Crossing the Water 

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)

1971 First Edition.  Faber & Faber, London 

Octavo.  Gilt letters on light blue full cloth, in FINE condition in a like Brodart protected dust jacket.  Sole exceptions are some light foxing and a gift inscription on the FFEP.  In this volume Ted Hughes has collected a number of the poems written by Plath in the transitional period between "The Colossus" 1960 and "Ariel" 1965.  34 poems.  In 1982 Plath became the first poet to win the Pulitzer Prize in posthumously.  This uncommon edition of her work is highly collectable, especially in this condition.