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-( --tim