Editions
All of these volumes were originally published by John Murray Ltd.:
- Vol 1 (1955-6 letters) published 1978 ISBN 0-7195-3478-X
- Vol 2 (1956-7 letters) published 1979 ISBN 0-7195-3673-1
- Vol 3 (1958 letters) published 1981 ISBN 0-7195-3770-7
- Vol 4 (1959 letters) published 1982 ISBN 0-7195-3941-1
- Vol 5 (1960 letters) published 1983 ISBN 0-7195-3999-2
- Vol 6 (1961-2 letters) published 1984 ISBN 0-7195-4108-7
In 1985-87, the letters were published in paperback by John Murray. Each paperback volume contained the text of two of the original hardback volumes (see illustration above). The ISBNs of the three double volumes were ISBN 0-7195-4246-4; ISBN 0-7195-4190-1; and ISBN 0-7195-4381-9.
In 2001, a single-volume abridgement of the full set of letters was published by John Murray (ISBN 0-7195-6206-6). The abridgement, made by Roger Hudson, received widespread and generally favourable reviews. Hudson added many extra footnotes for the benefit of a new generation of readers. A paperback version of this edition was later released by the same publisher (ISBN 0719562104).
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“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)