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paperback. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 272. A Memoir. 208 pages, 3 b&w photographs. In this account of life in post-war literary Dublin, Anthony Cronin writes of the frustrations and pathologies of this generation: the excess of drink; the shortage of sex; the insecurity and begrudgery; the limitations of cultural life in mid-century Ireland, and the bittersweet pull of exile. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DN. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight: 270.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866421
- ISBN
- 9781901866421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.00€ 13.44
€ 15.00
€ 13.44
Paperback. Contains De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Soul of Man under Socialism, The Decay of Lying and The Critic as Artist. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRF0036270
- ISBN
- 9781840224016
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.99€ 4.99
€ 8.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. It also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, himself, as well as "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", the poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of woman he loved. Editor(s): Toibin, Colm. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140439908
- ISBN
- 9780140439908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Features essays about why we read. This work explores the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036731
- ISBN
- 9780141036731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.50
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
Paperback. Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time. Translator(s): Marker, Gary (Professor of History, SUNY, Stony Brook, USA); May, Rachel (Associate Professor of Russian, Macalester College, USA). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; 3JH; BGHA; DN; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802770
- ISBN
- 9780875802770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.86
€ 139.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 235 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DN; HPCD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972087
- ISBN
- 9780865972087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.78
€ 24.99
€ 18.78
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz. Editor(s): Buckley, Jerome Hamilton. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 864 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Norton Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393958287
- ISBN
- 9780393958287
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. In 1992, a climber was left to die by other climbers on Mount Everest, which horrified Joe Simpson who was himself left for dead in Peru in 1985. In this book Simpson explores anecdotally and in heated debates with his climbing companions on Pumori, the moral climate of mountaineering in the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour and 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BTP; DNF; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- KKD0001671
- ISBN
- 9780099756118
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
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€ 11.69
€ 13.99
€ 11.69
Paperback. A classic translation with critical essays by leading scholars. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DNF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- The Indiana Critical Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209306
- ISBN
- 9780253209306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.03
€ 23.99
€ 22.03
Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723267
- ISBN
- 9781444723267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772892634
- ISBN
- 9788772892634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.80
€ 44.99
€ 31.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788073218
- ISBN
- 9788788073218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Hardcover. Series: Danish Humanist Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 303 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Edition
- Facsimile edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788798013129
- ISBN
- 9788798013129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.40
€ 47.99
€ 34.40
Hardcover. Presents one man's personal view of the world around us, and the universe within each of us. Containing Michael Jackson's personal writings and over one hundred photographs, drawings, and paintings from his own collection, this book is suitable for all fans of an incredible, inspiring man who died as he lived - dancing his dream. Num Pages: 160 pages, Full colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385403689
- ISBN
- 9780385403689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.89
€ 33.99
€ 22.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708315613
- ISBN
- 9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.25
€ 13.25
hardcover. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 530. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KEX0246128
- ISBN
- 9780753709016
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Matt Groening returns to his music journalism roots in the fourth volume of Da Capo's highly acclaimed series Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVG; DNF; GBCY. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- 2003 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306812361
- ISBN
- 9780306812361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.21
€ 25.99
€ 18.21
Hardcover. The letters and diaries from 1443 to 1449 of Cyriac of Ancona, one of the first scholars to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person. This is the period of his final voyages, which took him from Italy to the Greek mainland, the Aegean islands, Constantinople and Crete. Editor(s): Bodnar, Edward W.; Foss, Clive. Translator(s): Bodnar, Edward W. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DN; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 31. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007581
- ISBN
- 9780674007581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld' Includes interviews with Iain Sinclair, Paul Fournel and Richard Long Lyrical essay in the great tradition of psychogeographers Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; BM; DNF; HBTB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910749272
- ISBN
- 9781910749272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Hardcover. Cyclogeography lifts the lid on the hidden world of Cycle Couriers, the 'solitary creatures of the underworld', and the strange or illicit contents of the parcels they deliver. Here Jon Day explores the extraordinary subculture of courier bicycle races including the Cycle Messenger World Championships and the Alleycat races. Num Pages: 168 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 121 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Notting Hill Editions
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907903991
- ISBN
- 9781907903991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.11
€ 19.99
€ 17.11
Paperback. Collected essays and journalism from the bestselling author of The Blind Assassin and Oryx and Crake. First publication. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844081509
- ISBN
- 9781844081509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 356. Very good copy in bright dustwrapper . First edition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KEX0303122
- ISBN
- 9781408837191
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00