Goodnestone, a Sequence. London: Workshop Press, 1972. Limited issue of 50 copies and trade issue. Workshop Poets Series, no. 7.
Inland. Burford, Oxon.: Cygnet Press, 1976. 400 copies. 1975 Newdigate Prize Poem.
The Pleasure Steamers [single poem]. Oxford: Sycamore Press, 1977. Broadside. Sycamore Broadsheet, no. 24.
The Pleasure Steamers. Manchester: Carcanet, 1978.
The Poetry of Edward Thomas. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1980.
Independence. Edinburgh: Salamander Press, 1981. 1,800 copies.
Modern Poets Five, edited by Jim Hunter. London & Boston: Faber & Faber, 1981. Poems by Motion, C. H. Sisson, Andrew Waterman, Craig Raine, Robert Wells, and Tom Paulin.
Our Earth, chosen by Motion, U. A. Fanthorpe & David Pownall. Gisburn, Lancs.: Platform Poets, 1981.
Poetry Supplement, compiled by Motion for the Poetry Book Society, Christmas, 1981. London: Poetry Book Society, 1981.
Philip Larkin. London: Methuen, 1982.
The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry, edited by Motion and Blake Morrison. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982.
Secret Narratives. Edinburgh: Salamander Press, 1983. 2,000 copies.
Dangerous Play: Poems, 1974-1984. Edinburgh: Salamander Press, 1984.
Poems from Three Counties: A Second Book, chosen by Motion and Frances Horovitz, edited by Steven Stuart-Smith. Basingstoke: S. Stuart-Smith, 1984.
Elizabeth Bishop. London: British Academy, 1985. Chatterton Lecture on Poetry, 1984.
The Lamberts, George, Constant, and Kit. London: Chatto & Windus, 1986.
Natural Causes. London: Chatto & Windus, 1987.
Two Poems. Child Okeford, Dorset: Words Press, 1988. 200 copies. Mir Poets 5.
The Pale Companion. London & New York: Viking, 1989.
Love in a Life. London: Faber & Faber, 1991.
Famous for the Creatures. London & New York: Viking, 1991.
Philip Larkin: A Writer’s Life. London: Faber & Faber, 1993.
New Writing 3, edited by Motion and Candice Rodd. London: Minerva/British Council, 1994.
The Price of Everything. London & Boston: Faber & Faber, 1994.
Selected Poems, by William Barnes, edited, with notes, by Motion. London: Penguin, 1994.
Selected Poems, by Thomas Hardy, edited by Motion. London: Dent, 1994.
Does That Hurt? A Long Poem, with woodcuts by Rigby Graham. Alton: Prospero Poets, 1995. 499 copies.
Salt Water. London: Faber & Faber, 1997.
Michael Donaghy, Andrew Motion, Hugo Williams. London: Penguin, 1997. Penguin Modern Poets, no. 11.
Keats. London: Faber & Faber, 1997; New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1998.
Selected Poems, 1976-1997. London: Faber & Faber, 1998.
Verses of the Poets Laureate: From John Dryden to Andrew Motion, collected by Hilary Laurie, introduced by Motion. London: Orion Media, 1999.
Wainewright the Poisoner: The Confession of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright. London: Faber & Faber, 2000; New York: Knopf, 2000.
John Keats: Poems, selected by Motion. London: Faber & Faber, 2000.
Poetry in Public. London: Arts Council of England [2000?].
Here to Eternity, an Anthology of Poetry, selected by Motion. London: Faber & Faber, 2001.
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