Poetry & Plays

A cast of 'Indic-heritage poets' meets to perform poems and discuss the future of poetry. indiom engages eclectic, often Rabelaisian styles on subjects as various as the Indian poet Nissim...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA garden has long been humanity's most potent symbol of the sacred, and The Faithful Garden: An Ecumenical Florilegium gathers that rich tradition into...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew voices in the English literary canon resonate with the same breathtaking intensity as John Donne's — a poet who...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the depths of grief to the heights of gratitude, Someone Cares: The Collected Poems of Helen Steiner Rice presents a sweeping...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the pen of Australia's most beloved bush poet comes a whimsical menagerie of creatures left behind when Noah set sail —...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: worn spineFew figures loom as large in the Australian literary imagination as Bill, the rough-hewn...

Edition: No. 116 0f 390 copiesCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedFrom one of England's most celebrated Georgian poets comes...

Edition: 5th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the twentieth century's most formidable literary critics turns his unflinching gaze upon the English poetic tradition...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining.At the crossroads of modernism and tradition, New Bearings in English Poetry stands as one...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew literary forms carry the raw, narrative power of the traditional ballad — and The Oxford Book of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA titan of Australian verse, Robert D. FitzGerald spent four decades crafting a body of work that stands...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFrom one of Australia's most distinguished voices of the twentieth century comes Moonlight Acre, a collection of poetry that cements...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the deep spiritual heart of Australia's ancient landscape comes Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems, a profound collection that channels the voices,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew playwrights have shaped the Western dramatic tradition as profoundly as Sophocles, and G. H. Gellie's Sophocles: A Reading...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew writers in the English language have weaponised language with the precision and pleasure of Oscar Wilde, and The Wit of Oscar Wilde presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched high country of the Australian Alps thunders one of the most legendary poems ever to emerge from...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: **DUTCH TEXT ONLY**Few artists of the Dutch Golden Age married the visual and the verbal with such devotion as Joannes Luiken (1649–1712),...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: light foxing on boardsFew works in the Western literary canon have so boldly and brilliantly codified the art of seduction as Ovid's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedBefore Elton John became a global phenomenon, there was a quiet, visionary poet crafting the words that would define...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: fair with some marks and specks; slight discolouration...

The only available edition of Stephen Spender's autobiography. A classic of gay literature

In the spirit of his wildly popular New Yorker pieces and the New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People, Thurber-prize winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodJohn Fowles — celebrated author of The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Magus — reveals an altogether different creative dimension in Poems, a rare...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor seventeen summers, two Queensland cane-cutters have made their annual pilgrimage to Melbourne, bringing with them the intoxicating promise of freedom, romance, and a...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between 1790 and 1830, a revolution in human feeling and imagination swept through English letters, producing some of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFew writers have made absurdity so timelessly delightful as Edward Lear, the Victorian master of comic verse...

'The Arctic' in Don Paterson's powerful new collection is the name of a bar frequented by the survivors of several kinds of apocalypse. The poems gathered here are as various...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingA Galaxy of Poems Old and New, chosen by E.W. Parker, M.C., is a carefully...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in the history of human civilization carry the weight and wonder of William Shakespeare's, and The Complete Works of Shakespeare places the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: price clipped dj. From one of the twentieth century's most distinctive literary voices comes Marching Soldier, a long...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew nations have been so profoundly shaped by the crucible of war as Australia, and The Australian Experience of War: Illustrated Stories & Verse presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of sacred art and devotional verse stands The True Vine, a profoundly moving collection that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the dusty crossroads where hardship meets hope, Henry Lawson's The Romance of the Swag captures the restless spirit of...

Childhood is confusing enough, but compared to middle age it is a piece of cake. When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of A. A. Milne were always on hand...

This is a reduced version of the Complete Works (modern spelling) in a handy format. All the editorial matter from the original edition is included, and the only significant difference...

The book titled A Book of Thanks by the author Helen Steiner Rice. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Brianna Pastor is by far one of my favourite new writers. If you want to feel seen and deeply moved, read Good Grief . Let the power of her writing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in the English language carry the weight of William Shakespeare, and this magnificent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the genius lies the torment — Colin Wilson's Strindberg: A Play in Two Scenes pulls back the curtain on one of theatre's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the sun-drenched streets of turn-of-the-century Beirut, a young man falls into a consuming, forbidden love — one that society, tradition, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Slipcase: GoodFrom the sun-baked laneways of inner-city Melbourne to the blood-soaked trenches of World War One, The Moods of Ginger Mick chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in Victorian cultural life were as richly contradictory as Edward Lear — celebrated painter, tireless traveller, and the genius behind some of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew collections have shaped the English-speaking world's understanding of its own poetic heritage quite like English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer to...