Sylvia Plath's Personal Copy of 'The Bell Jar' Leads Bonhams's $2.2 Million Rare Books and Manuscripts Sale
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Even Sylvia Plath's cookbook outperformed the manuscripts of some literary giants at Bonhams's $2.2 million Rare Books and Manuscripts sale.
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1st Edition Sylvia Plath Antiquarian & Collectible Books for sale
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Collection of Sylvia Plath's possessions to be sold at auction, Books
New York: Harper & Row, 1971 . 8vo. Original maroon quarter cloth; printed dust jacket designed by Amy Isbey Duevell, unclipped with 6.95 price
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia PLATH on Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Bonhams : PLATH (SYLVIA) The Bell Jar, FIRST EDITION, SYLVIA PLATH'S OWN COPY SIGNED AND DATED CHRISTMAS 1962, WITH HER FITZROY ROAD ADDRESS on the front free paper, Heinemann, 1963
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Sylvia Plath's Personal Copy of 'The Bell Jar' Leads Bonhams's $2.2 Million Rare Books and Manuscripts Sale
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Sylvia Plath's Personal Copy of 'The Bell Jar' Leads Bonhams's $2.2 Million Rare Books and Manuscripts Sale
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Rare Manuscript of Enigma Code-Breaker Alan Turing Nets Over $1 Million
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Sylvia Plath Books First Edition Rare & Signed Books by Peter Harrington
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PLATH (SYLVIA) The Bell Jar, FIRST EDITION, SYLVIA PLATH'S OWN COPY SIGNED AND DATED CHRISTMAS 1962, WITH HER FITZROY ROAD ADDRESS on the front free paper, Heinemann, 1963 - Bonhams
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