Ariel

by Plath, Sylvia

The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy' and 'Fever 103 degrees', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963. 'If the poems are despairing, vengeful and destructive, they are at the same time tender, open to things, and also unusually clever, sardonic, hard-minded ...They are works of great artistic purity and, despite all the nihilism, great generosity ...the book is a major literary event.' -- A. Alvarez in the Observer

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Ariel: Poems

by Plath, Sylvia

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1966
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Review copy, with publisher's slip loosely laid in. Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with price intact. Light strip of sunning to to edge of cloth, mainly at spine. The dust jacket shows toning and soiling. The review slip shows a… Read more about this item
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Ariel

by Sylvia Plath

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1971
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1971
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0571086268
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Very good copy of the Faber & Faber paperback edition of Sylvia Plath's most famous book of poems. Purchased in London by owner in 1972. Binding is tight, pages are clean, bright, and unmarked, except for owner's name on first page. Slight edge wear at top and lower corners.
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Ariel - Poems

by Plath Sylvia

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Reprint
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1976
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Paperback
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0571086268
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London: Faber and Faber, 1976. brown-spotting to card covers near spine, page edges darkening.. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Ariel

by Sylvia Plath

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0571086268
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Paperback / softback. New. Features poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', which were all written between the publication in 1960 of Sylvia Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963.
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by Plath, Sylvia

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1966
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966 First printing of the stated first edition. Minimal signs of wear and faint toning to cover margins of jacket, else book and dust jacket in fine condition. A Lovely copy.
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Ariel

by Plath, Sylvia; Introduction by Robert Lowell

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1966
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Near Fine, very faint small spots of toning at end pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chip at head of spine and small triangular closed tear top edge at spine fold, small ink inventory number by prior owner top of front flap above printed price. First Edition stated at copyright page.… Read more about this item
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by PLATH, Sylvia

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1968
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London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First paperback edition. Paperback. Paperback. First paperback edition. A very good book in original paperback binding, coming three years after the first British hardover edition. First paperback edition. Wear to the extremities, creasing to the top corner of the front cover and a bit of soiling to the rear cover. This was Plath's second… Read more about this item
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by PLATH. SYLVIA

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1965
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Faber & Faber. London. 1965. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.6 inches). A couple of small marks to the page edges otherwise a fine, bright copy of the book in a fine leather binding. Recent full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt.… Read more about this item
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ARIEL

by Plath, Sylvia

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First American Edition
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1966
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. With publisher's code "D-Q" on copyright page. 85 pp. Introduction by Robert Lowell. Bound in black cloth stamped in blue, spine lettering blue, neat owner's name on front free endpaper, in unclipped dust jacket priced at $4.95, showing only a… Read more about this item
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Ariel

by Sylvia Plath

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1972
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket $4.95, 0666 bottom corner.
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Copyright ends at 1965, No Edition, No Printing Stated. Last page has 72-73-74-75 10 9. The American Edition is the Second Edition. This is a First American Edition with a 1972 (later) Printing. The dust jacket has some soiling with tears at edges of the spine and corners, see photos. Book itself is in Near Fine condition with… Read more about this item
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by Plath, Sylvia

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1965
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London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. An advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's drab printed wraps, with review slip (formerly stapled to front cover) laid in. Foxing mostly to front wrap and textblock edge. Small pencil notation to first blank, with light pencil markings on corresponding pages. Bottom corners lightly bumped.… Read more about this item
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by Plath, Sylvia

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1968
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London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First paperback edition, published 3 years after the first hardcover edition. Near fine copy with the slightest edge wear. Looks like it hasn't been read. 86 pp., 18 x 12 cm. .
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Ariel: Poems

Ariel: Poems

by Plath, Sylvia

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1st Edition Thus
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1966
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Soft cover
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New York: Harper and Row, 1966. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First paperback American edition of this collection with Introduction by Robert Lowell (not present in UK 1st edition published by Faber & Faber). Soft cover. 85 pp. Covers age toned and slightly curled, light bumping to upper… Read more about this item
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ARIEL

ARIEL

by Plath, Sylvia

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1st edition, 5th impression
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1972
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0571070604
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London: Faber and Faber, 1972. 1st edition, 5th impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 1st edition, 5th impression, 1972. A Very Good copy in a Good+ dust jacket. 8vo., 86 pp., bound in red cloth with color blocked dust jacket, price clipped. Jacket has some overall soiling, spine is darkened. Edges, tips and spine are rubbed. Previous owners signature inside… Read more about this item
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Ariel

by Plath, Sylvia

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1966
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition, first printing. In publisher's black cloth binding stamped in blue. Very Good. Title lettering on spine is rubbed, cloth shelf worn and lightly faded. Pages toned and with several small stains. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact, toning to… Read more about this item
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Ariel

by Plath, Sylvia

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0571086268
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Ariel

by PLATH, Sylvia

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1965
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London: Faber & Faber, 1965. A good + copy of this first edition in a Good + wrapper. Wrapper (now in mylar protection sleeve) has a little nicking to the head and tail of the spine. 3 cm closed tear to the top of the rear panel, and with creasing to the edge of this. A little marking to… Read more about this item
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Ariel: The Restored Text

by Plath, Sylvia

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057122685x
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Faber & Faber. Hardcover. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are… Read more about this item
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Ariel

by Sylvia Plath

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1979
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Soft cover
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0571086268
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Faber and Faber, 1979. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Scarce edition. Covers rubbed and worn, evenly tanned throughout. Clean and unmarked inside.
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by PLATH, Sylvia.

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1965
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London: Faber and Faber,, 1965. The Plath myth-making machine swung into action almost as soon as Ariel was published First edition, first impression, of the author's first posthumous poetry collection, her second overall, published two years after her suicide. Plath believed her Ariel poems to be the best she had produced and accurately predicted to her mother that "they… Read more about this item
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