Poetry & Plays

A beautiful hardcover selection of Emily Dickinson's best-loved, most enduring poems. AN EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POET. Virtually unknown as a poet in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is now recognized as...

John Keats (1795-1821) asked that his gravestone carry only the phrase 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.' But although his life was short, he left work that...

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and had a variety of occupations, including journalism, printing and teaching, before publishing Leaves Of Grass in 1855, which was highly praised...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers in the English language have wielded wit as a weapon quite like Oscar...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedThe Terrible Rain: The War Poets 1939–1945 stands as one of the most powerful and enduring collections of Second...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dj - chipped and worn with some loss price clipped. Binding slightly shaky -...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the sun-baked plains of colonial Australia to the thundering hooves of the steeplechase, the verse of Adam Lindsay Gordon captures a world of rugged beauty,...

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Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt the heart of Western literature stands a poem of unrelenting power — The Iliad, Homer's sweeping account of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodIn the grandest tradition of epic poetry, John Milton's Paradise Lost stands as one of the most monumental...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodOne of the most towering achievements of Western literature, The Aeneid of Virgil chronicles the legendary journey of...

Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew voices in the English literary canon burn with as much intellectual fervor and passionate intensity as that of...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Small tear on front of jacket.From one of the towering figures of twentieth-century literature comes a landmark collection...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAn Anthology of Contemporary Verse presents a carefully curated collection of modern poetry, selected by Margaret...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFor those seeking an authoritative gateway into the poetic currents of the twentieth century, Ten Contemporary Poets presents a carefully curated selection of verse...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodA treasure trove of the English lyrical tradition, The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems presents a masterfully curated collection of verse drawn from centuries of British...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the spare medieval lyrics of the thirteenth century to the charged modernist voices of the twentieth, The Albatross Book of Living Verse presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark of twentieth-century literary curation, Collins Albatross Book of Longer Poems presents a sweeping panorama of English...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark gathering of mid-century verse, An Anthology of Modern Verse: 1940–1960 presents a carefully curated selection of the most vital and resonant English-language...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if Lord Byron, on the eve of his death in the fever-ridden Greek town of Missolonghi, committed his most intimate confessions...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the dawn of a new century, British poetry underwent a seismic transformation — and An Anthology of Modern Verse 1900–1920 stands...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of symbolism and mysticism, Stefan George stands as one of the most commanding and controversial figures in German literary...

Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the sun-drenched world of 1980s San Francisco, Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate chronicles the intertwined lives of a group of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of criticism and celebration, Professing Poetry stands as one of the most candid and illuminating...

Edition: Second ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedWar strips humanity bare, and it is within the cold stone walls of a church-turned-prison that Christopher Fry's A Sleep...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew books have crossed the boundaries of culture, language, and time with the quiet authority of The Prophet — a luminous work in which...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew voices in the Victorian literary canon burn with such desperate, luminous intensity as that of Francis Thompson — a poet who transformed personal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew writers of the eighteenth century managed to master the novel, the stage, and verse with equal brilliance — Oliver Goldsmith was one such rare exception,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the fractured urban landscape of late twentieth-century Britain, Edward Bond's The Worlds confronts the reader with a raw and unflinching collision between capitalism, terrorism,...

Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersLong before the age of screens and social media, Australian children entertained themselves with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew works in the Western literary canon have captured the philosophical spirit of the ancient Persian world as vividly as Edward FitzGerald's celebrated English...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,SignedA rare and intimate glimpse into a life lived with remarkable breadth and spirit, Up Here and Down There is a self-published memoir and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sunburnt plains and dusty droving tracks of the Australian interior comes a rich chorus of voices in Australian Bush Verse, a celebrated...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the lyrical imagination of David Martin comes I Rhyme My Time, a carefully curated anthology of verse crafted expressly for young...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched landscapes of mid-twentieth-century Australia emerges a literary voice of rare and enduring power — The Hand of Memory: Selected Stories and Verse...

The Aeneid is a journey of Aeneas, a survivor of the siege of Troy. The themes within this classic work include piety, respect, destiny, war and peace. The city of...

Simon Armitage's new collection brings news from unusual places, whether from the recent past (an island being born off the coast of Iceland, the 'Women of Merrie England' coffee houses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedPart of the prestigious Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought series, Rob Lyle's Mistral presents a focused and illuminating critical study...