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Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781853261237
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. These fantasies and true-to-life fables were created by Oscar Wilde for his own sons. Here is the tale of the Prince who is not as happy as he seems, of the Selfish Giant who learns how to love children, and of the Star-Child who suffers bitter trials when he rejects his parents. Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB; YFA; YFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 62. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003066
ISBN
9781853261237
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Antiquarian Paxton travels to a small town on the coast of Norfolk and learns of a legend concerning three crowns buried on the coast thousands of years ago to protect the land against marauding Vikings. Paxton tries to find the remaining crown, unaware of the supernatural presence that protects it. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143039921
ISBN
9780143039921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.03

Paperback. A collection of strange stories from Wilkie Collins, author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone. It also includes the novella, The Haunted Hotel, a combination of detective and ghost story set in Venice, a city of waterways and death. Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
paperback / softback
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840225334
ISBN
9781840225334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472152565
ISBN
9781472152565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435905668
ISBN
9780435905668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.21

paperback. Editor(s): Durrell, Lawrence. Num Pages: 397 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201117
ISBN
9780811201117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

Paperback. In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for the bridge to be repaired, they are inspired to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. Translator(s): Chilton, Paul. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140443554
ISBN
9780140443554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. A scintillating story collection by the young Australian author of the Guardian First Book Award- shortlisted novel The Night Guest. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444776737
ISBN
9781444776737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Thrilling crime stories about cars, driving, and the road from the world's bestselling and critically acclaimed writers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473650183
ISBN
9781473650183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

paperback. Three people are frozen in a conspiracy of silence that prevents love's consummation; a nine-year-old dreams that a movie part heals her fragmented family life; a brother and sister forge a new life amid terrible beauty of Ireland after Rebellion; and in title story, a man chooses between his longtime love and a life of solitude on family farm. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031526
ISBN
9780140294699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

Paperback. Within these pages, some of H P Lovecraft's more obscure works of horror and science fiction can be found, including several fantastic tales from his celebrated Cthulhu Mythos. No true Lovecraft aficionado dare be without this volume. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840226423
ISBN
9781840226423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Translator(s): Asher, Linda; Cosman, Carol; Stump, Jordan M. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590176641
ISBN
9781590176641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. The Impossible Fairy Tale tells the story of the nameless 'Child', who struggles to make a mark on the world, and her classmate Mia, whose spoiled life is everything the Child's is not. Translator(s): Hong, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Tilted Axis Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911284093
ISBN
9781911284093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022310
ISBN
9780268022310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035037
ISBN
9780268035037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. Typical - just when Bertie thinks that God's in his heaven and all's right with the world, things start to go wrong again.. Only one man can save the day - the inimitable Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591483
ISBN
9781841591483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Jonathan. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 172. 176 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Dimension: 132 x 199 x 11. Weight: 168.
Publisher
Comma Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905583522
ISBN
9781905583522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Presents a collection of ten stories by an award-winning fiction writer, "Chicago Tribune" reporter, and former foreign correspondent. These stories explore the emotional repercussions of fragile humans caught in often harsh situations beyond their control. It chronicles the fictive lives that all too clearly resonates with our world. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044084
ISBN
9780268044084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. By the same authors as "French Leave" and "An Enthusiast" this book is a collection of stories first published at the turn of the century and were considered some of the funniest prose in the English language. They have more recently inspired the television series of the same name. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349101460
ISBN
9780349101460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970689
ISBN
9781907970689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Presents the author's incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189857
ISBN
9780141189857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. In the tradition of Alice Munro, an ambitious coming of age novel-in-stories set against the backdrop of the political turmoil in 1980s Nicaragua. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Murray Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444792683
ISBN
9781444792683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0014006
ISBN
9780007517367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

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