Poetry & Plays

Possibly the most important anthology ever published. In a single edition the history of literature is turned upside down by the revelation that the world's great poets were, in fact,...

In his affectionate and gently humorous verses John O'Brien (Patrick Joseph Hartigan)sang of farming life and of the life of Irish settlers in Australia - at home, on the land,...

Translated by renowned Rumi expert Nader Khalili, over 120 poems about love from the Persian mystic poet and Sufi master have been carefully collected and curated in this beautifully illustrated...

The beauty and meaning behind his poetry and prose has meant that Shakespeare's work has lived on throughout history long after his death. We still fall in love and become...

Shakespeare's Sonnets of 1609 are as thrilling and persuasive today as they were when they were first published: perhaps no collection of verses before or since has captured the imagination...

The new Oxford edition of Shakespeare's complete works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsOld Vic: Torian Country's Sketchbook presents a captivating visual and textual journey through a significant era of British history and culture. This...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis collection presents the unparalleled genius of Edgar Allan Poe, a master of the macabre and architect of the detective story. It...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive collection presents the unparalleled literary genius of Oscar Wilde, gathering his most celebrated plays, poems, and prose. It showcases his...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe comic opera The Yeomen Of The Guard; Or, The Merryman And His Maid presents a captivating narrative set within...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis definitive poetry collection presents the enduring works of a literary giant, showcasing a masterful command of rhythm...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small stain on book block. This comprehensive biography, Rudyard Kipling, chronicles the extraordinary life and literary contributions of...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Inscriptions on fep, otherwise content...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerBetween the mystical and the philosophical, Between Night And Morn compiles a collection of Kahlil Gibran's profound essays and parables. This work...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection of verse presents the profound artistry of one of English literature's most revered figures. It chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: front piece missing from dust jacket cover, chipping otherwise around jacketThis anthology, A Book Of Australian Verse, compiles a rich...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Pencil underlining'Saundarya-Lahari: The Ocean Of Beauty presents a profound journey into the heart of Hindu devotional poetry and tantric philosophy....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: one tear on jacketThis engaging volume presents a heartfelt homage to C. J. Dennis's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsPickering's Salute To The Sentimental Bloke presents a vibrant reinterpretation of C. J. Dennis's beloved verse, bringing new life to...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping journey through the rugged landscapes and intimate lives of Australia, this collection captures the voice of a nation in...

Edition: 3rd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Hinges starting. Clean text. This scholarly work presents a profound collection of...

Reeling in the face of collapsing systems, of politics, identity and the banalities and distortions of modern living, Nick Laird confronts age-old anxieties, questions of aloneness, friendship, the push and...

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...

WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST POETRY COLLECTION 2024 'Chang has liberated the Ekphrastic form to new lyric heights and depths. Inventive, meditative, audacious, strange and soulful. A marvel...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsJohn Masefield's The Collected Poems presents a comprehensive treasury of verse from the esteemed Poet Laureate. This volume chronicles a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThe Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley presents a comprehensive collection of the influential Romantic poet's lyrical masterpieces. This volume chronicles Shelley's...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography illuminates the multifaceted life and enduring legacy of George Bernard Shaw, one of the twentieth century's most...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine, internally sound. This classic collection of quatrains, Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam, presents a profound meditation on life,...

Edition: 2nd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis collection of humorous verse, The Private Dining Room And Other Verses, presents the unparalleled wit...

Edition: 3rd impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling verse drama, The Dark Is Light Enough, presents a profound examination of human resilience...

Edition: 7th impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis historical drama, Thor, With Angels, transports readers to 6th-century Anglo-Saxon England, a pivotal era of spiritual transformation....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pencil annotation in marginsThis compelling collection presents five distinct dramatic works crafted specifically for the unique demands of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: large tear on back of jacketThis profound verse drama, Murder In The Cathedral, recounts the assassination of Archbishop...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Chipping along top of jacket, faded spineThis poetic drama, The Cocktail Party, presents a biting social...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring poetic legacy of John Dryden, a pivotal figure in English literature....

No writer, before or since, has matched Shakespeare in terms of influence, critical acclaim or popular success. And the Bard had plenty to say about the subject of love -...

In the first comprehensive study of Cleanness and its medieval contexts, Elizabeth B. Keiser shows how this fourteenth-century religious poem legitimates erotic pleasure as natural apart from procreative justification and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Minor nick/tear on fep. Clean text....

Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis scholarly edition presents William Shakespeare's beloved comedy, Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will, offering a comprehensive resource for students...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThirty Years With G.B.S. chronicles an intimate, decades-long association with the towering literary figure, George Bernard Shaw. This compelling memoir...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerTitle: The Poems Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerSelected Verse Of C.J. Dennis presents a delightful collection from the beloved Australian poet, C.J. Dennis....

Combining Thoreau's controlled belligerence with the brash abandon of an uninhibited bohemian, E. E. Cummings, together with Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and William Carlos Williams, helped bring about the...

The wonder of birds has charmed and inspired poets down the centuries and across the globe. From Shakespeare's 'feathr'd king' to Ted Hughes 'butterfly lightness', of swifts, this is a...

Like Emily Wilson's celebrated translations of Homer, this new Aeneid -the first collaborative translation of the poem in English-is rendered in an unrhymed iambic pentameter that engages modern readers while...

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer's "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life. The first great adventure story in the Western canon, the Odyssey is a...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsGravedigger's Funeral presents a compelling theatrical work that scrutinizes the solemn rituals surrounding...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis satirical epic, Charles Charming's Challenges On The Pathway To The Throne: A Royal Poem In Rhyming Couplets...