Re: Boffins & saving email
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 11:23:10 -0400 (EDT)
> 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-(
Just a warning for the hard of seeing: Ed mentioned the old Compact
edition had four pages compressed onto every page. With the miracle of
laser printing, they've squeezed 9 pages onto ever page for this edition.
Ugh.
-j