The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath, First Edition (15 results)

Trade PB. Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Book As New. NO defects. NO notes or ANY MARKINGS. ; 351 pages.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This volume contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963.The text is preceded by an introduction by Ted Hughes and followed by notes and comments on individual poems. There is also an appendix containing fifty poems from Sylvia Plath's juvenilia.'For me, the most important literary event of 1981 has been the publication, eighteen years after her death, of Sylvia Plath's Collected Poems, confirming her as one of the most powerful and lavishly gifted poets of our time.' A. Alvarez in the Observer Contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 351p hardback, well preserved dustjacket, first edition, edges clean, book square, jacket very worthwhile, no names or stamps, excellent copy Language: English.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good first printing of the edition edited by Ted Hughes. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Minor wear to edges of spine. Slight vertical crease to spine. Minor wear and creasing to edges of covers. Two very minor creases to front cover. Very slight specks of discolouration to textblock. Review from Oxford University Press affixed to half-title page.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback printing. Spine & edge of cover slightly sunned, back panel rubbed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Nearly New. First Edition. Strange things about this edition. I search by ISBN taken from copyright page in Plath's book, and as a result I get a full reference to Ted Hughes complete poems with all the data about him. About Silvia Plath's First U.S. Edition: Contains everything that celebrated poet Sylvia Plath wrote after 1956, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of her work. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Ted Hughes. Searching for online offers for the Harper & Row, First U.S Edition (as in book's copyight). First British edition by Faber & Faber, there are a few results with prices significantly high. Condition: Book unblemished, no writing, full white pages and borders. Dj: Complete, fine outside (just a tinny open tear, but when opened it is yellowing inside). Oddly, there is no price on the dj. Nothing has been cut but no price. Any competing copy offered with so many strange coincidences?

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 351 pp. Blue hardcover with silver lettering to spine in original unclipped jacket. Book in excellent, clean condition. Light creasing to top edge and very light rubbing to edges and spine of jacket. Internally fresh. A lovely copy of Plath's mature poetry, from 1956 to the posthumously published poetry collection, Ariel. The book is organised by year of composition of each poem, each year making up one chapter. Introduced by Ted Hughes with his notes and comments on individual poems to rear, and with an appendix of fifty poems from Sylvia Plath's juvenilia. 0571105734 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Uncorrected proof in fine condition. Clean salmon-coloured wraps, with no marks. No creases to the wraps bar the smallest corner crease on the rear wrap. Clean and unmarked spine; thin reading crease to spine. Internally very clean and unmarked. The proof once belonged to the Plath scholar Peter Steinberg and was acquired directly from him. Housed in a slipcase.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'Collected Poems' by Sylvia Plath and edited by Ted Hughes. This book is a large paperback published by Faber & Faber, 1981. Softcover. First/first of this book 'Collected Poems' by Sylvia Plath and edited by Ted Hughes. Covers on this book are bright with cover photograph of Sylvia Plath. There is some creasing to the tips and some minor spots of rub to edges but generally covers are very good. Contents bear small personal message to front otherwise are without any other writing. Fore-edge of text block slightly dusty. Not exlib etc and packed and posted with care. Plath died in 1963 and here is a collection of her poetry from 1956 up until her death. Appendix contains around fifty poems from her earlier years. 'Collected Poems' by Sylvia Plath and edited by Ted Hughes. Packed and sent with care.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Sylvia Plath's daughter's copy. Signed and inscribed by Ted Hughes to Frieda Hughes and her first husband in the year of publication, "For Frieda and Des with love from Dad 2nd October 1981". Below the inscription, Ted Hughes has also added corrections for Frieda below, with the words: 'As per Daddy's inscription in Terence and Oona McCaughey's copy Jan 1982 corrections of pgs: pg 57: Leap (not 'lean') - line 10 pg 59: Delete 'O' - line 14 pg 269: Her (not 'his') - line pg 269:: Anaesthetized - is misspelt. Last Line Ted Hughes has also made corrections to the individual errors on each page, in pen. Additionally with Frieda Hughes with her ownership signature on the title page, and with publisher's compliments slip from editor Frank Pike laid. Near Fine with sunning to bottom margins with corrections by Frieda throughout. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with toned spine and light edge wear. A beautiful copy with important provenance Hughes family.