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Paperback. Looking out upon the backstreets, the suburbs and the high society haunts of Edwardian London, the delightfully witty and independent spinster Miss Ley surveys a tangled web of lives; she sympathetically observes the struggle under the pressures of convention, and the complex interplay between love and reason. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288701
ISBN
9780099288701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Features essays ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled - the short story. This title presents the views and opinions of this eminent writer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288909
ISBN
9780099288909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286899
ISBN
9780099286899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286790
ISBN
9780099286790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.15

Hardcover. 137pp. 'Jubilee Edition.' Number 941 of a Signed Ltd Edition of 1000. Dustjacket covered in a protective mylar jacket. Includes an ALS to Mrs. Rhonda C. Kearney. Spine is slightly sunned, but otherwise an excellent copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1947
Edition
Limited Edition
SKU
KHS1015380
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 950.00

Paperback. In his day, W Somerset Maugham was most celebrated as a playwright. This collection of his most popular plays manifests the breadth of his ability. It includes the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted drama Sheppey. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872120
ISBN
9781784872120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Part autobiographical, part confessional, this title contains Somerset Maugham's observations, confidences, experiments and jottings, from 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286820
ISBN
9780099286820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

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Publication date
1920
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553213928
ISBN
9780553213928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.27

Paperback. Clean copy with covers dulled and showing some shelf wear. Previous owner's name to inside front cover. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0007582
ISBN
9780140026474
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Includes novels and stories such as The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Craddock, The Magician, "Rain," "Mackintosh," "The Pool," and "The Fall of Edward Barnard." Num Pages: 676 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
676
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628737844
ISBN
9781628737844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.48

Hardcover. Lhamon's reading shows us how these plays built a public blackness and how they engaged a disaffected white audience, who found in Jim Crow's sass and wit and madcap dancing an expression of rebellion and resistance against the oppression and confinement suffered by all ordinary people. Num Pages: 478 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DQ; DSBF; DSG; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674010628
ISBN
9780674010628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.70
€ 73.52

Hardback. Designs by Gordon Craig. Uncut. binding slightly loose. some light foxing. 224pp
Condition
Used, Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
A.H. Bullen
Publication date
1911
SKU
KTK0000557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 475.00

Hardcover. Reprint, original green cloth, sme very light foxing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Macmiillan & Co. Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1926
SKU
KTK0094346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Hardback. 46pp. Second Edition. 8vo. For all practical purposes, this is the first edition because all except for 4 copies of the first printing were destroyed by Yeats' wife. Clean and attractive in the original blue wrappers. Cover is worn and detached. Cover design by Jack B Yeats. Keywords: Irish Literature
Publisher
The Cuala Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
SKU
KHS0044459
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 295.00

Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Seamus Heaney selects W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222964
ISBN
9780571222964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.87

paperback. This volume includes all of Yeats's published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics by which he is still best remembered, to the later work which some argue put beyond question his status as one of the foremost poets of his age. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire
Condition
New
SKU
KCW0018393
ISBN
9781853264542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Originally published in 1895, this outstanding collection of Irish verse was part of Yeats' campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. Editor(s): Yeats, W. B. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415289832
ISBN
9780415289832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.46

paperback. This volume includes all of Yeats's published poetry, from the hauntingly beautiful early lyrics by which he is still best remembered, to the later work which some argue put beyond question his status as one of the foremost poets of his age. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Hertfordshire
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KMK0024784
ISBN
9781853264542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. Focusing on the conflict between man and nature, this book, in each of its three distinct parts, gives centre stage to a different character from a different century - the last being W G Sebald himself. Translator(s): Hamburger, Michael. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141003368
ISBN
9780141003368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Editor(s): Schwartz, Lynne Sharon. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
Condition
New
SKU
9781583229156
ISBN
9781583229156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.16

Paperback. A collection that gathers the author's poems since his "Sun, Oak, Almond, I" (1970). Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. Weight in Grams: 100. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0036841
ISBN
9780856460593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reflects the wealth of forms, the rhetorical and tonal range, and the variousness of content in Auden's poetry. This volume also includes examples of Auden's mastery of light verse: the self-descriptive sequence of haiku called 'Profiles', the barbed wartime quatrains of 'Leap Before You Look', or 'Funeral Blues' itself. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571241538
ISBN
9780571241538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.91

Hardback. Offers W H Auden's prose that provides a fresh picture of this legendary writer's mind and art when he was at the height of his powers, from 1956 through 1962, including the years when he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
1024
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147550
ISBN
9780691147550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44
€ 71.14

Paperback. First published by Faber in 1930, this second edition omitted seven items and the author added new poems in their place. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283514
ISBN
9780571283514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

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