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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Hardcover. Anyone who involves himself with Roberta Wickham is asking for trouble, so naturally Bertie Wooster finds himself in just that situation when he goes to stay with his Aunt Dahlia at Brinkley Court. So much is obvious. Why celebrated loony-doctor Sir Roderick Glossop should be there too, masquerading as a butler, is less clear. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591162
ISBN
9781841591162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Jimmy Pitt, man-about-town and former newspaper hound, takes a bet that he cannot commit burglary. He finds breaking and entering easy enough, but then discovers that he has forced his way into the home of a tough New York policeman. Naturally, Captain McEachern has a beautiful daughter and problems of his own. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591230
ISBN
9781841591230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardcover. Offers an insight into the genesis of comic literature's most celebrated double-act. All the stories are set in New York, four of them featuring Jeeves and Wooster themselves; the rest concerning Reggie Pepper, an earlier version of Bertie. Plots involve the usual cast of young clots, choleric millionaires, chorus-girls and vulpine aunts. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591469
ISBN
9781841591469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Hardcover. When George, Viscount Uffenham turns the entire family fortune into diamonds and squirrels them away, naturally he forgets where he has hidden the loot and finds himself compelled to let the family seat to stay afloat. So it is that Mrs Cork's health colony comes into being, providing the perfect setting for crime and young love to flower. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591360
ISBN
9781841591360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Hardcover. Presents a collection of stories in which familiar characters and places are reintroduced in unfamiliar circumstances. This volume includes longest and shorter fictions. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591148
ISBN
9781841591148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.40

hardcover. Suitable for any reader of Wodehouse's stories, this title covers topics which preoccupied him all his life, ranging from Shakespeare, Hollywood and musical comedy, to butlers, thrillers, ocean liners and income tax. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 192 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591964
ISBN
9781841591964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. When someone breaks into the cricket pavilion and steals two silver cups, the whole school is agog. Could it possibly be an inside job? Nothing less than the honour of St Austin's is at stake, not to mention the reputation of Jim Thomson, an excellent athlete with a talent for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591674
ISBN
9781841591674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591322
ISBN
9781841591322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardcover. Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter o old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doin a "bit of good". Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591308
ISBN
9781841591308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardcover. Offers a collection of articles that covers the author's feelings on United States, his adopted homeland all collected into one edition. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591940
ISBN
9781841591940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. When a man needs only two hundred pounds to marry his cook and buy a public house, one would expect his life to be trouble free, but the fifth Earl of Shortlands has to reckon with his haughty daughter, Lady Adela, and Mervyn Spink, his butler, who also happens to be his rival in love. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591339
ISBN
9781841591339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. J Wellington Gedge seems to have everything a man could desire: a rich wife, a chateau, a life of ease in the south of France. But all he really wants is to return to California, not least because Mrs Gedge, who holds the purse-strings, is scheming to have him appointed as American ambassador in Paris. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 409.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591209
ISBN
9781841591209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.56

Hardcover. In order to save his reputation and the honour of his house at school after he shames himself by running away from a fight between fellow pupils and toughs from the local town, a studious schoolboy takes up the study of boxing. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591858
ISBN
9781841591858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. Part of the omnibus series, this volume contains "The Mating Season", "Ring for Jeeves" and "Very Good Jeeves". Other titles in the omnibus series are "Jeeves 1", "Jeeves 2", "Aunts", "Golf" and "Drones". Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Hutchinson
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091748333
ISBN
9780091748333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.43

hardcover. Jeeves suggests a small bottle of champagne in the library. Bertie Wooster's happiness seeems to know no bounds until destiny comes in through the French window. When confusion and panic reign, disaster can be averted if you ring for Jeeves. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591315
ISBN
9781841591315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardcover. This Wodehousean comedy features Mike Bond, the owner of Bond's Bank, who finds himself in a spot of trouble and wants someone to burgle the bank before the trustees inspect it. Fortunately Horace Appleby, currently posing as his butler, is on hand to oblige. Horace is, in fact, not a butler but an American gangster.. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591438
ISBN
9781841591438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.02

paperback. The second Jeeves omnibus which includes "Carry on Jeeves", "Right Ho, Jeeves" and "Joy in the Morning". Series: Jeeves & Wooster. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Random House UK Distribution
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091745745
ISBN
9780091745745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.38

Hardcover. Sir Buckstone Abbot owns what is possibly the ugliest stately home in England, and he is naturally eager to dispose of it to an American heiress, Princess Dwornitzchek. But the sale is complicated by the Princess' engagement to Adrian Peake, who is being pursued by Sir Buckstone's daughter, Jane, who is loved by Joe Vanringham. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591223
ISBN
9781841591223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; FA; FYB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Everyman
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591063
ISBN
9781841591063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. Set mainly in London or New York, this title includes many stories that concerns ordinary people - shopassistants, schoolmasters, secretaries, servants, unsuccessful writers - living the life of rented rooms and cheap cafes. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 138 x 34. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591704
ISBN
9781841591704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Monty Bodkin's pursuit of Gertude Butterwick is temporarily interrupted by his encounter with silver-screen siren Miss Lotus Blossom, who sees in him a means of restoring relations with her idol, the novelist Ambrose Tennyson. But Monty is not the only one with problems. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591179
ISBN
9781841591179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591414
ISBN
9781841591414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardcover. P G Wodehouse was, by common consent, the most brilliant writer of English comedy in the 20th century, equally celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. This anthology includes two novels, fourteen short stories and extracts from Wodehouse' autobiography. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 840 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 49. Weight in Grams: 854.
Publisher
Everyman
Number of pages
840
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841593067
ISBN
9781841593067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.02

Hardcover. Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, Adela Cork buys her Hollywood house. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in-law Smedley, searches the house for Carmen's legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. Series: Everyman's Library P G Wodehouse. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Everyman Paperback Classics
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841591780
ISBN
9781841591780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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