THE COLOSSUS & OTHER POEMS
by PLATH, Sylvia
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- first
- Condition
- Fine / Very good
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First American Edition. Fine / Very good. Octavo. Green cloth boards bright and fresh, front panel embossed. Top edge red; 83,[7] pp. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper. A fine copy, in very good, later issue dust jacket whose typography, binding, and design is by Vincent Torre. The price remained the same at $4.00, and in every other regard is identical, but the text refers to Ms. Plath in the past tense.
First American edition, as stated. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston in 1932, and lived in England with her husband, the English poet Ted Hughes, and her two children until her death at thirty. This book was published in England in a somewhat different form by William H. Heinemann Ltd. in 1960. There was a second impression of the American first edition in 1967. An absolutely stunning poet of enormous talent, this is the only collection of her poetry published in her lifetime.
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First American edition, as stated. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston in 1932, and lived in England with her husband, the English poet Ted Hughes, and her two children until her death at thirty. This book was published in England in a somewhat different form by William H. Heinemann Ltd. in 1960. There was a second impression of the American first edition in 1967. An absolutely stunning poet of enormous talent, this is the only collection of her poetry published in her lifetime.
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Synopsis
A collection of early poetry from Sylvia Plath, including "T he Colossus," "Sow," "All the Dead Dears, " and more.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 503
- Title
- THE COLOSSUS & OTHER POEMS
- Author
- PLATH, Sylvia
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine / Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- woman poet, suicide, betrayal
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