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Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
by Stevenson, Anne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395453747
- ISBN 13
- 9780395453742
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1989. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The "first authoritative biography" of Sylvia Plath as only another woman & poet could write it, in 413 pages, including Index + 16 pages of black-and-white photos in center. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1989, this hardcover 8vo has a quarter red cloth-wrapped spine stamped in gilt, with bright red paper covering the remaining boards. Condition is Near Fine, marred only by mild dust dulling to top outside page edges & tiny bump to top outer corners of pp. 246-286. Else, exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages white. The unclipped DJ is Fine: colorful & bright with no fading & virtually no edgewear; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021265
- Title
- Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath
- Author
- Stevenson, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395453747
- ISBN 13
- 9780395453742
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- POETRY POETS WOMEN FEMALE BRITISH ENGLISH SUICIDE TED HUGHES DEATH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Writing/Publishing/Journalism/Writers/Words;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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