Although she is known to us now primarily as a poet, Sylvia Plath wrote a substantial body of prose, most of it in the form of short stories. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams highlights Plath's fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late poet laureate Ted Hughes, these early writings also reflect themes and images Plath would fully realize in her poetry. This collection of her best short stories, essays, and ...
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Although she is known to us now primarily as a poet, Sylvia Plath wrote a substantial body of prose, most of it in the form of short stories. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams highlights Plath's fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late poet laureate Ted Hughes, these early writings also reflect themes and images Plath would fully realize in her poetry. This collection of her best short stories, essays, and journal excerpts showcases the genius of Sylvia Plath.
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Good. Size: 9x6x1; 1979 Harper & Row New York-hard cover-1st edition 1st printing-staining to page edge-owner's name cut out of top edge of front end paper-minor wear to edge of dust jacket-otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean-enjoy.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Harper and Row, New York. 1983. 313 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Pencil marks present to the table of contents. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Nineteen of Plath's surviving stories, the earliest dating from 1952, are joined by five of her best pieces of journalism and selected excerpts from her diaries. EB; 9.1 X 6.5 X 1.3 inches; 313 pages.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. FFEP clipped at top corner. All else very good. DJ is chipped at both spine ends and top corners and wrinkled on lower back. Age tanned on inside of dj cover. Deckled edges. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 313 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a short tear and very subtle toning at the spine. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip and author photo laid in. Short stories, prose, and diary excerpts.
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Very Good. Size: 8x6x0; First Edition, First Printing. Some wear and a couple small pieces missing from price-clipped dustjacket, but looks good in protective mylar sleeve. Text looks very good with No Writing in it. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.