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Sylvia Plath

The Colossus

Heinemann

1960

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Description

A first edition of Plath's first book-length work, and the only poetry collection published within her lifetime.

  • Sylvia Plath (American).
  • London: Heinemann, 1960. 
  • 88 pages. 
  • Bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, in the original unclipped (15s) printed jacket.

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Jacket with three old internal repairs to verso with some light discoloration to recto.

Some moderate toning at the spine, and two very short tears.

Book lightly bumped at a couple corners.

Neat contemporary owner's inscription (the bookseller Nial Devitt) to front pastedown.

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 inches / 20.96 cm
Width: 5.25 inches / 13.34 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Poetry, Modern first editions, Women Writers, Literature, American Literature

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