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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. John Dowell and his wife befriend Edward and Leonora Ashburnham they appear to be perfect couple. He is a distinguished soldier and she is beautiful and intelligent. However, what lies beneath the surface of their marriage is far more sinister and their influence leads John into a tragic drama that threatens to destroy everything he cares about. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9780099540670
ISBN
9780099540670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. A novella that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Translator(s): Davies, J.M.Q. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182247
ISBN
9780141182247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.88

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780007350810
ISBN
9780007350810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.38

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 112 x 34. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007350957
ISBN
9780007350957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.74

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
€ 12.40

Paperback. Divided into five volumes, of which this novel is the fourth. It charts the glory and decline of the illustrious Jia family. Over and above the novel hangs the constant reminder that there is another plane of existence a theme, which affirms the Buddhist belief in a supernatural scheme of things. Editor(s): Minford, John. Translator(s): Minford, John. Num Pages: 400 pages, geneal.tables. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
4th Edition
SKU
V9780140443714
ISBN
9780140443714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardcover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Louisa May Alcott illuminates the world of Little Women and its author. Editor(s): Matteson, John. Series: The Annotated Books. Num Pages: 736 pages, Full color, 233 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC; FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 347 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2080.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393072198
ISBN
9780393072198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.93

Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this hugely influential novel gives readers the fullest possible sense of its historical background and critical assessment. Editor(s): Sollors, Werner. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 576 pages, 24 photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393934144
ISBN
9780393934144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393978810
ISBN
9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. Dickens' A Christmas Carol is brought to life with Steampunk-inspired illustrations in this ultra-deluxe and unabridged edition. Illustrator(s): Basic, Zdenko. Num Pages: 204 pages, Color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Running Press,U.S.
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762450909
ISBN
9780762450909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Leather / fine binding. Brings together five of Charles Dickens' best-known novels: "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas Carol", "David Copperfield", "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities". Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 1496 pages, b/w throughout. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 81. Weight in Grams: 2120.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Union Square & Co.
Edition
1st
Number of pages
1496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435124998
ISBN
9781435124998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 41.02

Hardback. A classic novel, irresistibly repackaged for Christmas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444720754
ISBN
9781444720754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.39

Hardcover. Elizabeth Taylor's most famous novel, shortlisted for the 1975 Booker Prize, is published in VMC designer hardback. Cover by Celia Birtwell. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089338
ISBN
9781844089338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.83

Paperback. The vital, inventive and humorous tale of Sylvia Scarlett, acclaimed as 'one of the few really great women in fiction'. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 199 x 39. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Murray Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848547681
ISBN
9781848547681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Hardcover. This sumptuous gift set includes a replica of the very rare first edition of The Hobbit, the only edition where one can now read the original version of the story before Tolkien re-edited it to become the one enjoyed by readers since 1951. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 211 x 36. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007440832
ISBN
9780007440832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 22.02

Hardcover. Special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and brand new reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 b/w illus, (2 x red & black maps). BIC Classification: FC; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Edition
Special Collector’s edition
SKU
9780007487301
ISBN
9780007487301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.53

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Publication date
1920
Publisher
Bantam Classics
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780553213928
ISBN
9780553213928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.37

Paperback. It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. This book captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. Translator(s): Glad, John. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140186956
ISBN
9780140186956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. It chronicles Antoine's struggle with the realisation that he is an entirely free agent in a world devoid of meaning. Translator(s): Baldick, Robert. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; FA; FC; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185491
ISBN
9780141185491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. Editor(s): Judt, Tony. Translator(s): Buss, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141185132
ISBN
9780141185132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.03

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