Bell Jar by Plath Sylvia, First Edition (66 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condition: New. 244pp. Octavo [20.5cm]; illustrated wraps. The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. First Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition: Later printing.

Condition: New. 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. A novel, that was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. It is partially based on the author's own life and descent into mental illness. It presents a portrait of the 1950s society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194. . . . . .

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Working in New York one hot summer, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world both increasingly unreal and more sharply felt. Plath describes Esther's experience with a searing clarity: the wide-eyed country girls; her sharp-as-nails friend Doreen and her crazed men-friends; hot dinner dances and nights in New York. But it is a vision coloured by breakdown, making this one of the most vivid, troubled novels about the struggle to grow up. A student from Boston wins a guest editorship on a national magazine, and finds a new world at her feet. Her New York life is crowded with possibilities, so the choice of future is overwhelming. She is faced with the perennial problems of morality, behaviour and identity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'This terse account of an American girl's breakdown and treatment gains its considerable power from an objectivity that is extraordinary considering the nature of the material. Sylvia Plath's attention had the quality of ruthlessness and.imagery and rhetoric is disciplined by an unwinking intelligence.' Stephen Wall in the Observer An account of a young woman's breakdown - her attempted suicide, hospitalization and recovery, presented in the form of a novel. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing illustrated edition UK hardback, 2022 Faber & Faber. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Not price clipped. Illustrated by Beya Rebaii.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Trade paperback, glossy wrappers in shades of blue with blurry photograph of girl in white on front wrapper, pink on back left, a photo on back right, 264 pages. Foreword by Frances McCullough. Biographical notes by Lois Ames, drawings by Plath. Light wear to bottom front tip, tiny scratches at top front right, light war to spine top and bottom right edges, tiny crease at bottom back tip. Near Very Good.

Paperback Covers. Condition: Good. Paperback Edition. (vi), 234pp, pages clean and crisp, paperback covers, slight reading crease to spine, small crease to bottom corner of rear cover. Size: 7.75 x 5 Inches. Fiction.

First edition thus. 12mo. [xvii], 244, 24 pp. Softcover binding, pictorial cover, very good condition. (10410). Forword by Frances McCullough. P. S. Biographical Note by Lois Ames.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. SYLVIA PLATH (illustrator). 1st edition, 7th printing. 1st edition, 7th printing, 1971. A Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 296 pp., bound in publishers purple cloth with illustrated black dust jacket, price clipped. Jacket has rubbing & chipping to edges and tips. Previous owners name inside front cover. End papers faded at extreme edges. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is supposedly semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed. The book is often regarded as a roman à clef because the protagonist's descent into mental illness parallels Plath's experiences with what may have been clinical depression or bipolar II disorder. Plath died by suicide a month after its first United Kingdom publication. It was not published in the United States until 1971, in accordance with the wishes of both Plath's ex-husband Ted Hughes and her mother.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression. In as new and unread condition. Translated by Elena Rius. From the library of Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath, but not marked as such. Provenance can be supplied.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. German translation, from the library of Frieda Hughes, Plath's daughter, but not marked as such. A very good looking production, with bright Klein blue endpapers, a blue spine and blue writing on cardboard-colour boards, with bright blue text block. Faber & Faber would send new translations to Olwyn and later Frieda Hughes as a matter of course. Provenance: Frieda Hughes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very scarce first edition in Hungarian of Sylvia Plath's great novel, published in 1971 - the same year as the first US edition. In translation by Tandori Dezso with 15pp critical afterword by Geher Istvan. In publisher's lemon yellow card wraps lettered in black and white, as issued. Slight wear to edges of spine and faint water staining to top edges, else a clean, sound copy. Rare and unusual addition to any collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated 'First U.S. Edition.' Name and date on front free endpaper. Spot on fore page edges. $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket has tears to edges, pieces missing from the edges, rubbing to edges, stain to top edge and of the dust only show on the back side, in a protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition; First Printing. Stated First U.S. Edition. A moderate lean, rubbing and toning, foxing to the top pages edges, and brief bumps to the corners. Jacket with rubbing, toning, minor wear to the edges, foxing to the verso, and a small closed tear to the crown. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition; First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; 1971 Harper & Row HC/DJ 1st American edition, stated. Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $6.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Bound in burgundy color half cloth backed spine and patterned paper covered boards; lettering In silver to spine is bold and uniform. Mild fading to publisher's purple top stain and trace rubbing to boards at corner tips. Mild toning to pale purple endsheets. Jacket has light shelf rubbing and a few superficial nicks at edges. Rear surface of the jacket a little soiled at edges. No marks of any kind. A solid gift ready example of one of the more significant books of the 20th century. VG+/VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing. Light red boards in burgundy cloth back. Top edge staining is spotted. Bottom edge and corners show shelfwear and lightly fraying. Jacket is unclipped but has modest edgewear. Overall, a solid, presentable, collectible copy of one the most important works of 20th Century literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First published 1963" printed on the copyright page. A wonderful copy. This original dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in excellent condition. The book appears UNREAD. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy housed in custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Victoria Lucas First Editions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edition. Condition: Very fine copy. 8vo, original half-cloth and paper over boards, dust jacket in fine condition. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 296 PP. Stated "First U.S. Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Biographical note by Lois Ames. Drawings by the author. DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Plath, Sylvia; Chabrian, Deborah (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First edition thus, collector's hardcover in full leather with gilt decoration and edges, with publisher's note laid in. The book has a subtle lean to the binding, and mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners. Overall, a Very Good+ copy.

Mint unopened copy in cloth backed decorated boards in like slipcase. Illustrated by Alexandra Levasseur. 1st edition thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sylvia Plath. The bell jar. Faber 2015. Fine first hardback printing of this book printed for the Fabers members collectors edition series. Cloth spine with pictorial boards. Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Lovely production of this literary classic and hard to find.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 379 pages; 1975 Czytelnik, Warsaw. HC/DJ. 1st Polish Language edition of Plath's Bell Jar, translated by Mira Michalowska. Smaller format HC bound in full white cloth lettered in black and in original blue and white paper dust jacket lettered in black with ruling in white and black. A bit shelf cocked in the spine. Expected light general toning to the Polish paper stock. Dust jacket a little shelf rubbed at edges. Uncommon 1st Polish edition of the Bell Jar. VG-/VG.

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 6 plates (one double-page); pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in white and black, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.

Condition: About fine / very good +. First edition, later impression. Octavo. Deep lavender cloth over boards, pale lavender endpapers. 296 pp. Small spot and the mere hint of sunning to top edge, else clean and about fine; dust jacket lightly rubbed at toe of spine, faded ink price near printed price on front turn-in, else very good or better. First American edition, seventh impression. Biographical note by Lois Ames, with eight previously unpublished drawings by Plath. Sylvia Plath's only published novel was published in 1963 in the UK under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas," by William Heinemann, and eight years later under her own name in the U.S. It is the penetrating story of Esther Greenwood's breakdown as she descends into insanity. "The work reveals so much about the sources of Sylvia Plath's own tragedy that its publication must be considered a landmark in contemporary literature" -- from the publisher.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sylvia Plath (illustrator). A presentable copy of the 1971 stated 1st American edition. TIght and VG - to VG with mild staining to the panels and light rubbing along its spine. And in a crisp price-intact ($6.95) VG dust jacket with several small closed tears and very light chipping along the edges. Octavo, biographical notes by Lois Ames, drawings by Sylvia Plath herself. Famously published in London originally (in 1963) under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" and published in New York 8 years later.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition. Purple half cloth with silver gilt on spine Purple endpapers. Purple top edge. Cloth board has minor wear on lower edges and corners. Original dust jacket has the publisher's $6.95 printed price and "0471" code on the front jacket flap as well has partial bookseller price sticker; some chipping on top edge, front corners, tear on tail of spine. With biographical note by Lois Ames and drawings by Sylvia Plath. Very clean and tight inside. A very good copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harper and Row, New York 1971. First American Edition / First Printing. Stated First U.S. Edition on the copyright page. No numberline at the last page of text. Book Condition: Good+, rolled spine, shelf wear. Blacked out name with initials. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, chip, short tear. Wrapped in a new removable mylar cover.

first us edition, 1971. a bell jar is a bell-shaped glass jar used to cover delicate objects. in the process of covering, the jar forms a vacuum seal between the object and the outside world. silvia plath's book is a narrative of confinement and social disconnection as experienced by nineteen-year-old esther. plath died in 1967, just a month after the book's publication in the united kingdom. it was not published in the united states for several more years, per the wishes of her mother and husband. new york: harper & row. 8.5 x 5.5". 296 pages. book condition: mild toning to rear free end paper and pay stone. fine. jacket condition: slight shelfwear to spine. clipped. near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. First American edition. Publisher's cloth in first issue dust jacket with the "$6.95" price and "0471" code on the front jacket flap. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (21 x 13 cm); 296 pp. A few scratches and short tears to jacket by a good copy overall, a small faint stain to front free endpaper.