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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Roderick is combative, often violent, but capable of great affection and generosity. His father had been disinherited and has left Scotland leaving his son penniless. After a brief apprenticeship to a surgeon, the innocent Roderick travels to London where he encounters various rogues. Num Pages: 512 pages, facsim., maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433326
ISBN
9780140433326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback. Wu Ch'eng-en wrote "Monkey" in the middle of the 16th century, adding to an ancient Chinese legend his own touches of delicacy and humour. The result is a jumble of the absurd and the profound, of religion and history, of anti-bureaucratic satire and pure poetry. Translator(s): Waley, Arthur. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140441116
ISBN
9780140441116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. This work lets you participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life. Translator(s): Parker, Ralph. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184746
ISBN
9780141184746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. The time has come for an unlikely heroine to have a real adventure. Illustrator(s): Kronheimer, Ann. Series: Real Reads. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: CJCR; FC; YQCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Real Reads United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906230081
ISBN
9781906230081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.62

Paperback. The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: "The Castle of Otranto", published pseudonymously in 1765; "Vathek" (1786); and the story of "Frankenstein" (1818). Editor(s): Fairclough, Peter. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430363
ISBN
9780140430363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. Editor(s): Davies, Stevie. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: D; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 49. Weight in Grams: 764.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780141040387
ISBN
9780141040387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 16.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Lee Clark. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539086
ISBN
9780199539086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition,First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804843935
ISBN
9780804843935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. A stunning and evocative novel set in exotic seventeenth-century Iran with the power of THE KITE RUNNER, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS and HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755334216
ISBN
9780755334216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

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

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 534.
Edition
New edition
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262579
ISBN
9781853262579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443011
ISBN
9780140443011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

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
€ 10.29

Paperback. Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. As the summer wears on, Mrs Newsome concludes that she must send another envoy to confront the errant Chad. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441320
ISBN
9780141441320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Determined that her baby son Tom shall not share her fate and remain in slavery, Roxy secretly exchanges him with his playmate Chambers, the son of her master. The two boys' lives in the quiet Missouri town of Dawson's Landing remain entwined even though they take very different directions. Editor(s): Bradbury, Malcolm. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140430400
ISBN
9780140430400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.23

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

€ 54.60
€ 49.34

Paperback. The Empress of Blandings, prize-winning pig and all-consuming passion of Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has disappeared. Blandings Castle is in uproar and there are suspects a-plenty - from Galahad Threepwood to the Efficient Baxter, chilling former secretary to Lord Emsworth. Even Beach the Butler seems deeply embroiled. Series: Blandings Castle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513827
ISBN
9780099513827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106876
ISBN
9780143106876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Anna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse' is a Victorian and children's classic. Written to expose and prevent cruelty to horses in Victorian England, the novel's appeal as animal story, horse-care manual, protest work, feminist text and slave narrative is fully explored in this new edition. Editor(s): Gavin, Adrienne E. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, c. 10 black and white. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199608522
ISBN
9780199608522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. Two of James Hogg's pastoral dramas with songs, presented here with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 208 pages, music. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634521
ISBN
9780748634521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 107.52

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