Crossing the Water
by Sylvia Plath
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0571096514
- ISBN 13
- 9780571096510
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 64 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, second edition reprinted during the year of publication. An ex-library copy. Original blue covers are clean and bright. Minor bump to spine extremities and corners. No dust jacket. An excellent reading copy of the British edition. Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) is considered one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century.
Synopsis
"A representative selection of verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who left in the wake of her personal tragedy a legacy of poems that combine terrifying intensity and dazzling artistry. With their brutally frank self-exposure and emotional immediacy, Plath's poems... have had an enduring influence on contemporary poetry."
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Details
- Seller
- Come By Chance Books (IOBA) (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6531
- Title
- Crossing the Water
- Author
- Sylvia Plath
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0571096514
- ISBN 13
- 9780571096510
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1971
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Come By Chance Books (IOBA)
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Victoria, British Columbia
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