I purchased a new paperback photocopy of Johnstone’s Place-Names of Scotland , 2d ed., which carried no warnings.

It was so atrocious that I demanded my money back from ABE and received an immediate refund with no direction

on returning the book.  I then purchased a used copy of the 3rd ed. for less than the PB had cost.  I had ordered the

PB mainly to encourage reprinting of  limited interest books.  Do not buy such a book unless the return policy is liberal.

 

Scott Catledge

 

From: norse_course@yahoogroups.com [mailto:norse_course@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of llama_nom
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:56 PM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Re: Paperback edition of Altisländische Und Altnorwegische Grammatik: Unter Berücksichtigung Des Urnordischen

 

 

I don't know anything about this edition I'm afraid; the description makes is sounds as though they scanned it and and it printed for sale but couldn't be bothered to check it.

By the way, there are scans of the 1903 edition online here:

http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/texts/oi_noreen_about.html

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, David Simecek <arfea_@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
> I am sorry for interrupting your discussion. I just have a question
regarding this book http://www.amazon.com/Altisl%C3%A4ndische-Altnorwegische-Grammatik-Ber%C3%BCcksichtigung-Urnordischen/dp/1145235484/ref=sr_1_9?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285351320&sr=8-9 Does anyone have it?
> Which edition of the grammar is it: 1884, 1892, 1903 or 1923? The
description on Amazon states only that it is a "reproduction of a book published before 1923" which is not very clear. And is the quality of the reproduction reasonable? "occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks" does not sound very encouraging...
> Cheers
> David