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African Folk & Fairy Tales: Ancient Wisdom, Fables & Folkore by J. K. JACKSON
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
Delightful and ingenious stories from throughout the continent of Africa.A Gorgeous Collector's Edition of folk and fairy tales from the continent of Africa, with stories from regions now marked as modern nations such as Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, w ...Show more
Alice in Wonderland by LEWIS CARROLL
$27.99 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Collector's Editions Ser.
With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Red Queen and the White Rabbit all make their appearances, and are now familiar figures in writing, conversation and id ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. MONTGOMERY
$19.98 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Collector's Editions Ser.
Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a ...Show more
Arthurian Myths and Legends by Raluca Radulescu (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
Gorgeous Collector's Edition. Many medieval writers, especially from France and Wales, wrote stories about the great British leader, King Arthur. Legends, folklore and myths from this period come together to paint a picture of who he was with some describing him as a great warrior, defending Britain fro ...Show more
Black Beauty (Cloth-bound HB) by A. SEWELL
$19.98 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Collector's Editions Ser.
Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, ...Show more
Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children 10 plus | Series: Collector's Edition
Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation's favourite storyteller Joy and heartbreak combine in this bittersweet tale of a champion greyhound's journey through life - and from owner to owner... "The sack wasn't just drifting gently along like everything else, ...Show more
Christmas Carol (Cloth-bound HB) by Charles Dickens
$22.99 AUD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Collector's Editions Ser.
A Christmas Carol is the most famous, heart-warming and chilling festive story of them all. In these pages we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, whose name is synonymous with greed and parsimony: 'Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a ...Show more
DECLINE & FALL ROMAN EMPIRE by GIBBON,EDWARD
$59.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Collector's Library Editions
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is English historical writing at its best. First published in six quarto volumes between 1776 and 1788, it stands alone and unchallenged in its comprehensiveness, richness and depth. In its entirety, the text spans 71 chapters covering the history of Europe fro ...Show more
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by ROBERT L. STEVENSON
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Collector's Editions Ser.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of m ...Show more
Dracula by BRAM STOKER
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Collector's Editions Ser.
What is A Tale of Two Cities about : The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolut ...Show more
Dracula, A Mystery Story by BRAM STOKER
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
When Jonathan Harker visits the remote Transylvanian castle of Count Dracula, little does he know that he will become a captive of the undead! Stalked by inhuman creatures, in a tale dripping with chilling tension that spins us across Europe, Harker and his friends must try to resist falling prey to the ...Show more
Dubliners by JAMES JOYCE
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Collector's Editions Ser.
Living overseas but writing, always, about his native city, Joyce made Dublin unforgettable. The stories in Dubliners show us truants, seducers, gossips, rally-drivers, generous hostesses, corrupt politicians, failing priests, amateur theologians, struggling musicians, moony adolescents, victims of dome ...Show more