Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
by PLATH, Sylvia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1977. 250pp. Original publisher's orange cloth boards lettered in silver, with the unclipped bright orange dustwrapper. Spine bumped with a few other marks to both boards and dustwrapper, internally bright. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, though no indications of such. The first edition of a posthumous collection of Sylvia Plath's (1932-1963) prose writing, as compiled by her estranged husband Ted Hughes some fourteen years after her death. Presented in three parts; thirteen completed short stories, 6 further stories, and four diary excerpts. Olwyn Hughes (1928-2016) was a translator, agent and literary executor who had worked in Paris for NATO, Martonplay, and King Peter II of Yugoslavia, among others. After the death of her sister-in-law Sylvia Plath, she returned to England to help her brother, Ted Hughes, raise his young children, eventually taking over the management of both his career and Plath's literary estate. While she did have some other clients as a literary agent, including Jean Rhys, much of the rest of her life was dedicated to preserving - and defending - both Plath and Hughes. . First edition. 8vo.
Synopsis
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams is a collection of ephemera by Sylvia Plath, published posthumously by her husband, the late Ted Hughes, in 1979. This book includes short stories, essays, and journal entries - many never published before Plath's suicide. Selections include: That Widow Mangada / America! America! / Sunday at the Mintons / Above the Oxbow / The Daughters of Blossom Street / Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams / All the Dead Dears / The 59th Bear and more !
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28762
- Title
- Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
- Author
- PLATH, Sylvia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
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