Edition
[ɪ'dɪʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ'dɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
(noun.) an issue of a newspaper; 'he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times'.
(noun.) all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; 'the first edition appeared in 1920'; 'it was too late for the morning edition'; 'they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings'.
Typist: Ronald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
(n.) The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
Typist: Penelope
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Impression, number (of copies) printed at once.
Inputed by Laura
Examples
- In this Project Gutenberg edition the pertinent information is in Chapter XXX, paragraph 90. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is a London paper, an early edition of the Evening Standard. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One edition passes into another, and that into a third, and so on, till we come to that volume we peruse at present. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- My quarto edition of the same, 'Arts et Metiers', I give to the Library Company of Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Of this edition, up to the present period (1858), the astonishing number of TWELVE MILLIONS OF SHEETS have been issued, the weight of which amounts to upwards of 335 tons! Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Later on his work became better known through the Latin translations of the Arabic edition annotated by Averroes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nearly 300,000 volumes have already been printed of this edition. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- At Palmer's I was employed in composing for the second edition of Woollaston's Religion of Nature. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The first edition of this work was published on November 24, 1859, and the second edition on January 7, 1860. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mrs. Bulstrode was a feminine smaller edition of her brother, and had none of her husband's low-toned pallor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A remarkable instance of this was the edition of Sir Walter Scott's Works, with notes, edited by himself; instead of the old price 10s. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- When they were finished they sold more readily than the History had done, and the edition of fifty copies was soon disposed of. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- One edition of jelly was trickled from pot to pot, another lay upon the floor, and a third was burning gaily on the stove. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sorel must have felt the need of closer statement, for in a letter to Daniel Halèvy, published in the second edition, he makes his position much clearer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I must try and make something of it, said he, though I have no doubt that the first editions of the evening papers are out already with full details. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have admired to see that in the last century a folio, _Burton on Melancholy_, went through six editions in about forty years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The carpet round his chair was littered with cigarette-ends and with the early editions of the morning papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- For thirty-six years Peter Sch?ffer continued printing books, making many improvements, and bringing out better and better editions of the Bible. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Fresh editions of every paper had been sent up by our news agent, only to be glanced over and tossed down into a corner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In former editions of this work I sometimes spoke as if this latter alternative had frequently occurred. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This method of collecting the sections and binding them together was the one used until editions became so large that mechanical methods became necessary. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Copies of this brochure are as scarce to-day as First Folio Shakespeares, and command prices equal to those of other American first editions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The principle of _cheap editions and large sales_ soon extended to established works of a higher value. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Did you see anything of the Yoxley case in the latest editions? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'm not really a collector, you see; I simply like to have good editions of the books I am fond of. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You collect, don't you--you know about first editions and things? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The plate can be preserved and used from time to time for later editions, and the original type can be put back into the cases and used again. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A great topographical blunder occurred here in former editions. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Tamara