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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. The First World War is over. Eric Vernon is on the cusp of adulthood. Tall, bony and awkward he finds himself torn between a desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life of quiet sacrifice, and resentment toward his father's roguish friend Edward Blake, who survived the war only to throw himself into gay life in Berlin. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561125
ISBN
9780099561125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A title that exposes the complex rivalries of sibling relationships and dramatises the conflict between sexuality and spirituality. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561095
ISBN
9780099561095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. An impatient phone call from the temperamental Austrian director, Friedrich Bergmann, introduces a young Christopher Isherwood to the film industry. Isherwood's job is to rescue the script of an idiotic love story set in nineteenth-century Vienna, a film called Prater Violet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561132
ISBN
9780099561132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. Berlin, the Greek Islands, London and California. 1928, 1932, 1938 and 1940. Four portraits, four settings, four narrators, all known as 'Christopher Isherwood'. This book tells the vivid stories of Isherwood's life that, together with The Berlin Novels, were to have comprised his unfinished epic novel. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Vintage Classics London
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561088
ISBN
9780099561088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. In November 1929, the author - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. In this book, he recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561071
ISBN
9780099561071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804419
ISBN
9780192804419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199561537
ISBN
9780199561537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. Two former lovers embark on a game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an innocent girl, the Vicomte is also occupied with the conquest of a married woman. But the consequences prove to be more serious, than they could have guessed. Editor(s): Constantine, Helen. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Edition
New
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449570
ISBN
9780140449570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Briggs, Anthony. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843913658
ISBN
9781843913658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Blank, Antje; Todd, Janet. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112749
ISBN
9781551112749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.68

Paperback. Series: Tramp Press Recovered Voices Series. Num Pages: 415 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 654.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Tramp Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
9780992817046
ISBN
9780992817046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.00
€ 6.62

Paperback. A collection of writings from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the most important American feminist of the early twentieth century. Includes the chilling and hugely influential 'The Yellow Wallpaper', which documents the powerless of women in Victorian marriage. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085583
ISBN
9781844085583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. When three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870522
ISBN
9781784870522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Presents the horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with its portrayal of a woman who loses her mind because she has literally nothing to do. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397412
ISBN
9780141397412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.48

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110. 128 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FC. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight: 110.
Edition
New
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486404295
ISBN
9780486404295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories including "The Yellow Wall-Paper", the novel "Herland", and poems. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105855
ISBN
9780143105855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Shulman, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538843
ISBN
9780199538843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. The Female Quixote (1752), a parody of the style of Cervantes and much praised by Fielding, Richardson and Dr. Johnson, tells of the misadventures of the aristocratic Arabella, a devoted reader of romantic fiction. Editor(s): Dalziel, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540242
ISBN
9780199540242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Michasiw, Kim Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 frontispiece. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199549733
ISBN
9780199549733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. A high-spirited and hugely enjoyable collection of juvenilia, Tales of the Islanders showcases Bronte's remarkable creative powers, suffused with a youthful zeal and exuberance. Series: Hesperus Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 123 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843912019
ISBN
9781843912019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Series: Roads Publishing. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Roads Publishing
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781909399334
ISBN
9781909399334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.24

Paperback. Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, this work depicts the conflict between classes, sexes and generations. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 484. Quarter leather over green cloth boards. Gold gilt and green impressed design on spine. Frontispiece and prints present thorughout. Minor shelf wear, with small nick to top of spine. Otherwise fine in slip case. Slip case has some shelf wear and discolouring but remains very good overall
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0007316
ISBN
9780141439860
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 36. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449415
ISBN
9780007449415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 114 x 45. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007449897
ISBN
9780007449897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.73

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