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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. John Bold loves Eleanor Harding, but is campaigning against her father, the Warden, for mismanagement of charitable funds. This witty love story combines a comic portrayal of life in an English cathedral close with larger social and political issues. This edition includes Trollope's last Barset fiction 'The Two Heroines of Plumplington'. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199665440
ISBN
9780199665440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Moll Flanders - whore, wife, thief, felon, penitent - tells the racy tale of her life in Defoe's extraordinary novel. An account of opportunism, endurance, and survival that speaks as strongly today as it did to its first readers, this new edition provides a full introduction and notes to explore the book's eighteenth-century context. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 194 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805355
ISBN
9780192805355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Leather / fine binding. Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy tales in all literature. This edition features ten rarely seen "Children's Legends" and the full-colour artwork of Arthur Rackham. Illustrator(s): Rackham, Arthur. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 744 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Inc
Format
Leatherbound
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435158115
ISBN
9781435158115
Leatherbound
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Presents a first-person chronicle of the final hours of a man sentenced to the gallows. This book offers graphic details of the prisoner's environment and a moving insight into his thoughts, reminiscences and despair at his impending doom. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Alma Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493613
ISBN
9781847493613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.00

Hardback. This edition of Scott's last full novel, the first to have returned to the manuscript and to the many surviving proofs, realises Scott's original intentions. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605873
ISBN
9780748605873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.74
€ 131.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter; Doody, Margaret Anne. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552382
ISBN
9780199552382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. Jane Austen's most sophisticated love story, Mansfield Park is a bewitching tale of intrigue, redemption and love lost and found. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 306.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Headline Review
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0302795
ISBN
9780755331475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Follows two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184883
ISBN
9780141184883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Ivanhoe -- as Scott originally wrote it Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 608 pages, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
608
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605736
ISBN
9780748605736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Paperback. After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious savior is an escaped convict, and his determination to help him leads Stenning into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530077
ISBN
9780099530077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 204 x 44. Weight in Grams: 678.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780141196909
ISBN
9780141196909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198355311
ISBN
9780198355311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.42

Paperback. William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
9780099561545
ISBN
9780099561545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. A compelling story of father-son confrontation, Stevenson was working on this novel the day he died. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 391.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
178
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604739
ISBN
9780748604739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. When the moon is full at Blandings, strange things happen: among them the painting of a portrait of The Empress. Landseer, the painter may have been dead, but that doesn't prevent Threepwood from introducing him to the castle - or rather introducing Bill Lister, so in love with Prudence that he's determined to enter Blandings in an imposture. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513858
ISBN
9780099513858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 172 x 105 x 23. Weight in Grams: 163.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451530776
ISBN
9780451530776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.46

Paperback. The classic humorous novel about an alcohol-loving clergyman who thinks he is the reincarnation of a dog. Complete with the award-winning film screenplay that expands upon the tale. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 col plates (16pp). BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Film tie-in ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007314270
ISBN
9780007314270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Written in the sixteenth century, this book tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Xuanzang, one of China's most famous religious heroes, and his four supernatural disciples, in search of Buddhist scriptures. Editor(s): Yu, Anthony C. Translator(s): Yu, Anthony C. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226971322
ISBN
9780226971322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241251478
ISBN
9780241251478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0245143
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. This perennially popular book was cited by Karl Marx in Das Kapital to illustrate economic theory, but it is readers of all ages over the last 280 years who have given "Robinson Crusoe" its abiding position as a classic tale of adventure. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KEX0302691
ISBN
9781853260452
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. A classic children's tale that includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that appeal to the Etsy[trademark]-loving world of handmade crafts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106456
ISBN
9780143106456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue. Illustrator(s): Brock, H. M. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
SKU
KEX0245144
ISBN
9781853261039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Mutiny and mayhem ensue. Illustrator(s): Brock, H. M. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 152. Clean copy.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KEX0219286
ISBN
9781853261039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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