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Old 04-18-2010, 05:30 PM   #21
Guns4Hire
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I wonder which version it is.

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The following editions exist:
First edition first published in 1948 (12 impressions)
Second edition first published in 1963 (19 impressions)
Third edition first published in 1974 (28 impressions)
Fourth edition first published in 1989 (50 impressions)
Fifth edition first published in 1995 (65 impressions)
Sixth edition first published in 2000 (117 impressions)
Seventh edition first published in 2005
Eighth edition first published in 2010
I use this and Longman's DOCE 5th Edition and Webster's.

Longman's is pretty decent. Not sure which is better though between Longmen's and Oxford's. Webster's is pretty lacking.
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