Poetry & Plays

'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...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles , The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There...

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles , The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There...

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Selected poems from bestselling author and Instagram poet, Jessica Urlichs. 'These words awaken the magic of life by celebrating the ordinary.' - Giovanna Fletcher Motherhood...

A brand-new collection of Britain's best-loved poetry, handpicked by Gyles Brandreth Following the recent success of the bestselling Have You Eaten Grandma? Gyles Brandreth is back with his next love-letter...

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...

Discover Dante's original Inferno - the inspiration for Dan Brown's new novel - in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide,...

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...

'Martin Hammond's modern prose version is the best and most accurate there has ever been' - Peter Levi in the Independent The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary...

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: Graham GreeneBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has some general wear and tear to edges and cornersLord Rochester's Monkey chronicles the tumultuous...

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: 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...

Author: Henry Lawson, Douglas BaglinBinding: HardbackPublished: The Currawong Press, 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacketHenry Lawson's Images Of Australia presents a vivid collection of stories...

Author: Francis SteegmullerBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover has wear, spine has significant tanning and water staining (see...

Author: Homer, E.V. RieuBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ chipped and bumped on edges, slight yellowing to...

Author: Patience StrongBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and some discolouration to inner folds, otherwise good conditionThis...

Author: Henry Lawson, Douglass BaglinBinding: HardbackPublished: Reed., 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner on FEP.This compelling collection chronicles the vivid landscapes and resilient...

Author: Banjo Paterson; Robert Ingpen (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Australia, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBanjo Paterson's iconic poem, Clancy Of The Overflow, transports readers to the vast, untamed...

Author: Robert SpeaightBinding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent, London, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography, Shakespeare: The Man And His Achievement, chronicles the life and artistic...

Author: Douglas Stewart & Nancy KeesingBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsOld Bush Songs presents a vibrant collection of traditional...

Author: Philip LarkinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner'The Oxford Book Of Twentieth Century English Verse presents a monumental collection of poetry,...

These volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Hamlet," "Macbeth,"...

'O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.' Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if...

The book titled The Banjo's Best-Loved Poems by the author A. B. Paterson (Banjo). This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

One of the greatest English poets, John Keats (1795 1821) created an astonishing body of work before his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 26. Much of his...

The heart asks pleasure first,And then, excuse from pain;And then, those little anodynesThat deaden suffering;And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should beThe will of its Inquisitor,The...

Directing Herbert White is the debut poetry collection by the actor, director, and writer James Franco I'm a nocturnal creature, And I'm here to cheat time. You can see time...

The book titled Sky Ray Lolly by the author Fiona Pitt-Kethley. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled A Book of English Poetry, Chaucer to Rossetti by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Poetry. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. In 2013, poet Lauren Russell acquired a copy of the diary of her great-great-grandfather, Robert Wallace Hubert, a Captain in...

'Antony and Cleopatra' is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of imperial power and...

Author: Stopford A. BrookeBinding: HardbackPublished: ISBISTER AND COMPANY LIMITED, 1895Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Faded...