Bibliography reference has a more recent reprinting

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Using BibLatex/Biber+alphabetic bibliography style, I would like to note, simply for the convenience of the reader, that a book has been reprinted more recently by another publisher. Something like the following is what I'm after:

 [Sne51] Ian N. Sneddon. Fourier Transforms. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. Reprinted
         New York: Dover Publications, 1995.

What is the recommended way of doing this?

I thought note={} would do the job but the "Reprinted ..." info ends up in the middle of the reference. Any guidance would be gratefully appreciated.

Welcome to tex.sx. Not suggesting this as a duplicate, but this answer addresses a similar situation: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/31344 — barbara beeton, Aug 31 '21 at 02:03
@barbarabeeton, thank you very much. I wasn't aware of the origdate and origpublisher entry fields. This is a very good option. — A rural reader, Aug 31 '21 at 13:57

moewe · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-31T14:22:50.020

The semantically nicest way to do this goes via the related functionality.

By default biblatex will then also show the title again (but that could be changed if desired).

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=alphabetic]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@book{sneddon,
  author      = {Ian N. Sneddon},
  title       = {Fourier Transforms},
  year        = {1951},
  publisher   = {McGraw-Hill},
  location    = {New York},
  related     = {sneddon:reprint},
  relatedtype = {reprint},
}
@book{sneddon:reprint,
  author    = {Ian N. Sneddon},
  title     = {Fourier Transforms},
  year      = {1995},
  publisher = {Dover Publications},
  location  = {New York},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite{sigfridsson,sneddon}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

For a one-off it can be easier to just put these kind of things into the addendum field. Unlike the note field, addendum should appear close to the very end of the entry.

\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=alphabetic]{biblatex}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@book{sneddon,
  author      = {Ian N. Sneddon},
  title       = {Fourier Transforms},
  year        = {1951},
  publisher   = {McGraw-Hill},
  location    = {New York},
  addendum    = {Reprinted
                 New York: Dover Publications, 1995},
  relatedtype = {reprint},
}
\end{filecontents}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
Lorem \autocite{sigfridsson,sneddon}
\printbibliography
\end{document}

Thank you kindly @moewe. I can see both of these options having their places. — A rural reader, Aug 31 '21 at 14:09

Bibliography reference has a more recent reprinting

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