Poetry Collections

The Colossus



Proof of Heinemann, 1960. 88 pages.



First Heinemann edition, published 30 October 1960. 50 poems, 88 pages.



Faber proof, circa 1967. 88 pages.



First Faber edition, published 1967. 88 pages. SBN: 571-08106-1.



Faber hardback edition, published 1967. 88 pages. SBN: 571-08106-1.



Faber paper covered edition, published in 1972. 88 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09864-9.



Faber paper covered edition, published in 1975. 88 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09864-9.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1987. 79 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09864-9.



Faber paperback edition, published on 3 April 2008. 79 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-24008-1.



First Knopf edition, published on 14 May 1962. 40 poems, 84 pages.



First Vintage edition, published in 1968. 84 pages. SBN: 394-70466-5.



Vintage paperback edition, published on 19 May 1998. 84 pages. ISBN: 0-375-70446-9.



Ariel



Faber proof, circa 1965. 40 poems, 86 pages.



First Faber edition. Published 11 March 1965. 40 poems, 86 pages.



Faber edition, second impression, published 1965. 86 pages.



Faber paper covered editions, published circa 3 June 1968. 86 pages.



Faber paper covered editions, published in 1971. 86 pages.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1972. 86 pages. ISBN: 0-571-0628-8.



Faber paper covered editions, published in 1974. 86 pages.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1976. 86 pages. ISBN: 0-571-0628-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1979. 86 pages. ISBN: 0-571-0628-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1981. 86 pages. ISBN: 0-571-0628-8.



Faber paperback edition, printed in the 1980s. 86 pages. ISBN: 0-571-08626-8.



Faber Classics paperback edition, published on 4 October 1999. 81 pages. ISBN: 0-571-20230-6.



Faber paperback edition, published in 2001. 81 pages. ISBN: 0-571-08626-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in 2006. 81 pages. ISBN: 0-571-23516-6.



Faber Poetry Collections 2010 edition, published on 6 May 2010. 81 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-25931-1.



Faber hardback edition, published on 3 October 2013. 96 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-31012-8.



Faber Modern Classics edition, published in 2015.



Faber 90th Anniversary edition, published on 5 September 2019. 96 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-35116-9.



First Harper edition, published in June 1966. 40 poems, 85 pages.



Harper paperback, published 1996. 85 pages. ISBN: 0-06-090890-4.



Harper Perennial Classics, published 1999. 105 pages. ISBN: 0-06-093172-8.



Harper Perennial Modern Classics, published in 6 March 2018. ISBN: 978-0-06-093172-8.



Crossing the Water



Proof copy of first Faber edition, printed circa 1971. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09651-4.



First Faber edition, published on 31 May 1971.64 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09651-4.



Faber paperback edition, published on 15 September 1975. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10861-X.



Faber paperback edition, published on 4 October 1976. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10861-X.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1991. 64 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10861-X.



Faber paperback edition, published in October 2017. 72 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-330096-0.



Galley proof sheets of first Harper & Row edition, printed circa 1971.



Proof copy of first Harper & Row edition, printed circa 1971. 58 pages.



First Harper & Row edition, published on 29 September 1971. 56 pages. SBN: 06-013366-X.



Harper paperback edition, originally published on 9 May 1980. 56 pages. ISBN: 0-06-090789-4.



Winter Trees



Proof copy of Faber edition, printed circa 1971. 48 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09739-1.



First Faber edition, published on 27 September 1971. 55 pages. ISBN: 0-571-09739-1.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1976. 55 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10862-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1978. 55 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10862-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in October 2017. 64 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-33010-2.



Faber paperback edition, published in the 1980s. 55 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10862-8.



Galley proof of Harper & Row edition, printed circa 1971/2.



First Harper & Row edition, published on 20 September 1972. 64 pages. SBN: 06-013367-8.



The Collected Poems



First Faber edition, published in 1981. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-571-10573-4.



First Faber edition, published in 1981. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-571-11838-0.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1989. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-571-11838-0.



Faber paperback edition published on 19 August 2002. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-571-11838-0.



Proof of first Harper edition, published in 1981. 342 pages.



First Harper edition, published in 1981. Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-06-013369-4.



First Harper paperback edition, published in 1981.



HarperCollins paperback edition, published in 1989. 351 pages. ISBN: 0-06-090900-5.



Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, published on 2 September 2008. 383 pages. ISBN: 978-0-06-15589-4.



Harper Perennial Modern Classics, published on 6 March 2018. ISBN: 978-0-06-155889-4.



Barnes and Noble Collectible Editions series, published on 3 March 2020. ISBN: 978-0-06-297354-2.



Selected Poems



First Faber edition, published in 1985. 85 pages. ISBN: 0-571-13678-8.



Faber paperback edition, published in 1985. 85 pages. ISBN: 0-571-13586-2.



Faber paperback edition, published on 3 April 2000. 71 pages. ISBN: 0-571-20358-2.



Faber paperback edition, published on 3 March 2003.



Faber paperback edition, published on 22 January 2004. 71 pages. ISBN: 0-571-22297-8.



Faber Poetry Classics series, published 7 May 2009. 71 pages. ISBN: 978-0-571-24699-1.



Published by The Guardian on 13 March 2008, with a foreword by Margaret Drabble. 22 pages.



Published 1 November 2012. 152 pages. ISBN: 978-0571290437.



Published 2014. 134 pages. ISBN: 978-0571290444.



Published 2019. 160 pages. ISBN: 978-0571348510.



Everyman's Library edition, published on 13 October 1998. 255 pages. ISBN: 0-375-40464-3.



Ariel: The Restored Edition



First Faber edition, published in November 2004. 201 pages. ISBN: 0-571-22685-X.



Proof copy of Harper edition, printed circa 2004. 213 pages.



First Harper edition, published on 9 November 2004. 211 pages. ISBN: 0-06-073259-8.



First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition, published on 25 October 2005. 229 pages. ISBN: 978-0-06-073260-8.



HarperPerennial Modern Classics edition, published on 6 March 2018. 256 pages. ISBN: 978-0-06-073260-8.



Audio Recordings



Caedmon LP, published in 1977.



Plath reads Plath, published by Credo in 1975.



Cassette, published by HarperCollins in February 1992.



Cassette, published by Caedmon on 22 March 2000.



Cassette, Voice of the Poet, published by Random House on 6 April 1999. With an introduction by J. D. McClatchy.



CD, published on 14 April 2010. With introduction by Peter K. Steinberg.