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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne; Alex Dolby (Introduction by); W.H.G. Kingston (Translator)
$6.95 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
rare edition printed About The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Unde ...Show more
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
$13.99 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: very good
With an Introduction and Notes by John M.L. Drew, University of Buckingham. Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative P ...Show more
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Rudolf Wyss
$7.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
This story tells of the happy discovery of the wonders of natural history by a family shipwrecked on a desert island, who remain united through all the adversities they encounter. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe, this joyful narrative by a Swiss pastor remains a classic tale to be enjoyed by all.
The Velveteen Rabbit & Other Animal Adventures (Wordsworth's Children's Classics) by Margery Williams
$10.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics
This endearing edition proudly includes the original telling of the beloved tale, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. Together, we travel alongside the Velveteen Rabbit on his magical journey towards becoming real and discover how he and other toys are brought to life once they are truly loved by ...Show more
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
$7.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Wordsworth Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Features Rat, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad and their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.
The Wizard of Oz (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by L. Frank Baum
$7.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.
Time Machine and Other Works by H. G. Wells
$7.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics
In these 'scientific romances' H. G. Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present. His aim is to provoke rather than predict. The Sleeper falls into a trance, waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies, power-greedy leaders, sensual el ...Show more
Ulysses by James Joyce
$13.99 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
Ulysses is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach in February 1922, in Paris. It is considered to be one of the most important works of Modernist ...Show more
War of the Worlds / The War in the Air by H. G. Wells
$7.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University. In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatened. The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to di ...Show more
Water Babies (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Charles Kingsley
$7.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bo ...Show more
Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
$15.99 NZD
$19.99 (20% off)
Category: No Category | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations was his most important book.First published in London in March 1776, it had been eagerly anticipated by Smith’s contemporaries and became ...Show more
Wind in the Willows (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Kenneth Grahame
$7.99 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his 'Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and ...Show more