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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Young pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford don who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic - and still less with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix. But once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland their destinies are inextricably bound by the events that unfold there. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530121
ISBN
9780099530121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith, she is attracted to his handsome face and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. But, societal pressures, and the advent of the superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. But, Knight proves to be an uncompromising moralist. This book is about the struggle between classes and sexes. Editor(s): Dalziel, Pamela. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435290
ISBN
9780140435290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Vintage Classics Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679733751
ISBN
9780679733751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon's mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks at Haggard's own African experiences and colonial attitudes to native tribes and the ravages of the British Empire. Editor(s): Luckhurst, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198722953
ISBN
9780198722953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.33

Hardcover. Series: Calla Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 251 x 275 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1316. A Land Apart from Time. 192 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 251 x 275 x 21. Weight: 1268.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
20th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606600221
ISBN
9781606600221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.70

Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099362418
ISBN
9780099362418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Jules Verne's classic, a bestseller for over a century, has never appeared in a critical edition before. William Butcher's stylish new translation moves as fast and as brilliantly as Fogg's own journey. Translator(s): Butcher, William. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552511
ISBN
9780199552511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
150th Anniversary ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679783381
ISBN
9780679783381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.81

Paperback. Sense and Sensibility is Austen's first published novel and the one now most scrutinized by historicist and feminist scholars, who offer new, complex readings of the work. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 448 pages, maps, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
434
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393977516
ISBN
9780393977516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Bender, John; Stern, Simon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536993
ISBN
9780199536993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. Elizabeth Bennet is at first determined to dislike Mr. Darcy, who is handsome and eligible. This misjudgment only matched in folly by Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer feelings in a comedy concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved. Num Pages: 327 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Random House
Number of pages
327
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150018
ISBN
9781857150018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. William Grove is a nervous teenager trying to fit in at his new boarding school. Jack Draper is a teacher whose wife is cheating on him. Edith Stone is the daughter of the English master who falls in love with the most popular boy in school. In this book, their stories twine together in the confines of the small community of Dorset Academy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518587
ISBN
9780099518587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.17

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 5HH; FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509828067
ISBN
9781509828067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Tells two parallel tales, in two parts - one is a story created in childhood and about childhood; and the other story is about two people called Gaspard Winckler: one an eight-year-old deaf-mute lost in a shipwreck, the other a man despatched to search for him, who discovers W, an island state based on the rules of sport. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552352
ISBN
9780099552352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. This new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Emily Bronte's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493217
ISBN
9781847493217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.12

Paperback. The Ladies' Delight is the glittering Paris department store run by Octave Mouret. He has used charm and drive to become director of this mighty emporium, unscrupulously exploiting his young female staff and seducing his lady customers with luxurious displays of shimmering silks, satins, velvets and lace. Editor(s): Buss, Robin. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 464 pages, chronology, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Addison Wesley
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447835
ISBN
9780140447835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. When seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson's widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather. She also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, Cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. Num Pages: 720 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434781
ISBN
9780140434781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The Yankee, suddenly transported from his native nineteenth-century America to the sleepy sixth-century Britain of King Arthur and the Round Table, vows brashly to boss the whole country inside of three weeks. And so he does. Emerging as The Boss, he embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot - with unexpected results. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Editor(s): Stein, Bernard L. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 504 pages, 222 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition, Edited by Bernard L. Stein. Origina
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268166
ISBN
9780520268166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493088
ISBN
9781847493088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray. Editor(s): Rutherford, John. Translator(s): Rutherford, John. Num Pages: 1056 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 44. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449099
ISBN
9780140449099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. Tells the story of the changing fortunes of the Jia dynasty, focussing on Bao-yu, married to Bao-chai, after the tragic death of his beloved Dai-yu. Against such worldly elements as death, financial ruin, marriage, decadence and corruption, his karmic journey unfolds. Like a sleepwalker through life, Bao-yu is finally awakened by a vision. Editor(s): Minford, John. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
5 Rev ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443721
ISBN
9780140443721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099594048
ISBN
9780099594048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. An unhappy orphaned girl is transformed by the redeeming power of nature into an unselfish child who transforms the lives of others in Burnett's classic children's story. This edition explores the relationship between the book and other literary genres and historical influences, and includes the companion-piece, 'My Robin'. Editor(s): Hunt, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FZC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588220
ISBN
9780199588220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.94

Hardback. The most haunting and Shakespearean of Scott's novels, The Bride of Lammermoor is a fast-paced tragedy set on the eve of the 1707 Union. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 560 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605712
ISBN
9780748605712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.55

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