The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · Heinemann, 1962 · uncorrected proof · Uncorrected Proof Copy
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Bell Jar.
✓ Wrappers: plain light grey printed wrappers lettered “(Not for Sale) Uncorrected Proof Copy”, “The Bell Jar”, “Victoria Lucas”
✓ Copyright page: “First published 1962” and “© Victoria Lucas, 1962” (the published edition reads 1963)
✓ Text: the heroine is still called “Miss Lucas” on pp. 187–188
✓ Price: 18s. 0d. (18 shillings), stamped on the upper cover with “Publication Date: 14th January, 1963” on copies that carry the stamp
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