WINTER TREES. by PLATH, SYLVIA:

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st rpt.[1st edn was 1971,this is the 1st reprint - a year later.] VG+/VG++.Neat,dated ink presentation inscrptn to top corner of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Blue+white typographical illustrated upper wrap,b/w publisher advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a small,closed tear to top,front edge - minisculely chipped/rubbed head+foot of spine/backstrip and the corners.Rear wrap slightly grubbed/darkened/aged towards all three edges - described hard,but honestly and fairly! Top edge slightly dust-soiled and aged; fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright ,tight and clean.Production fault on recto of 2nd page of Three Women, to foot of pp42 - part of last two lines on page are missing to actual page,but are produced/printed (same font as body of text) to a sliver of brown,gummed paper,which is fixed in exact position where the print should/would have been! Strange and unusual! Generally bright,clean, publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,fore-edges of both boards slightly dulled/ discoloured,and feps minimally spotted - but clean,with rear endpapers near immaculate.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint,7-55pp [paginated] includes Ted Hughes note,18 poems,radio play poem (Three Women) and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and penultimate page - before acknowledgements. The poems in this collection were all written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plath's life (1963),and form part of the group from which the 'Ariel' poems were chosenHer radio play 'Three Women',also included here, was written slightly earlier,in the transitional period between 'The Colossus' and 'Ariel'.See also,the following sequential,alpha-numerical book ID for a TED HUGHES related title. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!