This is the listing of the Marx/Engels Collected Works (MECW), as compiled and printed by Progress Publishers of the Soviet Union in collaboration with Lawrence & Wishart (London) and International Publishers (New York), starting in 1975 and completed in 2005. Students and scholars should be aware that we have only transcribed most of the first 10 volumes, up to 1851 plus occasional pieces from elsewhere of the Marx Engels Collected Works and that there are 50 volumes in all. This compilation is the most complete publication of the works of Marx/Engels in English ever undertaken, and it was a massive publishing effort to gather and translate these resources into English. The MECW has by far the best translations in any language, better than the Russian and at the moment more complete that the German originals or those in any other language including the Russian. Our MECW version however contains typographical errors and omissions caused by the transcription by different hands and machines while the many other pieces that we have, whether before or after 1851, are much less reliable and the texts are sometimes unclear. The volume of manuscripts from Marx and Engels continues to grow, beyond the selection available in the MECW, and readers interested in following the progress of this work can visit The Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.
The majority of works published by the MIA are not the same translation used by Progress Publishers.
Any students or researchers who are consulting Marx/Engels should certainly use the MECW published by Lawrence and Wishart, or International Publishers and get their College Libraries to order it. Email Service department for enquiries. Details of prices from these firms. There is an American firm - Intelex which has digitised the MECW and, again, people may want their colleges or libraries to order that. The Intelex version is particularly useful for scholars trying to find quotes for references but is not designed for general perusal or reading. The text is stored as a database as opposed to HTML or PDF and runs only over a college network of licensed computers and not the internet. You can buy a CD of the MECW from Intelex for US$1,000.
General Introduction Volume 1 (M) August 1835-March 1843. Volume 2 (E) August 1838-December 1842. Volume 3 (M) March 1843-Aug 1844. (E) May 1843-June 1844. Volume 4 (M/E) 1844-45, incl. Holy Family & Condition of Working Class Volume 5 (M/E) April 1845-April 1847, including German Ideology. Volume 6 (M/E) 1845-48, including Poverty of Philosophy and Manifesto Volume 7 (M/E) 1848, articles for Neue Rheinische Zeitung. Volume 8 (M/E) 1848-49, articles from Neue Rheinische Zeitung. Volume 9 (M/E) 1849, articles from Neue Rheinische Zeitung. Volume 10 (M/E) 1849-51, including Peasant War in Germany Volume 11 (M/E) 1851-53, including Eighteenth Brumaire Volume 12 (M/E) 1853-54, mainly on British Colonialism. Volume 13 (M/E) 1854-55, re Revolutionary Spain and Crimean War. Volume 14 (M/E) 1855-56, incl. material on British politics and Crimean War. Volume 15 (M/E) 1856-58, mainly Europe and India. Volume 16 (M/E) 1858-60, mainly events in Europe Volume 17 (M/E) 1859-60, including Herr Vogt and military matters. Volume 18 (M/E) 1857-62, Articles for Encyclopaedia. Volume 19 (M/E) 1861-64, including material on American Civil War Volume 20 (M/E) 1864-68, including Value, Prices and Profit. Volume 21 (M/E) 1867-70, re International Workingmen's Association. Volume 22 (M/E) 1870-71, re Fanco-Prussian War. Volume 23 (M/E) 1871-74, re International, Bakunin, Housing Question. Volume 24 (M/E) 1874-83, Crit. / Gotha Prog. & Utopian & Scientific Volume 25 (E) Anti-Dühring, Dialectics of Nature Volume 26 (E) 1882-89, including Origin of the Family, etc Volume 27 (E) 1890-95, re Europe. Volume 28 (M) Economic Works, 1857-1861 Volume 29 (M) Economic Works, 1857-1861 Volume 30 (M) Economic Works, 1861-1863 Volume 31 (M) 1861-63, Economic Manuscripts Volume 32 (M) 1861-63, Economic Manuscripts Volume 33 (M) 1861-63, Economic Manuscripts Volume 34 (M) Economic Works, 1861-1864 Volume 35 (M) Capital, Volume I Volume 36 (M) Capital, Volume II Volume 37 (M) Capital, Volume III Volume 38 (M/E) 1844-51, Letters Volume 39 (M/E) 1852-55, Letters Volume 40 (M/E) 1856-59, Letters Volume 41 (M/E) 1860-64, Letters Volume 42 (M/E) 1864-68, Letters Volume 43 (M/E) 1868-70, Letters Volume 44 (M/E) 1870-73, Letters Volume 45 (M/E) 1874-79, Letters Volume 46 (M/E) 1880-83, Letters Volume 47 (E) 1883-86, Letters Volume 48 (E) 1887-90, Letters Volume 49 (E) 1890-92, Letters Volume 50 (E) 1892-95, Letters
The MECW is not the complete works. The following material is available on MIA which is not included in the MECW:
Marx's Mathematical Manuscripts, 1881
Fragments on Literature and Art as well as some of the material in the
Biographical section and in the
International Workingmen's Association Section.