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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

paperback. From Sarajevo, With Sorrow is a disturbingly resonant, timely and important collection. Translator(s): Simic, Amela. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA; FC; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973597158
ISBN
9780973597158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.81

audioCD. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.55

paperback. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor to the very brink of madness. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000511
ISBN
9780143105039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Paperback. The only novel written by Charlotte Bronte's life-long friend, Mary Taylor, this is the story of the education and up-bringing of a group of young women, which emphasizes their friendship and their ability to maintain mental and economic well-being in straightened circumstances. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195064926
ISBN
9780195064926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.54

Paperback. Translator(s): Blader, Susan. Num Pages: 428 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789622017757
ISBN
9789622017757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.04

Hardback. Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research. Series: The Pickering Masters. Num Pages: 1776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 3401.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1776
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851969531
ISBN
9781851969531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.65

Hardcover. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 487 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813005805
ISBN
9780813005805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.73

Paperback. "The Turn of the Screw" is the classic ghost story for which James is most remembered. Set in a country house, it is a chilling tale of the supernatural. "The Aspern Papers" is a tale of Americans in Europe, cleverly evoking the drama of comedie humaine against the settings of a Venetian palace. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152. 8vo. Good copy. Vintage paperback
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0278047
ISBN
9781853260698
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. First published in 1666, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle's Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World is the first fictional portrayal of women and the new science. This Broadview Edition includes related historical materials on the new science and Cavendish's role in the intellectual world of her time. Editor(s): Mendelson, Sara. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Broadview Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781554812424
ISBN
9781554812424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.07

paperback. * Set during the Edwardian era, this is a poignant and beautifully told story of family love and family feuds, and of musical and artistic aspirations. * Introduction by Rebecca West's biographer, Victoria Glendinning. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Little, Brown UK
Condition
New
SKU
9781844086993
ISBN
9781844086993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

paperback. Features Dorothea Brooke; Dr Lydgate; spendthrift Fred Vincy; and steadfast Mary Garth. This book explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794. Copy with tear in the back cover. Text remains legible. Otherwise in very good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0004438
ISBN
9780143107729
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Tells a story spanning all levels of Victorian society. This book centre's on an inheritance - Old Harmon's profitable dust heaps - and its legatees, young John Harmon, presumed drowned when a body is pulled out of the River Thames, and kindly dustman Mr Boffin, to whom the fortune defaults. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Num Pages: 928 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 622. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004519
ISBN
9780140434972
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004524
ISBN
9780141186375
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 1056 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 48. Weight in Grams: 712. Good clean copy. Covers showing light wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KGS0000078
ISBN
9780140449242
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.82

paperback. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Very good copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001779
ISBN
9780140433388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

paperback. In the most famous gothic horror story ever told, Shelley confronts the limitations of science, the nature of human cruelty and the pathway to forgiveness. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 166. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
William Collins
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001985
ISBN
9780008182199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.44

paperback. During the Carlist war, a sailor, the unnamed protagonist, joins the champions of Don Carlos de Bourbon, pretender to the throne of Spain. The Carlists use the youth's attraction to the sea to persuade him to run perilous enterprises for their cause, ventures he later learns have been financed by the mistress and heiress of a rich man's fortune. Series: Pine Street Books. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 381. Good clean clothbound copy showing light age and shelfwear. Foxing to page edges. In mylar dust jacket. Small split at head of spine. Binding slightly loose and visible between front board and ffep, where front board pulls away. Remains a nice reading copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pine Street Books United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMO0002045
ISBN
9780812218855
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 31.99
€ 5.44

CD-Audio. 17th Century France. Dashing young swordsman D'Artagnan heads for Paris, dreaming of serving the King as a member of his elite guard. On arrival, he meets the three musketeers - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - and the four men soon become fast friends. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 182. Good copy with light shelfwear. Scoring and minor damage to end papers; remains a nice reading copy
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMO0002556
ISBN
9781408467084
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 21.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. Sense and Sensibility is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two qualities. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260162
ISBN
9781853260162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.55

Paperback. Tom Jones is the ward of a liberal Somerset squire. He is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women. Misfortune, followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune, teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 44. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853260216
ISBN
9781853260216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.55

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