Collins - ninth edition (1946)

Ninth edition 1946, reprinted 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953
Published by Oxford University Press, printed by Charles Batey

The same binding and format used since the seventh edition; the publisher’s imprint is identical to that for the eighth edition, save the date 1946.

Full-title page i
Note to the Sixth Edition (unsigned) (click here for text) iii–iv
Note to the Eighth Edition (unsigned) (click here for text) iv
Note to the Ninth Edition (unsigned) (text below) iv
Extracts from the Preface to the First Edition (click here for text) iv–v
Author and Printer (R. W. Chapman) (click here for text) xi–xv
Note and Accent and Pronunciation (click to see pop-up image, 35k) xvi
Text 1-408 (last page blank: ‘Z Notes’)

In view of the increasing call for the book, it has been thought desirable to issue this interim edition pending the closer revision that has not been possible during the war years. As in previous editions, opportunity has been taken to make further corrections and additions which have been received from various correspondents.