Poetry & Plays

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: William Shakespeare; Ed: W. J. CraigBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsShakespeare's Complete Works presents the...

Author: F. N. RobinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly volume presents the complete literary output of the medieval English poet,...

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...

Author: W. B. YeatsBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Yellowed DJ with minor tears. Clean and sturdy copy....

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....

The places we end up in this life depend on the paths we take. Some paths are smooth, some bumpy, others wind, but all of them are laced with emotion....

is Australian poet MTC Cronin's tenth book and her second British collection. A compositional tour de force, the sequence consists of one hundred poems, the line-count arcing from a single...

A new translation by Anthony Esolen Illustrations by Gustave Dore Written in the fourteenth century by Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy is arguably the greatest epic...

By the time Hughes had published his final collection, Birthday Letters in 1998, he had become a colossus on the literary landscape.

In my house his Collected Poems is to be found, not on the poetry shelves (between Pope and Pushkin), but on the kitchen sideboard. His is a voice I value...

'A set of intimate, gentle poems, transcribing the history, landscapes and traditions of Ceylon Sri Lanka ' - The Times The poems in Handwriting are memories of Sri Lanka- the...

Usually classifed as a 'problem comedy', All's Well that Ends Well invites a fresh assessment. Its psychologically disturbing presentation of an agressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by...

The plot, brilliant rhetoric and characterization of "Julius Caesar" have made it one of Shakespeare's most popular plays with both readers and theatre-goers. Introducing this reconsidered edition, Arthur Humphreys provides...

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) remains one of the best loved of the great English poets. Hardy thought of himself as a poet all his life, although his poetic career only flowered...

The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers * a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from...

A vivacious woman and a high-spirited man both claim that they are determined never to marry. But when their friends trick them into believing that each harbours secret feelings for...

'Paradise Lost was the first literary work in English written on a planetary scale... In sublimity and magnitude, it comes closer than anything in our language to the swollen red...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...

'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...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. A green horse great and tall; A steed full stiff to guide, In broidered bridle all He worthily...

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...

Joyous, sensuous, radical- a slim volume of Wendell Berry's best-loved poems to console and delight If you stop and look around you, you'll start to see. Tall marigolds darkening. A...

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: Edgar Allan PoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Amaranth Press / Octopus Books, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive collection presents the chilling genius of a literary master, compiling his most iconic...

Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring verse of a celebrated Australian literary figure, offering readers a vivid...

Author: Dacre SmythBinding: HardbackPublished: Dacre Smyth, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis unique volume presents a captivating journey across the iconic bridges of the Yarra River, blending visual artistry...

Author: W.B. YeatsBinding: PaperbackPublished: PAPERMAC, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing, creased spineThis volume presents the dramatic works of a towering figure in Irish literature,...

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: Kramer LeonieBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase worn with tears and rubbed corners. This landmark two-volume anthology captures the rich literary tapestry...

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: David ThomsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Lanton Mill Press, 1997Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, SIGNED BY AUTHORThe Loneliest Boy In New...

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: William WordsworthBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive collection presents the enduring lyrical genius of...

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...