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K.Marx, Selected Essays, ed. H. Stenning (London and New York, 1926, reprinted 1968). Abbreviation: Stenning. A collection of seven essays from the early Marx, most of them minor.

K.Marx, E Engels, Selected Works (Moscow, 1935, several reprints). Abbreviation: MESW. The 'classical' anthology. None of the early writings are included and less than half the material is by Marx. Nevertheless it provides complete and faithful translations of many of Marx's works.

K.Marx, Capital, The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings, ed. M. Eastman (New York, 1932). Concentrates on Capital to the complete exclusion of early writings.

K.Marx, F. Engels, Basic Writings on Politics and Philosophy, ed. L. Feuer (New York, 1959). Concentrates on Marx's historical writings, with a useful selection of letters and essays at the end.

K.Marx, Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy, ed. T. Bottomore and M. Rubel (London, 1956). In many ways the best anthology, drawing on all Marx's writings whether available in English or not.

K.Marx, Early Writings, ed. T. Bottomore (London, 1963). Abbreviation: Bottomore. Contains the essays in the Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher and the complete text of the 'Paris Manuscripts'.

Writings of the Young Marx on Philosophy and Society, ed. L. Easton and K. Guddat (New York, 1967). Abbreviation: E G . A comprehensive collection of Marx's writings from 1841 to 1847. Contains extracts from The Holy Family and

The German Ideology.

The Essential Writings of Karl Marx, ed. D. Caute (London and New York, 1967). Small excerpts with emphasis on the philosophical and revolutionary aspects of Marx.

Marxist Social Thought, ed. R. Freedman (New York, t968). Fairly comprehensive on the sociological aspects of Marx's later works. Litde reference to economics or to Marx's early writings.

K. Marx, The Early Texts, ed. D. McLellan (Oxford, 1971). Abbreviation: ET. A comprehensive selection of writings up to and including 1844, with letters.

The Portable Marx, ed. E. Kamenka (New York, 1971). A selection containing longer extracts and some newly translated material.

Karl Marx on Economy, Class and Social Revolution, ed. Z. Jordan (London, 1971). A comprehensive collection, aimed at the sociologist.

Marx-Engels Reader, ed. R. Tucker (New York, 1971). A more balanced, but shorter, version of the Moscow edition above.

K. Marx, The Essential Writings, ed. R. Bender (New York, t972). A large collection, well put together, with due emphasis on the economic writings.

K. Marx, Selected Writings, ed. D. McLellan (Oxford, 1977). A comprehensive selection from the whole range of Marx's work.

Karl Marx: A Reader, ed. J. Elster (Cambridge, 1986). A useful, shortish collection. Karl Marx: Early Political Writings, ed. J. O'Malley (Cambridge, 1994) Excellent new translations of works up to, and including, Poverty of Philosophy.

There are also collections of texts, mosdy newspaper articles, on the following specific themes:

On Britain (London, 1953).

On Ireland (London, 1970). Marx on China (London, 1968).

First Indian War of Independence (Moscow, i960). Revolution in Spain (London, ^39).

On Colonialism (Moscow, i960).

Karl Marx on Colonialism and Modernization, ed. S. Avineri (New York, 1968).

On Malthus (London, 1953).

On Literature and Art (Bombay, 1956).

On Religion (Moscow, 1957).

On Revolution, ed. S. Padover (New York, t97i).

Penguin have brought out an eight-volume selection from Marx's works, including the whole of Capital and the Grundrisse. They have substantial introductions and the new translations are very good. The translation of the Collected Works of Marx and Engels to comprise fifty-one volumes, published by Lawrence and Wishart, began appearing in 1975 and is well on its way to completion. The translation is reliable, if at times a litde awkward, and it is accompanied by a wealth of minor information.

C O L L E C T E D L E T T E R S

K. Marx, F. Engels, Selected Correspondence (London, 1934). Abbreviation: MESC. K. Marx, Letters to Kugelmann (London, 1934).

K. Marx, F. Engels, Letters to Americans (New York, 1963). k. Marx, On the Eastern Question (London, 1899)