Man Alone: VUP Classic by John Mulgan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Man Alone is one of the foundation stones of New Zealand literature. Almost all copies of the first edition, published in England in 1939, were destroyed in the Blitz. When it was republished in New Zealand in 1949, after the author’s suicide in Cairo in 1945, the publisher Paul’s Book Arcade made a num ...Show more
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns
$22.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A novel that starts with a village flood and ends with a mysterious virus - a visionary Corona novel originally published in 1954 and now a modern classic.
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
$24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage Heroines
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world 'There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that' This is the story o ...Show more
The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
$27.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction Mill Valley, Marin County, California. Dr Miles Bennell has lived there all his life. But one day Miles sees a patient who claims her Uncle isn't himself. He's a different person, despite being identical in every way ex ...Show more
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by MARY SHELLEY
$30.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
A powerful masterpiece from the gothic pen of Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is a man of science obsessed with the idea of creating life. So much so, that he creates a giant, human-like being out of a patchwork of corpses. However, on achieving his miracle, Frankenstein finds himself horrified by his ...Show more
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
$24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Great Plains Trilogy Ser.
Set in rural Nebraska, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is both the intricate story of a powerful friendship and a brilliant portrayal of the lives of rural pioneers in the late-nineteenth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foil ...Show more
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell
$21.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Essential Gothic, SF and Dark Fantasy Ser.
With a new introduction by Professor Richard Bradford this edition takes a fresh look at one of the great works of the twentieth century. Orwell's classic dystopian fiction warns us of our future, and deals with issues that speak to multiple dangers faced by many nations today. Winston Smith is a memb ...Show more
The Valley of Fear (a Sherlock Holmes Mystery) by Judith John (Contribution by); Arthur Doyle
$20.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics Ser.
A gorgeous edition of the classic detective story featuring Sherlock Holmes, the perfect gift for readers and collectors. Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, r ...Show more
Watership Down (HB) by Parkins Richard Adams David
$37.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible edition of Watership Down. Be cunning, and full of tricks. Fiver is very worried. He senses something terrible is about to happen to the warren, the only ho ...Show more
The Iliad / The Odyssey (Boxed HB Set) by Gillian Cross
$56.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
This handsome boxed set of Homer's epics -- powerfully retold by Gillian Cross and strikingly illustrated by Neil Packer -- belongs on every reader's bookshelf. Epic and thrilling, Homer's two age-old classics have been revisited countless times. Gillian Cross and Neil Packer's exquisite versions of ...Show more
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
$24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage Heroines
This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by working-class evangelists in the North of England to be one of God's elect. Passionate, headstrong and shielded by her mother's grand disapproval of a sinful world, she seems destined for life as a missionary. And then she meets Melanie. At sixtee ...Show more
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
$24.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction
Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of a boy known as Siddhartha from the Indian subcontinent during the time of Lord Buddha. In a very simple prose, Hesse has conveyed a very profound message for all seekers. A brahmin boy follows his heart and goes through vari ...Show more