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Review title: Don't buy this edition.
Product review: First things first, it's Timoshenko. There's nothing I can say that can adequately describe his absolutely superb analysis and lucidity.But this edition is a disgrace. It's basically just a bound photocopy of a prior edition now out of copyright. But it's not a "clean" copy! Right there on page one, are hand-written notes by some previous owner of the one that was copied, and as you read through, more and more instances become apparent. It is very annoying. Clearly nobody thought fit to bother to clean up "their" proof before trying to make royalty-free money off it. And worse, while handwritten notes are preserved, some of the illustrations and diagrams are not - one is illegible and therefore meaningless, and others lose significant detail.Seriously, while it's great to keep Timoshenko's superb works available, don't support such shoddy republishing practices - Timoshenko deserves much more respect.
