Collins - third edition (1909)

Third edition (4th impression) March 1909
Published by Henry Frowde, Printed by Horace Hart

Two major changes took place in this edition: first, the book’s name was altered to Authors’ and Printers’ Dictionary; and secondly, the binding and format were changed from the previous editions. No longer case bound, instead the binding is a cheaper affair: plain beige pasteboard panels secured with a tape spine, no head- or tailbands, 17 × 10 cm (6 3/4 × 4 inches): case-binding would not reappear until the seventh edition. Printed on the spine-tape is ‘AUTHORS’ AND PRINTERS’ DICTIONARY’, upside-down (i.e. to be read from bottom to top when upright on a bookshelf, in the European fashion). The printed front cover (click to see pop-up image, 55k) is identical to the full-title page, apart from the absence of a date and the presence of a price (one shilling net).

Internally, however, the book was not reset, and alterations being incorporated within existing text. The ‘Preface’ is identical to that in the second edition, with a short ‘Preface to the Third Edition’ (similar to the second edition’s) following on in the space available (see text below). The ‘Readers of the Proofs of this Work’ is identical save the addition of J. A. Wood following C. T. White (a happy chance of alphabetization that this name fitted existing copy so well).

Full-title page i (click to see pop-up image, 36k)
Preface and Preface to the Third Edition (F. Howard Collins) iii-xi
Readers of the Proofs of this Work xii–xiii
Authorities Consulted xvi–xv (as for second edition)
Text 1–408 (last page blank: ‘Z Notes’)

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

I have made some additions to the following pages, and a few minor alterations ; but the general principles remain unaltered.

F. HOWARD COLLINS.

TORQUAY, March, 1909.

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