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Paperback. Like `The Coquette' this novel was immensely popular in its day and was in fact the most popular novel in America until `Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Series: Early American Women Writers S. Num Pages: 160 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195042382
- ISBN
- 9780195042382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.39
€ 22.39
Paperback. Jon Stallworthy has here selected some of the most moving, funny, shameless, and erotic love poems in history. Representing the work of more than 190 poets, he offers a comprehensive history of love poetry through the ages. Editor(s): Stallworthy, Jon. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195042320
- ISBN
- 9780195042320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.33
€ 26.33
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780192819185
- ISBN
- 9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.01
€ 14.99
€ 12.01
Paperback. It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042190
- ISBN
- 9780141042190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. The Roman dramatist Terence (c 186-159 BC) adapted many of his comedies from Greek sources, rendering them suitable for audiences of his own time by introducing subtler characterization and more complex plots. This title includes his romantic play, "The Girl from Andros" that portrays a love affair saved by a startling discovery. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliog. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev Rep
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443240
- ISBN
- 9780140443240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Paperback. "Daphnis and Chloe" has been a European bestseller for centuries and vastly influential in literature, art and music. It has proved an enduringly fertile source for artists from Henry Fielding to Corot and Ravel and is recognizably the masterpiece among early Greek novels. Translator(s): Turner, Paul. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780140440591
- ISBN
- 9780140440591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.29
€ 14.99
€ 12.29
Paperback. An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099751816
- ISBN
- 9780099751816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
paperback. Explorer, novelist, writer and film-maker, Sir Laurens van der Post was one of the most influential figures of our era. Here, in conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez, he records his ideas and insights into a wide range of issues and personalities, forged by a lifetime of vast experiences and challenges. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099428725
- ISBN
- 9780099428725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin. When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099425151
- ISBN
- 9780099425151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007415588
- ISBN
- 9780007415588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.59
€ 13.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Some shelf wear but remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0095954
- ISBN
- 9780586087862
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTK0095193
- ISBN
- 9780340963449
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- O'Brien Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ0008772
- ISBN
- 9780905140780
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Good clean copy. Showing some shelf and reading wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0015579
- ISBN
- 9780091795153
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. In good condition. A well read copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tivoli
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRS0010847
- ISBN
- 9780717137503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. " The best publisher alive or dead".... C P Snow.Good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper.First edition.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1950
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- SKU
- KEX0304100
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
paperback. Explores the idealism and reality of a multicultural Britain. The author, whose own parents came to England from the Punjab in the 1950s, conjures a jazzed hybrid language to tell stories of aspiration, assimilation, alienation and love, from a stowaway's first footprint on Dover beach to the disenchantment of subsequent generations. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92. Good copy signed by the author
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303733
- ISBN
- 9780571231225
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 196. Good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303706
- ISBN
- 9781843911487
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24, he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 43. Weight in Grams: 770. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 496
- SKU
- KEX0303689
- ISBN
- 9780571239092
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Tom has returned to his family's farm in Kenya for the summer vacation between school and university when he is swept up by the events of the Mau Mau uprising. This poetic sequence illuminates a period in British colonial history. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102. Very good copy .Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0303664
- ISBN
- 9780224084444
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.00
€ 8.00
Paperback. Anthony Hecht has long been regarded as one of the great modern American poets. Divided into two parts, the first section of this work contains poems on the subject of death, accompanied by illustrations by Leonard Baskin, and the second part contains all Hecht's other poems since 1990. Illustrator(s): Baskin, Leonard. Series: Oxford Poets S. Num Pages: 88 pages, 22 woodcuts. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 146. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good copy .Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- OxfordPoets
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303646
- ISBN
- 9780192880321
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. . Very good copy with some neat newsclippings about the author.Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303589
- ISBN
- 9780571149094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. Poems consider the past, travel, reading, criticism, warfare, memories, natur aging, childhood, and language. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 120. . Very good copy with some neat newsclippings about the author.Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303584
- ISBN
- 9780571135462
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. A collection of poems. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 134. Very good copy with some neat newsclippings about the author.Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0303579
- ISBN
- 9780571244089
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00