waverley, a young English soldier, is caught up in the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the attempt to reinstate the Stuart monarchy. With Waverley Scott invented the modern historical novel and profoundly influenced the development of European and American fiction for a century at least. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716594
ISBN
9780198716594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Against Nature is Huysmans's great fin-de-siecle novel anticipating many of the strains of modernism in its appreciation of Baudelaire, Moreau, Redon, Mallarme and Poe. This new translation is supplemented by a critically up-to-date introduction and indispensable notes which enhance the understanding of a highly allusive work. Editor(s): White, Nicholas. Translator(s): Mauldon, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555116
ISBN
9780199555116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Wilkie Collins's fifth novel, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter and the recovery of a hidden secret. Set in rugged Cornwall, the novel blends romance with Gothic drama, and in characterization and setting, clearly anticipates the qualities of Collins's next novel, The Woman in White. Editor(s): Nadel, Ira B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536719
ISBN
9780199536719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Macdonald, Kate. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FHD; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537853
ISBN
9780199537853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Hardcover. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress.. Series: Everyman's Library Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 126 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781841593593
ISBN
9781841593593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Owens, W. R. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538133
ISBN
9780199538133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Tom Sawyer, an adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Wordsworth Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260117
ISBN
9781853260117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth and unsuitable. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199252
ISBN
9780141199252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. Collects together Sherlock Holmes' intriguing cases, including adventures with mysterious masked strangers, ingenious heists, murderous plots and hidden jewels, which take the famous detective and his faithful sidekick Dr Watson from the streets of London and the English countryside to a chilling encounter at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529675
ISBN
9780099529675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486266886
ISBN
9780486266886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.88

Paperback. Ruth Hilton, an orphan and dressmaker's assistant, is seduced and then heartlessly deserted by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. A dissenting minister advises her to pass as a widow and be employed as a governess with the tyrannical Mr Bradshaw. However, the deceit brings grievous consequences. Editor(s): Easson, Angus. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434309
ISBN
9780140434309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

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. Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris Opera. She is watched by the Opera's 'phantom' - a mysterious masked figure who terrorises the Opera's management and players. With the Phantom's help, Christine rises to become the Opera's star performer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560555
ISBN
9780099560555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.17

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