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Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems
PLATH, SYLVIA.
The Colossus and Other Poems.
London: Heinemann 1960.
First edition of the first complete volume of poetry to be published by Plath and the only volume published in her lifetime. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142976
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, SYLVIA.
The Bell Jar.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1971.
First edition of Sylvia Plath’s only novel. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with eight pen-and-ink drawings by Plath. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Amy Isbey Duevell. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 142143
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am": Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's Classic The Bell Jar
PLATH, SYLVIA [VICTORIA LUCAS].
The Bell Jar.
London: Heinemann 1963.
First edition of the author’s classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, small names to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Thomas Simmonds. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable.
Price: $17,500.00 Item Number: 141723
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"To my sweetheart, Sylvia": Sylvia Plath's childhood copy of A Little Maid in Vermont; inscribed to her by her mother
CURTIS, ALICE TURNER [SYLVIA PLATH].
A Little Maid of Vermont.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company 1927.
First edition of the author’s children’s classic; from the library of Sylvia Plath. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Grace Norcross. Presentation copy, inscribed by Sylvia Plath’s mother on the front free endpaper, “Feb. 10, 1941 To my sweetheart, Sylvia from Mommy” and with her father, Otto Plath’s, embossed library stamp. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother, Aurelia Schober Plath, was a second-generation American of Austrian descent, and her father, Otto Plath (1885–1940), was from Grabow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany and worked as a professor of biology at Boston University. Plath would have been 8 years old when her mother inscribed the current volume to her. Accompanied by a four page autograph letter of provenance by Cara Winthrop Cruickshank describing how she came in possession of the book. The Cruickshanks were neighbors and close friends of the Plaths. After Sylvia’s death, Aurelia gave Cara’s mother several items that had belonged to Sylvia, among them this volume. The statement also provides detailed and entertaining information about the relationship between the two families, and some insight from Ms. Cruikshank about the relationship between Sylvia and her mother. In very good condition. Rare and desirable, offering an intimate glimpse into Plath’s formative years.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 134822
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Rare First Edition of Sylvia Plath's A Winter Ship; One of only 60 Copies
PLATH, SYLVIA.
A Winter Ship.
Edinburgh: Tragara Press 1960.
First edition of Plath’s first separately printed poem, one of only 60 copies. Octavo, original marbled wrappers with printed title label in a ruled border pasted to front cover. In fine condition. One of only perhaps sixty copies produced by Alan Anderson, owner of the Tragara Press, this work constituted the first separate printing of Plath’s work. Plath herself requested the removal of her name from the title, writing in June of 1960, “We thought we’d like the date, place and press in upright letters, as on the other proof, and my name deleted – as I’ll write that on the inside myself, with Christmas greeting too…” Plath requested “four dozen copies” and Anderson remembers, “it is fair to assume about 60 copies were printed.” Tabor A1. Plath was extremely pleased with the result, writing to Anderson on 23 July 1960 “The pamphlets are absolutely beautiful. Ted and I are delighted with them, and especially with the handsome way you make up your covered booklets” (The Letters, Vol.II, edited by Steinberg and Kukil, 2018).
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 132110