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The Bell Jar
by Plath, Sylvia as Victoria Lucas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Scarce 1963 second printing. Black cloth-affect boards with bright gilt lettering to the spine. In the original first edition dust jacket with '18s NET' on front flap. Wrapper design by Thomas Simmonds. The binding is square and tight with sharp corners. Top edge with foxing spots as is often the case, fore edge with a few spots. Pages are bright and clean with no marks or inscriptions. The dust jacket is bright with vivid colors, lightest wear and one small, closed tear to front cover. This is the 1963 reprint of the first edition with ' First published 1963' and 'Reprinted 1963' on the copyright page. Book, contents and dust jacket are exactly the same as the first edition with all first edition points. Probably only 'reprinted' for marketing reasons, the first edition of an estimated 2000 copies did not sell very well. 258 pp. 19 x 13 cm. A very attractive collectible copy. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Concept Books
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003045
- Title
- The Bell Jar
- Author
- Plath, Sylvia as Victoria Lucas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Fiction, Sylvia Plath, Victoria Lucas, The Bell Jar
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Concept Books
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About the Seller
Concept Books
Biblio member since 2013
Veldhoven
About Concept Books
Concept Books is an internet bookseller specialized in 20th century books on literature, art, design, typography, architecture and photography. We buy special and rare books on these subjects. Visit our showroom at: http://goo.gl/oZxTq.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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