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crankypants · 01-13-2016, 07:47 AM

I have a book "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie. It's quite a famous book in programming circles. I got it in 1989 but the most recent copyright is 1978. It doesn't say "first edition" and there is no other edition indicator, nor can I find if this edition was reprinted at a certain time other than 1978.

It even says it was typeset under unix running on a PDP-11/70 (a very old computer).

So

How do I know if this edition is a reprint of the 1978 edition?
How do I know if I have a first edition book?

I don't know what this page is called, but here's all the publishing info:

A bigger version as PNG.

Thank you.

[Image added as an attachment]

01-13-2016, 07:47 AM	#1
crankypants Hmm. Posts: 124 Karma: 2016606 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Android 4.2 Google Play Reader	How to determine if I have a first editiono book? I have a book "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie. It's quite a famous book in programming circles. I got it in 1989 but the most recent copyright is 1978. It doesn't say "first edition" and there is no other edition indicator, nor can I find if this edition was reprinted at a certain time other than 1978. It even says it was typeset under unix running on a PDP-11/70 (a very old computer). So How do I know if this edition is a reprint of the 1978 edition? How do I know if I have a first edition book? I don't know what this page is called, but here's all the publishing info: A bigger version as PNG. Thank you. [Image added as an attachment] Attached Thumbnails Last edited by pdurrant; 01-13-2016 at 08:04 AM.