Marx/Engels Collected Works

Marx/Engels Collected Works (usually known as MECW) is the largest collection of translations into
English of the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It contains all works published by Marx and Engels in
their lifetimes and numerous unpublished manuscripts and letters. The Collected Works, which was translated
by Richard Dixon and others, consists of 50 volumes. It was compiled and issued between 1975 and 2005 by
Progress Publishers (1931, Moscow) in collaboration with Lawrence and Wishart (1936, London) and
International Publishers (1924, New York City).

Contents
Overview
Contents
Editors in English
Volumes based on Lawrence & Wishart
See also
References
External links

Overview
The Collected Works contains material written by Marx between 1835 and his death in 1883, and by Engels
between 1838 and his death in 1895. The early volumes include juvenilia, including correspondence between
Marx and his father, Marx's poetry, and letters from Engels to his sister. Several volumes collect the pair's
articles for the Neue Rheinische Zeitung.

Other volumes in the Collected Works contain the most important works by Marx and Engels, including The
Communist Manifesto, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, and Capital, as well as more obscure
pieces, and previously unpublished or untranslated manuscripts. The Collected Works includes 13 volumes of
correspondence by the mature Marx and Engels, covering the period from 1844 through 1895.

Although the Collected Works is the most complete collection of the work by Marx and Engels published to
date in English, it is not their complete works. A project to publish the pair's complete works in German is
expected to require more than 120 volumes.

Contents
 Year
Volume Title and contents ISBN
published

1 (M) August 1835 – March 1843 1975 0717804070

2 (E) August 1838 – December 1842 1975

3 (M) March 1843 – Aug 1844; (E) May 1843 – June 1844 1975

(M/E) 1844–45, incl. Holy Family & Condition of Working

4 1975
Class

5 (M/E) April 1845 – April 1847, including German Ideology 1975

6 (M/E) 1845–48, including Poverty of Philosophy and Manifesto 1976

7 (M/E) 1848, articles for Neue Rheinische Zeitung 1977

8 (M/E) 1848–49, articles from Neue Rheinische Zeitung 1977

9 (M/E) 1849, articles from Neue Rheinische Zeitung 1977

10 (M/E) 1849–51, including Peasant War in Germany 1978

11 (M/E) 1851–53, including Eighteenth Brumaire 1979

12 (M/E) 1853–54, mainly on British Colonialism 1979

13 (M/E) 1854–55, re Revolutionary Spain and Crimean War 1980

(M/E) 1855–56, incl. material on British politics and Crimean

14 1980
War

15 (M/E) 1856–58, mainly Europe and India 1986

16 (M/E) 1858–60, mainly events in Europe 1980

17 (M/E) 1859–60, including Herr Vogt and military matters 1981

18 (M/E) 1857–62, Articles for Encyclopaedia 1987

19 (M/E) 1861–64, including material on American Civil War 1984

20 (M/E) 1864–68, including Value, Prices and Profit 1985

21 (M/E) 1867–70, re International Workingmen's Association 1985

22 (M/E) 1870–71, re Franco-Prussian War 1986

23 (M/E) 1871–74, re International, Bakunin, Housing Question 1988

24 (M/E) 1874–83, Crit. / Gotha Prog. & Utopian & Scientific 1989

25 (E) Anti-Dühring, Dialectics of Nature 1987 0717805255

26 (E) 1882–89, including Origin of the Family, etc. 1990

27 (E) 1890–95, re Europe 1990

28 (M) Economic Works, 1857–1861 1986

29 (M) Economic Works, 1857–1861 1987

30 (M) Economic Works, 1861–1863 1988

31 (M) 1861–63, Economic Manuscripts 1989

32 (M) 1861–63, Economic Manuscripts 1989

33 (M) 1861–63, Economic Manuscripts 1991

34 (M) Economic Works, 1861–1864 1994

 35* (M) Capital, Volume I 1996 0717805360

36 (M) Capital, Volume II 1997

37 (M) Capital, Volume III 1998 0717805379

38 (M/E) 1844–51, Letters 1982

39 (M/E) 1852–55, Letters 1983

40 (M/E) 1856–59, Letters 1983

41 (M/E) 1860–64, Letters 1985

42 (M/E) 1864–68, Letters 1987

43 (M/E) 1868–70, Letters 1988

44 (M/E) 1870–73, Letters 1989

45 (M/E) 1874–79, Letters 1991

46 (M/E) 1880–83, Letters 1992

47 (E) 1883–86, Letters 1995

48 (E) 1887–90, Letters 2001 0717805484

49 (E) 1890–92, Letters 2001 0717805492

50 (E) 1892–95, Letters 2004 0717805506

Key: (M) Marx, (E) Engels, (M/E) Marx and Engels

(*) – This volume has an errata available on the Lawrence and Wishart web site.[1]

Editors in English
The most complete English edition of all the works of Marx and Engels, usually known as MECW
(Marx/Engels Collected Works), compiled by Lawrence & Wishart as publishers, has been summarized their
work into the APA style. In addition, this list contains extra information not specifically required by the APA
style:

1. Not just the years in which the volume was published by Lawrence & Wishart, but the years when Marx
and Engels, or Marx or Engels, published their works.
2. The ISBN as a useful reference.
3. The content inside the volume by Marx and Engels, or Marx or Engels.
The volumes are divided in four general stages:

Volumes 1 - 3: Early Works (1835 - 1844).

Volumes 4 - 27: General Works (1844 - 1895).
Volumes 28 - 37: Economic Works (1857 - 1894).
Volumes 38 - 50: Letters (1844 - 1895).

Volumes based on Lawrence & Wishart

 YEARS OF
VOL. ISBN REFERENCE CONTENT
COMPOSING

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1975).
Collected works Doctoral Dissertation on Democritus
1 1835 - 1843 ISBN 0853152845 (Vol. 1). London, and Epicurus; early journalism; family
England: letters; poems, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1975).
Collected works Early journalism and literary essays;
2 1838 - 1844 ISBN 0853152926 (Vol. 2). London, articles on England; family letters;
England: poems, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., & Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher'';

Engels, F. (1975). Economic and Philosophic
Collected works Manuscripts of 1844. Engels, 1843-44
3 1843 - 1844 ISBN 0853152934 (Vol. 3). London, - letters from London, outlines of a
England: Critique of Political Economy; articles
Lawrence & from the Northern Star and New Moral
Wishart. World, etc.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1975).
The Holy Family; The Condition of the
Collected works
Working Class in England; a fragment
4 1844 - 1845 ISBN 0853152942 (Vol. 4). London,
on Fourier; notes on the State and on
England:
Hegel's Phenomenology, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1976).
Collected works
Theses on Feuerbach; The German
5 1845 - 1847 ISBN 0853153116 (Vol. 5). London,
Ideology.
England:
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

The Poverty of Philosophy; On
Engels, F. (1976).
Poland; The Principles of
Collected works
Communism; Manifesto of the
6 1845 - 1848 ISBN 0853153124 (Vol. 6). London,
Communist Party (colloquially
England:
Communist Manifesto); articles;
Lawrence &
documents of the Communist League.
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1977).
Collected works Demands of the Communist Party in
7 1848 ISBN 0853153523 (Vol. 7). London, Germany; articles from the ''Neue
England: Rheinische Zeitung''; speeches.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1977).
Collected works Articles from Neue Rheinische
8 1848 - 1849 ISBN 0853153531 (Vol. 8). London, Zeitung and The struggle against its
England: suppression.
Lawrence &
Wishart.
 Marx, K., &
Engels, F. (1977).
Collected works Articles from the Neue Rheinische
9 1849 ISBN 085315354X (Vol. 9). London, Zeitung and other journals, including
England: Wage Labour and Capital.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1978).
Collected works The Class Struggles in France; The
10 1849 - 1851 ISBN 0853153558 (Vol. 10). London, Peasant War in Germany; articles
England: from the English Chartist Press, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1979).
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in
Collected works
Germany; The Eighteenth Brumaire of
11 1851 - 1853 ISBN 0853153566 (Vol. 11). London,
Louis Bonaparte; The Great Men of
England:
Exile; The Cologne Communist Trial.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1979).
Collected works Articles from the New York Daily
12 1853 - 1854 ISBN 0853153574 (Vol. 12). London, Tribune and the People´s Paper; on
England: Lord Palmerston, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1980).
Collected works Articles on the Eastern Question;
13 1854 - 1855 ISBN 0853153582 (Vol. 13). London, Revolutionary Spain; articles on the
England: Crimean War, etc.
Lawrence &
Wishart.

The Struggle in the Crimea; The War

Marx, K., & That Looms on Europe; The British
Engels, F. (1980). Constitution; The Crisis in England;
Collected works The European Struggle; Clashes
14 1855 - 1856 (Vol. 14). London, between the Police and the
England,
People.—The Events in the Crimea,
Lawrence &
Wishart. etc.

The French Credit Mobilier I, II and III;

Revelations of the Diplomatic History
Marx, K., & of the 18th
Engels, F. (1986).
Collected works Century; Revolution in Spain; The
15 1856 - 1858 (Vol. 15). London, Monetary Crisis in Europe. — From
England,
the History of
Lawrence &
Wishart.
Money Circulation; etc

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1980). The English Bank Act of 1844;
Collected works Commercial Crises and Currency in
16 1858 - 1860 (Vol. 16). London, Britain; History of the Opium Trade;
England, Affairs in Prussia, etc.
Lawrence &
 Wishart.
Marx, K., &
Engels, F. (1981).
Collected works
17 (Vol. 17). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1982).
Collected works
18 (Vol. 18). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1984).
Collected works
19 (Vol. 19). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1985).
Collected works
20 (Vol. 20). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1985).
Collected works
21 (Vol. 21). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1986).
Collected works
22 (Vol. 22). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1988).
Collected works
23 (Vol. 23). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1989).
Collected works
24 (Vol. 24). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

25 Engels, F. (1987).
Collected works
 (Vol. 25). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.
Marx, K., &
Engels, F. (1990).
Collected works
26 (Vol. 26). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1990).
Collected works
27 (Vol. 27). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1986).
Collected works
28 (Vol. 28). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1987).
Collected works
29 (Vol. 29). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1988).
Collected works
30 (Vol. 30). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1989).
Collected works
31 (Vol. 31). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1989).
Collected works
32 (Vol. 32). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1991).
Collected works
33 (Vol. 33). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.
 Marx, K., &
Engels, F. (1994).
Collected works
34 (Vol. 34). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1996).
Collected works
35 (Vol. 35). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1997).
Collected works
36 (Vol. 36). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1998).
Collected works
37 (Vol. 37). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1982).
Collected works
38 (Vol. 38). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1983).
Collected works
39 (Vol. 39). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1983).
Collected works
40 (Vol. 40). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1985).
Collected works
41 (Vol. 41). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1987).
42 Collected works
(Vol. 42). London,
 England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.
Marx, K., &
Engels, F. (1988).
Collected works
43 (Vol. 43). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1989).
Collected works
44 (Vol. 44). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1991).
Collected works
45 (Vol. 45). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1992).
Collected works
46 (Vol. 46). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (1995).
Collected works
47 (Vol. 47). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (2001).
Collected works
48 (Vol. 48). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

Marx, K., &

Engels, F. (2001).
Collected works
49 (Vol. 49). London,
England,
Lawrence &
Wishart.

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See also
Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), the complete works of Marx and Engels in German
The Karl Marx Library, an aborted 13 volume series edited by Saul K. Padover, terminated in 1977
References
1. "Errata for Volume 35 of Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works (Capital, Volume I)"
(http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/books/archive/marx_collected_erratum.html).

External links
"Index to Marx/Engels Collected Works," (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/cw/index.htm)
Marxists Internet Archive, www.marxists/org

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