Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. When Connecticut mechanic and foreman Hank Morgan is knocked unconscious, he wakes not to the familiar scenes of nineteenth-century America but to the bewildering sights and sounds of sixth-century Camelot. This is a darkly comic consideration of the nature of human nature and society. Illustrator(s): Beard, Daniel Carter. Editor(s): Kaplan, Justin. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005142
- ISBN
- 9780140430646
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything: his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta; romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa; revolutionary fighting in Naples; and so much more. Translator(s): Randall, Frederika. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141391663
- ISBN
- 9780141391663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Hardcover. An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double. Hogg's 1824 novel, set in 17th century Scotland, anticipates Dostoevsky's great dramas of sin, self-accusation and damnation by half a century. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151268
- ISBN
- 9781857151268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardback. Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar is part of Barnes & Noble's Leatherbound Classics. This omnibus edition collects all of Poe's fiction and poetry in a single volume. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 1040 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FC; FKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159. .
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435154469
- ISBN
- 9781435154469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.47
€ 52.99
€ 37.47
paperback. A collection of all Kafka's shorter fiction, from fragments, parables and sketches, to longer, complete tales. Together, they reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the depth of his thought. Some, like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgement", are well-known; others are mere jottings. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749399467
- ISBN
- 9780749399467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. The art of telling a ghost story is a refined one and Montague Rhodes James was a master of it. This volume contains all his timeless masterpieces from the four collections of his eerie tales. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 106 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827725
- ISBN
- 9781509827725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales by the celebrated playwright and poet include "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" and "A House of Pomegranates." Revised reissue. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FM; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Signet
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451531070
- ISBN
- 9780451531070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.87
€ 8.87
Paperback. George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185699
- ISBN
- 9780141185699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.17
€ 11.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Icelandic literary culture was one of the richest and most important in the medieval world. This title brings together the finest comic stories from medieval Iceland. It examines how the stories satirised old-style sagas while exploiting their classic themes of quests and revenge. Editor(s): Kellogg, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447743
- ISBN
- 9780140447743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Features Nell LeStrange, the heroine, who is tricked by her calculating sister into leaving her poor lover and marrying a wealthy man she does not love. This novel includes the heroine's frank discussion of her sexual attraction to her lover, and her dispassionate evaluation of loveless marriage as a form of self-sale. Editor(s): Gilbert, Pamela K. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118055
- ISBN
- 9781551118055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.12
€ 37.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Cervantes, Gabriel; Sill, Geoffrey. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810710
- ISBN
- 9781554810710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.63
€ 29.63
Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' short stories, showing just why he is considered one of the 20th century's finest writers. Also featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780227306
- ISBN
- 9781780227306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Hardcover. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151961
- ISBN
- 9781857151961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.06
€ 26.99
€ 19.06
Paperback. Includes sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy that display a range of inventiveness, with fairy tales, intellectual games and glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss. Editor(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141183459
- ISBN
- 9780141183459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.72
€ 20.99
€ 15.72
hardcover. Written over a period of more than half a century, this volume include short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Num Pages: 1856 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 91. Weight in Grams: 1826.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152432
- ISBN
- 9781857152432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81€ 48.83
€ 64.81
€ 48.83
Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 44. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House India
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143425052
- ISBN
- 9780143425052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.92
€ 18.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. M. R. James's classic ghost stories are some of the finest in English, creating menace and terror in lonely country houses and remote inns. This is the only one-volume edition to include all James's published stories, an appendix of James's writings on the ghost story, and a critical introduction and notes. Editor(s): Jones, Darryl. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FKC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 43. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198797364
- ISBN
- 9780198797364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Evan Shepard is a young man with a chequered past when he first meets the Drakes, after his car breaks down outside their house. Behind him, he has a troubled adolescence, a failed marriage and a little daughter, but his meeting with the quiet and beautiful Rachel heralds a new start. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000767
- ISBN
- 9780099518532
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. Sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 182 x 16. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 240
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951514
- ISBN
- 9780241951514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJW; FR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634504973
- ISBN
- 9781634504973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.11
€ 16.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. Frederick, Earl of Ickenham, remains young at heart. So it is for him the act of a moment to lean out of the Drones Club window with a catapult and ping the silk top-hat off his grumpy in-law, the distinguished barrister Sir Raymond Bastable. Unfortunately, things don't end there. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099514077
- ISBN
- 9780099514077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
€ 13.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. Geoffrey Sanborn's edition of Clotel highlights the complexity of the novel's composition and its place in 19th-century print and performance culture. Editor(s): Sanborn, Geoffrey. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554812899
- ISBN
- 9781554812899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.40
€ 26.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. No longer a boy, not quite a man, Edwin Clayhanger stands on a canal bridge on his last day of school, and surveys the valley of Bursley and the Five Towns. Serious, good-natured and full of incoherent ambition, Edwin's hopes and dreams for the future are just taking shape, even as they are put to the test by challenges from Edwin's father. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 39. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872359
- ISBN
- 9781784872359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781785995088
- ISBN
- 9781785995088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.49
€ 12.99
€ 11.49