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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Series: Modern Library Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
9780812968569
ISBN
9780812968569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.73

Hardback. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394664
ISBN
9780141394664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. 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, the 'Napoleon of crime', who has a taste for white mice, vanilla bonbons and poison. Editor(s): Sweet, Matthew. Num Pages: 720 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439617
ISBN
9780141439617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.27

Paperback. Presenting an account of the author's childhood in Czechoslovakia, this title features the tales of the his father's battle to provide for his family both in wealthy freedom and in terrifying persecution. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141192833
ISBN
9780141192833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141183756
ISBN
9780141183756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099530046
ISBN
9780099530046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140. Series: Dover Thrift S. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC; FL; FM. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 11. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486290386
ISBN
9780486290386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Modern Library Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812967197
ISBN
9780812967197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. The heroes of the Spanish novels make their way through a seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Lazarillo de Tormes and Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for the gentlemanly ideals of religion, justice, honour and nobility. Translator(s): Alpert, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 maps, chronology, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449006
ISBN
9780140449006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex and personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4,000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. Translator(s): Sutton, Eric. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185286
ISBN
9780141185286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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
€ 13.41

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
€ 18.93

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
€ 14.91

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
€ 9.43

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
€ 10.81

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
€ 9.94

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
€ 14.20

Paperback. Alice Barton finds adventure during a Friday-to-Monday at a grand country house in Angela Thirkell's classic, deliciously diverting 1930s romantic comedy. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089710
ISBN
9781844089710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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

€ 12.37

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
€ 11.06

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486424491
ISBN
9780486424491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Paperback. Set in the 1730s in a Scotland uneasily united with England, this novel talks about different kinds of justice - that meted out by the Edinburgh mob in the lynching of Captain Porteous, and that encountered by a terrified young girl suspected of killing her baby. It is based on an anonymous letter received by the author in 1817. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony. Num Pages: 864 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 79. Weight in Grams: 616.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140431292
ISBN
9780140431292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

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

€ 13.04

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

€ 4.73

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