To put the matter to rest: I've finally had a New Millenium Edition in my hands. The paper is a bit transparent but it's ok, the print is decent. In my opinion, for my ageing eyes, it is more readable than the old editions are now, although the price seems a bit high.
Edmund
Thank you, maybe you could help me. I want to order a new copy this week. But which?
- First edition: Good photostypeset print, really bad paper, some now yellowed.
- New Millenium: Decent paper, less good computer typeset print.
Ideally I want an edition that is phototypeset on acid-free...
Thank you very much. That information - the one about the Commemorative Edition - is what I was looking for. I wonder whether anyone who has seen the first printings and the commemorative can comment?
Edmund
Hello - my 1976 book set is getting hard to read with paper yellowing. Is the "commemorative" edition or some other printed on decent paper that stayed white? I'd like to purchase an edition printed from the same plates, not the new millenium.
Edmund
Hi DaveE,
Thanks for looking at my question. There have been a variety of printings, from the original photo plates, and then a new typeset version for the new millenium edition. I wonder whether someone who has physically viewed these knows what the paper/print quality is. Of interest here...
Hi,
In my old age I've gone back to study physics at college. I own a really old (1976) edition of Feynman's physics textbooks, but the paper has yellowed to the point where I have trouble reading them, the contrast is low even though the print quality is ok.
Is there a printing on good...