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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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

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
€ 12.64

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
€ 14.39

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

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
€ 13.40

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
€ 11.09

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

€ 19.99
€ 17.74

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
€ 11.05

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
€ 9.34

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554867
ISBN
9780199554867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.98

Paperback. Translator(s): Costello, D. P. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544588
ISBN
9780714544588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

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
€ 13.39

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
€ 11.02

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
€ 10.25

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

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

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
€ 11.80

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

€ 136.69
€ 129.94

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
€ 14.21

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
€ 16.65

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