New York, NY: Viking/Penguin, 1991 Viking/Penguin, New York. 1991. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First printing by line number. Book is tight square and unmarked but for remainder mark on text block bottom. Book Condition: Near Fine; tough of sunfading at board tops. DJ: Near Fine; NOT price clipped; slight rubbing, slight edge bumping. Gray boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright copper lettering on spine. 402 pp, 8vo. This is the definitive portrait of a brilliant - and tragic- genius in the realm of poetry. It is a book that captures what is felt like to be Sylvia Plath, a deeply troubled human being who was also a supremely artful poet. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004703
Title: Rough Magic; A Biography of Sylvia Plath
Author: Paul Alexander
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0670818127
ISBN 13: 9780670818129
Publisher: Viking/Penguin
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1991
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Sylvia Plath, poetry, suicide, mental illness,
Bookseller catalogs: Biographies;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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