Lot 607
Plath, Sylvia
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
The colossus. London: William Heinemann, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, owner's name on and bookplate removed from front endpapers, binding lightly marked; [Idem] Ariel. London: Faber & Faber, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrappper frayed with small losses; [Idem] The colossus. London: Faber & Faber, 1967. First Faber edition, dustwrapper slightly soiled and discoloured; [Idem] The bell jar. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. [Idem] First American edition, original red cloth, one corner rubbed, dustwrapper frayed and one corner worn; [Idem] Crossing the water. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First edition, original blue cloth, dustwrapper spine slightly discoloured; [Idem] Winter Trees. London: Faber & Faber, 1971. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper; [Idem] Fiesta melons. Exeter: The Rougemont Press, 1971. First edition, 4to, number 52 of 150 copies, one of 75 signed by Ted Hughes at the foot of the Introdcution, original red cloth, dustwrapper; [Idem] The bed book. London: Faber & Faber, 1976. First edition, original cloth, dustwrapper, spine faded; [Idem] Two poems. Knotting: The Sceptre Press, [1980]. Limited edition, no. 62 of 75 "especial" copies from a total edition of 300, square 8vo, original brown wrappers; [Idem] Child. Exeter: Rougemeont Press, 1971. 4to, number 3 of 325 copies, printed wrappers, dustwrapper; and 7 others by Plath, and 1 by A. Alvarez (18)