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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. A delightfully appealing 1930s comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic Barsetshire series: the Brandons cheerfully confront matters of love, money and an ill-tempered dowager aunt. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089703
- ISBN
- 9781844089703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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paperback. First published in 1980, this is the fourth novel in Highsmith's hugely influential, groundbreaking Ripley series. Series: Ripley Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349006253
- ISBN
- 9780349006253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.33
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Paperback. Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer arrives to Boston in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer. Olive hopes to win the girl over to the feminist cause, Ransom is attracted to her looks, and a battle for possession of the girl begins. Editor(s): Lansdown, Richard. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, further reading, appendices. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 330. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Lightly creased corners. Lightly sunned, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- SKU
- KCW0006810
- ISBN
- 9780140437669
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 11.99€ 11.70
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Paperback. The plot of this novel revolves around the feminist movement in Boston in the 1870s. F.R. Leavis called it one of "the two most brilliant novels in the language. "The novel's many allusions to the historical and social background of Boston society are explained in the editorial material. Editor(s): Gooder, R. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539147
- ISBN
- 9780199539147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
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Paperback. Translator(s): Mathers, S. L. MacGregor. Series: Dover Occult. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; VXWM; VXWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368. 268 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; VXWM; VXWT. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight: 358. Translator(s): Mathers, S. L. MacGregor.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- 2nd Facsimile edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486232119
- ISBN
- 9780486232119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.16
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Paperback. A novel, in which, one man's obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571276639
- ISBN
- 9780571276639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
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Paperback. Sherman McCoy is a WASP, bond trader and self-appointed 'Master of the Universe'. He has a fashionable wife, a Park Avenue apartment and a Southern mistress. His spectacular fall begins the moment he is involved in an accident in the Bronx. Prosecutors, newspaper hacks, politicians and clergy close in on him, determined to bring him down. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541271
- ISBN
- 9780099541271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. A complex masterpiece of observation. English village life in war-time Britain is brought to life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848548114
- ISBN
- 9781848548114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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€ 11.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843913948
- ISBN
- 9781843913948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.64
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Paperback. A stunning and evocative novel set in exotic seventeenth-century Iran with the power of THE KITE RUNNER, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS and HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755334216
- ISBN
- 9780755334216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. A translation of "Les Forceurs de Blocus". In this book, the author moves between Scotland and the southern states of the US during the American Civil War. Scottish industrialist James Playfair must run a daring Federalist blockade of a Charleston harbour in an effort to trade supplies for cotton, and to rescue a young girl's father. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FJH; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222209
- ISBN
- 9781905222209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
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Paperback. This new Norton Critical Edition of Hawthorne's innovative 1852 novel helps readers navigate and appreciate its elusive plot, powerful characters, and maddening narrator. Editor(s): Millington, Richard H. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 213 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393928617
- ISBN
- 9780393928617
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
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Paperback. Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Birlinn General United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846970726
- ISBN
- 9781846970726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
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Paperback. Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448924
- ISBN
- 9780140448924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Translator(s): Demmler, Franz. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540464
- ISBN
- 9780199540464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the battle of Montereau. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442373
- ISBN
- 9780140442373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.82
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Paperback. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter - Bradley attempts to escape. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099589259
- ISBN
- 9780099589259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
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Hardcover. Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604517
- ISBN
- 9780748604517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.74€ 131.38
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€ 131.38
Paperback. Caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton's loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow". In order to survive he must distinguish friend from foe and confront the tests of war, shipwreck, murder and forbidden love. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441399
- ISBN
- 9780141441399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
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Hardcover. Daphne du Maurier's chilling short-story collection, the title story was famously made into a film by Hitchcock - perfect for the Halloween and Christmas markets. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349006666
- ISBN
- 9780349006666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
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Paperback. * This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080878
- ISBN
- 9781844080878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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hardcover. Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, this title tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 209 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781841593579
- ISBN
- 9781841593579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.37
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Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605811
- ISBN
- 9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
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Paperback. A historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. First published in 1827, and now accompanied by an essay HISTORY OF THE COLUMN OF INFAMY. Translator(s): Penman, Bruce. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442748
- ISBN
- 9780140442748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49