Beowulf: Book Comparison Table
All of the online bookstores referenced in this list allow searching for a book by ISBN number. Do not use any punctuation in the ISBN number. Here are examples of how to specify the URL at each bookstore for the 1973 Michael Alexander book which has an ISBN of 0-14-044268-5:
 
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140442685/
BarnesAndNoble.com: http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0140442685
Chapters/Indigo: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/item.asp?Catalog=books&Item=0140442685
WHSmith(UK): http://books.whsmithonline.co.uk/ser/serdsp.asp?isbn=0140442685

 

The best places to find out-of-print books are:

The David Breeden (1999), Tim Romano (2000), and Ben Slade (2002) versions are only available online.

Author Year Old
English
Modern
English
Notes Easily
Available
Price
 Michael Alexander (1973)
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1973  Y ** Y $10
 Michael Alexander (1995)
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1995 Y   *** Y $13
 William Alfred (Translator), et al.
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1963/1998  Y     $25
 Thomas Arnold Translation:
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1876 Y Y ****    
 Harry Morgan Ayres Translation:
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1933  Y      
 Albert C. Baugh Translation:
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1925  Y      
 Donna Lee Berg
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1993    ******   $22
 J. B. Bessinger
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1969    *****    
 Robert E. Bjork and John D. Niles (editors)
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1998    ****** Y $28
 Harold Bloom
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1987    *****    
 Alan J. Bliss
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1958    ***    
 Gavin Bone
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1880/2000    ****** Y $21
 S. A. J. Bradley
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1964/2001    ****** Y $37
 David Breeden
 
1999?  Y   Online  
 Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
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1959         
 Elsie Straffin Bronson
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1910  Y ***   $25
 Colin Chase (editor)
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1997    ****** Y $20
 Howell D. Chickering Jr.
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1977 Y Y **** Y $15
 Clarence Griffin Child Translation:
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1904  Y **    
 A. J. Church
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1918  Y      
 Samuel Harden Church Translation:
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1901  Y      
 John R. Clark Hall
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1894/2000    ******   $21
 John R. Clark Hall
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1911/1963  Y **    
 John Josias Conybeare
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1826 Y Y ***    
 George W. Cox & Eustace Hinton Jones
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1886  Y      
 Kevin Crossley-Holland
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1982/1999  Y   Y $11
 Kevin Crossley-Holland
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1999  Y *** Y $7
 D. H. Crawford
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1926  Y      
 Elliott van Kirk Dobbie
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1953 Y   ****    
 E. Talbot Donaldson
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1966/1975/2002  Y **** Y $7
 Michael Drout (editor)
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2002    ****** Y $38
 John Earle
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1892  Y ****    
 M. I. Ebbutt
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1985  Y *    
 G. N. Garmonsway
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1971  Y ******    
 James M. Garnett
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1882  Y **    
 G. H. Gerould
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1929  Y      
 John Gibb Translation:
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1884  Y      
 Julian Glover
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1987  Y * Y $23
 Margaret E. Goldsmith
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1970    *****    
 Robert Kay Gordon
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1923/1992  Y     $2
 A. Wigfall Green
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1935  Y      
 Paula Grant
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1995  Y ***    
 Stanley B. Greenfield (Editor), Alain Renoir (Editor)
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1982  Y ***   $20
 Nicolas Frederic Severin Grundtvig
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1865  Danish      
 Francis B. Gummere
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1910  Y      
 Albert W. Haley Translation:
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1978  Y      
 Lesslie Hall
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1892  Y      
 James A. Harrison, Robert Sharp, [M. Heyne 1879]
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1883 Y   ****    
 Seamus Heaney
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2002  Y **** Y $11
 Seamus Heaney
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2000/2001 Y Y ** Y $13
 Constance B. Hieatt
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1967/1988  Y ** Y $5
 Florence Holbrook Translation:
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1905  Y      
 Dorothy Hosford Translation:
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1947  Y      
 Marc Hudson
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1990  Y ****    
 Bernard F. Huppe
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1987  Y **   $7
 Wentworth Huyshe
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1907  Y ***   $50
 Edward B. Irving
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1968    *****    
 Edward B. Irving
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1969    *****    
 George Jack
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1997 Y   **** Y $17
 David Kaufman
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2006  Y ** Y $13
 John Mitchell Kemble
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1835/1837 Y Y ***   $200+
 Charles W. Kennedy
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1940/1978  Y ** Y $11
 Thomas C. Kennedy
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2001  Y * Y $10
 Kevin S. Kiernan
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1999 original
MS
Images
 ****** Y $150
 Kevin S. Kiernan
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1981/1997    ****** Y $30
 Eric A. Kimmel
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2005  Y     $16
 Ernest J. B. Kirtlan
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1913  Y **    
 Fr. Klaeber
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1922/1950 Y   *****    
 Ruth P. M. Lehmann
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1988  Y * Y $11
 William Ellery Leonard
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1923?  Y **    
 Roy M. Liuzza
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2000  Y *** Y $8
 H. W. Longfellow
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1849    **   $50
 H.W. Lumsden
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1883  Y **   $50
 Donald A. Mackenzie
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1985  Y      
 Donald A. Mackenzie
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1995  Y     $25
 Francis P. Magoun
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1958/1966 Y        
 H. E. Marshall
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1908  Y      
 John McNamara
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2005  Y **   $5
 Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson
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1964/2001    ****** Y $39
 Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson
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1998 Y   ****** Y $39
 Charles Scott Moncrieff
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1921  Y **    
 Edwin Morgan
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1952  Y **   $15
 Michael Morpurgo
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2006  Y   Y $18
 William Morris & A. J. Wyatt
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1898  Y *    
 Lewis E. Nicholson
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1963    ******    
 Felix Nobis
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2000  Y   Y $18
 Robert Nye
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1968/1982  Y   Y $5
 J. D. A. Ogilvy & Donald C. Baker
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1983    *****    
 Raymond Oliver
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1990  Y *   $55
 Andy Orchard
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2003    ****** Y $25
 Marijane Osborn
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1986/2004    ***** Y $16
 Marijane Osborn
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1994  Y
Same as her
1983 translation
**   
 Marijane Osborn
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1983  Y ***    
 Lucien Dean Pearson Translation:
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1965  Y *   $30
 Stephen Pollington
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1997    *****   $25
 John Porter
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1993/1995 Y Y *   $13
 Tessa Potter
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1996  dragon
only
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 Martin Puhvel
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1979    *****    
 Martin Puhvel
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2006  Y *** Y $30
 Burton Raffel
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1963  Y     $8
 Zenaïde A. Ragozin
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1901  Y *   $40
 Frederick Rebsamen
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1971  Y *    
 Frederick Rebsamen
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1991/2004  Y ** Y $6
 Strafford Riggs
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1934  Y      
 E. L. Risden
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1994    *****    
 E. L. Risden
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1994  Y ****   $13
 Gildas Roberts Translation:
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1984  Y **    
 Louis J. Rodrigues
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2002 Y Y *** Soon $20?
 Bertha Rogers
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2000  Y * Y $65
 Tim Romano
 
2000  Y   Online  
 Maurice Sagoff
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1980  Amusing
Short
Adaptation
 Y $8
 E. V. Sandys
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1941  Y      
 Gladys Schmitt
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1962  Y      
 W.J. Sedgefield Book:
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1913 Y   ****    
 Ian Serraillier (Editor)
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1954/1997  Y   Y $15
 Robert Shafer
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1927  Y      
 T. A. Shippey
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1978    ****    
 Ben Slade
 
2002 Y Y ****** Online  
 J. Duncan Spaeth Translation:
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1927  Y      
 Hazelton Spencer
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1951  Y      
 Archibald Strong
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1925  Y *    
 A. Sullivan & T. Murphy
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2004  Y ***** Y $16
 Michael Swanton (editor)
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1978/1997 Y Y ***   $20
 Clara Linklater Thomson Translation:
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1904  Y      
 Benjamin Thorpe (1962 reprint)
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1962 Y Y      
 Benjamin Thorpe (1865 original)
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1865 Y Y      
 Barry Tharaud
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1990  Y ***    
 W. K. Thomas
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1968  Y *    
 Chauncey B. Tinker
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1902  Y *    
 Chauncey B. Tinker
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1903/1967    ****   $40
 Richard M. Trask Translation:
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1998 Y Y **    
 Sharon Turner
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1805 Y   *********   $100
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 Sharon Turner
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1852 Y   **********  $425
Sharon Turner - History Of The Anglo-Saxons (1852 7th edition) - Table of Contents From Volume I
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 A.D. Wackerbarth
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1849  Y ****    
 W. Wagner & M. W. MacDowall
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1917  Y *    
 C.L. Wrenn and W.F. Bolton
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1953/1996 Y   ****   $18
  David Wright
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1957  Y **   $9
 Alfred J. Wyatt and R.W. Chambers
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 Julius Zupitza
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