Sylvia Plath

Rick Gekoski is both a book dealer and a writer, often applying his pen and his wit to the cloistered world of rare books, manuscripts, and archives.

Here are the auctions I'll be watching this week:

Among the many incredible Sylvia Plath lots currently on offer—letters, recipe cards, wedding ring

London — A hugely important collection of letters and personal items belonging to Sylvia Plath, including passionate love letters written to Ted Hughes following their marriage in 1956, will be off

A fit of despair over her troubled marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes led

Several new world records for hand written works by some of the giants of British poetry were set at Bonhams yesterday (8 May) during Part II of the sale of The Roy Davids Collection Part III:

Our series profiling the next generation of antiquarian booksellers continues today with Ashley Wildes at

Coming up this weekend is the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.