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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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

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. 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

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

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

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. Justine's attachment to virtue attracts nothing but misfortune, and she is subjected to an unending catalogue of sexual abuse. Sade's best-known novel, it overturns all religious, moral, and political norms, and still has the power to shock. This new translation of the 1791version is the first for over 40 years, and the first critical edition. Translator(s): Phillips, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FP; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199572847
ISBN
9780199572847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. In 1945, W. H. Auden remarked that Kafka stands in the same relation to his century as Shakespeare does to his-Kafka is the representative of the twentieth century, the poet who gives it its voice. Editor(s): Corngold, Stanley. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393924794
ISBN
9780393924794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? Translator(s): Garnett, Constance. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221862
ISBN
9781840221862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Srivastava, Lalit M. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195696660
ISBN
9780195696660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.82

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183725
ISBN
9780141183725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a good job to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141395470
ISBN
9780141395470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. In the court of Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is favoured above all the noblemen of England. It is rumoured that the Queen may chose him for her husband. This story is a depiction of intrigue, power struggles and superstition in a bygone age. Editor(s): Alexander, J. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations map, plan. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436549
ISBN
9780140436549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604371
ISBN
9780748604371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 108.27

Paperback. A special UNESCO City of Literature edition with full annotation. Editor(s): Menikoff, Barry. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298. 432 pages. Set deep in the Scottish landscape, this novel of travel and adventure gives an account of remote places and dangerous action in the Highlands in the years following Culloden. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight: 330.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841957593
ISBN
9781841957593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. When young David Balfour is orphaned he discovers some surprising truths about his family. His meeting with his uncle Ebenezer turns out to have disastrous consequences leading to kidnap and imprisonment on board a ship bound for the Carolinas. David finds himself in a daredevil chase across the Scottish Highlands. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518969
ISBN
9780099518969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Paperback. Set in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, Kidnapped is a thrilling adventure story in which young David Balfour flees for his life across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the rebel Alan Breck Stewart. This is a new edition of a key work of 19th-century fiction and Scottish literature, with critical introduction and notes. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: FC; FJH; YFA; YFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199674213
ISBN
9780199674213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441795
ISBN
9780141441795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Webb, Robert H. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 3. Weight in Grams: 150. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, fully illustrated. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 3. Weight: 148.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814502
ISBN
9781906814502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.28

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007420131
ISBN
9780007420131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.40

Paperback. Kim, orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor white mother, and the lama, an old ascetic priest, are on a quest. Kim was born and raised in India and plays with the slum children as he lives on the streets, but he is white, a sahib, and wants to play the "Great Game of Imperialism"; while priest must find redemption from the Wheel of Things. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141442372
ISBN
9780141442372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Kim is an orphan who earns his living begging on the streets of Lahore. One day he befriends an aged Tibetan Lama who, although content to live simply in India, is a rich and powerful abbot in his own country. When the Lama recruits Kim as a disciple and then funds his education at an English public school an adventure begins. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099540786
ISBN
9780099540786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Paperback. Two men - Kim, a boy growing into early manhood, and the lama, an old ascetic priest - are fired by a quest. Kim is white, although born in India. While he wants to play the Great Game of imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama and he tries to reconcile these opposing strands. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199979
ISBN
9780141199979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Hardcover. The story of a half-caste boy, part-Indian and part-Irish, who journeys throughout the subcontinent with an aged llama in search of religious enlightenment. Considered Kipling's masterpiece, the plot revolves around the Great Game: Britain and Russia's struggle for control of Afghanistan. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 505.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
306
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152036
ISBN
9781857152036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

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