The Death Notebooks

Boston, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. An impressive Association copy: INSCRIBED BY ANNE SEXTON (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) TO THE POET AND LITERARY CRITIC J.D. ("SANDY") MCCLATCHY, WHO MADE SEXTON THE SUBJECT OF HIS DOCTORIAL DISSERTATION AND WHO WOULD GO ON TO EDIT "ANNE SEXTON: THE ARTIST AND HER CRITIC". SEXTON'S INSCRIPTION TO MCCLATCHY, ALONG THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, IS ACCOMPANIED AS WELL BY A DRAWING OF A FLOWER IN HER HAND. A lovely copy to boot of the 1974 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Also, on pg. 80 a note in Anne Sexton's hand along the top margin as well as 1 handwritten correction by her to the text on the same page. A wonderful one-of-a-kind copy.