Classic Fiction (pre-1945)

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most captivating collections in English literary history, Brief Lives presents the irresistibly candid and intimate portraits of seventeenth-century England's most...

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Few comic creations have endured quite like the gloriously hapless Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant in Right Ho, Jeeves — a masterwork of British humour that remains as irresistible...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the humid, claustrophobic world of rural New South Wales, Thomas Keneally's A Dutiful Daughter presents one of Australian literature's...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOn the windswept Cobb at Lyme Regis, a respectable Victorian gentleman named Charles Smithson glimpses a solitary, enigmatic figure staring out to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor seventeen summers, two Queensland cane-cutters have made their annual pilgrimage to Melbourne, bringing with them the intoxicating promise of freedom, romance, and a...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Light chipping of edges of jacket spine.Behind the shuttered windows and cobblestoned alleys of wartime and post-war Paris, the ordinary...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of literary modernism stands James Joyce — and no guide to his genius could be...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when an fiercely independent young woman, determined to remain unattached, finds herself pregnant after a single,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew characters in all of literature have captured the world's imagination quite like the brilliant, eccentric detective of 221B Baker Street — and Sherlock Holmes:...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew writers of the twentieth century possessed W. Somerset Maugham's razor-sharp gift for capturing the full spectrum of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rowdy stages of ancient Rome comes one of history's most gifted comic playwrights —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of medieval European literature stands The Song of Roland, an epic poem that...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of medieval Christendom, where chivalry and divine mystery intertwine, The Quest of the Holy Grail...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadowy underworld of early twentieth-century London, Edgar Wallace's The Brigand introduces a cunning and elusive criminal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the Corleones ever cast their long shadow over American literature, Mario Puzo gave the world Lucia Santa...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-scorched hill villages of post-war...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the fog-drenched backstreets of Victorian London, a man named Verloc — spy, provocateur,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of Victorian England's prosperous upper-middle class stands Soames Forsyte, a solicitor of iron will and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWithin the pages of this exquisite Flame Tree Publishing edition, Jane Austen's two most beloved masterworks — Pride & Prejudice and Emma — are united in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the wild and windswept Yorkshire moors, a love story unfolds that is as savage and unrelenting as...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark achievement in sacred literature, The New English Bible: New Testament presents the foundational scriptures of Christianity...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grim, soot-blackened industrial town of Coketown, facts reign supreme and imagination is ruthlessly crushed — this...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew names in literary history command the same electric recognition as Sherlock Holmes, the razor-minded consulting detective of 221B Baker Street, whose...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between 1790 and 1830, a revolution in human feeling and imagination swept through English letters, producing some of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the epistolary experiments of the eighteenth century to the fragmented voices of postmodern fiction, The Novel: From its Origins to the Present Day...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the century between the Restoration of Charles II and the dawn of the Romantic Age, English literature achieved a brilliance of wit, reason,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the heart of one of English literature's most celebrated family chronicles stands the Forsyte clan — a proud, prosperous,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodOne of history's most celebrated intellects turns his formidable pen upon himself in Memoirs of My Life, the unfinished autobiography of Edward Gibbon, the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew names in American literature conjure the raw, untamed wilderness quite like Jack London, and Stories of Adventure stands as a triumphant...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the rolling, rain-soaked landscapes of rural Ireland, young Reginald Darcy Thurmond Dancer Kildare — known to all simply as Darcy Dancer — cuts a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingIn the grimy coal-mining valleys of Wales and the glittering consulting rooms of London, a young Scottish doctor wages a war against his own...

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