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Unread 05-02-2017, 08:54 AM   #29
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I just ordered this book. I don't know if it's the green or red one, the info page didn't clarify. It cost me $225 plus shipping. I understand they are heavy books. Should be good reading for years to come.
It's a 3-book set, IIRC. The first edition, the green set, was heavily edited by the publisher [again, IIRC] and the authors were incensed. So much so that they re-issued the book with their original (and some added) comments, pictures, and observations. That's the red set. The red set is the later edition sold by Simpson's.

There is a 3-4 page thread on this here somewhere, I'll try to find it.

Here is the short thread on the controversy surrounding the two editions (on page 3) -

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthread.php?t=29036

Ordering instructions for the DVD are in there too, in case your set (whichever it is) doesn't have the CDs/DVD...
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