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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107538
- ISBN
- 9780143107538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Instead of the detail filling itself in and becoming clearer, it seemed to escape him. The face of the man in the ill-fitting coat misted up so that it hardly looked human. The circumstances of Monsieur Gallet's death all seem fake: the name the deceased was travelling under and his presumed profession, and more worryingly, his family's grief. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Series: Inspector Maigret. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141393377
- ISBN
- 9780141393377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Caught in the crossfire of his own effortless cynicism and his silent, secret vulnerability, Stahr inhabits a world dominated by business, alcohol and promiscuity. If there is a moral or social necessity to film-making in this West Coast never-never land, Stahr does not always believe in it. If there is love he does not always see it. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194080
- ISBN
- 9780141194080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. The Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood, containing what many critics have claimed are Fitzgerald's most modern and engaging characters. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493187
- ISBN
- 9781847493187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.02
€ 10.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. A mesmerising and lavish story of Hollywood's Golden Age from the author of The Great Gatsby. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409150374
- ISBN
- 9781409150374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. The studio lot looks like 'thirty acres of fairyland' the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair, starting with a fast-moving seduction as slick as a scene from one of Stahr's pictures. Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185637
- ISBN
- 9780141185637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page-turning drama of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089611
- ISBN
- 9781844089611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12
Paperback. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. This book contains vivid incident - pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes - but reflects also on the interaction between colonists and native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, it questions practises of the American frontier and eclipse of cultures. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260490
- ISBN
- 9781853260490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.96
€ 6.96
Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375757648
- ISBN
- 9780375757648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.37
€ 14.99
€ 14.37
Paperback. Angered by the values of his materialistic society, Hawk-eye lives apart from the other white men, sharing the solitude and sublimity of the wilderness with his Mohican Indian friend, Chingachgook. As the savageries of war test these exiled men, they agree to guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile Indian country. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390247
- ISBN
- 9780140390247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 123 x 28. Weight in Grams: 242. Used Copy. Very Good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KDK0014692
- ISBN
- 9780007368662
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Offering the readers a variation on the traditional captivity narrative of the time of Mohicans, this title features appendices that include illustrations, responses to the novel, historical sources, and documents on the Cherokee removal. Editor(s): Gutjahr, Paul C. Num Pages: 978 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118666
- ISBN
- 9781551118666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.06
€ 25.99
€ 24.06
Paperback. Editor(s): McWilliams, John P., Jr. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538195
- ISBN
- 9780199538195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. 'The Last of the Belles' centres on the Southern beauty Ailie Calhoun from Tarleton, Georgia, who finds herself the object of attention of all the officers at a nearby army base, including the narrator, Andy. A melancholy exploration of unfulfilled dreams and lost youth, the story is considered one of Fitzgerald's finest pieces of short fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847494054
- ISBN
- 9781847494054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.05
€ 10.99
€ 10.05
Paperback. Presents an apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation. Set in the late twenty-first century, this novel unfolds a sombre and pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction. Interwoven with a futuristic theme, it incorporates portraits of Shelley and Byron, yet rejects Romanticism, and its faith in art and nature. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840224030
- ISBN
- 9781840224030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback. A novel, first published in 1826, set in the 21st century, when England is a republic governed by a ruling elite. The narrator, an outsider introduced to the circle, tells a story of tragic, complicated love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 480 pages, facsim., port. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110769
- ISBN
- 9781551110769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.17
€ 41.99
€ 37.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Paley, Morton D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552351
- ISBN
- 9780199552351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kirby, Jack; Ayers, Dick. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 4. Weight in Grams: 152. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: FC; FX. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 4. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Classic Comic Store Ltd
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK first ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906814540
- ISBN
- 9781906814540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.05
€ 12.05
Paperback. Presents a first-person chronicle of the final hours of a man sentenced to the gallows. This book offers graphic details of the prisoner's environment and a moving insight into his thoughts, reminiscences and despair at his impending doom. Translator(s): Moncrieff, Christopher. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Alma Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493613
- ISBN
- 9781847493613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
paperback. The Reverend Josiah Crawley faces ruin and disgrace when he is accused of stealing a cheque. Crawley's predicament divides the community between those who seek to help, and those who, like Mrs Proudie, are convinced of his guilt. The last volume in the Barsetshire series, The Last Chronicle is a moving conclusion for its many familiar characters. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199675999
- ISBN
- 9780199675999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 11.74
Audio disc. In The Last Chronicle of Barset, Trollope concludes his saga of ecclesiastical life. At the heart of the novel is the plight of Josiah Crawley, a proud, impoverished clergyman who faces difficult legal circumstances. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 171 x 59. Weight in Grams: 624. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002185
- ISBN
- 9781843798903
CD
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 97.60€ 59.22
€ 97.60
€ 59.22
Paperback. When Mr Crawley, curate of Hogglestock, is falsely accused of theft he suffers bitterly with his family. Crawley is an ambiguous character however, and he himself seems to bring about most of his suffering. Editor(s): Gilmartin, Sophie. Num Pages: 928 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 40. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437522
- ISBN
- 9780140437522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. In The Lady and the Unicorn Rumer Godden explores the cultural divide in colonial India through a young, forbidden romance. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088478
- ISBN
- 9781844088478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Recounts the frenzied transformations that made late nineteenth-century Paris the fashion capital of the world. This novel includes a capitalist hero, Octave Mouret, who creates a giant department store that devours the dusty, outmoded boutiques surrounding it. Num Pages: 383 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078673
- ISBN
- 9780520078673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81