On Mar 20, 8:38 pm, Bob Lipton wrote:

Amazon.com lists new copies for sale. The cover makes it appear to be a
printing of the same edition I bought about 20 years ao and which I
reread every few years.

The addenda on squeezes is useful. The market for a reprint of the
first edition would be limited and for those who wanted it, a copy of
the actual first edition would be what is wanted -- abe.com lists none,
although copies of the Fry edition are available for less than $5. But
I am confident that if I wanted to read Jacoby's introduction, it would
be readily available from the New York Public Library or some other
Interlibrary loan service.

As for the legibility issue, I find the Fry ediion quite easy to read.

So I think it's a crumby idea, even if the first edition is not under
some copyright protection,

Bob

Don't try the New York Public Library. I was there yesterday, and the
only copy they have was crumbling in my hands, probably from two much
use.

The reason that ABE Books does not have any is I bought them all. I
seem to have bought the last two copies they had.

I have two copies of the 1934 hard cover book in mint condition. I
also have two copies of the 1958 Sam Fry updated soft cover edition. I
agree with you that all of the copies shown on Amazon are copies of
the 1958 update, and that they do not have any of the 1934 original
hard cover edition.

Sam Sloan