Anthony Powell
A Bibliography

Contents
A. A Dance to the Music of Time B. Other Fiction C. Biography D. Literary Criticism, Reviews	E. Memoirs, Autobiography F. Other Works Containing Pieces by AP G. Books about AP & His Work H. Translations of AP's Work
Sections A to E are believed to be complete; sections F to H are undoubtedly incomplete. If you can add to the list then please send us an E-mail. All the publishers and dates are for the British first editions, unless indicated otherwise.

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A. A Dance to the Music of Time, a duodecalogy

A Question of Upbringing; Heinemann, 1951 A Buyer's Market; Heinemann, 1952 The Acceptance World; Heinemann, 1955 At Lady Molly's; Heinemann, 1957 Casanova's Chinese Restaurant; Heinemann, 1960 The Kindly Ones; Heinemann, 1962 The Valley of Bones; Heinemann, 1964 The Soldier's Art; Heinemann, 1966 The Military Philosophers; Heinemann, 1968 Books Do Furnish a Room; Heinemann, 1971 Temporary Kings; Heinemann, 1973 Hearing Secret Harmonies; Heinemann, 1975

There are also various editions of Dance available on cassette: Dance to the Music of Time, read by Simon Callow; Hodder Headline Audiobooks, 1997 [abridged; 4 volumes, 3 books per volume, totalling 24 cassettes] Dance to the Music of Time; Question of Upbringing, read by Simon Russell Beale; Cover to Cover Cassettes [unabridged; 6 cassettes] Dance to the Music of Time; Buyer's Market, read by Simon Russell Beale; Cover to Cover Cassettes [unabridged; 6 cassettes] A Dance to the Music of Time read by David Case; Books on Tape (USA) [unabridged; 6 volumes, 2 books per volume, totalling 65 cassettes] Back to Top of Page

B. Other Fiction

Afternoon Men; Duckworth, 1931 Venusberg; Duckworth, 1932 From a View to a Death; Duckworth, 1933 Caledonia, A Fragment (poem); privately printed, 1934 Caledonia is reprinted in: Kingsley Amis (editor); The New Oxford Book of Light Verse; Oxford University Press, 1978 Agents and Patients; Duckworth, 1936 What's Become of Waring; Cassell, 1939 A Reference for Mellors (short story); published in The New Savoy, No. 1; New Savoy Press, 1946 Two Plays: The Garden God, The Rest I'll Whistle; Heinemann, 1971 O, how the wheel becomes it!; Heinemann, 1983 The Fisher King; Heinemann, 1986 Mark Members [aka. Anthony Powell],Iron Aspidistra; Sycamore Press, 1985 Back to Top of Page

C. Biography

The Barnard Letters; Duckworth, 1928 John Aubrey and his Friends; Heinemann, 1948 John Aubrey and his Friends (revised); Heinemann, 1963 Brief Lives & Other Selected Writings by John Aubrey; Cresset Press, 1949 Back to Top of Page

D. Literary Criticism, Reviews, etc.

Novels of High Society in the Victorian Age; Pilot Press, 1947 [Selected and introduced by AP] Miscellaneous Verdicts: Writings on Writers 1946-1989; Heinemann, 1990 Under Review: Further Writings on Writers 1946-1989; Heinemann, 1991 Back to Top of Page

E. Memoirs/Autobiography

To Keep the Ball Rolling, Vol I. Infants of the Spring ; Heinemann, 1976 To Keep the Ball Rolling, Vol II. Messengers of Day; Heinemann, 1978 To Keep the Ball Rolling, Vol III. Faces in My Time; Heinemann, 1980 To Keep the Ball Rolling, Vol IV. The Strangers All Are Gone; Heinemann, 1982 To Keep the Ball Rolling (abridged); Penguin Books, 1983 Journals 1982-1986; Heinemann, 1995 Journals 1987-1989; Heinemann, 1996 Journals 1990-1992; Heinemann, 1997 A Writer's Notebook; Heinemann, 2001 Back to Top of Page

F. Other Works Containing Pieces By Anthony Powell

Cuthbert Bede; The Adventures of Mr Verdant Greene, An Oxford Undergraduate; OUP (New York), 1982 [Introduction by AP] Nicholas Bentley; The Pick of Punch: An Annual Selection; André Deutsch, 1957 [Contribution by AP: Leaves from Notable New Diaries: Kingsley Amis] Jocelyn Brooke; The Image of the Drawn Sword; Secker & Warburg [Introduction by AP in the early 1980s reissue] Jocelyn Brooke; The Orchid Trilogy; Secker & Warburg, 1981 [Introduction by AP] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry; Burke's Peerage Publications, 1965 [Contribution by AP] Edward Chaney & Neil Ritchie (editors); Oxford, China, and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton; Thames & Hudson, 1984 [Contribution by AP] Ronald Firbank; The Complete Ronald Firbank; Duckworth, 1961 [Preface by AP] Graham Greene (Editor); The Old School: Essays by Diverse Hands; Jonathan Cape, 1934 [Contribution by AP: The Wat'ry Glade] EW Hornung; Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman; Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950 [Introduction by AP] Hugh Lloyd-Jones; Maurice Bowra: A Celebration; Duckworth, 1974 [Contribution by AP] Peter Quennell; Marcel Proust: A Centennial Volume; Simon & Schuster (New York), 1971 [Contribution by AP] Cyril Ray; The Complete Imbiber; Vista Books, 1963 [Contribution by AP] Cyril Ray; The Complete Imbiber 7: An Entertainment; Studio Vista, 1964 [Contribution by AP] Dale Salwak; Kingsley Amis: In Life and Letters; St Martin's Press (New York), 1991 [Contribution by AP] Richard Shead; Constant Lambert: His Life, His Music and His Friends; Simon Publications, 1973 [Contains a memoir by AP] Back to Top of Page

G. Books About Anthony Powell & His Work

Rudolf Bader; Anthony Powell's "Music of Time" as a Cyclic Novel of Generations; Francke Verlag (Bern), 1980 Michael Barber; Anthony Powell: A Life; Duckworth, 2004 [The first, but unauthorised, biography of Powell] Bernard Bergonzi; Anthony Powell: Writers and their Work 144; Longman, Green (for the British Council & the National Book League), 1962 Bernard Bergonzi (revised Ian Scott-Kalvert); Writers and their Work No 221: Anthony Powell; Longman, 1971 Nicholas Birns; Understanding Anthony Powell; University of South Carolina Press (Columbia, SC), 2004 [One of a series of volumes which aims to introduce authors to readers; the first major work to cover the whole of Powell's opus] Neil Brennan; Anthony Powell; Twayne (New York), 1974 Neil Brennan; Anthony Powell; Twayne (New York), Revised 1995 AS Byatt; Selected Writings: Passions of the Mind; 1980 [Section on AP] Dan Davin; Snow Upon Fire: "A Dance to the Music of Time", Anthony Powell; University College Swansea, 1977 Mary Eagelton & David Pierce; Attitudes to Class in the English Novel from Walter Scott to David Storey; Thames & Hudson, 1979 [Section on AP] Lynette Felber; Gender and Genre in Novels Without End: The British Roman-Fleuve; University Press of Florida, 1995 Laurie Adams Frost; Reminiscent Scrutinies: Memory in Anthony Powell's "A Dance to the Music of Time"; Whitston Publishing (New York), 1990 Michael Gorra; The English Novel at Mid-Century; Macmillan, 1990 [AP is one of the authors considered] Isabelle Joyau; Investigating Powell's "A Dance to the Music of Time"; St Martin's Press, 1994 Frederick R Karl; A Reader's Guide to the Contemporary English Novel; Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy (New York), 1962 [AP is one of the authors considered] George Lilley; Anthony Powell: A Bibliography; St Paul's Bibliographies, 1994 George Lilley & Keith C Marshall (editors); Celbrating the 50th Anniversary of A Dance to the Music of Time: Proceedings of the First Biennial Anthony Powell Conference 2001; The Anthony Powell Society, 2001 [Numbered limited edition of 250 signed by the Patron of The Anthony Powell Society, John MA Powell] George Lilley & Keith C Marshall (editors); Celbrating the 50th Anniversary of A Dance to the Music of Time: Proceedings of the First Biennial Anthony Powell Conference 2001; The Anthony Powell Society, 2001 [Numbered presentation-bound limited edition of 18 signed by the Patron of The Anthony Powell Society, John MA Powell and the editors] Neil McEwan; Anthony Powell; Macmillan, 1991 Arthur Mizener; The Sense of Life in the Modern Novel; 1965 [AP is one of the authors considered] John S Monagan; The Master and The Congressman; The Anthony Powell Society, 2003 [An account of Monagan's meetings with Powell in England] Robert K Morris; The Novels of Anthony Powell; University of Pitsburgh Press, 1968 Lady Violet Powell; The Album of Anthony Powell's "Dance to the Music of Time"; Thames & Hudson, 1987 Lady Violet Powell; Five Out of Six [First volume of Lady V's memoirs] Lady Violet Powell; Within the Family Circle; 1976 [Second volume of Lady V's memoirs] Lady Violet Powell; The Departure Platform; Heinemann; 1998 [Third volume of Lady V's memoirs] John Russell; Anthony Powell, A Quintet, Sextet and War; Indiana University Press, 1970 Robert L Selig; Time and Anthony Powell: A Critical Study; Fairleigh Dickinson, 1991 Hilary Spurling; Handbook to "Dance to the Music of Time"; Heinemann, 1977 Hilary Spurling; Invitation to the Dance; A Handbook to Anthony Powell's "Dance to the Music of Time"; Mandarin Paperbacks, 1992 [Paperback version of Hilary Spurling; Handbook to "Dance to the Music of Time"] Patrick Swinden; The English Novel of History and Society 1940-1980; Macmillan, 1984 [AP is one of the authors considered] James Tucker; The Novels of Anthony Powell; Macmillan, 1976 Back to Top of Page

H. Translations of AP's Work into Other Languages This section is very much still in preparation, however thanks to all our correspondents who have provided many of the following details. Additional information about any published translation of any of AP's works, into any language, would be especially welcome. Please E-mail us.

French Julliard (translator); 1950s; [A Question of Upbringing] Julliard (translator); 1950s; [A Buyer's Market] Julliard (translator); 1950s; [The Acceptance World] Michel Doury (translator); Une question d'éducation / La danse de la vie humaine t.1; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1990, ISBN 2-267-00758-9 [A Question of Upbringing] Renée Villoteau (translator); Les mouvements du coeur / La danse de la vie humaine t.2; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1990, ISBN 2-267-00759-6 [A Buyer's Market] Renée Villoteau (translator); L'acceptation / La danse de la vie humaine t.3; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1990, ISBN 2-267-00760-2 [The Acceptance World] Michel Doury (translator); Les braves gens / La danse de la vie humaine t.4; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1991, ISBN 2-267-00929-3 [The Kindly Ones; note the erroneous sequence here] Michel Doury (translator); Casanova's chinese restaurant / La danse de la vie humaine t.5; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1991, ISBN 2-267-00912-5 [Casanova's Chinese Restaurant] Michel Doury (translator); Chez lady Molly / La danse de la vie humaine t.6; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1991, ISBN 2-267-00928-6 [At Lady Molly's] Michel Doury (translator); La vallée des ossements / La danse de la vie humaine t.7; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1992, ISBN 2-267-00930-9 [The Valley of Bones] Michel Doury (translator); Art martial / La danse de la vie humaine t.8; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1993, ISBN 2-267-00931-6 [A Soldier's Art] Michel Doury (translator); Philosophes militaires / La danse de la vie humaine t.9; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), ISBN 2-267-00932-3 [The Military Philosophers] Michel Doury (translator); Des livres au mčtre / La danse de la vie humaine t.10; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1995, ISBN 2-267-01298-9 [Books Do Furnish a Room] Michel Doury (translator); Rois d'un jour / La danse de la vie humaine t.11; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1995, ISBN 2-267-01299-6 [Temporary Kings] Michel Doury (translator); A l'écoute des harmonies secrčtes / La danse de la vie humaine t.12; Éditions 10/18 (Paris), 1995, ISBN 2-267-01300-9 [Hearing Secret Harmonies] Unknown translator; Tourne, Mančge Stock (Paris?), 1988 [O, how the wheel becomes it!] Raymond Lasvergnas; Le Roi Pęcheur Stock (Paris), 1987 [The Fisher King]

German K Focke (translator); Lady Mollys Menagerie; (Stuttgart), 1961 [At Lady Molly's] Unknown translator; Tanz zur Zeitmusik (Eine Frage der Erziehung, Tendenz: stiegend, Die Welt des Wechsels); (Stuttgart), 1966 [The first quartet of Dance as a single volume] Heinz Feldmann (translator); Eine Frage der Erziehung; Eherenwirth Verlag (München), 1985 [A Question of Upbringing] Heinz Feldmann (translator); Tendenz stiegend; (München), 1986 [A Buyer's Market] Heinz Feldmann (translator); Die neuen Herren; (München), 1987 [The Acceptance World] Heinz Feldmann (translator); unknown title; (München) [At Lady Molly's] Heinz Feldmann (translator); unknown title [Casanova's Chinese Restaurant; translation completed 01/1996 but probably never published] Heinz Feldmann (translator); Eine Frage der Erziehung; Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag (München), 1996 [A Question of Upbringing; paperback] Heinz Feldmann; Nachwort zu Anthony Powell, Eine Frage der Erziehung; Franz Ehrenwrith Verlag (München), 1985 [Translator's epilogue to A Question of Upbringing] Heinz Feldmann; Nachwort zu Anthony Powell, Eine Frage der Erziehung, Ungekürzte Ausgabe; Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag (München), 1996 [paperback reprint of the above]

Dutch J Verheydt (translator); Een kwestie van opvoeding; Agathon (Den Haag), 1987 [A Question of Upbringing] J Verheydt (translator); Een kopersmarkt; Agathon (Den Haag), 1987 [A Buyer's Market] J Verheydt (translator); De wisselhandel; Agathon (Den Haag), 1988 [The Acceptance World] J Verheydt (translator); Bij Lady Molly; Agathon (Den Haag), 1988 [At Lady Molly's] Auke Leistra (translator); Een kwestie van opvoeding; de Prom (Baarn), 06/2000 [A Question of Upbringing] Auke Leistra (translator); Een kopersmarkt; de Prom (Baarn), 02/2001 [A Buyer's Market]

Danish Ole Storm (translator); Venusbjerget; Aschehoug Dansk Forlag (Copenhagen), 1948 [Venusberg]

Swedish Sonja Bergvall (translator); En frĺga om uppfostran; Bonnier, 1964 [A Question of Upbringing] Sonja Bergvall (translator); Köparens marknad; Bonnier, 1965 [A Buyer's Market]

Norse Gordon Holmebakk; A lere med Proust og andre essays; Gyldendal (Oslo), 1992 [AP essay on Marcel Proust translated into Norse]

Finnish Jarkko Laine (translator); Kasvatuksen nimissa; Otava (Keuruu), 1982 [A Question of Upbringing] Juhani Lindholm (translator); Ostajan markkinat; Otava (Keuruu), 1986 [A Buyer's Market] Rauno Ekholm (translator); Hyvaksyjien maailma; Otava (Keuruu), 1988 [The Acceptance World] Juhani Lindholm (translator); Lady Mollyn vieraat; Otava (Keuruu), 1991 [At Lady Molly's]

Italian Unknown translator & title [Venusberg] Unknown translator & title; Lucani, ca. 1990 [Afternoon Men] Unknown translator; Paesaggio e morte; Garzanti, 1963 [From a View to a Death] Bruno Oddera (translator); Nella musica del tempo: autunno; Monadori, 1972 [A Dance to the Music of Time (Autumn trilogy)] Chiara Vatteroni (translator); Una questione di classe; Fazi Editore, 2001 [A Question of Upbringing] Chiara Vatteroni (translator); L'arte del mercato; Fazi Editore, 2002 [A Buyer's Market] Chiara Vatteroni (translator); Un mondo da accettare; Fazi Editore, 2001 [The Acceptance World] Silvia Gariglio (translator); Il re pescatore; Einaudi, 1988 [The Fisher King]

Spanish Carmen Franci (translator); El rey pescador Versal (Barcelona), 1989 [The Fisher King] Javier Calzada (translator); Una danza para la música del tiempo -- Primavera; Editoria Anagrama, 2000 [A Dance to the Music of Time (Spring trilogy)] Javier Calzada (translator); Una danza para la música del tiempo -- Verano; Editoria Anagrama, 2001 [A Dance to the Music of Time (Summer trilogy)] Javier Calzada (translator); Una danza para la música del tiempo -- Otońo; Editoria Angrama, 2002 [A Dance to the Music of Time (Autumn trilogy)] Javier Calzada (translator); Una danza para la música del tiempo -- Invierno; Editoria Angrama, 2003 [A Dance to the Music of Time (Winter trilogy)]

Catalan Jordi Larios (translator); La música del temps; Edicions 62 (Barcelona), 1990 [The first two volumes of Dance in a single volume]

Portuguese Rosaura Eisenberg (translator); Ensaio Geral; Editora Globo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 1988 [A Question of Upbringing] Unknown translator & title; Dom Quixote, ca. 1990 [The Fisher King]

Russian O Soroka (translator); Pol'e Kostei and Iskusstvo Ratnykh Del; Raduga (Moscow), 1984 [The Valley of Bones and The Soldier's Art as a single volume]

Polish Comments in AP's Journals 1987-1989 suggest that a contract was signed for the translation of Dance into Polish. However we have no further details.

Bulgarian According to comments in AP's Journals 1987-1989 (the entry for 17 February 1988) "... two of the three war volumes [of Dance] were going into Bulgarian .... However it is not known if this was ever completed and the translations published. Back to Top of Page