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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. First published in 1911, Burnett's classic story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden where all things seem possible. Includes a new Afterword. Reissue. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451528834
ISBN
9780451528834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.98

Hardcover. An obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 39. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
680
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593517
ISBN
9781841593517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never encountered. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Alma Books London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496348
ISBN
9781847496348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

CD-Audio. Beasts Royal is the second book written by Patrick O'Brian - made available, at last, for the first time since the 1930s and beautifully repackaged. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008154660
ISBN
9780008154660
CD
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.39

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
December 1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822208181
ISBN
9780822208181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. E T A Hoffmann studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to become a graphic artist and painter. This selection of his finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Translator(s): Hollingdale, R. J. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443929
ISBN
9780140443929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
(38th printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984612
ISBN
9780141984612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A modern English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209701
ISBN
9780872209701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 193 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199009
ISBN
9780141199009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Hardback. One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund. Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198800538
ISBN
9780198800538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. This book gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work. Translator(s): Hapgood, David. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185231
ISBN
9780141185231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 111 x 14. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007934409
ISBN
9780007934409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Paperback. Turgenev's masterpiece about the conflict between generations is as fresh, outspoken, and exciting today as it was in when it was first published in 1862. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536047
ISBN
9780199536047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Just as Bertie Wooster is a member of the Drones Club, Jeeves has a club of his own, the Junior Ganymede, for butlers and gentlemen's gentlemen. In its inner sanctum is kept the "Book of Revelations", where the less than perfect habits of their employers are lovingly recorded. What happens when it disappears into potentially hostile hands? Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513964
ISBN
9780099513964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Nella, daughter of millionaire Theodore Racksole, orders a dinner of steak and beer at the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel in London. Her order is refused, so Theodore promptly buys the chef, the kitchen and the whole hotel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872373
ISBN
9781784872373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one of Germany's most significant novelists. Translator(s): Zwiebel, William L. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135735
ISBN
9781571135735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.99

Hardback. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter is drawn into the sinister intrigues of Sir Percival Glyde and his 'charming' friend Count Fosco, who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: D; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 42. Weight in Grams: 830.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192420
ISBN
9780141192420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.00
€ 16.68

Paperback. Traces the lives of an extended group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571273188
ISBN
9780571273188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJC; FC; FJ; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint, Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509841769
ISBN
9781509841769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 204 x 20. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451474285
ISBN
9780451474285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.55

Paperback. Series: Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature S. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; BT; FC; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834674
ISBN
9780804834674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. In the Latin Quarter of Paris, Trilby O'Ferrall is working as an artist's model. Her ingenuous nature makes her the perfect prey for the cruel magnetism of the demonic musician Svengali, under whose spell she falls. Using hypnotic powers Svengali shapes her into a virtuoso singer and soon she becomes Europe's most captivating soprano. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434033
ISBN
9780140434033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. deals with the London the author knew at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. Illustrator(s): Cruikshank, George. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 688 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 30. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433456
ISBN
9780140433456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, George. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Norvik Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
5th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909408074
ISBN
9781909408074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.49

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