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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Mystery thriller set in WWI; who was G B Bretherton? How did a British officer come to be dressed in a German general's uniform, lying dead in a ruined chateau? Series: Casemate Classic War Fiction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FJMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 191 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003764
- ISBN
- 9781612003764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Arguably the first work of science fiction in English, Francis Godwin's ""The Man in the Moone"" was published in 1638, pseudonymously and posthumously. This title includes a critical introduction that places the text in its scientific and historical contexts. Editor(s): Poole, William (New College, Oxford). Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551118963
- ISBN
- 9781551118963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. An incomparable satirist, the author became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presents his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185927
- ISBN
- 9780141185927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive epileptic Prince Myshkin - pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General, his wife, and his three daughters. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a photograph of the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna. Translator(s): McDuff, David. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140447927
- ISBN
- 9780140447927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.45
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€ 10.45
Paperback. Set against the backdrop of the devastating global recession, and pulsing with the energy of the author's previous novel Invisible, this title is as mythic as it is contemporary, as in love with baseball as it is with literature. It is above all, a story about love and forgiveness - not only among men and women, but also between fathers and sons. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571258802
- ISBN
- 9780571258802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.10
€ 13.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. Editor(s): James, Simon. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141439990
- ISBN
- 9780141439990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
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
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Paperback. Under the watchful eye of their patron M de Treville, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu, and the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself. But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinal's spy, Milady, a female spy. Translator(s): Barrow, William. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853260407
- ISBN
- 9781853260407
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Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback. Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. In this title, the author's study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BTC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. First British edition. Fine in original dust wrapper. DW showing age, sellotaped to spine, nicked and with small tears to edges. Sellotaped inside flaps taped front and back. Internally pages v. lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0028277
- ISBN
- 9780141182575
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 98.00
€ 98.00
Paperback. In the summer of 1920 two men, both war survivors meet in the quiet English countryside. One is living in the church, intent upon uncovering and restoring an historical wall painting while the other camps in the next field in search of a lost grave. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182308
- ISBN
- 9780141182308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. This new annotated edition inlcudes "Live Oak, with Moss" and prose selections from "Democratic Vistas" and "Specimen Days". The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 11 illustrations, chronology, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974966
- ISBN
- 9780393974966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Paperback. Includes three stories where characters are tested by dramatic events 'that show in the light of day the inner worth of a man, the edge of his temper, and the fibre of his stuff; that reveal the quality of his resistance and the secret stuff of his pretences, not only to others but also to himself'. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0019544
- ISBN
- 9781853267437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. This novel attacks the political and financial corruption. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000941
- ISBN
- 9781853260278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. This novel is a puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150. Experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. This novel is a puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150. Experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. This novel is a puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KKE0000940
- ISBN
- 9781853260155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.99€ 4.99
€ 5.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W B Yeats, T S Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 464. Tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W B Yeats, T S Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions London
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKE0000936
- ISBN
- 9781840226355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
Paperback. Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The heroine, Fanny Price, has to struggle to cope with the results, re-examining her feelings while enduring the amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853260322
- ISBN
- 9781853260322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.01
€ 7.01
Paperback. A novel, first published in 1826, set in the 21st century, when England is a republic governed by a ruling elite. The narrator, an outsider introduced to the circle, tells a story of tragic, complicated love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 480 pages, facsim., port. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551110769
- ISBN
- 9781551110769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.17
€ 41.99
€ 37.17
Paperback. Miss M., a pretty and diminutive young woman with a passion for shells, fossils, flints, butterflies and stuffed animals, struggles to deal with her isolation from the rest of society due to her extraordinarily small size. When her father dies, she must make her own way in a world that treats her as an entertaining curiosity. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 38. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Telegram Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590665
- ISBN
- 9781846590665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. Adrian Leverkuhn is a young man destined for success. He is a composer - creative and brilliant, but he will stop at nothing to achieve greatness. Intentionally contracting syphilis in order to deepen his creative potential through madness, Adrian makes his pact with nature. Translator(s): Lowe-Porter, H. T. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- 9780749386573
- ISBN
- 9780749386573
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.99€ 11.29
€ 15.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 619 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111919
- ISBN
- 9781551111919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.85
€ 29.99
€ 26.85