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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KRA0009751
ISBN
9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248. Some light shelf wear else as new.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KTG0003230
ISBN
9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260056
ISBN
9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Controversial when it was first published for challenging Victorian morals, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is here presented in a thoroughly edited and extensively annotated edition. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494948
ISBN
9781847494948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486415895
ISBN
9780486415895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Tess is an innocent young girl until the day she goes to visit her rich 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles. Her encounter with her manipulative cousin, Alec, leads her onto a path that is beset with suffering and betrayal. When she falls in love with another man, Angel Clare, Tess sees a potential escape from her past, but only if she can tell him.. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Elibron Classics series
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560692
ISBN
9780099560692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222655
ISBN
9780811222655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. From Collins Classics and the author of 'The Great Gatsby' a marriage unravels in this autobiographical tale. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449484
ISBN
9780007449484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Paperback. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288. 320 pages. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight: 286.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492593
ISBN
9781847492593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

paperback. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are psychoanalyst Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who hold court at their villa. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025459
ISBN
9780141183596
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash, the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are the Divers, Dick and Nicole who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a film star, who is instantly attracted to them. Series: Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 534.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141194066
ISBN
9780141194066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826377
ISBN
9781509826377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A sometimes violent and brutal tale of love and betrayal, separation and reconciliation, set in the familiar Bronte landscape of bleak houses in moorland settings. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
9781853264887
ISBN
9781853264887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Limited United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition Thus
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517185
ISBN
9781903517185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.31

Paperback. First published in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine, Tarzan of the Apes has gone on to become one of America's most enduring cultural icons. The story of an orphaned child growing up among the apes is here set within its historical and literary contexts, and appendices include readers' letters and selections from related narratives. Editor(s): Haslam, Jason. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 239.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199542888
ISBN
9780199542888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.93

Paperback. A man's mother can be a terrible burden sometimes. For Tarry Flynn - poet, farmer and lover-from-afar of beautiful young virgins - the responsibility of family, farm, poetic inspiration and his own unyielding lust is a heavy one. The only solution is to rise above all - or escape over the nearest horizon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141183619
ISBN
9780141183619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Tarr is the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists, set against the backdrop of Paris before the start of the First World War. The first edition to do the novel justice, with an introduction and notes placing it in the context of social satire and avant-garde art movements, offering new insights into a major Modernist novel. Editor(s): Klein, Scott W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199567201
ISBN
9780199567201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812971194
ISBN
9780812971194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.00

Hardback. A new edition of The Talisman, the second of Tales of the Crusaders, which is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189-92) Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605828
ISBN
9780748605828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.45

Paperback. In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory 'Monk' Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. This title presents an eclectic collection of stories and ballads gathered by an early master of Gothic horror. It also includes ballads by Lewis, and the young Walter Scott. Editor(s): Thomson, Douglass H. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118352
ISBN
9781551118352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. First published in 1922 and here presented in a fully annotated edition - the only currently available to English readers - this collection will offer the opportunity to discover a lesser-known side of this master storyteller's ability to surprise and enthrall. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493309
ISBN
9781847493309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.01

Hardback. In Tales of the Wars of Montrose Hogg continues his examination of Scotland's past. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 741.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606351
ISBN
9780748606351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.60
€ 107.06

Paperback. In this collection of short stories Hogg focuses on the Scottish civil war of 1644-45, in which the Marquis of Montrose led his royalist forces in a series of stunning victories against the odds before his final defeat at Philiphaugh. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663187
ISBN
9780748663187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Driven to the South Seas by ill health, Robert Louis Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stirabout of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilisations, virtues and crimes'. This book gathers together all of his South Sea fiction. Editor(s): Calder, Jenni. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 49. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
776
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416430
ISBN
9780862416430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.71

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