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Paperback. Showcases the range of W Somerset Maugham's talent as a playwright. In this title, the satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The Letter. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872137
- ISBN
- 9781784872137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.65
€ 21.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099289609
- ISBN
- 9780099289609
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
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€ 13.47
Paperback. A guide that studies the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286783
- ISBN
- 9780099286783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
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€ 11.82
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€ 11.82
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€ 13.47
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€ 13.47
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€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
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€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
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
€ 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€ 16.65
€ 21.99
€ 16.65
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€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
mass_market.
- Publication date
- 1920
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780553213928
- ISBN
- 9780553213928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.58
€ 9.58
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
€ 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
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
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
€ 81.88€ 75.52
€ 81.88
€ 75.52
Hardback. Uncut. Binding slightly loose. Some light foxing. 224pp
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A.H. Bullen London & Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Publication date
- 1911
- SKU
- KTK0000557
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 275.00
€ 275.00
Hardcover. Reprint, original green cloth, some very light foxing. Keywords: W.B. Yeats, poetry
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macmiillan & Co. Ltd London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1926
- SKU
- KTK0094346
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 75.00
€ 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
€ 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
€ 13.99€ 9.95
€ 13.99
€ 9.95
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
€ 4.99
Paperback. During the 1860s, W.D. Howells was the American consul in Venice. This text is his humorous portrait of the city. He swam in the Grand Canal, dined with the rich and mingled with the humble. Howells tells his story with wit and curiosity. Illustrator(s): Pennell, Joseph. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; BGHA; DNF; HBJD; HBLL; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Marlboro Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810160859
- ISBN
- 9780810160859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.90
€ 17.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. When the author travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed in his bags certain literary favourites which would remain central to him throughout the rest of his life and during his years in England. In this book, he reflects on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Jan Peter Tripp. Translator(s): Catling, Jo. Num Pages: 224 pages, With 4x 4pg. full-colour insets and b/w integrated photographs throughout. BIC Classification: DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141037011
- ISBN
- 9780141037011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. A selection of poetry by W G Sebald. It brings together poems from throughout W G Sebald's life as well as additional works found after his death. It is arranged chronologically, from his student days in the 1960s to the longer narratives he worked on in the 1980s. Translator(s): Galbraith, Iain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141044866
- ISBN
- 9780141044866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.93
€ 20.99
€ 16.93
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: 124.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141003368
- ISBN
- 9780141003368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
paperback. In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This title explores German writers' strange silence about a moment of mass destruction. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JW; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140298000
- ISBN
- 9780140298000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40