PLATH, Sylvia: The Bed Book. Illustrations by Quentin Blake
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. [30]pp.
First edition, first printing.
A very scarce, excellent copy of Sylvia Plath's children's fable, illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Tight binding, presented in publisher's original soft-pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Complete with a dust wrapper in excellent order, illustrated front and back by Blake. An extremely rare, ideal copy.
Sylvia Plath's first children's book to be published, it was originally written for her own children, Frieda and Nicholas, in 1959.
