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Leaves Of Grass

Leaves Of Grass

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew works in the canon of American literature have shaken the foundations of poetry quite like Leaves of Grass — Walt Whitman's revolutionary, lifelong masterpiece...
Fair Girls And Gray Horses

Fair Girls And Gray Horses

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sun-baked plains of the Australian outback to the rolling highlands of his native Scotland, Will Ogilvie's Fair Girls...
The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the eighteenth century captured the warmth, wit, and gentle irony of English life as...
The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare: The Complete Works Annotated

The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare: The Complete Works Annotated

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew names in the history of literature command the reverence and enduring fascination of William Shakespeare, and The...
A Vision Splendid: The Complete Poetry Of A.B. "Banjo" Paterson

A Vision Splendid: The Complete Poetry Of A.B. "Banjo" Paterson

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched plains of the Australian outback to the rowdy life of the bush, A Vision Splendid:...
He Dances (SIGNED)

He Dances (SIGNED)

$25.00 AUD
Edition: No. 33 of 225 copiesCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWithin the spare, luminous pages of He Dances, John Miles crafts a poetry collection that pulses with sensory...
Under Milk Wood: A Play For Voices

Under Milk Wood: A Play For Voices

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodIn the imagined Welsh seaside village of Llareggub, a single spring day unfolds in all its glorious, bawdy, and lyrical chaos — and Dylan...
The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOliver Goldsmith stands as one of the most brilliantly versatile figures of eighteenth-century English literature, and this collected volume brings together three of his most celebrated...
Works: Plays (Three-Volume Set)

Works: Plays (Three-Volume Set)

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers captured the conscience of twentieth-century Britain with the same commanding force as J. B. Priestley,...
Clumsy Beauty: Poems for Hearing the "I Love You" in Everything

Clumsy Beauty: Poems for Hearing the "I Love You" in Everything

$35.00 AUD$29.75 AUD
Filled with warmth, wit, and a dash of irreverence, Clumsy Beauty is a celebration of life in all its messiness. This exquisitely illustrated collection of bite-size poems from J. K....
100 Poems to Help You Relax: Volume 4

100 Poems to Help You Relax: Volume 4

$27.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
A collection of calming, relaxing, positive poems to help with anxiety and stress. Keep this collection handy for a moment of relaxation whenever you need it. With poems about pets,...
I'm Sad and Horny

I'm Sad and Horny

$49.99 AUD$42.49 AUD
From actress Haley Lu Richardson-a raw, beautiful, and playful debut collection of poetry about the chaos of being a twenty-something girl in this world. i always wanted to be a...
An American Sunrise: Poems

An American Sunrise: Poems

$42.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years...
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

$29.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Celebrate the genius, passion, and poetry of William Shakespeare with this beautifully bound deluxe edition, featuring his complete plays and poems in one timeless collector's volume. No writer has shaped...
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

by Chaucer
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodFew works in the English literary canon can claim the enduring power and vivid humanity of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales — a magnificent collection...
The Christopher Robin Story Book: From When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner

The Christopher Robin Story Book: From When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner

$90.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: worn and frayed boards with light soiling; binding fragilel...
A Cuckoo In The Nest

A Cuckoo In The Nest

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingWhat happens when a newlywed husband, desperate to conceal his innocent but compromising predicament from...
Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám: Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald; Followed By Euphranor: A Dialogue On Youth; And Salámán And Absál: An Allegory Translated From The Persian Of Jámi

Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám: Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald; Followed By Euphranor: A Dialogue On Youth; And Salámán And Absál: An Allegory Translated From The Persian Of Jámi

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most celebrated works of world poetry, the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám presents Edward FitzGerald's...
The Collected Poems Of A. E. Housman

The Collected Poems Of A. E. Housman

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew poets have captured the bittersweet ache of youth, mortality, and the English...
Poems

Poems

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ: yellowed; unclipped with some stains. Binding: boards remain clean, binding tight. Pages: light...
The Poetical Works Of Adam Lindsay Gordon

The Poetical Works Of Adam Lindsay Gordon

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-scorched plains of colonial Australia to the fog-shrouded racetracks of England, the verse...
The Bond Of Poetry: A Book Of Verse For Australasian Schools

The Bond Of Poetry: A Book Of Verse For Australasian Schools

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...
The Two Fires

The Two Fires

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the shadow of the atomic age and the ever-present threat of annihilation, Judith Wright's The Two Fires burns with a fierce...
The Gateway

The Gateway

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes The Gateway, a collection of poetry that stands...
The Oxford Book Of Ballads

The Oxford Book Of Ballads

$15.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew literary forms capture the raw pulse of human experience quite like the ballad — and The Oxford Book...
Collected Poems

Collected Poems

by Pope
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAmong the most dazzling intellects of the English Augustan Age, Alexander Pope crafted verse of such precision, wit, and satirical force that...
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew voices in the English literary canon carry the raw, sensory power of D. H. Lawrence, and Selected...
Murder In The Cathedral

Murder In The Cathedral

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the cold stone halls of Canterbury Cathedral, a man of God prepares to meet his...
A Book Of Joy: An Anthology Of Words And Pictures

A Book Of Joy: An Anthology Of Words And Pictures

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerWhat does it truly mean to experience joy? A Book of Joy answers that timeless question through a...
A Book Of Love: An Anthology Of Words And Pictures

A Book Of Love: An Anthology Of Words And Pictures

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew subjects have inspired as much passion, longing, and creative brilliance as love, and A Book of Love...
The Jindyworobaks

The Jindyworobaks

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the sunbaked literary landscape of mid-twentieth-century Australia, a radical movement took root — one that sought to sever the colonial umbilical...
The Odyssey

The Odyssey

by Homer
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew works in the Western literary canon have endured with such timeless power as The Odyssey — Homer's magnificent...
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew works in the English literary canon have endured with such vitality as The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer's magnificent 14th-century masterpiece — a ribald,...
Poets Of The English Language (Five-Volume Set)

Poets Of The English Language (Five-Volume Set)

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew literary collections have achieved the canonical sweep and intellectual ambition of Poets of the English Language, the landmark...
Books that have Changed Man’s Thinking (14 vols.)

Books that have Changed Man’s Thinking (14 vols.)

$100.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew collections have shaped the intellectual landscape of the Western world quite like Great Books...
The Complete Plays

The Complete Plays

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark collection of twentieth-century Russian dramatic literature, The Complete Plays gathers the full theatrical output of Yury Olesha, one...
This Is Shakespeare

This Is Shakespeare

$15.00 AUD
An electrifying new study that investigates the challenges of the Bard's inconsistencies and flaws, and focuses on revealing-not resolving-the ambiguities of the plays and their changing topicality A genius and...
1000 Quotable Poems

1000 Quotable Poems

$15.00 AUD
A superb collection of more than one thousand poems containing the most familiar lines from 500 of the most recognizable poets, including Walt Whitman, John Donne, Carl Sandburg, Robert Browning,...
Collected Poems: Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, Ballads of a Cheechako,

Collected Poems: Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, Ballads of a Cheechako,

$59.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Robert Service, who is known as the "Bard of the Yukon," is known for his ability to capture the adventure, desolation, and beauty of the Canadian North, and this authoritative...
Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918

Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1918

$87.50 AUD$10.00 AUD
The Oxford Book of English Verse was first published in 1900 and it initiated the famous series of Oxford Books that has been running ever since. It quickly established itself...
That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You

That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You

$47.99 AUD$40.79 AUD
New York Times Bestseller! Writer, comedian, and content creator Elyse Myers gets real about life's awkward moments in her bold, funny, and unfiltered debut book Elyse Myers is known to...
Typewriter Music

Typewriter Music

$29.95 AUD$10.00 AUD
David Malouf's brilliant collection of poems begins with a memory of new love - with 'grace unasked for, urgencies that boom under the pocket of a shirt' - and ends...
Dwell

Dwell

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
This gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by...
All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. All Along You Were Blooming is the ultimate love...
Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait

Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedBehind the luminous parables and mystical verses that made Kahlil Gibran a literary phenomenon lies a far more intimate story — one...
Singer Of The Bush: A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1885-1900 & Song Of The Pen: A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1901-1941

Singer Of The Bush: A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1885-1900 & Song Of The Pen: A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson 1901-1941

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: faded slipcaseFew voices have ever captured the soul of a nation quite like Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson, and this magnificent two-volume set —...
Aristophanis Comoediae Undecim, Graece Et Latine

Aristophanis Comoediae Undecim, Graece Et Latine

$650.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ** Greek-Latin text ** - Good for age - Binding: Original leather, dried and cracked with the usual...
Maryville: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION

Maryville: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION

$32.99 AUD$28.04 AUD
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 POLARI PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 SKY ARTS AWARDS A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION 'Taylor's poetry is...