Ariel – Sylvia Plath
NF Early Print PB

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, early printing of Ariel by Sylvia Plath. First Paperback Edition unstated, 1966 Harper Perennial. Early Printing without a number line and a $2.25 front cover price.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with bright, white covers with a few smudges, no creases, a few marks on page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, no spine tilt, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright.

When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. When her husband, Ted Hughes, first brought this collection to the public, it garnered worldwide acclaim. “Made up of poems that are so original in their style and so startlingly accomplished in their confessional voice that they helped change the direction of contemporary poetry, Ariel is  a masterpiece.”  — New York Observer

Small volume ships promptly in a secure mailer, with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.