PLATH, Sylvia; Quentin BLAKE (illustrator). The Bed Book. London: Faber and Faber. 1976.
8vo. Original pink cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dustwrapper illustrated by Quentin Blake; unpaginated, “20 leaves (the endpapers integral with the gathering)” [Tabor]; wrapper with faded spine and a touch of wear to extremities; otherwise, a fine, sharp copy in a very good wrapper; uncommon.
First edition, first printing of this dream pairing of Sylvia Plath and Quentin Blake.
Sylvia Plath’s charming catalogue of desirable beds, ranging from an Elephant Bed for hot weather (“cool as a pool”), a Tank Bed with “levers to pull if you're stuck in bogs”, and, not least, a Bounceable Bed which will bounce you “over the moon to Timbuktoo”. Quentin Blake's line drawings are a perfect match. Published 23 February 1976; 10,000 copies were printed.
Tabor A19a.
SKU: 2122753