Classic Fiction (pre-1945)

Author: Isaac Bashevis SingerBinding: HardbackPublished: H. Wolff., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discolouration on pages edge due to foxing, minor...

Author: A.B. 'Banjo' PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPublished by Lansdowne Press in 1983, Singer of the Bush: Complete...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: Modern Library, 1950Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis classic biography chronicles the life and times of...

Author: A. B. "Banjo" PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Publishers., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed dust jacket from sun...

Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, London, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerRichard Gordon's "Doctor At Sea" is a classic...

Author: Anna SewellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Western Publishing Company, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAnna Sewell's timeless classic, "Black Beauty," is a...

Author: John Bunyan; Selected by Oliver Hunkin; Illustrated by Alan ParryBinding: HardbackPublished: Marshall Pickering/Eerdmanns , 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis children's Christian...

Author: Martin BoydBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight markings on fore-edge and some scuffing to back of dust jacket. Martin Boyd's "Lucinda Brayford"...

Author: Giovanni GuareschiBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on front end-page, sun damage on dust jacket...

Author: Hugh WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: D.S.Brewer, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - Faded with some marks. This academic text offers a profound analysis of...

Author: Herbert, Thomas; Lockyer, Roger (ed.); Rushworth, JohnBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1960Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this compelling work of historical non-fiction, Roger Lockyer meticulously chronicles...

Author: Anthony HamiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1965Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Inscription on slipcase. This classic work of historical memoirs, "Memoirs Of The Comte De...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No slipcase. Oliver Goldsmith's classic novel, "The Vicar of Wakefield," is a pastoral tale of domestic...

Author: Joseph Heller; Neil Packer (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London , 2004Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No slipcase. Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" is a satirical novel that...

Author: Andrew SinclairBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Laminate on back of dust jacket crinkled and slight creasing...

Author: Lucretius; Translated by Sir Ronald Melville. Introduction and Notes by Don and Peta Fowler. Preface by A. C. Grayling. Frontispiece by Simon Brett. Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2003Condition:Book:...

Author: Mark TwainBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No slipcase. This collection presents a classic work of American humor and social commentary from...

Author: Ignacio Manuel AltamiranoBinding: HardbackPublished: Folio Society, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIgnacio Manuel Altamirano's "El Zarco: The Bandit" is a classic work of Mexican romantic realism. This novel...

Author: Johann Von GrimmelshausenBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Inscription on slipcase. Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" is a seminal work...

Author: Henry WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London, 1995Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHenry Williamson's "Tarka the Otter" is a classic work of nature writing that chronicles the...

Author: Ira NesdaleBinding: HardbackPublished: Lynton Publications , 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks:...

Author: Susan CoolidgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books Limited., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Sun damage and slight mark to spine, inscription to previous owner and...

Author: Emile ZolaBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Elek Books, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerEmile Zola's "Germinal" is a powerful work of naturalistic fiction that chronicles the harsh...

Author: P. G. WodehouseBinding: HardbackPublished: Herbert Jenkins, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Back end-page beginning to detach from spine,...

Author: Rudyard KiplingBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann/Octopus, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents a comprehensive look at Rudyard Kipling's masterful storytelling, encompassing his beloved animal fables, historical fantasy,...

Author: Edward Young, Rev. George GilfillanBinding: HardbackPublished: James Nichol ; James Nisbet and Co. ; W. Robertson , Edinburgh ; London ; Dublin, 1853Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some...

Author: E. BarringtonBinding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap & Co, 1926Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and dull...

The greatest classic of Vietnamese literature in a stunning new verse translation. "This manuscript is ancient, priceless, bamboo-rolled, perfumed with musty spices. Sit comfortably by this good light, that you...

'The Taming of the Shrew' is one of the most famous and controversial of Shakespeare's comedies. The central relationship, in which Petruchio boisterously 'tames' a rebellious Kate, has often appeared...

'As You Like It' is one of Shakespeare's finest romantic comedies, variously lyrical, melancholy, satiric, comic and absurd. Its boldly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men, a resourceful...

'Julius Caesar' is among the best of Shakespeare's historical and political plays. Dealing with events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., the drama vividly illustrates the ways...

'Othello' has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the...

'Hamlet' is not only one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, but also the most fascinatingly problematical tragedy in world literature. First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of...

Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly,...

Playing "Hamlet" is considered the greatest challenge for any actor, interpreting verses which are concerned with ideas of theatricality and performance, along with the struggle to discover one's real self....

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal. Romeo and...

'The Merchant of Venice' is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, but it remains deeply controversial. The text may seem anti-Semitic; yet repeatedly, in performance, it has revealed a contrasting...

'Henry V' is the most famous and influential of Shakespeare's history plays. Its powerful patriotic rhetoric has resounded down the ages, gaining eloquent expression in Laurence Olivier's renowned film. Henry...

A long awaited addition to Flame Tree's stunning hardcover collector's series, one of three stunning volumes of Shakespeare's Complete Works. Based also on the new proofread and copy edited text...

A selection of Shakespeare's work focusing on the theme of love. From the passion of the sonnets, the poignant balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet to the bewitched love scene...

The most quoted writer in English literary history, Shakespeares work continues to grip audiences and delight readers. His plays fill our theatres and have inspired countless films, most recently the...

Author: Marghanita LaskiBinding: HardbackPublished: The Cresset Press, 1953Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowing of spine and some minor tears in dust jacket.Marghanita...

Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn Ltd, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears in dust jacket.This comprehensive collection presents the dramatic...

Author: Henry KingsleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Lloyd O'Neil, Victoria, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHenry Kingsley's "The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn" is a classic work of Australian colonial fiction that...

Author: Norman DouglasBinding: HardbackPublished: Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNorman Douglas's "South Wind" is a classic satirical novel that transports readers to the...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerPeter Carey's "Oscar and Lucinda" is a captivating work of historical fiction that transports readers...

Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, London, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsRichard Gordon's "Doctor At Sea" is a classic work of...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, South Yarra, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of Australian short stories, "Favourites: His Best-Loved Stories," presents the quintessential works of...