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Title: Useful, but Poor Quality and an old edition to boot
Review: I ordered and received this reference work in November, 2007 only to find that the binding was so poor that the page signatures literally fell out.Adding insult is the fact that the edition Amazon sent me is an old one, although the publisher, Boydell and Brewer, lists the new edition on their website and has since April, 2007 before I ordered from Amazon. I was never given a choice of an old or new edition. The difference, of course, is the price: the newer is $10 more and is the same as the list price from the publisher. The only savings is free shipping.A caveat: before ording anything from Amazon, check with the publisher first to ensure you're getting the latest edition. As for the book itself, I'm confident it will be useful and worth the money once I've gotten one that holds together!
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