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Paperback. This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights into a previously neglected area of social and book history, and explores key works by George Gissing, Forster and JB Priestley. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349522897
ISBN
9781349522897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. Women Writers and the Hero of Romance studies the nature of the hero and his meaning for the female seeker, or quester, in romance fiction from Wuthering Heights to Fifty Shades of Grey. The book includes chapters on Wuthering Heights, Middlemarch, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sheik, and the novels of Ayn Rand and Dorothy Dunnett. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426970
ISBN
9781137426970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.34

Hardback. Deals with Coetzee's origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is suitable for everybody concerned with Coetzee's life and work. Translator(s): Heyns, Michiel. Num Pages: 712 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922070081
ISBN
9781922070081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.82

Hardback. Like most authors, Mark Twain wrote from personal experience, but, unlike many authors, he left behind a wealth of autobiographical material recording those personal experiences. His autobiography, letters, speeches, and notebooks contain many references to events similar to those presented in Tom Sawyer. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819190598
ISBN
9780819190598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.28

Paperback. Li He is the bad-boy poet of the late Tang dynasty. He began writing at the age of seven and died at twenty-six from alcoholism or, according to a later commentator, "sexual dissipation," or both. This title features his collection of poems. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 515.
Publisher
New York Review Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966607
ISBN
9789629966607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.96

Paperback. Series: Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfalischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
GWV Fachverlage GmbH Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531099064
ISBN
9783531099064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 613.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322226
ISBN
9780940322226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.11

hardcover. Fishing tales by the best authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Charles Phair, Hugh Wise, and Kip Farrington and the best tales, such as Marlins Off Cuba, Fighting Sharks on Hook and Line, and The Angler's Camp. Editor(s): Merritt, J.I. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 21. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586670771
ISBN
9781586670771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.77

Hardcover. Good copy in original blue cloth. Some shelf wear and cover is very stained but binding remains tight and text is clear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Henry J. Drane
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1909
SKU
KOC0002602
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD; YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000481
ISBN
9780751565355
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

hardcover. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 810. Good clean copy showing light age and wear. Light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Little, Brown London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0000492
ISBN
9781408704202
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. The first adult novel by J.K. Rowling Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 396. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sphere
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001602
ISBN
9780751552867
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

paperback. Examining novels by Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, Sherley Anne Williams, Octavia Butler, John Edgar Wideman, Phyllis Perry, Ishmael Reed, Caryl Phillips, and others, this book presents an insightful approach to canonical and noncanonical contemporary fictional slave narratives. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927404
ISBN
9780813927404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

Hardcover. "Shakespeare Studies" is an international volume published every year in hardcover, containing more than three hundred pages of essays and studies by critics from both hemispheres. Editor(s): Barroll, J. Leeds. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610. "Includes bibliographical footnotes. xii, 441 p. 25 cm. Associated Names: Barroll, J. Leeds. Associated Names: Zimmerman, Susan.,. Associated Dates: 1928-. Original cloth. Near-good ex-library copy with slightly dulled spine and worn spine and board edges. Labeled endpapers, stamped page edges and marked t.p." Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Drama & Dramatists,Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Shakespeare, William - Criticism & Stud"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson (An Associat Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KEX0106191
ISBN
9780838636404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "Shakespeare Studies" is an international volume published every year in hardcover, containing more than three hundred pages of essays and studies by critics from both hemispheres. Editor(s): Barroll, J. Leeds. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610. "Bibliogr. Index. 376 p. illus. 24 cm. Associated Names: Barroll, J. Leeds. Associated Names: Zimmerman, Susan.,. Associated Dates: 1928-. Original cloth. Very good, clean copy, binding tight, spine ends rubbed, cloth lightly stained. 2d ed." Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Drama & Dramatists,Poetry, Drama & Criticism - Shakespeare, William - Criticism & Stud"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson (An Associat Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
SKU
KEX0069191
ISBN
9780838636404
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation, she has reached the stage where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099461920
ISBN
9780099461920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. 245pp. Edges smudged, pages and text very clear. Keywords: Irish literature
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
SKU
KHS1010361
ISBN
9780140165128
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.50

Paperback. The best known of all Irish plays. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 160 x 107 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854592101
ISBN
9781854592101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

Paperback. Records the author's visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy of the Western World" and his other major dramas. Editor(s): Robinson, Tim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140184327
ISBN
9780140184327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.29

Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125159
ISBN
9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 37 x 57 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458362
ISBN
9780916458362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.44

hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Chapmans Publishers London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KAK0008615
ISBN
9781870805018
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

hardcover. First edition, some light foxing, dustjacket worn
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Bodley Head
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
SKU
KTK0094153
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

hardcover. First edition, some light foxing, dustjacket slightly stained
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Bodley Head
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KTK0094154
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

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