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winter_ship
Bibliographic information: A Winter Ship. Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1960.

Contents: A Winter Ship (the single poem).
uncollected_poems
Bibliographic information: Uncollected Poems. London: Turret Books, 1965.

Contents: 12 poems. Blackberrying, Wuthering Heights, A life, Crossing the water, Private ground, An appearance, Finisterre, Insomniac, I am vertical, Candles, and Parliament Hill fields. Includes a facsimile of "Half-Moon", a variant version of the poem "Thalidomide".

Plath's drawing of Top Withens (Wuthering Heights) appears on the cover.
mirror
Bibliographic information: Mirror. Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1966.

Contents: 1 poem. Printed on both sides. Title and date on recto; poem Mirror on verso.

Image provided courtesty of Revere Books. [Larger image possibly forthcoming...]
three_women_68
Bibliographic information: Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices. London: Turret Books, 1968.

Contents: Plath's verse poem, Three Women, with an introduction by Douglas Cleverdon.
three_women_pirated
Bibliographic information: Three Women. Unknown place and unknown date.

Contents: Pirated edition of Plath's verse poem, Three Women.
wreath
Bibliographic information: Wreath for a Bridal. Frensham, Farnham, Surrey: Sceptre Press, 1970.

Contents: Wreath for a Bridal (the single poem).
surgeon
Bibliographic information: The Surgeon at 2 a.m. & Other Poems. Portland, Ore.: [s.n.], 1971.

Contents: 7 poems. Amnesiac, Stopped Dead, On Deck, Eavesdropper, Face Lift, A Life, The Surgeon at 2 a.m., and a Foreword by Matthew Kangas.
crystal
Bibliographic information: Crystal Gazer and Other Poems. London: Rainbow Press, 1971.

Contents: 23 poems. Ballade Banale, Alicante Lullaby, Leaving Early, Notes on Zarathustra's Prologue, Mad Girl's Love Song, On the Plethora of Dryads, The Dream of the Hearse-Driver (The Dream), Go Get the Goodly Squab, The Beggars, Circus in Three Rings, The Goring, Admonitions, Recantation, Crystal Gazer, Stopped Dead, Mirror, Face Lift, Zoo Keeper's Wife, Heavy Woman, Last Words, Fable of the Rhododendron Stealers, Lament, and Yadwigha, on a Red Couch, among Lilies: A Sestina for the Douanier.
fiesta_proof
Bibliographic information: Fiesta Melons. Exeter [Eng.]: Rougemont Press, 1971.

Contents: Same as below.
fiesta
Bibliographic information: Fiesta Melons. Exeter [Eng.]: Rougemont Press, 1971.

Contents: 10 poems, 14 drawings. Green Rock, Winthrop Bay, Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea, Battle-Scene from the Comic Opera Fantasy "The Seafarer", Complaint of the Crazed Queen (The Queen's Complaint), Dream of the Hearse-Driver (The Dream), Southern Sunrise, Fiesta Melons, The Surgeon at 2 a.m., November Graveyard, and Yadwigha, on a Red Couch, among Lilies: A Sestina for the Douanier, and an introduction by Ted Hughes.
among
Bibliographic information: Among the Narcissi. [Ashington, Eng.: MidNAG], 1971.

Contents: Broadside, illustrated, and the poem.
lyonnesse
Bibliographic information: Lyonnesse. London: Rainbow Press, 1971.

Contents: 21 poems and two facsimiles. A Winter's Tale, Mayflower, Epitaph for Fire and Flower, Old Ladies' Home, Wreath for a Bridal, Metamorphoses of the Moon, Owl, Child, Electra on Azalea Path, In Midas' Country, Tinker Jack and the Tidy Wives, Two Campers in Cloud Country, The Rabbit Catcher, The Detective, On the Difficulty of Conjuring up a Dryad, The Snowman on the Moor, Widow, The Other Two, Gigolo, Brasilia, and Lyonnesse.
million
Bibliographic information: Million Dollar Month. Frensham, Farnham, Surrey: Sceptre Press. 1971.

Contents: Million Dollar Month (the single poem).
child
Bibliographic information: Child: A Poem. Exeter, [Eng.]: Rougemont Press, 1971.

Contents: Child (the single poem). Reproduces Plath's manuscript copy of the poem with revisions as well as a typescript.
pursuit
Bibliographic information: Pursuit. London: Rainbow Press, 1973.

Contents: 14 poems with etchings and drawings by Leonard Baskin. Dark Wood, Dark Water, Resolve, Temper of Time, The Shrike, Faun, The Lady and the Earthenware Head, Pursuit, Doomsday, Words Heard, by Accident, Over the Phone, Stings [2], Spider, The Fearful, The Rival [2], A Secret, and Burning the Letters.
eva
Bibliographic information: To Eva Descending the Stair. London: Steam Press, 1974.

Contents: Broadside, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. This copy signed/inscribed by Ted Hughes to Keith Sagar. It reads, "To Keith / after his colossallll / curry / from / Ted".

Image provided courtesy of L. E.
trois_poemes
Bibliographic information: Trois Poemes Inedits. Paris: Edition Dufour, 1975.

Contents: Prints three untitled, uncollected poems by Plath. The first lines of which are:
1. "A time of clear white understanding: / While the willow tree twirls yellow leaves . . ."
2. "The sweet sickish female odor / Behind the dim blinds of a scented boudoir -- . . ."
3. "Something there was about the time / And the lighted Boston streets . . ."
ariel_morning_song
Bibliographic information: Ariel and Morning Song. Unknown publisher, 1977?.

Contents: Broadside, illustrated, printing the poems Ariel and Morning Song.
two_poems
Bibliographic information: Two Poems. Knotting, Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press, 1980.

Contents: Two poems, Firesong and Incommunicado.
two_uncollected
Bibliographic information: Two Uncollected Poems. London: Anvil, 1980.

Contents: Two previously uncollected poems, Dialogue Between Ghost and Priest (1956) and Child's Park Stones (1958).
day_in_june
Bibliographic information: A Day in June. Ely [Cambridgeshire]: Embers Handpress, 1981.

Contents: The single story "A Day in June" (1949).
dialogue
Bibliographic information: Dialogue Over a Ouija Board. Cambridge, England: Rainbow Press, 1981.

Contents: The single poem, Dialogue Over a Ouija Board, and a drawing by Leonard Baskin.
green_rock
Bibliographic information: The Green Rock. Ely [Cambridgeshire]: Embers Handpress, 1982.

Contents: The single story The Green Rock (1949).
stings
Bibliographic information: Stings: Original Drafts of the Poem in Facsimile, Reproduced from the Sylvia Plath Collection at Smith College. Northampton, Mass.: Smith College Library Rare Book Room, 1985.

Contents: Facsimiles drafts of Plath's poem Stings (1962) and an essay by Susan R. van Dyne.
above_the_oxbow
Bibliographic information: Above the Oxbow. Northampton [Mass.]: Catawba Press.
Contents: Introduction, Above the Oxbow (poem); Above the Oxbow (story); Child's Park Stones; Journal, June 11, 1958; and Fable of the Rhododendron Stealers.

Illustrations: Portrait of Sylvia Plath; Prospect House on Skinner Mountain; The rose garden, Child's Park; Rhododendron. Wood engravings by Barry Moser.
magic_mirror_proof
Bibliographic information: The Magic Mirror: A Study of the Double in Two of Dostoevsky's Novels. Rhiwargor, Llanwddyn, Powys [Wales]: Embers Handpress, 1989.

Contents: Plath's senior thesis (1955).
magic_mirror
Bibliographic information: The Magic Mirror: A Study of the Double in Two of Dostoevsky's Novels. Rhiwargor, Llanwddyn, Powys [Wales]: Embers Handpress, 1989.

Contents: Plath's senior thesis (1955).
child_underground
Bibliographic information: Child. London: Poems on the Underground., 1992.

Contents: Broadside of Plath's poem Child for display on London Underground trains.
pigeon_post
Bibliographic information: Pigeon Post. London: Turret Bookshop, 1993.

Contents: Broadside of the previously uncollected single poem, Pigeon Post.
living_in_print
Bibliographic information: Living in Print: The Legacy of Sylvia Plath: An Exhibition of Selections from the James R. and Mary M. Patton Collection, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, October 1-December 31, 1997. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997.

Contents: Catalogue of selected items from the Patton collection; includes some scans of book covers.
no_other_appetite
Bibliographic information: "No Other Appetite": Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the Blood Jet of Poetry. New York: Grolier Club, 2005.

Contents: An exhibition held at the Grolier Club from 14 September through 19 November 2005, drawn largely from the Sylvia Plath Collection at Smith College and the Ted Hughes Papers and Library at Emory University.
sylvia_plath_mayor
Bibliographic information: Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings. London: Mayor Gallery, 2011.

Contents: An exhibition catalogue containing images from "Sylvia Plath: Her Drawings" held at the Mayor Gallery from 2 November through 16 December 2011. Contains an introduction by Frieda Hughes entitled, "Sylvia Plath as Artist" and 44 photographic reproductions from the exhibit, a biography and bibliography. Limited to 1000 copies.