Poetry & Plays

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched plains to the windswept high country, Australian Bush Ballads presents a definitive collection of the verse that gave voice to the working...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures loom as large in the English literary tradition as Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th-century poet whose vivid imagination and masterful verse transformed the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched veld to the thundering waters of the Zambesi, Guy Butler's South of the Zambesi: Poems from South Africa presents a powerful...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodSome books whisper their wisdom so softly that the world almost misses them — The Thoughts of Nanushka is not one to be overlooked. Written under...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFor decades, the voice of Nanushka has offered readers a gentle yet profound refuge — a space where everyday emotion is rendered into something timeless. Nan...

Edition: 4th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew poets have shaped the English literary canon with the visionary...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an era defined by global conflict and profound national uncertainty, L. H. Allen's Patria stands as a deeply felt meditation on homeland, identity,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFrom the shimmering depths of Australia's Great Barrier Reef emerges a collection of verse that transforms one of the world's most breathtaking natural wonders...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the turn of the twentieth century, one singular voice rose above the colonial landscape of Australian letters...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew poets have inspired as much passion, controversy, and critical debate as George Gordon, Lord Byron — and Byron: A Symposium gathers...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingStep behind the curtain and into the storied world of the Bankside theatre tradition — The Bankside Stage-Book, written and illustrated by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingStep into the enchanting world of puppet theatre with H. W. Whanslaw's A Book of Marionette Plays, a carefully curated collection of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew literary lives illuminate an era quite like that of Charles Brasch, and Indirections: A Memoir 1909–1947 stands as a testament to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew names in the literary canon conjure darkness and beauty in equal measure quite like Edgar Allan Poe, and this illustrated collection presents his most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerTwo cities, separated by continents and centuries, converge in a single visionary artistic statement: Vitebsk/Harar by the celebrated Italian neo-expressionist Enzo Cucchi draws a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWar, myth, and the raw violence of the human condition collide in Mars, a landmark collaboration between the celebrated Australian painter Arthur Boyd and the...

Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Binding: front hinges cracked; binding slightly shaky; no loose pages; some...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew voices have captured the rugged soul of the Australian bush with the raw honesty and lyrical power of Henry Lawson, and...

Edition: fine-paper edition.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn boards with minor marks and flecks. Binding slightly shaky. Markings:...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: good/fair for age. Worn and sunned boards. Some bumping on spines and corners....

Playing with Matches is the ultimate collector's edition by internationally best-selling poet, Michael Faudet. A beautiful hardcover gift book that has been personally curated by the author featuring a compilation...

A pocket edition of this classic book. Hailed as the Bible of the twentieth century, The Prophet is the iconic religious book in the modern world. This perennial bestseller made...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Untold Tales, a collection that showcases David Malouf's extraordinary gift for illuminating...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-bleached landscapes of Western Australia to the intimate corridors of the human soul, Act One announces...

Visual poet Kylie Johnson's simple words have the

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the quiet literary culture of 1970s Canberra emerges A Bone Flute, a collection of poems by Phillip Martin that resonates with the spare, meditative quality...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Typewriter Music, a masterful poetry collection that captures the rhythms of everyday life...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the visionary mind of one of Victorian literature's most spiritually luminous figures comes A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingA treasury of the English-speaking world's finest verse, The Poets' World: An Anthology of English Poetry is a landmark collection that chronicles the rich...

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Rebound first edition.Few rivers in the British Isles have inspired as much verse...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew voices have captured the soul of the Australian bush with such enduring power as A.B. Banjo Paterson, whose verses pulse with the...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edge, tanned DJ with minor tears.Few figures in the...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ is damaged with multiple tears to spine.At the glittering heart of the Restoration stage stands William Congreve, a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew literary treasures rival the breadth and beauty of The Greek Anthology, a monumental collection of ancient Greek...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner annotations in margins / underlining - all in pencilFew poets have so thoroughly reshaped...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodPoetry Workshop is an essential anthology and instructional guide for anyone seeking to understand, appreciate, and engage with the art of verse. Edited by N. Russell...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: faded, in mylar. From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes First Things Last, a poetry...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodThe vast, unforgiving ocean has always been both a barrier and a bridge for those who dared to seek a new life on distant shores,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA window into the soul of a nation's childhood, The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Stories & Verse for Children presents a rich and carefully...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew voices have captured the soul of Australia with as much vitality and enduring charm as A.B. Banjo Paterson, whose ballads transformed the rugged...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the literary canon cast as long a shadow as William Butler Yeats — poet, mystic, playwright, and Irish nationalist — and...

The book titled The Canterbury Tales by the author Geoffrey Chaucer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew poets have conjured the numinous from the everyday with the same quiet mastery as Walter de la Mare, and this curated...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodShe was a creature utterly unlike any other — imperious, bizarre, and incandescently gifted — and Victoria Glendinning's Edith Sitwell: A Unicorn Among Lions...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew names in the English language carry the weight of William Shakespeare, whose works have endured for over four centuries as the pinnacle of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn Journey to the Ends of Time: Volume 1: Lost in the Dark Wood, Sacheverell Sitwell — one of the...