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Hardback. Like other well-known writers of the time, Hogg was a contributor to the annuals, and this book brings together all the Hogg texts that were either written for, or first published in, annuals and gift-books. Editor(s): Currie, Janette; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615278
ISBN
9780748615278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73
€ 108.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486805597
ISBN
9780486805597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.38

Hardback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509826704
ISBN
9781509826704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903472
ISBN
9781907903472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.82

Paperback. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, this text has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics, challenging the traditions of ancient and medieval thought and morality. Translator(s): Mansfield, Harvey C. Num Pages: map, glossary, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500447
ISBN
9780226500447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.60

Paperback. A lyrical, poweful polemic about London today, from Occupy and the August 2011 riots through to the Jubilee and the Olympics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
The Westbourne Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908906144
ISBN
9781908906144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.69

Hardback. Offering essays, this book explores a panoply of subjects from the mastery of translation to the best day job for a poet. It is a journey with literature's most irresistible flaneur. It is a story of love between a reader and his treasured books. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571323661
ISBN
9780571323661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. Previous owner's signature on first page. 256pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Granta Middlesex
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KON0817442
ISBN
9780140138610
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
112
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141023977
ISBN
9780141023977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Daphnis is 15 years old, Chloe 13. The two peasants are drawn to each other and long to make love. But no one has told them what love is, nor do they know how to accomplish the physical act. Longus weaves a fantasy around their predicament. Translator(s): McCail, Ronald. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554959
ISBN
9780199554959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Biology. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198. What it is and What it is Not. 140 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; MQC. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight: 178.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486223407
ISBN
9780486223407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.93

Paperback. Provides a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. This book follows a logical format, it defines in turn the nature of God, the mind, the emotions, human bondage to the emotions, and the power of understanding. Translator(s): Curley, E. M. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435719
ISBN
9780140435719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardback. Heroic, radical and at times hilarious, Queen Hynde is Ossian with jokes; but Hogg's epic has serious purposes in mind. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 967.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609345
ISBN
9780748609345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.73
€ 108.36

Paperback. A collection of essays on the key texts that have shaped the Eco, the novelist and critic. After the opening essay on the general significance of literature, this book examines a number of major authors from the Western canon, such as French writer Nerval's masterpiece, "Sylvie", as well as the works of Cervantes, Swift, and Piero Camporesi. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099453949
ISBN
9780099453949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Paris in the nineteenth century was a magnet for Europe's exiles, among them the Russian genius, Alexander Herzen, who described the experience of displacement from the inside. Richard Sennett plunges into this vibrant, anxious world to recreate the experiences of Herzen and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903083
ISBN
9781907903083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Woolf attempts to see literature from the perspective of the "common reader", someone whom she distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She invesigates medieval England, tsarist Russia, Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian novelists and modern essayists. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099443674
ISBN
9780099443674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. The facts are shocking. The treachery is chilling. The fallout ongoing. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BT; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Hachette Australia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780733635939
ISBN
9780733635939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
347
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811218207
ISBN
9780811218207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Copley, Stephen; Edgar, Andrew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540303
ISBN
9780199540303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. In this series of sketches Dickens brings the city of London and its inhabitants vividly to life. His travels take him to the workhouse, the theatre, and further afield to the Liverpool docks and the Paris morgue. Combining autobiography with reportage, the book showcases Dickens's characteristic wit, humour, and social concerns. Editor(s): Tyler, Daniel. Num Pages: 440 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 204 x 31. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199686650
ISBN
9780199686650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.43

Paperback. The book guides the reader through Miller's revue writing in the 1950s and 1960s, to his emergence as a public intellectual and as enfant terrible of the international opera circuit from the mid-70s to the present day. Editor(s): Greaves, Ian. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783197453
ISBN
9781783197453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.65

Hardback. The first edition of The Spy since its original publication in 1810-11 includes early versions of some of Hogg's best-known poetry and prose besides a wealth of fascinating and lesser-known material. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 712 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748614172
ISBN
9780748614172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.13
€ 156.95

Hardcover. Virginia Woolf meets Caitlin Moran - the extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life, edited and introduced by Simon Garfield Editor(s): Garfield, Simon. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1072. Some shelf wear, dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
SKU
KTK0095816
ISBN
9781782115700
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.00

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