PLATH, Sylvia; Quentin BLAKE (illustrator). The Bed Book.

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 dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake priced at £1.50 to front flap; ff. [20], (‘the endpapers integral with the gathering’, Tabor); dust-jacket with faded spine; previous owner’s name (Brenda Marriott) to front free endpaper; otherwise, a fine, sharp copy; near fine.

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: 2126011