Poetry & Plays

Author: James ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: W. Kent & Co., 1859Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Aged and worn boards....

Author: George Macdonald, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: MACMILLAN & Co PUBLISHERS, 1869Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn boards with...

Author: Arthur ArentBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling play, The Laying On Of Hands, chronicles a fascinating examination of human credulity and the...

Author: Tom StoppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Slightly yellowed DJ with some shelfwear. Name penned on fep....

Author: Musurus Pasha, D.C.L.Binding: HardbackPublished: Williams and Norgate, 1890Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Original boards worn, with...

Author: David HolbrookBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded pictorial boards. Name on...

Maggie Millner's seductive debut is a novel-in-verse about a woman in her late twenties who leaves a long-term relationship with a boyfriend for another woman. The affair thrusts her from...

The great poets are now accessible in beautifully produced, in low-priced volumes. Each collection provides a wonderful overview of the poet's major works.

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of...

This verse autobiography relates the story of the author's younger days set against the places and buildings that were significant in his youth - Highgate, Cornwall, Chelsea, Marlborough, Oxford quads,...

This presents the original selection of poems as made by Sir Kingsley Amis, which appeared in the "Daily Mirror". One poem was published each day for a year and the...

With fifty new poems from Britain s favourite poet Pam Ayres, New Poetry Collection is a treat. From wishing your husband was more dashing to becoming a gran for the...

One of the great masterworks of English literature, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable...

Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre Methuen, London , 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCharles Osborne's W. H. Auden: The Life Of A Poet presents a comprehensive biographical account...

Author: Ann BlaineyBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Dust jacket has general wear and tear, bumps on bottom corners...

Author: Richard Perceval GravesBinding: HardbackPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRichard Perceval Graves's A.E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet chronicles the intricate life of the...

Author: George S. KaufmanBinding: HardbackPublished: St Martin's Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner name inside, page edges yellowed, dust jacket has minor wear to...

Author: Christian MorgensternBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Michigan Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on corners. Clean and sturdy copy....

Author: Alec H. ChisholmBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography chronicles the fascinating existence of C.J. Dennis, an iconic Australian poet...

Author: Ted Hughes; R.J. Lloyd (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light bumping on brown boards. Clean and sturdy copy.This collection of...

Author: Banjo Paterson & Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn slipcase. Clean and sturdy copies. A Literary Heritage: Banjo Paterson & Henry...

Author: J. M. BarrieBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor marks and specks on boards. Light rubbing on edges. J....

Author: Katherine BrégyBinding: HardbackPublished: HERBERT & DANIEL, 1912Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light bumping on corners. Frontis loose. Clean...

Author: William Shakespeare; Illustrated by Ian PenneyBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWilliam Shakespeare's The Sonnets presents a timeless...

Author: John Macqueen And Tom ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative The Oxford Book Of Scottish Verse presents a comprehensive...

Dorothea Mackellar's anthemic poem My Country captured the heart of the Australian nation when it was first published in 1908, and the love affair has continued for a hundred years....

'Powerful, capacious and profound' OCEAN VUONG 'A book you won't soon forget' ILYA KAMINSKY 'Astonishing' TERRANCE HAYES LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2025...

Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the...

The collected poems of Lewis Carroll, newly edited by Gillian Beer and published in a beautiful clothbound edition 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in...

Beautifully designed clothbound edition of this brilliant translation Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in...

Author: John BetjemanBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents the complete poetic works of a beloved English laureate, offering readers a vivid journey...

Author: Alfred NoyesBinding: HardbackPublished: Sheed & Ward, 1939Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine. Minor marks on red boards. Internally...

Author: Bernard Shaw; Feliks Topolski (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Constable and Company, 1939Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Frontispiece and...

Author: Nigel JacksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Johnson, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Some moisture damage, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped and has damage in form of wear and tear (with...

Author: Barbara Ker WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some tanning and general wear and tear, previous owner writing inside first...

Author: Frank TuohyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1976Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Yeats, chronicles the intricate life and profound literary contributions of the iconic Irish poet, W.B....

Author: Marlowe; ShakespeareBinding: HardbackPublished: Grolier Enterprises Corp., 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsElizabethan Drama presents a compelling collection of theatrical works from...

Author: A.B. PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling anthology presents the enduring legacy of one of Australia's most beloved poets,...

Author: Cumberland, Garrick, Colman & GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Various, 1770Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Good for age. Bound...

Author: Rupert BrookeBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1941Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and yellowed boards with light bumping on...

Author: John WainBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsProfessing Poetry presents a compelling collection of essays that scrutinize the art and craft of verse. John Wain,...

Author: Bernard O'DowdBinding: HardbackPublished: Lothian, Melbourne, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Marks and specks on blue cloth. Internally sound, clean text....

Author: Douglas StewartBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, 1974Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustralia Fair: Poems And Paintings Of Australia presents a vibrant collection of verse and visual art, celebrating...

Author: Alice Duer MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green & Co., Toronto, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn boards. DJ split in half, chipped and with some moisture damaged. Clean...

Author: John MasefieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1938Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, previous owner name insideJohn Masefield's Selected Poems presents a captivating collection from a celebrated Poet...

Author: William ShakespeareBinding: HardbackPublished: The Heritage Press, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the timeless comedic genius of the renowned playwright, offering a vibrant tapestry of human...

Author: David BromleyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Currawong Press, 1988Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacketBush Ballads Of Australia by A.B. Banjo Paterson presents a vibrant collection of...