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London: William Heinemann Contemporary Fiction, 1964. [Modern Literature] SECOND EDITION, the First Book Club Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 258 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Dodie Masterman, not priced. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Jacket shows some sunning to spine, and few minor marks to panels, and some light wear to extremities. Very good. First published in January 1963, just a couple of week's before Plath's death, this is the second edition of her semi-autobiographical novel, far preceding the American first of 1971.

Second edition. Originally published the previous year. The poet's only novel written under the "Victoria Lucas" pseudonym.
Original green cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with slight knocking to bottom corners and extremely faint and minor spotting to edges. The original dust jacket has some surface rubbing and slight fading to spine panel. An excellent, clean and sharp example.

The Second UK printing published by William Heinemann, London in 1964. This, the 'Contemporary Fiction' edition, was published the year after the first Heinemann edition and two years before the Faber edition was published under the author's real name - Sylvia Plath. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Bound in the publisher's original green boards with silver lettering to the spine, with a lilac top-stain which is lightly faded. Slight pushing to the spine tips with light spotting to the prelims and the text-block. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Light edge-wear with some mild creasing and edge-wear at the spine ends and edges. Some fading of the lilac colouring to the spine as usually encountered. Some light age related markings in places with a small closed tear to the lower front panel edge. The wrapper remains very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. Loosely inserted are two 'Contemporary Fiction' Newsletters (numbers 21 and 25).… Read More