Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Paperback. Captain Biggar, big-game hunter and all round tough guy, should make short work of the two bookies who have absconded with his winnings after a freak double made him a fortune. But on this occasion Honest Patch Perkins and his clerk are not as they seem. Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 60. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513926
- ISBN
- 9780099513926
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Paperback. Kafka's novel is a study of relationships, particularly between the individual and society and between thought and action. K's isolation and perplexity and his begging for the approval of elusive and anonymous powers, epitomize Kafka's vision of 20th-century alienation and anxiety. Translator(s): Underwood, J. A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749399528
- ISBN
- 9780749399528
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Condition: New
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Hardcover. A tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world. Illustrator(s): Jansson, Tove. Num Pages: 112 pages, 12 colour and 50 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854379573
- ISBN
- 9781854379573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
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paperback. Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the provincial town of 'N', visiting a succession of landowners and making each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these 'dead souls' as collateral to re-invent himself as a aristocrat. Translator(s): Maguire, Robert A. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140448078
- ISBN
- 9780140448078
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole, little does she know that she is traveling to a world of magic where common-sense is turned upside-down. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107620
- ISBN
- 9780143107620
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
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Hardcover. This complete and unabridged edition contains a biography of the author and a new introduction and afterword. Anne falls in love with Wentworth, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining influence, so persuaded by friends and family she breaks off the match and sends him away. Years later, he returns, is it too late? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150728
- ISBN
- 9781857150728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
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Paperback. Unpublished in Bulgakov's own lifetime, Black Snow (also known as A Theatrical Novel) - here presented in a new translation - is peppered with darkly comic set pieces and draws on its author's own bitter experience as a playwright with the Moscow Arts Theatre, showcasing his inimitable gift for shrewd observation and razor-sharp satire. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847493538
- ISBN
- 9781847493538
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
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Paperback. Features an epic of the Joad family, forced to travel west from Dust Bowl era Oklahoma in search of the promised land of California. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141394886
- ISBN
- 9780141394886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil Service, neglected his books, insulted his friends and found himself in debt. Too apathetic to do anything about his problems, he lives in a grubby, crumbling apartment, waited on by Zakhar, his equally idle servant. Translator(s): Magarshack, David. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449877
- ISBN
- 9780140449877
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous and high-spirited as Anne, and so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery and adventure.. Series: Puffin Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Children´s UK
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141326139
- ISBN
- 9780141326139
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.54
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Paperback. The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, made the historic pilgrimage to Palestine, found pieces of wood from the true Cross, and built churches at Bethlehem and Olivet. This book covers the enormous conflicting forces of the age, and the corruption, treachery, and madness of Imperial Rome. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140182439
- ISBN
- 9780140182439
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
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Paperback. Money makes the world go round for Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge - and when there isn't enough of it, the world just has to spin a bit faster. Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, a solid gold fortune, or at least a plausible little scrounge, the irrepressible Ukridge gives con men a bad name. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099513896
- ISBN
- 9780099513896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
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Paperback. The author roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. In this book, he reveals both the endless diversity of human life and his own high-spirited philosophy of self-fulfilment. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; FC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184906
- ISBN
- 9780141184906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
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Hardback. An abridged, pocket hardback edition of this classic revenge story. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 100 x 35. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827978
- ISBN
- 9781509827978
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.58
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Hardcover. Featuring a variation on the theme of the eternal triangle, the author contrasts two women who love one man: the magnificent but ambitious and unscrupulous Kate Croy, and the fragile heiress Millie Theale whose early death precipitates the story's surprising outcome. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152302
- ISBN
- 9781857152302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.88
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Hardback. A new edition of Woodstock based on the first edition but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 670
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605835
- ISBN
- 9780748605835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.83
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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
€ 24.99€ 13.47
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Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 114 x 41. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007449880
- ISBN
- 9780007449880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.80
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Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Modern Library Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812966169
- ISBN
- 9780812966169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.28
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paperback. "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. This collection includes "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" and nine other stories such as "Hadji Murat", "The Devil", and "War and Peace". Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099541066
- ISBN
- 9780099541066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33