THE LATIN LETTERS OF C. S. LEWIS | By C. S. Lewis
The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis (LL)
The Latin Letters of C. S. Lewis: A Study in Friendship is a collection of 28 letters by C. S. Lewis to Don Giovanni Calabria (also containing 7 of Don Giovanni’s). The letters are offered in their original Latin as well as with English translation by Martin Moynihan. It was published in 1987. Five settings of the work currently exist.
SETTING 1
BM
Bookmakers Guild, Inc. and Crossway Books of Good News Publishers (1987)
Printing: USA
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Distributed to Christian bookstores by Crossway Books
Distributed to general bookstores by Bookmakers
Paperback: Black title over framed sketch of bespectacled Lewis over black translator on salmon cover
Bookmakers ISBN: 0-917665-16-3
Crossway ISBN: 0-89107-443-0
61 pages
NOTE: Hooper (Companion, 815) does not list this edition, but lists SB as the first edition
Printing History:
LL1-BM-1-87-Cover.
SETTING 2
SB
Servant Books (November 1, 1988)
Printing: USA
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Boarded Hardback: Stenciled all-caps black title over stenciled all-caps purple author over stenciled all-cap coauthor on cream parchment on black mable cover
ISBN: 0-89283-619-9
125 pages
NOTE: Hooper (Companion, 815) lists this as the first edition
Printing History:
LL2-SB-1-88-Cover.
CO
Collins (January, 1989)
Printing: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, Glasgow
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Boarded Hardback: Stenciled all-caps black title over stenciled all-caps purple author over stenciled all-cap coauthor on cream parchment on black mable cover
ISBN: 0-00-215480-3
125 pages
Printing History:
LL2-CO-1-89-Cover
SETTING 3
SA1
St. Augustine’s Press (1998)
Printing: USA
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Boarded Hardback: White title over b/w picture of Lewis writing at desk over white authors on burgundy cover
ISBN: 1-890318-34-5
126 pages
Printing History:
LL3-SA1-1-98-Cover
SETTING 4
SA2
St. Augustine’s Press (2009)
Printing: USA
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Boarded Hardback: White title over b/w headshot of Lewis at desk over white authors on navy blue cover
ISBN 13: 978-1-58731-455-1
ISBN 10: 1-58731-455-X
125 pages
NOTE: Differs from SA1 only in “Corrections”
Printing History:
Sold for $12.00
LL4-SA2-1-09-Cover
SETTING 4
SA3
St. Augustine’s Press (2016)
Printing: USA
Translated by Martin Moynihan
Forward by Mark A. Noll
Boarded Hardback identical to SA4 but with white “new edition” tag in upper right and forward listed.
ISBN: 1-890318-34-5
127 pages
Printing History: (continued from SA2)
2. 2016 for $14.00
LL5-SA3-2-16-Cover