The Bell Jar de Victoria Lucas - Pseudonym of Sylvia Plath - 1964

London: Faber & Faber, 1986 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, spine slightly sunned); pp. [iv], 258. A very good copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. VG.

Contemporary Fiction. William Heinemann for Readers Union. London. 1964. Readers Union. William Heinemann. 1964. Second edition though first edition thus and the only edition, besides the first, bearing Sylvia Plath's pseudonym Victoria Lucas. Hardback in DW. Slight lean to spine, small brown dent to front pastedown, three tiny spots of foxing to prelims otherwise a remarkably clean and fresh copy in wrapper that is slightly soiled and worn and has a light cup-ring to front panel.

London: William Heinemann Contemporary Fiction, 1964. [Modern Literature] SECOND EDITION, the First Book Club Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 258 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Dodie Masterman, not priced. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Jacket shows some sunning to spine, and few minor marks to panels, and some light wear to extremities. Very good. First published in January 1963, just a couple of week's before Plath's death, this is the second edition of her semi-autobiographical novel, far preceding the American first of 1971.

Published by London, Heinemann Contemporary Fiction 1964. later edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Second edition, 1964 issued with her pseudonym Victoria Lucas (as was the first edition). A Fine copy with the author's real name ("Sylvia Plath") added in ink by a previous owner neatly to the title page (see photo). Dust jacket is very close to Fine and is unclipped with just a little fading to spine

London: Contemporary Fiction / William Heinemann, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition, issued in the Contemporary Fiction series. Fine in a lightly rubbed soiled, else near fine dust jacket. Apparently this edition and the first edition are the only two issues of the book to employ the Lucas pseudonym. Contemporary Fiction was an adjunct to the Reader's Union, essentially a book club for literate fiction. A nice copy of an uncommon issue.

Contemporary Fiction/William Heinemann, London., 1964. Second edition, published a year after the first. It was only in 1967 that the author's real name was officially acknowledged. Octavo. 258 pages.Head and tail of spine very slightly pushed, otherwise fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly rubbed at top edge and a bit faded at the spine. A bright copy.

Second edition. Originally published the previous year. The poet's only novel written under the "Victoria Lucas" pseudonym.
Original green cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with slight knocking to bottom corners and extremely faint and minor spotting to edges. The original dust jacket has some surface rubbing and slight fading to spine panel. An excellent, clean and sharp example.

The Second UK printing published by William Heinemann, London in 1964. This, the 'Contemporary Fiction' edition, was published the year after the first Heinemann edition and two years before the Faber edition was published under the author's real name - Sylvia Plath. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Bound in the publisher's original green boards with silver lettering to the spine, with a lilac top-stain which is lightly faded. Slight pushing to the spine tips with light spotting to the prelims and the text-block. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Light edge-wear with some mild creasing and edge-wear at the spine ends and edges. Some fading of the lilac colouring to the spine as usually encountered. Some light age related markings in places with a small closed tear to the lower front panel edge. The wrapper remains very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. Loosely inserted are two 'Contemporary Fiction' Newsletters (numbers 21 and 25).… Leer más

London: William Heinemann, 1964. Second Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second edition, part of the Contemporary Fiction Series, and the only edition besides the first to bear Sylvia Plath's pseudonym Victoria Lucas. Bound in publisher's original green cloth-affect boards with spine stamped in silver top edge stained lilac. Near Fine with slight crease to top corner of rear board, foxing to textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing, light edge wear, fading to spine and creases to the rear flap. A lovely copy of this uncommon and early edition.

London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing of one of Sylvia Plath's best-known work, here published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Good. Lean to spine, covers stained, light foxing to textblock edge with a remainder mark to the bottom edge. Former owner name and date to front paste down, and letter "B" to front free endpaper. Thin line of paper residue to rear paste down. Pages toned and with an occasional crease. A serviceable copy.