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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Beautiful..richly melancholy like those hot summer days when it is so full of that calm before the Autumn, it quite ravished me. When I read it, the tears stream down my face.' STEVIE SMITH Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 346 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085392
- ISBN
- 9781844085392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Hardcover. To celebrate The Hobbit's 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless classic, perfect for little Hobbits everywhere. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 b/w illus, (2 x red & black maps). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pocket edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007440849
- ISBN
- 9780007440849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
CD-Audio. The BBC TV soundtrack of the acclaimed Jackanory multi-voice reading of The Hobbit. Broadcast to mark the 3000th programme of the much-loved children's series Jackanory, The Hobbit was transmitted over two weeks and 10 episodes in 1979. It told the gripping story of Bilbo Baggins and his band of dwarves, who are on a quest. BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 125 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471358371
- ISBN
- 9781471358371
CD
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Hardcover. This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it to become the one enjoyed by readers since 1951. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 211 x 36. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007440832
- ISBN
- 9780007440832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 21.99
€ 36.99
€ 21.99
Hardcover. Special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and brand new reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 b/w illus, (2 x red & black maps). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Special Collector’s edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007487301
- ISBN
- 9780007487301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.95
€ 23.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighbouring squire - though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. But when his amorous escapades earn the disapproval of his benefactor, Tom is banished to make his own fortune. Editor(s): Keymer, Tom; Wakely, Alice. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436228
- ISBN
- 9780140436228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813119380
- ISBN
- 9780813119380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.91
€ 49.91
Paperback. Rasselas and his companions leave the 'happy valley' in search of 'the choice of life'. Johnson's philosophical tale considers such things as the nature of poetry, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and the pursuit of happiness. This new edition relates the novel to Johnson's life and the political and social context. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199229970
- ISBN
- 9780199229970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of men's lives, before returning home in a 'conclusion in which nothing is concluded'. Editor(s): Goring, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439709
- ISBN
- 9780141439709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. A novel originally published in 1751, in which the heroine is courted by several eligible suitors. However her flirtations alienate the right man and she finds herself struggling with the consequences of marrying the wrong man. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 652 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111476
- ISBN
- 9781551111476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.81
€ 41.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. A party on the Highland Tour, taking a scenic break from their journey come upon a miserable hut hid away among some cliffs. The ladies, upon enquiring what lies before them, hear the wretched tale of Elspat MacTavish, the Highland Widow, condemned forever to live penitent and alone. She is condemned by her love for her husband and her only son. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843911807
- ISBN
- 9781843911807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaufman-McKivigan, Prof. John R., IV; Levine, Robert S.; Stauffer, John. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184624
- ISBN
- 9780300184624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.88
€ 13.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. A book about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time - or, in truth, of our own. It explores the understanding "that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them." Editor(s): Williams, Gary. Series: Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218871
- ISBN
- 9780803218871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is precisely focused on the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737. Editor(s): Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 792 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605705
- ISBN
- 9780748605705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.00
€ 183.00
Paperback. Contains a series of golfing stories: From Evangeline, Bradbury Fisher's fifth wife and a notorious 'golfing giggler', to poor Rollo Podmarsh whose game was so unquestionably inept that 'he began to lose his appetite and would moan feebly at the sight of a poached egg'. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513872
- ISBN
- 9780099513872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance. Translator(s): Glenny, Michael. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099529941
- ISBN
- 9780099529941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. A group of people have little in common except that they are all hopelessly lonely. A young girl, a drunken socialist and a black doctor are drawn to a gentle, sympathetic deaf mute, whose presence changes their lives. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185224
- ISBN
- 9780141185224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486790268
- ISBN
- 9780486790268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. The next Angela Thirkell novel in the hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349007472
- ISBN
- 9780349007472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. After the Summer Concert fiasco, Mr Kay resolves to remove Fenn from office and puts his house into special measures, co-opting Kennedy, second prefect of Blackburn's, as reluctant troubleshooter with a brief to turn the place around. But without the backing of Fenn, and the whole house hostile towards him, how can he achieve the impossible..? Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841591810
- ISBN
- 9781841591810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08