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Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Paperback. Presents a story woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. Series: The Penguin English Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141199559
ISBN
9780141199559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.34

Paperback. London is under threat. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to strike right at the heart of London's pride by blowing up Greenwich Observatory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236. Good copy with light shelf wear. Small tear to top right of front cover. Previous owners name to FFEP. Light nicks, remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0014028
ISBN
9780099511533
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 8.99
€ 8.12

Paperback. "[A] masterly study of the inner workings of the disordered minds whose aim is destruction, violence, and the overturning of law and order by means of bombs."-The Observer (1907) Editor(s): Niland, Richard. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937442
ISBN
9780393937442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.22

Hardback. Mary Lennox is sent from an India as an orphan to live at Misselthwaite Manor. She arrives as a sour-faced, sickly and ill-tempered little madam but becomes friends with local lad Dickon and her poorly cousin Colin. In their restoration of a secret garden all their lives are changed for the better.

With an Afterword by Anna South.

Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827763
ISBN
9781509827763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. First published in 1911, Burnett's classic story of a frightened orphan who discovers the joyful wonders of life on the Yorkshire Moors with the help of two local boys and a mysterious, abandoned garden where all things seem possible. Includes a new Afterword. Reissue. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 174 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Signet
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780451528834
ISBN
9780451528834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.07

Paperback. An unhappy orphaned girl is transformed by the redeeming power of nature into an unselfish child who transforms the lives of others in Burnett's classic children's story. This edition explores the relationship between the book and other literary genres and historical influences, and includes the companion-piece, 'My Robin'. Editor(s): Hunt, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FZC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199588220
ISBN
9780199588220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008195557
ISBN
9780008195557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.26

Paperback. Mary Lennox was horrid, selfish and spoilt, and was sent to stay with her uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the entrance to a secret garden a change overcomes her. With a local boy and her cousin the three children work magic in themselves and those around them. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FC; YFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Edition
New edition
SKU
V9781853261046
ISBN
9781853261046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. A classic children's tale that includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that appeal to the Etsy[trademark]-loving world of handmade crafts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106456
ISBN
9780143106456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241282618
ISBN
9780241282618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories-two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident-that speak to each other in interesting ways. Editor(s): Peters, John G. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 624 pages, 6. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393936339
ISBN
9780393936339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Paperback. Matters of marriage, the ethical versus the aesthetic, dread, and, increasingly, the severities of Christianity are pondered by Kierkegaard in this intense work. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158419
ISBN
9780691158419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.44

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008182298
ISBN
9780008182298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.83

Paperback. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. May be Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099564973
ISBN
9780099564973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. BIC Classification: FC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 205 x 14. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Random House India
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143427858
ISBN
9780143427858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. With an account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War alongside general Middle Eastern and military history, politics, adventure and drama, this title is also a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 38. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099511786
ISBN
9780099511786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140180978
ISBN
9780140180978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

hardcover. The most authoritative critical edition to date of Conrad's only major novel from 1914 to 1918, The Shadow-Line: A Confession. Editor(s): Knowles, Owen; Simmons, Allan H.; Stape, J. H. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Num Pages: 342 pages, 10 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Edition
Critical ed.
SKU
V9781107024427
ISBN
9781107024427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71
€ 118.86

Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663163
ISBN
9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.81

Hardback. A collection of thirteen tales and anecdotes, published for the first time as Hogg intended, and capturing the flavour of Border story-telling. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604746
ISBN
9780748604746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.60
€ 116.90

Paperback. One vital convoy can break Mussolini's stranglehold on Malta - but it is intercepted in the Mediterranean by enemy warships.. This title recounts life aboard a British warship during some of the darkest days of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Michael Joseph
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241955482
ISBN
9780241955482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback. Olga, the pretty young daughter of a drunken forester on a country estate, and her fateful relationships with the men in her life. Adored by Urbenin, the estate manager, whom she marries to escape the poverty of her home, she is also desired by the dissolute Count Karneyev and by Zinovyev, a magistrate, who knows the secret misery of her marriage. Editor(s): Wilks, Ronald. Translator(s): Wilks, Ronald. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448986
ISBN
9780140448986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels--"Tortilla Flat, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, The Moon Is Down, Cannery Row," and "The Pearl." Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 214 x 41. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105770
ISBN
9780143105770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.05

Hardback. The only available editions of these two works by Scott, presented with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Alexander, J. H.; Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Har/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624874
ISBN
9780748624874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.02
€ 106.08

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