The Colossus
by PLATH, Sylvia
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly foxed and darkened at the spine.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1960. Fine in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly foxed and darkened at the spine.. First Edition. Octavo. The poet's first regularly published book.
Synopsis
Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. She began publishing poems and stories as a teenager and by the time she entered Smith College had won several poetry prizes. The Colossus is a poetry collection that was published in 1971.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28738
- Title
- The Colossus
- Author
- PLATH, Sylvia
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly foxed and darkened at the spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Heinemann
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
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- Jacket
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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...