Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
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€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
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€ 17.84
€ 17.99
€ 17.84
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
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
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
€ 134.85€ 128.95
€ 134.85
€ 128.95
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€ 15.03
€ 17.99
€ 15.03
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
€ 21.99€ 16.43
€ 21.99
€ 16.43
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€ 10.11
€ 11.99
€ 10.11
Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin/Puffin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143334255
- ISBN
- 9780143334255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.85
€ 11.85
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
€ 19.99
€ 12.37
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
€ 111.40€ 105.78
€ 111.40
€ 105.78
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€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812971187
- ISBN
- 9780812971187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.81
€ 26.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261794
- ISBN
- 9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.28
€ 6.28
paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853261893
- ISBN
- 9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.74
€ 6.74
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621992
- ISBN
- 9781909621992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812974225
- ISBN
- 9780812974225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Florent Quenu returns to Paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. The great new food market, Les Halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. The third in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, The Belly of Paris appears in a vibrant new translation. Translator(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199555840
- ISBN
- 9780199555840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
The Beauty and the Beast (Illustrated with Interactive Elements)
Gabrielle-Suzanna Barbot de Villenueve
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062456212
- ISBN
- 9780062456212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.74
€ 33.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. Helps you celebrate the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141397078
- ISBN
- 9780141397078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.50
€ 5.50