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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Presents an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex. This title includes "Bring Forth the Body" and "The Survivors". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 194 x 35. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561347
ISBN
9780099561347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. This is a study of decadence among the merchant families of Hamburg at the end of the 19th century. The novel is based on Mann's own experience as the son of a German merchant prince, but goes beyond his own experience in its sweep. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 41. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151077
ISBN
9781857151077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardback. Tells the story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is today the most famous and loved of all Christmas tales. Series: Penguin Christmas Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122494
ISBN
9780143122494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin - the new guest at The Coach and Horses - is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. He has developed a process that has made him invisible, and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141389516
ISBN
9780141389516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Yellin, Jean Fagan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538034
ISBN
9780199538034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116907
ISBN
9781551116907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.88

Paperback. "If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Series: Essential Modern Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007395194
ISBN
9780007395194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies. Num Pages: 851 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 45. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Everyman London
Number of pages
851
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152005
ISBN
9781857152005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Keymer, Thomas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised, New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536986
ISBN
9780199536986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Returning home after years away at university, Arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend Bazarov to his father and uncle. But their guest soon stirs up unrest on the quiet country estate - his outspoken nihilist views and his scathing criticisms of the older men expose the growing distance between Arkady and his father. Translator(s): Carson, Peter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441337
ISBN
9780141441337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. Series: Pulp! The Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843441342
ISBN
9781843441342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397887
ISBN
9780141397887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.88

Paperback. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed Edmond Dantes spends fourteen bitter years imprisoned in grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth treasure and use it to plot destruction of men responsive for his incarceration. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Num Pages: 1312 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449266
ISBN
9780140449266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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
€ 15.19

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Vintage Classics ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375719004
ISBN
9780375719004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177648
ISBN
9781590177648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 309 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241255773
ISBN
9780241255773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The Double, Dostoevsky's second published work of fiction, which foreshadows in its themes many of his mature novels, is the surreal and hallucinatory tale of an unfortunate anti-hero, at once chilling in its depiction of the dark sides of human nature and exuberantly comical. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496034
ISBN
9781847496034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

Hardback. One of Hogg's longest and also one of his most original and daring works, presented here in a scholarly edition in light of the discovery of the original manuscript. Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 606 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1192. War, Women and Witchcraft. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. 606 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. One of Hogg's longest and also one of his most original and daring works, presented here in a scholarly edition in light of the discovery of the original manuscript. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 54. Weight: 1182.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
606
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638116
ISBN
9780748638116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.85
€ 120.22

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
€ 13.51

Hardback. Science and adventure are electrifying accomplices in Jules Verne's classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Illustrated by Edouard Riou, with an Afterword by David Stuart Davies. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 150 x 93 x 28. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation, Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827879
ISBN
9781509827879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. When Sam Marlowe falls in love with his cousin's sparky ex-fiancee, he finds himself up against stiff opposition from her father, her father's best friend and the best friend's son for whom she is destined, all of them travelling together aboard the RMS Atlantic. Though he fails at sea, he eventually triumphs on land. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591520
ISBN
9781841591520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370187
ISBN
9781681370187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A novel that follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. It focuses on family relationships - father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter. It portrays the world of the late 1820s and the forces of change within it. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224160
ISBN
9781840224160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

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