Poetry & Plays

Author: Ian HamiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsYorkshire In Verse presents a collection of poems that vividly capture the essence of England's largest...

Who said "Neither a lender or borrower be", who loved "not wisely but too well" and whose "salad days" are now behind her? If you have ever struggled to remember...

Author: George MackanessBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work presents a meticulous examination of Australia's...

Author: Edward LearBinding: HardbackPublished: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on rear endpaper. The Complete Nonsense Book presents a...

Author: Vincent BuckleyBinding: HardbackPublished: F. W. CHESHIRE, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis profound collection of verse, The World's Flesh, presents a compelling meditation on human...

Author: Dorothy ParkerBinding: HardbackPublished: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Inscription on slipcase. This compelling anthology presents the sharp wit and poignant observations of a...

Author: Robert BrowningBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markings'Browning's Dramatic Monologues' presents a compelling collection from the master of Victorian poetry, Robert Browning. This volume...

Author: J. M. BarrieBinding: HardbackPublished: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive collection presents the complete dramatic works of...

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans....

The times have forced changes in the way we look at "Richard II" more than any other of Shakespeare's plays. What to his contemporaries was a balanced dramatisation of the...

A fresh selection of Wordsworth's poetry from the poet's biographer. One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural...

Author: Michelle SimpkinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: ATARNotes, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic guide, Atarnotes Text Guide: Romeo And Juliet, presents a comprehensive...

Author: Robert FrostBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection presents the enduring verse of a celebrated...

Author: Brian FrielBinding: PaperbackPublished: Catholic Univ of Amer Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling collection presents a vital...

Author: Beatrice DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive anthology, The Illustrated Treasury Of Australian Verse, chronicles the vibrant and diverse...

Author: Bettina MacAuleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Queensland Art Gallery., 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection of verse presents a vibrant tapestry of human...

Author: Antonin ArtaudBinding: HardbackPublished: Calder & Boyars, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis four‑volume set of avant‑garde literature presents...

Author: Colleen BurkeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sirius, Sydney, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling biography, Doherty's Corner: The Life And Work Of Poet...

Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her lifetime, only seven out of her total of 1,775 poems were...

In the hope of saving her brother's life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should...

Author: Michael AngeloBinding: HardbackPublished: Gramercy Publishing Company., 1948Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection, The Sonnets Of Michael Angelo, presents the profound poetic works of the legendary Renaissance master....

Edited with Introductions, Bibliographies, Footnotes and on-page Glossaries by Dr Lesley A. Coote, Lecturer in Medieval & Renaissance Studies, University of Hull. During his life, Geoffrey Chaucer (born c.1340) was...

Author: Russell WaldenBinding: HardbackPublished: MIT Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: significant wear and minor tearing of external dust cover; cloth cover and internal pages in otherwise good conditionA...

Author: Warner BrothersBinding: HardbackPublished: Warner Bros., 1964Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis beloved musical, My Fair Lady, chronicles the remarkable transformation of Eliza Doolittle, a spirited Cockney flower seller, under...

Author: TennysonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1950Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, Poems Of Tennyson: 1830-1870, presents a comprehensive selection from the illustrious career of one of England's most...

Author: Oscar WildeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, Inc., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image-

Author: Walt WhitmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1886Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn and faded boards. Shaky...

Author: A. W. R. MenicollBinding: HardbackPublished: Sphere, 1932Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis rare naval poetry collection presents a...

Author: A. D. HopeBinding: HardbackPublished: Brindabella Press Canberra, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 213 of 285 copies.This...

Local writers Libby Hathorn and Elizabeth Cummings were unusually busy during Covid, exploring the coastal wonders of some of the eastern coastline of Sydney. They responded in poetry to time...

This superb collection of 25 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock and Other Observations ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady,"...

Contains Marlowe's translations of Ovid's "Elegies" and the First Book from Lucan's Civil War, plus the unfinished "Hero and Leander" and the poet's most famous creation, "The Passionate Shepherd to...

Miraculous Sickness deals with society's views and treatment of schizophrenia from ancient times to modern day. From the cure for demon possession to the recovery model, Miraculous Sickness sheds light...

Author: Julian Bowsher And Pat MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: Museum of London Archaeology, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUnearth the vibrant world of Shakespearean theatre through the discoveries of the Rose and...

Author: A. B. 'Banjo' PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: URE SMITH PRESS, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring spirit of Australian bush poetry, showcasing the lyrical prowess of a...

Author: A. B. 'Banjo' PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: URE SMITH PRESS, 1991Condition:Book: NAJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA. B. 'Banjo' Paterson's Singer Of The Bush presents a vibrant collection of verse that...

Author: Oliver GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1968Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a quintessential collection from a master...

Author: Ernest RhysBinding: HardbackPublished: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1937Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: Keith GarveyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australia: Hutchinson, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: general wear to external cover; signed by previous...

Author: F. L. LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1967Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Minor damage and underlining in pencil, foxing on...

Author: Douglas Stewart & Nancy KeesingBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAustraliana comes alive in Australian Bush Ballads, a compelling anthology that chronicles...

Author: Ben JonsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The King's Printers, 1930Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Number 48 of 188 copies (British Empire). Red vellum with gilt. 39 page reproduction of the...

Author: A. D. HopeBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA. D. Hope's A Late Picking: Poems 1965 ~ 1974...

Author: Kerry DownesBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography Sir John Vanbrugh chronicles the multifaceted life of the celebrated English architect and...

Author: A. B. PatersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson; Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1898Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: David Holbrook And Elizabeth PostonBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe The Cambridge Hymnal presents a comprehensive collection of sacred songs, offering a...

Author: John HadfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: Universe Books., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This exquisite anthology, A...