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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. * Black comedy in the style of The Dud Avocado * 'Definitely demonic, exquisitely carved, deadly murderous comedy' Dawn Powell, Book Week Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844081240
ISBN
9781844081240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. You might find it hard to imagine that those ageing spinsters living quietly in small English towns ever led lives of passion or hardship, that they ever possessed beauty or romantic ideals. This title tells the story of two such old wives, sisters Constance and Sophia, from youth, through marriage, heartbreak, triumphs and disasters, to old age. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 40. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099595359
ISBN
9780099595359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

paperback. Affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters. This work traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141442112
ISBN
9780141442112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horror, the hallucinations increase and life on board becomes very embarrassing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184500
ISBN
9780141184500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 934.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160597
ISBN
9780691160597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 45. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173221
ISBN
9780691173221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322325
ISBN
9780940322325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.81

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Kubin, Alfred. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 249 pages, 50 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213032
ISBN
9781910213032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Some Writing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270579
ISBN
9780486270579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.32

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Nodel, Norman. Series: Classics Illustrated. Num Pages: 48 pages, Fully Illustrated. BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 29 x 123 x 3. Weight in Grams: 150. Series: Classics Illustrated. 48 pages, fully illustrated. Cateogry: (J) Children / Juvenile. BIC Classification: 5AN; FC; FX; YFA; YFW. Dimension: 29 x 123 x 3. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Classic Comic Store Ltd
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906814694
ISBN
9781906814694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. A fresh contemporary design for A. S. Byatt's celebrated anthology of English short stories The Oxford Book of English Short Stories.The 37 stories featured here are selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, by authors ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter, and Ian McEwan. Editor(s): Byatt, A. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561605
ISBN
9780199561605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.16

Paperback. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, this collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Carribbean in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fallaize, Elizabeth. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583171
ISBN
9780199583171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561537
ISBN
9780199561537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation. Editor(s): Trevor, William. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 426 567pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
9780199583140
ISBN
9780199583140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the younger generation dealing with the pitfalls and paradoxes of modern life, this anthology offers a stimulating survey of the development of the Japanese short story, the Japanese literary genre. Editor(s): Goossen, Theodore W. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583195
ISBN
9780199583195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.08

paperback. V. S. Pritchett, one of our greatest short-story writers, has chosen forty-one stories written in the English language for this volume, producing a collection that successfully displays the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years. Editor(s): Pritchett, V. S. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199583133
ISBN
9780199583133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. Throughout the 19th century fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with death and what lay beyond it. This collection includes stories by J.S. Le Fanu, M.R. James, Elizabeth Gaskell, Rhoda Broughton, Charles Dickens, Henry James and Wilkie Collins. Editor(s): Cox, Michael; Gilbert, R. A. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 106 x 33. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804471
ISBN
9780192804471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. Love gets in the way of progress when Raman, a sign painter, meets Daisy, who wishes to bring birth control to the city of Malgudi. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140185492
ISBN
9780140185492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Fitzgerald series of lavishly produced editions with flaps and 4 b&w plates, The Pat Hobby Stories offers a vivid account of Hollywood and its politics and hierarchies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847493859
ISBN
9781847493859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241980361
ISBN
9780241980361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.27

Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 6. Weight in Grams: 64.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141394909
ISBN
9780141394909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.30

Paperback. When Kino, a poor Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana and their son Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Illustrator(s): Orozco, Jose Luis. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185125
ISBN
9780141185125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Hensher, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141396002
ISBN
9780141396002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd
Publication date
2018
Edition
new edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213278
ISBN
9781910213278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089581
ISBN
9781844089581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204904
ISBN
9780872204904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

Translator(s): Healy, George R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872204911
ISBN
9780872204911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. Leroux's classic Gothic melodrama, here freshly presented in a vivid new translation, with informative introduction and notes. The original novel behind Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical, The Phantom of the Opera tells of the masked Phantom whose obsessive love for Christine Daae sets in chain a series of terrifying events. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199694570
ISBN
9780199694570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

paperback. When the new managers of the Paris Opera House ignore their predecessors' warnings about the hideous 'Opera ghost' stalking the theatre, it is a fatal mistake. The Phantom haunts the imagination of the talented singer Christine Daae, appearing to her as the 'Angel of Music' - a disembodied voice, coaching her to sing as she never could before. Translator(s): Ribiere, Mireille; Ribiere, Mireille. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191508
ISBN
9780141191508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826674
ISBN
9781509826674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 21. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007420278
ISBN
9780007420278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.32

Paperback. Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris Opera. She is watched by the Opera's 'phantom' - a mysterious masked figure who terrorises the Opera's management and players. With the Phantom's help, Christine rises to become the Opera's star performer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560555
ISBN
9780099560555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. A new edition of a classic tale in the EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY series which throws light on English life in the 1830s. Includes 43 works by Seymour and 'Phiz' (which accompanied the original edition), and a reprint of the 1907 preface by G K Chesterton. Num Pages: 944 pages, 43. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 46. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Everyman
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152111
ISBN
9781857152111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 784 pages, 8 line drawings, one as frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536245
ISBN
9780199536245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. Charles Dickens' first published work, "The Pickwick Papers" was an instant success that captured the public imagination with its colourful characters and farcical plot. Featuring the original illustrations, this title includes an introduction that discusses the genesis of "The Pickwick Papers" and the emergence of its central characters. Editor(s): Wormald, Mark. Num Pages: 848 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, 2 maps, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436112
ISBN
9780140436112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509825455
ISBN
9781509825455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Hardback. The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited, heralding the end of a repressive era. Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, Wilde's uncensored typescript is published here for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition. Editor(s): Frankel, Nicholas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 78 color illustrations, 1 color map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057920
ISBN
9780674057920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 47.59

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
176
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486278070
ISBN
9780486278070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 213.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307743527
ISBN
9780307743527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

Hardback. On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siecle decadence. Although sin is punished in the end the book has a flavour of the elegantly perverse.

With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

" Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93 x 18. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827831
ISBN
9781509827831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

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