Re: Boffins & saving email
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 11:03:50 -0400
At 10:30 AM -0400 on 9/1/1999, you wrote:
> > Has the second edition been issued in compact form? I would buy that
> > in an instant, if I had the money to spare.
>
> holding it in my hand. I think it was $375 (US). Oh, and was the
>date a
> typo? The OED 2nd Ed. I have was first published in 1991. There
>are also
> addendums Vol I-III (45$ each).
Ah, so there is a compact! The date I cited (1989) was for the
20-volume NOT-compact edition. I guess it took them a couple of
years to either decide to produce, or to actually create, the compact
edition.
Thanks for the tip, though US$375 is not something I can spare right
now 8-(
--tim