Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems
by Sylvia Plath
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1st U.S. Edition, 1st printing.
Book is in Very Good condition, with some very light foxing throughout, bit of fading at cover edges, corners lightly bumped. Prior owner name written neatly in front endpaper.
Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, with minor edgewear. Closed tear ~1" at the top rear spine corner. Brodart dust jacket protector now in place.
Synopsis
"A representative selection of verse by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who left in the wake of her personal tragedy a legacy of poems that combine terrifying intensity and dazzling artistry. With their brutally frank self-exposure and emotional immediacy, Plath's poems... have had an enduring influence on contemporary poetry."
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20082
- Title
- Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems
- Author
- Sylvia Plath
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1971
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, short stories, sylvia plath, 1970s, first american edition, first edition, vintage
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Poetry/Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
About Givens Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.