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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Introduces us to Rip van Winkle, the Dutch colonist who slept through the Revolutionary War; Ichabod Crane, the superstitious, social-climbing schoolmaster; and the pumpkin-topped Headless Horseman, ancestor to countless horror film antiheroes. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107538
ISBN
9780143107538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Joseph Roth's tale of an alcoholic vagrant who has a series of lucky breaks that lift him briefly onto a different plane of existence Translator(s): Masereel, Frans; Hofmann, Michael. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847086181
ISBN
9781847086181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.03

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Twisted Spoon Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788086264400
ISBN
9788086264400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.14

Paperback. As the head of the aristocratic family, Don Fabrizio is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to run accordingly. He is aware of the changes which are rapidly making men obsolete but he remains attached to the old ways. But Don Fabrizio will make few accommodations for the modern world. Translator(s): Colquhoun, Archibald. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
9780099512158
ISBN
9780099512158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.48

Paperback. Translator(s): Turnbull, Joanne. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590174500
ISBN
9781590174500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 872 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
872
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674387836
ISBN
9780674387836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.46
€ 101.23

Paperback. BIC Classification: DD; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
December 1981
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822208181
ISBN
9780822208181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.16

Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 5HC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509841745
ISBN
9781509841745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.66

Hardback. Why does Santa travel via Reindeer? How does he fit through the chimney, and how does he deliver all those toys in one wintry night? With a Christmas story, this book answers the enigmatic Christmas questions. Series: Penguin Christmas Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143128533
ISBN
9780143128533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Paperback. Tomcat Murr is a loveable animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off, two different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the scholar, carouser and brawler, and the hypochondriac genius Kreisler. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446319
ISBN
9780140446319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. This revised edition of Sterne's great comic novel retains the first edition text incorporating Sterne's later changes, and adds two original Hogarth illustrations and a wealth of contextualizing information. Tristram's fictional autobiography features favourites including Uncle Toby, Corporal Trim, Dr Slop and Widow Wadman. Editor(s): Campbell, Ross Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532896
ISBN
9780199532896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Part novel, part digression, this book presents a disordered narrative that interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father Walter, the amours and military obsessions of Uncle Toby, and a host of other characters, including Dr Slop, Corporal Trim and the parson Yorick. Editor(s): New, Joan; New, Melvyn. Num Pages: 784 pages, chronology, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439778
ISBN
9780141439778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Introduces us to a group of memorable characters, variously eccentric, farcical and endearing. This book involves the reader in the labyrinthine creation of a purported autobiography. It anticipates modernism and postmodernism. Series: Evergreens. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494160
ISBN
9781847494160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.12

mass_market. Includes autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927). Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397726
ISBN
9780141397726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Mike. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910213247
ISBN
9781910213247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

Paperback. Never published in its author's lifetime and intended solely for his own children, to whom he read it every Christmas, The Life of Our Lord is an accessible and gently humorous take on the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847496843
ISBN
9781847496843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.79

Paperback. Ronald Knox - priest, classicist, prolific writer and one of the outstanding men of letters of his time. The renowned Oxford chaplain was a friend of figures such as G K Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, and was known for his caustic wit and spiritual wisdom. This title presents his portrait. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141391519
ISBN
9780141391519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. The Lifted Veil (1859) is now one of the most widely read and critically discussed of Eliot's works. Editor(s): Small, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555055
ISBN
9780199555055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

Paperback. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of marrying to gain promotion, he descends into paranoia, arson, torture and murder. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392936
ISBN
9780141392936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.17

Paperback. Antoine de Saint-Exupery's multi-million copy bestseller in a new Picador Classic edition, translated by Ros Schwartz, with an introduction by Kate Mosse. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros. Series: Picador Classic. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509811304
ISBN
9781509811304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.62

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621565
ISBN
9781909621565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621558
ISBN
9781909621558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.26

Paperback. A collection of short stories, set in the idyllic Salinas Valley in California, where simple people farm the land and struggle to find a place for themselves in the world. This book includes the tales: The Murderer and The Chrysanthemums. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185514
ISBN
9780141185514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was sailing in the South Pacific when it was rammed by an angry sperm whale. The ship sank, leaving twenty crew members floating in three small boats for ninety days. This edition brings together the harrowing tales of the survivors. Editor(s): Philbrick, Nathaniel; Philbrick, Thomas. Num Pages: 256 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1QSP; FC; HBTM; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140437966
ISBN
9780140437966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.28

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