NMLP P-030336 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Colossus and Other Poems (US)

Sylvia Plath · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1962

The Knopf 1962 is the first AMERICAN edition only. The true first is the William Heinemann UK edition, published 31 October 1960 in a print run of about 500 copies. Collectors nonetheless treat the Knopf as the US first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-030336 for "The Colossus and Other Poems (US)" by Sylvia Plath (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-030336, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).