Colossus, The – Sylvia Plath
NF 3rd Print Paperback

For sale is a  rare and exceptional first paperback edition, third printing of The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath. Vintage Books Edition stated, September September 1968. Third Printing with partial number line 3 5 7 9 C 8 6 4 and $7.00 cover price and barcode. Cover design by Joel Del Gaudio.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no evidence of being read. Also, no creases, some dents on top page block, mild surface wear, strong title on a un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, strong spine ends, mild edge wear and  lightly rounded corners.

The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and moderately toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

With this startling, exhilarating book of poems, which was first published in 1960, Sylvia Plath burst into literature with spectacular force. In such classics as “The Beekeeper’s Daughter,” “The Disquieting Muses,” “I Want, I Want,” and “Full Fathom Five,” she writes about sows and skeletons, fathers and suicides, about the noisy imperatives of life and the chilly hunger for death. Graceful in their craftsmanship, wonderfully original in their imagery, and presenting layer after layer of meaning, the forty poems in The Colossus are early artifacts of genius that still possess the power to move, delight, and shock.

Ships promptly in a manila envelope, with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap. Small volume.