Timeline for What monolingual text editions are available?
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 18:03 | comment | added | Alex B. | @cnread you may want to take a look at the Classical Texts series from Bloomsbury bloomsbury.com/us/series/latin-texts | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 18:02 | comment | added | Alex B. | @cmw the edition you mention is still available from Bloomsbury bloomsbury.com/us/virgil-aeneid-i-vi-9781853994968 | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 2:04 | comment | added | cmw♦ | @cnread Indeed, this isn't what I have either. I have Virgil's Aeneid I-VI by R. Deryck Williams, and indeed in the front matter it says it was originally published by Macmillan in 1972. | |
| Jun 10, 2021 at 22:54 | comment | added | cnread | @AlexB., What an interesting site. Thank you. I have about a dozen of the 'Modern School Classics' books, and that series is, apparently, distinct from what I'm thinking of, which is called the 'Classical Series' (though that series title wasn't consistently printed in all the volumes) and is aimed at a somewhat higher level. The volumes have bright red covers with gold lettering on the spine; it doesn't appear as though any of the 15 to 20 'Classical Series' titles that I have are listed on the page that you linked to. | |
| Jun 10, 2021 at 14:42 | comment | added | Alex B. | @cnread here's the link with the Modern School Classics eds. publishinghistory.com/modern-school-classics-macmillan.html | |
| Jun 10, 2021 at 4:57 | comment | added | cnread | @mikerodent. The original red hardcover Macmillan 'Classical Series' editions predated the creation of the ISBN format in the late 60s, by quite a bit. I have a distinct (but possibly mistaken) impression that Macmillan ceased publishing/reprinting them at around that time, though its US arm (St. Martin's Press) did continue. So, any that actually have ISBNs may not be listed as Macmillan editions (though 'Macmillan' may still appear on the title page recto and verso), but as editions from St. Martin's Press or from publishers such as Bristol Classical Press or Thomas Nelson. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 22:24 | comment | added | mike rodent | @cnread Interesting idea. Surely generations of school children must have studied these things... so mightn't there be various editions out there from decades ago? Of course many may consist only of excerpts, and maybe mainly the best-known texts, e.g. Metamorphoses, Caesar, etc. Also maybe they were just thrown away as rubbish in the course of time. Or maybe they're now quite valuable. I just did a search on the Macmillan edition books, trying to find a few ISBN numbers. Elusive, but I'll keep trying. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 20:50 | comment | added | cmw♦ | @cnread Feel free to add that to the post, too. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 16:02 | comment | added | cnread | Many of the Bristol editions are actually reprints of the old red hardcover Macmillan editions. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 12:43 | comment | added | mike rodent | That makes sense. This is one case where it would good to "look inside" the books properly (not the case on Amazon with these books) ... failing that, of course, I'm getting useful low-downs from the likes of yourself and others here. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 12:39 | comment | added | cmw♦ | @mikerodent Well, they're different. This will have extensive commentary on grammar, history, literary analysis, etc. that the OCT lacks. The OCT you'll only get some background information and a text with a critical apparatus. For former is for learning, the latter is for reading. | |
| Jun 9, 2021 at 12:35 | comment | added | mike rodent | Thanks. These seem to be very expensive: £20 for one book of Metamorphoses. Poor students! I've now ordered the OCT Metamorphoses: 592 pp, seemingly with all the books, for a similar sum. | |
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