Karl Marx

MARX, KARL, 1818 to 1883

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher.

Books
14
Editions tracked
21
First editions
6
Nationality
Kingdom of Prussia, statelessness

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Earliest first editionCritique of the Gotha ProgrammeMartin Lawrence, 1933 Most editions trackedCapital2 editions
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Karl Marx books in order

In publication order

  1. 1The Poverty of Philosophy1847
  2. 2The Communist Manifesto1848
  3. 3Wage-Labour and Capital1849
  4. 4The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte1852
  5. 5The Civil War in France1871
  6. 6Capital1886
  7. 7Value, Price and Profit1898
  8. 8The German Ideology1932
  9. 9Critique of the Gotha Program1933
  10. 10Selected Works1935
  11. 11On Religion1955
  12. 12Karl Marx1956
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  1. 13Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 18441959
  2. 14The Marx-Engels Reader1971
In order

First editions, year by year

  1. 1933Critique of the Gotha ProgrammeMartin Lawrence
  2. 1935Selected WorksCo-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R
  3. 1955On ReligionForeign Languages Publishing House
  4. 1956Karl MarxF. Watts
  5. 1959Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Lawrence and Wishart
  6. 1971The Marx-Engels ReaderNorton
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In publication order they begin with The Poverty of Philosophy (1847), then The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Wage-Labour and Capital (1849). Books in a series are listed in series order on this page.

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The earliest book we list is The Poverty of Philosophy, first published in 1847.

When was Karl Marx born?

Karl Marx was born in 1818 and died in 1883.

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