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The Bed Book
by Sylvia Plath
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€264.78€238.30
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About This Item
London: Faber, 1976 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Quentin Blake. The first edition of this uncommon children's rhyme by Sylvia Plath, illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. The uncommon first edition, first impression of this unusual work, in which a humorous rhyme by Sylvia Plath is accompanied by the illustrations of Quentin Blake.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.An uncommon posthumous publication of a rhyming work by Sylvia Plath, in which she humorously compiles ideas of fanciful and imaginary beds. Published at the behest of her husband and literary executor, Ted Hughes.In her Sunday Times review, literary critic Margery Fisher remarked that in this work 'Quentin Blake has matched Sylvia Plath's incisive nonsense verses with superbly descriptive drawings, in a book that has the zest and inventiveness, and the wide applicability, of a good family joke'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Tail of front and rear hinge strained, but firmly held. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with wraps bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Synopsis
The Bed Book is a rhyming children’s book written by Sylvia Plath in 1959 and published in 1976, after her death. It is whimsical and light-hearted, similar to works by Shel Silverstein. Faber & Faber published the book in the UK in 1976, with illustrations by Quentin Blake. The American edition, published the same year, featured il lustrations by Emily Arnold McCully.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 881F38
- Title
- The Bed Book
- Author
- Sylvia Plath
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- sylvia plath ariel the bell jar quentin blake ariel
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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