Sylvia Plath First Edition

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  • Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems

    PLATH, Sylvia.

    The Colossus and Other Poems.

    London: Heinemann, 1960.

    First edition of the first complete volume of poetry to be published by Plath and the only volume published in her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.

    Price: $7,500.00     Item Number: 142976

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  • Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's A Winter Ship; One of only 60 Copies

    PLATH, Sylvia.

    A Winter Ship.

    Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1960.

    First edition of Plath's first separately printed poem, one of only 60 copies. Octavo, original marbled wrappers with printed title label in a ruled border pasted to front cover. In fine condition. One of only perhaps sixty copies produced by Alan Anderson, owner of the Tragara Press, this work constituted the first separate printing of Plath's work. Plath herself requested the removal of her name from the title, writing in June of 1960, "We thought we'd like the date, place and press in upright letters, as on the other proof, and my name deleted – as I'll write that on the inside myself, with Christmas greeting too..." Plath requested "four dozen copies" and Anderson remembers, "it is fair to assume about 60 copies were printed." Tabor A1. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 "The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets" (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018).  

    Price: $7,500.00     Item Number: 132110

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  • “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar

    PLATH, Sylvia.

    The Bell Jar.

    New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971.

    First American edition of Sylvia Plath's only novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pen-and-ink drawings by Plath. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Near in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Isbey Duevell.

    Price: $1,250.00     Item Number: 151942

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