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Paperback. After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious savior is an escaped convict, and his determination to help him leads Stenning into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and murder. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530077
- ISBN
- 9780099530077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Translator(s): Evans, Faith. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 257 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Daunt Books
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907970764
- ISBN
- 9781907970764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232280
- ISBN
- 9781909232280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.51
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Paperback. Features short stories that explore the author's abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. Written between 1918 and 1953, this book shows the literary development of one of Germany's most important writers. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H.T. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749386627
- ISBN
- 9780749386627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Leather / fine binding. Num Pages: 718 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Advantage Publishers Group United States
- Number of pages
- 718
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Lea
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607103165
- ISBN
- 9781607103165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.65
€ 27.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Twisted Spoon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788086264431
- ISBN
- 9788086264431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.69
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€ 18.69
Paperback. The next in a hugely successful series of charming English comedies set in the fictional county of Barsetshire. Series: Virago Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349007441
- ISBN
- 9780349007441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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Paperback. This edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clarendon edition of the text and includes the prefaces to the 1850 and 1867 editions and Dickens's Number Plans. Editor(s): Cardwell, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, frontispiece, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520. Bound in soft red leather, gilt lettering on spine and front cover and gilt page edges, without dustwrapper. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear, small tear on spine but internally is in very good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0016831
- ISBN
- 9780199554003
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 13.99€ 10.66
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€ 10.66
Hardcover. The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies. Num Pages: 851 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 45. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Everyman London
- Number of pages
- 851
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152005
- ISBN
- 9781857152005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
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€ 15.20
Paperback. The greed of Patricia Ingham's family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. Num Pages: 864 pages, 38 b&w illustrations, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 864
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436143
- ISBN
- 9780140436143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will have crucial consequences not only for young Martin, but also for his grandfather and his grandfather's servant, Mary Graham with whom young Martin is in love. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 832 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853262050
- ISBN
- 9781853262050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
paperback. Presents the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. This title also discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and Martin's powerful self-will. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Penguin USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140187724
- ISBN
- 9780140187724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
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€ 12.53
Paperback. Lev Ganin is a young officer sharing a boarding house in Berlin with a host of Russian emigres. Alone in his room, he dreams of his first love, Mary. Awash with memories of youth and idyllic scenes of pre-Revolution Russia, Ganin becomes convinced that Mary is in fact the wife of a fellow-boarder, due to arrive at this very house soon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191478
- ISBN
- 9780141191478
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005140
- ISBN
- 9780140433715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Strongly autobiographical, Mary and The Wrongs of Woman powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that followed. Editor(s): Kelly, Gary. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538904
- ISBN
- 9780199538904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. A vivid portrait of overweening ambition set during the Napoleonic Wars and based on du Maurier's own great-great-grandmother. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080885
- ISBN
- 9781844080885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
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Paperback. Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect, Mary finds herself painfully torn between the two men. Editor(s): Daly, Macdonald. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140434644
- ISBN
- 9780140434644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. Mary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect. Editor(s): Foster, Shirley. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538355
- ISBN
- 9780199538355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel depicts the great clashes between capital and labour, which arose from rapid industrialisation and problems of trade in the mid-19th century. Mary Barton was published in 1848, at a time of great social ferment in Europe, and it reflects its revolutionary moment through an English lens. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781840226898
- ISBN
- 9781840226898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the nineteenth century's most significant novelists, was widely held to be the social conscience of Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution. Editor(s): Recchio, Thomas. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 131 x 33. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 649
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393930634
- ISBN
- 9780393930634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
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paperback. The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, "The Two Hussars" contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Editor(s): Wilks, Ronald. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449624
- ISBN
- 9780140449624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
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Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375759307
- ISBN
- 9780375759307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.87
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Paperback. Gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241251874
- ISBN
- 9780241251874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.54
€ 5.54
Paperback. Roy Edwards's vibrant translation conveys the satirical and innovative style of Multatuli's autobiographical polemic. In his introduction, R. P. Meijer discusses the author's tempestuous life and career, the controversy the novel aroused and its unusual narrative structure. Translator(s): Edwards, Roy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445169
- ISBN
- 9780140445169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06