The Complete Works of . . .

January 2, 2008 12:47 PM

Is there a publisher in the UK that does high quality, uniform editions of the complete works of British authors like the Library of America does for American or Gallimard's Pleiade for French? If not, can anyone recommend a modern edition of Thomas Hardy's works worth collecting, new or used?

Price below $30 per volume and shipping from within the US would be ideal. Thanks.

posted by otio to media & arts (3 comments total)

Everyman's Library is hardback, uniform, cheap, but only has the more well-known Hardy novels and the poetry. It's a decent recourse if you want high-quality readers' editions of older texts.

(There are older, more complete sets of Hardy that might be more 'collectible', along with things like Folio Society editions, and there's apparently a complete scholarly edition in the works, to replace the 1912 Wessex Edition and 1970s New Wessex. More discussion here.)
posted by holgate at 3:53 PM on January 2

Thanks so much, holgate. Exactly the info I was looking for. I think I'll wait till there's more info on that Harvard edition. Btw, it was interesting to look into the career of the editor, Stephen R. Pastore, who I'd never heard of before. His wikipedia entry defies belief but it seems his endeavors have really been that various and fascinating.
posted by otio at 4:35 PM on January 2

Have you had a look at The Folio Society?
posted by LongDrive at 4:49 PM on January 2