×


 x 

Shopping cart

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Results 2329 - 2352 of 3386

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

CD-Audio. Features ten of Rudyard Kipling's famous tales, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This title includes: How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Leopard Got His Spots, The Beginning of the Armadillos, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, The Cat That Walked By Himself, How the Camel Got His Hump, and, The Butterfly That Stamped The Elephant's Child. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785290336
ISBN
9781785290336
CD
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? This book contains stories that explain these secrets and many more and introduce such characters as the Elephant's Child, the Cat that Walked by Himself and the Butterfly that Stamped. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511823
ISBN
9780099511823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621800
ISBN
9781909621800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.66

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007920730
ISBN
9780007920730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.77

Paperback. A collection of myths that betray a deep love and respect for the natural world. It is based on bedtime stories the author told to his daughter, these strikingly imaginative fables explore the myths of creation, the nature of beasts and the origins of language and writing. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442402
ISBN
9780141442402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

paperback. Explores how gospel singer Arthur Montana discovers his love for Jimmy and portrays how profoundly racial politics can shape the private business of love. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140187991
ISBN
9780140187991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486479156
ISBN
9780486479156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241215005
ISBN
9780241215005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Cole, Leonard B.; Crandall, Reed; Evans, George. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 219 x 3. Weight in Grams: 154. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Dimension: 174 x 219 x 3. Weight: 154.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814564
ISBN
9781906814564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.28

Paperback. * A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080687
ISBN
9781844080687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Set partly in Revolutionary Paris, and partly in romantic Cumbria, Judith Paris is the story of the two very different men who love Walpole's most delightful heroine. Series: Herries Chronicles. Num Pages: 784 pages, col. map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 632. Fine in good cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing shelf wear especially to spine and edges with water marks. Previous owners details to ffep. Pages edges slightly stained and with light foxing however text is clean and clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
784
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0017202
ISBN
9780711228900
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 16.99
€ 12.55

Paperback. This third Norton Critical Edition of Hardy's last novel has been revised to reflect the breadth of responses it has received over the last fifteen years. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937527
ISBN
9780393937527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Moving to Christminster to work as a stonemason, Jude meets and falls in love with his cousin Sue Bridehead, a sensitive, freethinking "New Woman". Refusing to marry merely for the sake of religious convention, Jude and Sue decide instead to live together, but they are shunned by society, and poverty soon threatens to ruin them. Editor(s): Taylor, Dennis; Ingham, Patricia. Num Pages: 528 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435382
ISBN
9780140435382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

paperback. Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unconventional cousin, Sue Bridehead. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth
Condition
New
SKU
9781853262616
ISBN
9781853262616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486452432
ISBN
9780486452432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.87

Hardcover. Hardy's last novel is the story of a young working man destroyed by the partial fulfilment of his dreams. He is torn between his desires for the life of the body and the life of the mind, as represented by two women - the vulgar but lustrous Arabella and the refined and frigid Sue. Num Pages: 520 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 136 x 31. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
520
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151152
ISBN
9781857151152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

paperback. Jude Fawley is a young man who longs to better himself and go to Christminster University. However, poverty forces him into a job as a stonemason and an unhappy marriage. When his wife leaves him Jude moves to Christminster determined to follow his dream. There he meets and falls for his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518990
ISBN
9780099518990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. Jude Fawley's ambitions to go to university are thwarted by class prejudice and his entrapment in a loveless marriage. His doomed love affair with his unconventional cousin has tragic consequences. Hardy's last, and most controversial novel, this revised edition has the first truly critical text, a new chronology and bibliography, and substantially revised notes. Editor(s): Ingham, Patricia. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537020
ISBN
9780199537020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. A novel with a female protagonist, this work unfolds in a small town in nineteenth-century Spain and tells the story of a young girl's romance with a wealthy widower many years her senior. They must contend with the indignation of his imperious married daughter, the public rebuke of a churchman, and the strictures of society. Translator(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations , ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813214351
ISBN
9780813214351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.47

Paperback. This historical romance is based on the author's experience of living on a Cuban slaveholder's plantation from 1833 to 1835. It centres on the visit of Helen Wentworth to a friend's plantation and the love affair between Juanita, a beautiful slave with whom the plantation owner's son falls in love. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: FC; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919560
ISBN
9780813919560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.43

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143124849
ISBN
9780143124849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.30

Paperback. Trapped in Steeple Bumpleigh, a man less stalwart than Bertie Wooster would probably give way at the knees. For among those present were Florence Craye, to whom Bertie had once been engaged and her new fiance 'Stilton'. And that biggest blot on the landscape, Edwin the Boy Scout, who is busy doing acts of kindness out of malevolence. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513766
ISBN
9780099513766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. First published in 1932, Journey to the End of the Night was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece and a turning point in French literature. This edition contains a foreword by John Banville. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 450 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356. 450 pages, ill. First published in 1932, Journey to the End of the Night was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece and a turning point in French literature. This edition contains a foreword by John Banville. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight: 348. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847492401
ISBN
9781847492401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. An obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 39. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
680
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593517
ISBN
9781841593517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.21

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!