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the colossus

Rare Sylvia Plath Proof at Auction

September 19, 2016

When offered Sylvia Plath's first collection of poems, The Colossus, New Directions founder James Laughlin turned it down.

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Outermost Books

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Peter L. Masi - books

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(413) 367-2628

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