Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. There's nothing sinister about a London bus. Nothing supernatural could occur on a busy Tube platform. There's nothing terrifying about a little caterpillar. And a telephone, what could be scary about that? There's no need for a ticking clock, a limping footstep, or a knock at the door to start you trembling. There's nothing to be scared of. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784871901
- ISBN
- 9781784871901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.22
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Paperback. The author wrote his ghost stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. He harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. This title collects these stories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099560562
- ISBN
- 9780099560562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
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Contains an Introduction, suggestions for further reading, a note on the translation, and an appendix on Zola's notes on Anzin. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 544 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846271
- ISBN
- 9781603846271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.28
€ 46.99
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Paperback. Contains an Introduction, suggestions for further reading, a note on the translation, and an appendix on Zola's notes on Anzin. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 544 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846264
- ISBN
- 9781603846264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.62
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Paperback. A depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire. Translator(s): Pearson, Roger. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447422
- ISBN
- 9780140447422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Paperback. Translator(s): Collier, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536894
- ISBN
- 9780199536894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. One of Dickens's very last writings, 'George Silverman's Explanation' is a dark and psychologically insightful investigation of failure and guilt. This volume also includes two other lesser-known pieces of fiction: the novella for children 'Holiday Romance' and the detective story 'Hunted Down'. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494023
- ISBN
- 9781847494023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
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Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838633205
- ISBN
- 9780838633205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.69
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Hardcover. A collection of fourteen stories that depict Buddha's quest for enlightenment in his former lives. It shows how Buddha suffers mutilations from the wicked and sacrifices himself for those he seeks to save. Translator(s): Meiland, Justin. Series: Clay Sanskrit Library. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: FC; FW; FYB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Volume 2
- Number of pages
- 543
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795835
- ISBN
- 9780814795835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
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paperback. Presents the moral stories of Rabelais that expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 47. Weight in Grams: 740. Some light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF2233450
- ISBN
- 9780140445503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 13.56
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Paperback. In A Game for the Living threads of sexual jealousy and guilt are shot through with all Patricia Highsmith's uncanny talent for the unexpected. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349004921
- ISBN
- 9780349004921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
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Hardcover. A hilarious tale of mistaken identity that features Lord Emsworth's prized pig, the Empress of Blandings. It features the triumph of young love, and general mayhem among the twits at Blandings Castle. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591612
- ISBN
- 9781841591612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
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Paperback. In the final novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089598
- ISBN
- 9781844089598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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Paperback. When the moon is full at Blandings, strange things happen: among them the painting of a portrait of The Empress. Landseer, the painter may have been dead, but that doesn't prevent Threepwood from introducing him to the castle - or rather introducing Bill Lister, so in love with Prudence that he's determined to enter Blandings in an imposture. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513858
- ISBN
- 9780099513858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Hardcover. The Frozen Assets belong to Edmund Biffen Christopher and they are the legacy of his Godfather which he will receive if he manages to avoid been arrested, something of a habit of Biffen's, until after his thirtieth birthday one week hence. Lord Tilbury, proprietor of the Mammoth publish company, is keen that Biffen does fall foul of the law. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591650
- ISBN
- 9781841591650
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
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Hardback. Translator(s): McClellan, T. M. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166300
- ISBN
- 9780231166300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Edition
- Reissue
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553214208
- ISBN
- 9780553214208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
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€ 8.30
paperback. From Sarajevo, With Sorrow is a disturbingly resonant, timely and important collection. Translator(s): Simic, Amela. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA; FC; FJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Biblioasis Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973597158
- ISBN
- 9780973597158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.81
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Paperback. One of du Maurier's most popular novels, Frenchman's Creek is a tale of adventure, set during the reign of Charles II. It is the breathtaking story of a woman searching for love, who embraces the dangerous life of a fugitive on the seas. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080410
- ISBN
- 9781844080410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
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Hardcover. One of du Maurier's most popular novels, in a beautiful new hardback VMC set of Daphne du Maurier classics. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088782
- ISBN
- 9781844088782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.49
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Paperback. This newly translated selection of 36 of the best decadent tales from the French fin-de-siecle brings together some the most exotic, stylized, and cerebral literature in the French language. Hilarious and horrifying, these extraordinary, corrosive little tales cast a cold eye on the modern world. Superbly translated and introduced by Stephen Romer. Editor(s): Romer, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DQ; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569274
- ISBN
- 9780199569274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
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Paperback. What on earth could have induced Mr Anstruther to fall in love with Fraulein Schmidt? He is an eligible English bachelor from a good family with great expectations; she is the plain, poor, 'spinster' daughter of a German scholar. But Rose-Marie Schmidt is also funny, intelligent, brave and gifted with an irrepressible talent for happiness. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872342
- ISBN
- 9781784872342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
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paperback. These stories cover the whole span of Kafka's writing career, from "Looking to See" written in his twenties, to his last work, "Josephine", and culminating in "The Metamorphosis" Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349106595
- ISBN
- 9780349106595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339427
- ISBN
- 9780822339427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43