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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world. But when the red' strangers come, sunburned Europeans who seek to colonize their homeland, the lives of the two Kikuyu tribesmen begin to change in dramatic new ways. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141188508
ISBN
9780141188508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. When Agnes's father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living - as a governess. Working for the Bloomfields, her enthusiasm is soon dampened by isolation and the cruelty of the children in her charge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872397
ISBN
9781784872397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Hardback. Series: Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne S. Num Pages: 572 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813007380
ISBN
9780813007380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Avsey, Ignat. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782271154
ISBN
9781782271154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.78

Hardcover. Using multiple narrators, playing with literary stereotypes and identities, this title tells the story of an aspiring young writer, James Orlebar Cloyster, prepared to do almost anything, first for success and then for gratification. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591926
ISBN
9781841591926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
125th Anniversary Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266100
ISBN
9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.51

Paperback. Three Diggers Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845880842
ISBN
9781845880842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

Paperback. Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. Kafka deals in dark and quirkily humorous terms with the insoluble dilemmas of a world which offers no reassurance, and no reliable guidance to resolving our existential and emotional uncertainties and anxieties. Translator(s): Williams, John R. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 34. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840227260
ISBN
9781840227260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199662777
ISBN
9780199662777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. The Noli, as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism. This title tells a love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039693
ISBN
9780143039693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Escaping a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium, the hero gets entangled with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, which complicates his affections for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school. Editor(s): Glen, Heather. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433111
ISBN
9780140433111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Hardcover. Set in mid-19th-century Russia, this book tells the story of a married woman's passion for a young officer and of her tragic fate. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 48. Weight in Grams: 890. Some very light soiling and/or shelf wear may be present.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
964
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
9781857150582
ISBN
9781857150582
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 24.99
€ 15.77

paperback. Exactly 500 years after its first publication by the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original - and enchanting - woodcut illustrations. Translator(s): Godwin, Joscelyn. Num Pages: 496 pages, 174 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500285497
ISBN
9780500285497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.84

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375753138
ISBN
9780375753138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. This title chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. Unless you read Spanish, you've never read this title. Translator(s): Grossmann, Edith. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 50. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469698
ISBN
9780099469698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Bobby is eighteen and lost on the battlefields of Europe, stumbling his way through World War II. He has turned out to be the heroic soldier he imagined and his experience of battle principally involves fear and confusion. Back home, his mother Alice puts all her hopes in her son, and dreams of his return and starting a new life for them both. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099518631
ISBN
9780099518631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Among the residents of a small Dorset town called Folly Down, an unlikely struggle between the forces of good and evil is taking place. For a single winter's evening, Time stands still and the bitter-sweet gift of awareness descends upon the people. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589655
ISBN
9780099589655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Tells the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, this book reveals an enquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 45. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105954
ISBN
9780143105954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.18

Hardcover. A hilarious tale of mistaken identity that features Lord Emsworth's prized pig, the Empress of Blandings. It features the triumph of young love, and general mayhem among the twits at Blandings Castle. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591612
ISBN
9781841591612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

Hardback. Captures better than any other story a child's wonder at Christmas. This book features enchanting images of sugar plums and nutcrackers, mistletoe and the Kingdom of the Dolls - continues to cast its fantastical spell on readers of all ages. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143122500
ISBN
9780143122500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Catherine's mother died when Catherine was just a baby girl, leaving nothing but her perfect reputation to live up to. Or so she thought. But then Catherine finds a box addressed to her, filled with objects seemingly without meaning - three feathers, an exotic seashell, a painting, a mirror, two prints, a map, a hat, a rucksack and a necklace. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099572053
ISBN
9780099572053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Salzman, Dr Paul. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DQ; DSBD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540570
ISBN
9780199540570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.06

Paperback. A novel that describes the devastation resulting from an aerial bomb attack in Southampton which destroys the city's infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults. It follows the trials and tribulations of the Corbett family as they try to get to safety. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099529972
ISBN
9780099529972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. With an account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War alongside general Middle Eastern and military history, politics, adventure and drama, this title is also a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511786
ISBN
9780099511786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. One morning, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect. His family is understandably perturbed and he finds himself an outsider in his own home. The author explores the confusing nature of human experience with compelling originality. Translator(s): Muir, Edwin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749399535
ISBN
9780749399535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. Features short stories. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141392851
ISBN
9780141392851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241305164
ISBN
9780241305164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.47

Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Horne, Philip. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441269
ISBN
9780141441269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535774
ISBN
9780199535774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. If you come into a lot of money, life becomes easier, right? No, wrong - at least not for Sally Nicholas, whose generosity of spirit immediately runs into all the slings and arrows outrageous fortune can send. Her handsome fiance turns out not to be all he seems - and then there is the show he's written, which Sally puts on in the theatre. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Edition
1st Arrow Paperback
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099514176
ISBN
9780099514176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182209
ISBN
9780141182209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Tells the tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 416 pages, further reading, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447859
ISBN
9780140447859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Bouce, Paul-Gabriel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552344
ISBN
9780199552344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

hardcover. Written over a period of more than half a century, this volume include short stories and novellas reflect every aspect of his developing art and outlook. Num Pages: 1856 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 91. Weight in Grams: 1826.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152432
ISBN
9781857152432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.55
€ 47.84

Hardback. "Lavishly illustrated with interactive elements"--Front cover. Illustrator(s): Minalima Ltd. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FC; YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 882.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Nov Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062362223
ISBN
9780062362223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486415857
ISBN
9780486415857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226901619
ISBN
9780226901619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardcover. Wild passion leads to tragedy as love is perverted by marriage. But the concerns of mortals are belittled by the sombre, immemorial presence of Egdon Heath, perhaps Hardy's finest evocation of his native landscape. The text is accompanied by a critical introduction. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151169
ISBN
9781857151169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

Hardback. A translation of Cervantes' masterpiece paired with a comprehensive Introduction. Translator(s): Montgomery, James H. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
896
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209596
ISBN
9780872209596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.61
€ 44.46

Hardcover. This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prizewinner's great masterpiece is a major literary event. Translator(s): Woods, John E. Num Pages: 1536 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152876
ISBN
9781857152876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 29.74

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