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'Will have you hooked ... an ode to the enduring power of male friendship' - The Times Best Summer Books For the first time since university, James and Roland's paths...

Penguin Classics Relaunch When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bound in forest green cloth with gilt lettering to the spines,...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit,...

New selection with introduction, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes Selection includes The Portrait of Mr W.H., Wilde's defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from 'Intentions'...

'Love is nothing without feeling. And feeling is still less without love.' Celebrated in its own day as the progenitor of 'a school of sentimental writers', A Sentimental Journey (1768)...

'Will have you hooked ... an ode to the enduring power of male friendship' - The Times Best Summer Books For the first time since university, James and Roland's paths...

Virtually from its first appearance in 1951, this book was considered one of the most illuminating literary autobiographies to have come out of the 1930s and 40s. In writing it...

The stunning standard edition of Starside , with illustrated endpapers, a special hardcover case design and jacket effects. Enter the enchanting and deadly world of Starside, where swords have magic...

Introduction by Amit Chaudhuri; translated by J.A. Underwood Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth...

The great novel of 1920s Berlin life, in a superb translation by Michael Hofmann The subject of this book is the life of the former cement-worker and haulier Franz Biberkopf...

The stunning standard edition of Starside , with illustrated endpapers, a special hardcover case design and jacket effects. Enter the enchanting and deadly world of Starside, where swords have magic...

The book titled Modern Classicism by the author Robert A. M. Stern. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.

AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER For the first time since university, James and Roland's paths through life - one drawn in straight lines, the other squiggled and meandering - began to...

A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...

'Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century' is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies. These are tales from the golden age of the...

This sparkling collection of Austen's early writings - some penned when she was just eleven years old - is playful, subversive and shot through with wit. Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious...

From the author of 2020's astonishing The Story of Silence comes another retelling of a chivalric legend, full of magic, myth and self-discovery. "Utterly enchanting"Publishers WeeklyBeyond the stars, two gods...

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Gold Winner of the 2025 Nautilus Book Awards 'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars. Almost every page will make you...

In August 1930, on a boat trip from Bombay to England, the young Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated that certain stars could end their lives by collapsing indefinitely to a...

"This is the most complete description yet available in English of Stanislavski's real life in art" (New York Times) Jean Benedetti's critical biography of Konstantin Stanislavski, one of the towering...

The first English translation to appear since 1851, this volume contains a fascinating selection from the original Personal Narrative. One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the...

Author: Noel CowardBinding: HardbackPublished: WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD, 1951Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerNoel Coward's Star Quality presents a collection of short stories...

A compelling narrative of the life of the greatest conqueror of all time- Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), who led the Macedonian army to victory in Egypt,...

Author: Scott MeredithBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, London, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some slight chips to edges of DJ...

Rediscover Puffin Classics. An entirely new package bringing the best-loved stories to a new generation. A haunting, magical fairy-tale collection, in which Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) The Happy...

Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier returns from war to the news that his filmmaker brother Daniel has died in mysterious circumstances -- the papers say it was an accident, but others...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the golden age of Hollywood, a select few transcended mere acting to become living myths — and...

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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: chipped and worn with some damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsWandering Star is a poignant narrative that explores themes of identity and belonging through the...

Author: Henry WinterfeldBinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Press, 1963, First British EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStar Girl is a captivating story by Henry Winterfeld, set against a backdrop of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — card cover in good condition with light wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Sunset and Evening Star...

Author: Paul Kingsnorth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Like Robert Macfarlane re-written by Cormac McCarthy.' - Telegraph 'Beckett doing Beowulf.' - London Review of Books One thousand years from...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if humanity's most profound obsession — the act of looking up at the night sky and daring to ask why? — is the...

Gloriously entertaining, supremely erudite and delightfully idiosyncractic - this is the diary of the spectacular year of 1922 1922. The spectacular year that F. Scott Fitzgerald chose as a backdrop...

Secondhand Penguin Modern Classics Bargain Book Box SP4149 Twenty-one literary paperbacks, most in vintage Penguin Modern Classics: Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, Christina Stead, Henry Handel Richardson’s Ultima Thule, Patrick White’s...

A thrilling new novel based on the Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ! While patrolling the borders of the Klingon Empire, Captain Christopher Pike and the crew...

'A n uplifting work: complex, precise and bracing' Susie Boyt, Financial Times 'A profound book about the intrication of literature and life, about the modest, miraculous ways art helps us...

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year. 'Rebus in jail and better than ever ......

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Some yellowing visible on interior pages. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Binding appears intact and firm. Stickers/Labels: None...