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Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Penguin Edition
SKU
KSS0000121
ISBN
9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
9780571202294
ISBN
9780571202294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9781851321094
ISBN
9781851321094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Hardback. First Edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper and mylar wrap
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024194
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 450.00

Paperback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
SKU
KST0020736
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Used Copy. Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pocket Books
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KDK0014543
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. John McNamee captures through his poetry the heroism, irony, tragedy and beauty that is hidden even among the shambles of the desolate urban neighborhoods in which he ministers. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AFH; DC; DSBH; DSC; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DWsunned to spine and edges. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024401
ISBN
9781556128127
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.49

paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 36.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486408767
ISBN
9780486408767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.25

Paperback. Starting with a visit to the British Museum, the authors prompt us to consider the significance of Classics as a means of discovery and enquiry, its value in terms of literature, philosophy, and culture, and its importance as a source of imagery. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AHA; AM; DSBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780192853851
ISBN
9780192853851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Balmer, Josephine. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 247.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852243425
ISBN
9781852243425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

Hardback. Reception studies have transformed the classics. Editor(s): Lovatt, Helen; Hodkinson, Owen. Series: Library of Classical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HBLA1; HRKP3; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781788310208
ISBN
9781788310208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.14
€ 46.67

Paperback. Brings together a range of English versions of three classical myths, allowing students to explore the ways in which they have been reinterpreted and reinvented by writers throughout history. Editor(s): Miles, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 446 pages, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415147552
ISBN
9780415147552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199665457
ISBN
9780199665457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. This anthology presents a selection of works that illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical literature. * Gives readers the classical background they need in order to really appreciate British poetry. Editor(s): DeMaria, Robert; Brown, Robert D. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112949
ISBN
9781405112949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.29

Paperback. * A accessible one--volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome. * Covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410. * Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231332
ISBN
9780631231332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 43.57

Paperback. This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle's Poetics, Longinus' On Sublimity, Horace's Art of Poetry, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Editor(s): Russell, D. A.; Winterbottom, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549818
ISBN
9780199549818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "On the Sublime". Translator(s): Murray, Penelope; Dorsch, T. S. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446517
ISBN
9780140446517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. A new introduction and a fully updated bibliography make the second edition of this established text an indispensable resource for students and teachers of English poetry. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415106474
ISBN
9780415106474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Paperback. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as 'real' apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Series Editor(s): Davies, David Stuart. Series: Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; DQ; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840220667
ISBN
9781840220667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.13

Paperback. Good Irish short stories will always be a delight. In this selection by Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short-story writer, the richly varied Irish tradition of spinning a yarn is triumphantly displayed. Editor(s): O'Connor, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260 334pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192819185
ISBN
9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 75 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Dedalus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910251027
ISBN
9781910251027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. Tells the story, in letters, of the beautiful and virtuoso Clarissa Harlowe's pursuit and abduction by the rake Robert Lovelace. The epistolary structure creates layered and fully realized characters, as well as an intriguing uncertainty about the reliability of the various 'narrators'. Editor(s): Richetti, John; Bowers, Toni. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Abridged
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114750
ISBN
9781551114750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227726
ISBN
9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. 31pp. Cnuasach nua dánta ón fhile aitheanta dhuibhneach 24 dán machnamhach cumhach. Ón Clapsholas tá sé scríte. " . . Sa chlapsholas deinim machnamh -Tá pian sa Bhreith,sa Bheatha, sa Bhás agus saoirse san Aiséirí. . . " A collection of 24 contemplative nostalgic poems from the West Kerry poet
Publisher
COISCEIM
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
6660012100583
ISBN
6660012100583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.50

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