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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Florent Quenu returns to Paris after being unjustly imprisoned and finds the city utterly changed. The great new food market, Les Halles, has been built, and food dominates the political and social life of the capital. The third in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, The Belly of Paris appears in a vibrant new translation. Translator(s): Nelson, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555840
ISBN
9780199555840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812974225
ISBN
9780812974225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.56

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621992
ISBN
9781909621992
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

paperback. Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in theme and tone, ranging from tragedy and satire to comedy and farce. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261893
ISBN
9781853261893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.01

Paperback. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158. 2010 printing with new introduction by Cedric Watts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853261794
ISBN
9781853261794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812971187
ISBN
9780812971187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. A historical novel set in Lombardy during the wars, famine and plague of the period 1628-30. Two star-crossed lovers are tested by the political injustices of their situation, the virulence of the plague, and a life in exile, away from their homeland. First published in 1827, and now accompanied by an essay HISTORY OF THE COLUMN OF INFAMY. Translator(s): Penman, Bruce. Num Pages: 720 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442748
ISBN
9780140442748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605811
ISBN
9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.69
€ 107.80

hardcover. Set in Lombardy during the Spanish occupation of the late 1620s, this title tells the story of two young lovers, Renzo and Lucia, prevented from marrying by the petty tyrant Don Rodrigo, who desires Lucia for himself. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 209 x 35. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
9781841593579
ISBN
9781841593579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin/Puffin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143334255
ISBN
9780143334255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.01

Paperback. * This collection of short stories enabled du Maurier's devoted readership to see her, for the first time, in a very different guise -- as an exponent of the sinister and macabre. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080878
ISBN
9781844080878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Hardcover. Daphne du Maurier's chilling short-story collection, the title story was famously made into a film by Hitchcock - perfect for the Halloween and Christmas markets. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349006666
ISBN
9780349006666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Caught in the midst of England's War of the Roses, young Dick Shelton's loyalties are torn between a guardian who betrays him and the leader of the secret fellowship, "The Black Arrow". In order to survive he must distinguish friend from foe and confront the tests of war, shipwreck, murder and forbidden love. Editor(s): Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441399
ISBN
9780141441399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604517
ISBN
9780748604517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.20
€ 129.94

Paperback. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter - Bradley attempts to escape. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589259
ISBN
9780099589259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Philippe and Joseph Bridau are two extremely different brothers. The elder, Philippe, is a superficially heroic soldier and adored by their mother Agathe. He is nonetheless a bitter figure, secretly gambling away her savings after a brief but glorious career as Napoleon's aide-de-camp at the battle of Montereau. Translator(s): Adamson, Donald. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140442373
ISBN
9780140442373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Translator(s): Demmler, Franz. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540464
ISBN
9780199540464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Set at the height of the "tulipomania" that gripped Holland in the 17th century, this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle, a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448924
ISBN
9780140448924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Tells the story of young clerk Peter Pentecost, who has a claim to the throne, and a tale of intrigue against King Henry VIII, where 'under the blanket of the dark all men are alike and all are nameless'. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846970726
ISBN
9781846970726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Translator(s): Costello, D. P. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Calder Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544588
ISBN
9780714544588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

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