Crossing The Water: Transitional Poems

Sylvia Plath (Author)

ISBN 10: 006013366X / ISBN 13: 9780060133665

Published by Harper & Row, 1971

About this Item

ISBN 006013366X. Hardback. First U. S. Edition as stated on the copyright page. Previous owner was a pipe smoker and there is a bit of a smoky odor to the book , Otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Near Fine condition. Tight Bright attractive copy with no markings to the book, Dustjacket is in Very Good to Near Fine condition, with no creasing and no chipping, $ 5.95 original price is present and unclipped on front dustjacket flap. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. A very nice copy, except for the the pipe smoker scent.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crossing The Water: Transitional Poems
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication Date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 006013366X
• ISBN 13: 9780060133665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Later Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included
• Signed: No Signature
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

The Poetry of Sylvia Plath.

About the Author

Sylvia Plath (1932-63) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.