Ariel

Poems

by Sylvia Plath 

First UK edition.  London:  Faber and Faber, 1965 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition, with a VERY GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Red cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt title on spine.  Boards show some edgewear.  Corners are bumped.  See photos.  
• Spine has gilt text and is bright with softened ends.
• Binding is strong.  
• End papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear.
• Interior is gently age toned, exhibits a tiny fold at corner of pg. 55, some slight bend to corner of last pages.  See photos.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Close examination of DJ reveals light edgewear including possible bumps, rubbing, and/or tiny closed tears.
• PS2025.0507

86 pages. 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches

First UK edition, first impression.  Tight and square binding in sharp red cloth; some shelfwear evident and a few faint handling signs; internally crisp and clean and free from marks,  The unclipped dust jacket (12s 6d net stated) is bright and vibrant; lightly rubbed to the corners and heel of the spine; tiny chips to the head of the spine.  An attractive copy. 

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) met Ted Hughes while on a Fulbright Scholarship at Cambridge.  They married in 1956, and after a period in the United States, moved to England, where her children were born.  The poems collected in Ariel were written between 1960 and her death in 1963.  

First UK Edition, with "First Published in mcmlxv" printed on the copyright page.

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