Poetry & Plays

Author: Edward LearBinding: HardbackPublished: Osborne, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic collection, Lear's Book Of Nonsense, presents a delightful array of whimsical verse and absurd tales that have charmed...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: BUDGET BOOKSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal collection of verse presents a vivid panorama of early Australian life, capturing the spirit and challenges of the...

Author: Edgar W. Conrad And Edward G. NewingBinding: HardbackPublished: Eisenbrauns, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis collection of essays and poems honors Francis I. Andersen on the occasion of his...

Author: A. K. Thomson; Judith WrightBinding: HardbackPublished: The Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine. Glue stains on endpapers. This book...

Andrew Motion's prose memoir In the Blood (2006) was widely acclaimed, praised as 'an act of magical retrieval' ( Daily Telegraph ) and 'a hymn to familial love' (Independent). Now,...

In 1966 a coal slag heap collapsed on a school in south Wales, killing 144 people, most of them children. Poet Owen Sheers has given voice to those who still...

Author: Jessica Urlichs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 From the author of the beloved international bestseller You Hung the Moon comes a stunning gift book full of hopes and...

Author: Atticus Poetry Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 For fans of MILK & HONEY and CHASERS OF THE LIGHT, the first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus. LOVE...

'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich,...

Kleinzahler's poetry is, as ever, concerned with permeability: voices, places, the real and the dreamed, the present and the past, colliding and intersecting and spilling over into each other. Whether...

Christopher Reid's new collection is a quartet of works for voice, opening with the brisk and brightly coloured monologue of Professor Winterthorn - recently widowed, soon to be retired, who...

If the poetic sequence is the main mode of Maggot, it certainly isn't your father's poetic sequence. Taking as a starting point W.B. Yeats's remark that the only fit topics...

THE RIVERED EARTH contains four libretti written by Vikram Seth to be set to music by Alec Roth - together with an account of the pleasures and pains of working...

Shakespeare's four greatest tragedies - Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet and Othello - in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is a hero's fall...

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Over the course of six years,...

New to the Penguin Pocket Hardbacks series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound editions In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural...

A collectible new Penguin Classics series- beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets Songs of Innocence and Experience is one of the best-loved poetry collections of all time, an...

The theme developed in this book is that friendship is a seed to be nurtured to form a precious bloom. The volume combines poems with floral decoration and quotations from...

Revitalising conversations surrounding environmentalism and ecopoetics, this new gathering of voices is both urgent and inspirational.

International best-selling author Lang Leav presents The Gift of Everything , a stunning hardcover gift book featuring her finest pieces to date, spanning across her world-renowned poetry and prose titles...

Author: Omar KhayyamBinding: HardbackPublished: Walter J. Black, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust cover chipped, torn and worn; inscribed on inside cover...

Author: Sampson LowBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust cover worn; cloth cover in good condition; some marks on...

Author: Cyril BaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis classical Latin poetry set presents Lucretius’ philosophical...

Author: John HadfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA Book Of Beauty: An Anthology Of Words And Pictures presents a curated collection celebrating aesthetic excellence...

Andrew Motion's expansive new collection is built around two long poems that form its opening and close. The title poem, in a kaleidoscope of compelling scenes, engages with subjects that...

The Noise of a Fly is the first new collection from Douglas Dunn in sixteen years, and the first since he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in...

Doves is Lachlan Mackinnon's most candid and affecting volume of poems to date, and follows on from Small Hours, shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Poetry in 2010. Formally dexterous...

Bernard O'Donoghue is the author of six poetry collections, including Gunpowder (1995), winner of the Whitbread/Costa prize, and Farmers Cross , which was shortlisted for both the T. S. Eliot...

Like his acclaimed Mandeville (2008), Matthew Francis's fourth Faber collection explores a world of marvels, real and fantastic. A man takes off for the moon in an engine drawn by...

Author: W. H. GardnerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic study presents a meticulous examination of Gerard Manley Hopkins' distinctive poetic voice. It...

Author: Margaret J. O'Donnell, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Blackie & Son Limited, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: wear and rubbing of hard cover; marked moulding on spine; binding becoming loose on...

Author: A.B. PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust cover creased, water damaged, sun bleached on side and...

Author: William ShakespeareBinding: HardbackPublished: ABBEY LIBRARY, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: dust cover torn and worn; some rubbing to cloth cover otherwise in...

Author: Heinrich HeineBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1934Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous...

Author: Marjorie TippingBinding: HardbackPublished: GREENHOUSE, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis work presents a compelling historical account, chronicling the significant protest of Ludwig Becker and its enduring impact....

Author: Alex CoochBinding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & CO. LIMITED, 1934Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: some wear and fraying of cloth...

Author: Geoffrey DuttonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe comprehensive collection The Heritage Of Australian Poetry presents a rich and diverse landscape of Australian verse....

Author: Sir W. S. GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Maximus Books, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents the complete libretti of the iconic Gilbert and Sullivan...

Author: Soseki Natsume Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 312 1,000 haiku by Sseki Natsume, collected into one volume for the first time! Sseki Natsume is Japan's most popular writer, well...

First new collection of poems since Approximately Nowhere (1999).

Seidel is the great controversialist of American poetry. Dubbed a 'transgressive adventurer,' a 'demonic gentleman,' a 'triumphant outsider,' a 'great poet of innocence,' and 'an example of the dangerous Male...

From the entry of Shakespeare's birth in the Stratford church register to a Norwegian production of Macbeth in which the hero was represented by a tomato, this enthralling and splendidly...

The first official The Office holiday storybook - a new classic for fans of all ages! Spend "The Night Before Christmas" at Dunder Mifflin in this hilarious and timeless illustrated...

Author: ChaucerBinding: HardbackPublished: Ginn and Company, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: minor wear of cloth cover; significant tanning of pages; in...

Author: Loonie KeanerBinding: HardbackPublished: URE SMITH PRESS, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMy Country: Australian Poetry & Short Stories Two Hundred Years; Volume 1: Beginnings - 1930S presents a compelling...

Author: C. J. DennisBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis illustrated volume presents a witty and incisive reinterpretation of a beloved Australian literary...

Author: Sheila PicklesBinding: HardbackPublished: Penheligon, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis exquisite literary anthology presents a collection of verse and prose, meticulously gathered to evoke the romance and elegance...

Author: Edward FitzgeraldBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám presents a profound collection of Persian quatrains, offering timeless reflections on existence, fate, and...