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

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

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

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

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

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

LL5-SA3-2-16-Cover