The Bell Jar – Lucas, Victoria (Plath, Sylvia)

A rare first edition second printing of Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” issued under the pseudonym of Victoria Lucas in 1963. Identical in all ways to the first printing other than the addition on the copyright page “reprinted in 1963”. Both printed in the same year that Sylvia Plath died. First edition, second printing. Condition: very good – gilt text to spine, publisher’s device debossed to lower rear board, scar from bookseller’s label to bottom edge of front paste down endpaper, very slight lean to spine, corners sharp, and free from inscriptions. Jacket condition: good – general wear to all edges, with a 2 cm piece missing from the head of the spine and a 1 cm piece missing from the foot, 6 cm close tear to bottom back panel and a 3 cm close tear to the top edge of back panel and a 3 cm piece missing from bottom fore-edge of back panel, splitting at the front flap fold. Unclipped. Hardcover binding.

Publisher: Heindemann
Date Published: 1963
Publication Place: London
First Edition: Yes

Condition: very good – gilt text to spine, publisher’s device debossed to lower rear board, scar from bookseller’s label to bottom edge of front paste down endpaper, very slight lean to spine, corners sharp, and free from inscriptions.
Binding: Hardcover
Has Dust Jacket: Yes
Jacket Condition: good – general wear to all edges, with a 2 cm piece missing from the head of the spine and a 1 cm piece missing from the foot, 6 cm close tear to bottom back panel and a 3 cm close tear to the top edge of back panel and a 3 cm piece missing from bottom fore-edge of back panel, splitting at the front flap fold. Unclipped.
Dimensions: 8vo. 258 pg.