Classic Fiction (pre-1945)

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1979Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsIsaac Bashevis Singer’s Shosha presents a haunting portrait of Jewish Warsaw in...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Ellsyd Press, Australia, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded boards with minor discolouration. Clean and...

Author: C.W. Scott-GilesBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Price clipped jacket, previous bookseller sticker insideThe Wimsey Family presents a meticulous genealogical study of...

Author: Henry Lawson; Edited by Walter Stone.Binding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe collection The World Of Henry Lawson presents a vivid panorama of late...

Author: Colin Bennett (ed.); Illustrations by Andrew SkilleterBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Australia, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA cornerstone of world literature, Stories From The Decameron Of Boccaccio presents...

Author: Francis Brett YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1933Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA classic of early 20th-century British...

Author: Honoré WillsieBinding: HardbackPublished: A. L. Burt Company, 1921Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA compelling work of early 20th-century...

Author: Edward Cooper HodgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Military Book Society, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor mark on blue cover. Yellowed spine. This is a compelling collection of personal writings...

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. In this edition...

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This...

Author: Patrick WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight lean to book . A historical novel of...

Author: Kwan Shan-MeiBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDon Juan of China: An Amour from the "Chin P'ing...

Author: Vladimir NabokovBinding: HardbackPublished: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection of short stories, "Details Of A Sunset And Other Stories," presents a series...

Author: Steele RuddBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection of stories chronicles the trials and tribulations, as well as...

Author: J. B. PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, London, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBright Day chronicles the introspective journey of a successful screenwriter,...

Author: C.P. SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light wear and pages slightly yellowedThis novel chronicles a high-stakes libel...

Author: Tom CollinsBinding: HardbackPublished: The Discovery Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSuch Is Life chronicles the daily existence and philosophical meanderings of...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Discovery Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsHenry Lawson's "Best Stories" presents a compelling collection of short fiction...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Ellsyd Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, light wear to corners and edges of cover, couple spots of discolouration on first...

Author: Howard PyleBinding: HardbackPublished: Classic Press, 1969Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cover shows wear from general and shelf use, FEP missingThe classic work, "The...

Author: Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheBinding: PaperbackPublished: Paddington, 1977Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, previous owner name insideThis monumental work of German...

Author: Horace GregoryBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear, light staining and tear (notably one small hole in middle of spine...

Author: Edwin O'ConnorBinding: HardbackPublished: Max Reinhardt, London , 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling political novel chronicles the final campaign of Frank Skeffington,...

Author: Rev. Thomas J. PotterBinding: HardbackPublished: James Duffy and Co., Ltd., Dublin , 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Award...

Author: Ivy Compton-BurnettBinding: PaperbackPublished: Allison & Busby, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous bookseller sticker inside, cover has minor wear and pages have yellowedThis incisive novel,...

Author: William Shakespeare, George Macdonald (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: Blackie & Son Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has general wear, previous owner marks insideThe Warwick...

Author: Florence HightowerBinding: HardbackPublished: Bodley Head, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis charming children's novel tells the story of young...

Author: Kit DentonBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life Sydney, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA landmark volume in Australian military history, Gallipoli: One Long Grave...

Author: Hiram HaydnBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, 1962Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA sweeping literary novel of postwar American identity, The Hands of Esau...

Much Ado about Nothing has always been popular on the stage. This edition pays especial attention to the history and range of theatrical interpretation, in which famous actors, from the...

'The Winter's Tale', one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually,...

Shakespeare's sonnets have an intensity of both feeling and meaning unmatched in English sonnet form. They divide into two parts; the first 126 sonnets are addressed to a fair youth...

In 'Henry IV, Part 1', the King is in a doubly ironic position. His rebellion against Richard II was successful, but now he himself is beset by rebels, led by...

Author: A.B. PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson., 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown...

Author: Laura ConwayBinding: HardbackPublished: E.P. Dutton., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine, minor tears in DJ and name of previous owner...

Author: Jules VerneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Children's Press., 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears and chips to DJ, tanning and foxing to pages. This...

Author: Thomas Hardy, Edward LeesonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tear front bottom left corner (see photo)The Bedside Hardy is a...

Author: Agatha ChristieBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on book block. Agatha Christie’s Crime Collection brings together three gripping...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2005Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn "Our Mutual Friend," Charles Dickens crafts a richly layered work of historical fiction that interrogates...

Author: Henry KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Home Entertainment Library, 1935Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsHenry Kingsley's "The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn" is a...

Author: Marcus ClarkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Home Entertainment Library, 1935Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMarcus Clarke's "For The Term Of His...

Author: Marion Ames TaggartBinding: HardbackPublished: Benziger BrothersCondition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has high wear, spine lettering largely faded, previous owner name...

Author: Peter HainingBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket spine has light tanningThis biographical work uncovers the true story behind Mary Shelley's...

Author: Margaret Baillie-SaundersBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Fisher Unwin, 1913Condition:Book: Poor, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover lifted from board along spine, cover has significant wear and staining, pages...

Author: Paul GallicoBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsPaul Gallico's "The Small Miracle" is a heartwarming novella that transports readers to the picturesque Italian countryside,...

Author: D. H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing to top edges of pages, small bump along front top edge...