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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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
€ 10.81

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
€ 11.00

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

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

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
€ 11.02

Paperback. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, this novel talks about different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. It is based on an anonymous letter received by the author in 1817. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony. Num Pages: 864 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 79. Weight in Grams: 616.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431292
ISBN
9780140431292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538393
ISBN
9780199538393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443554
ISBN
9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

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
€ 29.51

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
€ 11.73

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
€ 9.95

Paperback. A masterly evocation of grief and loneliness that bind two very different people together, from the author of The Go-Between. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473612556
ISBN
9781473612556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

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
€ 29.66

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
€ 11.88

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
€ 11.66

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

€ 46.97

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
€ 13.39

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
€ 15.84

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 nearly 30 years later. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007440832
ISBN
9780007440832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.66

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
€ 12.88

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

€ 15.79

Hardcover. This edition of the celebrated Sherlock Holmes novel is one of a series consisting of unabridged versions of 19th-century classics, with introductions, glossaries, and activities for individuals, pairs and groups. Series: New Windmills. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHN; 4KHT; 4KL; FC; YFA; YQEF. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435126094
ISBN
9780435126094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.43

Paperback. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the grounds, with a large animal footprint near his lifeless body, the locals are convinced that the hound is back. It is up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth and keep the new heir to the hall safe from danger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518280
ISBN
9780099518280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Paperback. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199177
ISBN
9780141199177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.43

Hardback. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192437
ISBN
9780141192437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

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