Problems with BibTeX crossrefs

[Stefano Franchi]

Apologies in advance for the off-topic subject, but I spent the whole 
morning trying to sort out this problem and I am desperate. I hope 
someone on the list may be able to help.

Can anyone explain how to get BibTeX to correctly parse a citation to 
an article in a book when the .bib file uses the crossref mechanism? 
For example, here is a minimal file:


@incollection{Vamvoukakis1980,
	Author = {Nicolas Vamvoukakis},
	Crossref = {Aubenque1980},	
	Pages = {253-269},
	Title = {Les cat{\'e}gories aristot{\'e}liennes d'action et de passion 
vues par Simplicius},
	Year = {1980}}
	
@book{Aubenque1980,
	Address = {Paris},
	Editor = {Pierre Aubenque},
	Publisher = {Vrin},
	Title = {Concepts et cat{\'e}gories dans la pens{\'e}e antique},
	Year = {1980}}


When I cite Vamvoukakis1980 I would expect the complete reference to 
show up more or less like this in the bibliography (with apalike 
style):

Vamvoukakis, N. (1980). Les categories aristoteliennes d'action et de 
passion vues par Simplicius. In Aubenque, P., Concepts et categories 
dans la pensee antique, Vrin, Paris, 1980, pages 253-280.

Instead all I get is:
Vamvoukakis, N. (1980). Les categories aristoteliennes d'action et de 
passion vues par Simplicius. pages 253-280. Vrin, Paris, 1980.

The title and editor of the cross-referenced book never show up, and in 
fact BibTeX gives a warning about the missing title.  I tried 
everything, read all the sources of information I could find,  tried 
different bst styles, to no avail.

Any help greatly appreciated.
Best,
Stefano

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