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CROSSING THE WATER
by PLATH, Sylvia
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. First edition. Fine. Slim octavo. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine. 64 pp. A truly fine copy in a dust jacket printed in black and deep blue on white with a small closed nick at the top edge and a stray mark to the lower panel, else near fine.
First UK edition. "In this volume Ted Hughes has collected a number of poems written by Sylvia Plath in the transitional period between The Colossus (1960) and Ariel (1965)" -- from the publisher's note. An absolutely stunning collection.
First UK edition. "In this volume Ted Hughes has collected a number of poems written by Sylvia Plath in the transitional period between The Colossus (1960) and Ariel (1965)" -- from the publisher's note. An absolutely stunning collection.
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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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502
- Title
- CROSSING THE WATER
- Author
- PLATH, Sylvia
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Suicide, betrayal, dark water, stunning, patriarchal
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Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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