Poetry & Plays

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel , including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFrom the heart of early twentieth-century Australia emerges the voice of Frank Wilmot — better known by his pen name...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as picturedIn the vast and sun-scorched landscape of Australia, a nation's soul is forged not in boardrooms or parliaments, but around campfires,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew voices to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War carry the raw, anguished power of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1923, The Prophet stands as one of the most luminous and enduring works of spiritual literature...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodFew voices from the Victorian era capture the full spectrum of human experience — from riotous comedy...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedThere is a moment in every season — a heron poised above still water, frost tracing the edge of a fallen leaf, moonlight dissolving...

I once met a bird who stared out to sea, as strange and as still as a bird can be. I sat down beside him and asked him why. Shortly...

'This is some of the best English prose of our time' SPECTATOR 'A feast for mind and soul' ISABELLA TREE 'A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life' DAILY...

Under Milk Wood shows a day in the life of a small seaside town called Llareggub. We meet the inhabitants while still asleep, having wild dreams. We follow them as...

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...