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1963 The Bell Jar
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The true first edition, first impression. Published under the pseudonym 'Victoria Lucas', as Plath was concerned that her mother would read the novel.
Only 2,000 copies of this first impression were produced.
In the price-clipped publisher's original dust wrapper, designed by Thomas Simmonds.
Set largely in early 1950s New York City and New England, the book follows nineteen-year-old undergraduate Esther Greenwood's descent into mental illness, as she is awarded a summer internship at the fictional 'Ladies' Day' magazine.
With the former owner's ink inscriptions of 'K. Finks' and 'NL 37' to the front free endpaper, with also bears paper residue from a removed label. With remnants of a Boots lending library label to front board tail.
The first edition of Plath's first and only novel. She committed suicide one month after the book's publication.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Remnants of Boots lending library label to front board tail. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with joint tails starting, but firmly held. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Two small former owner's ink inscriptions to front free endpaper head. Paper label remnants to front pastedown, with resultant offsetting to front pastedown, half title, and title page. Lightly age toned tape repairs and reinforcements to dust wrapper, running length of fold over front flyleaf, back strip head and tail, and folds over front and rear joints. Light edgewear to head of dust wrapper front wrap, with light handling marks to rear wrap. Regions of amateur restoration to perimeters of rear wrap. Abrasion to dust wrapper reverse at centre of front flyleaf. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout, most concentrated to page perimeters and first and last few leaves.
Very Good
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