FIRST EDITIONS: A GUIDE TO IDENTIFICATION. Statements of selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish publishers on their methods of designating first editions. FOURTH EDITION. Edited by Edward N. Zempel and Linda A. Verkler. 680 pages. 6″ x 9″. Acid-free paper. Hardcover. ISBN 0-930358-18-X. $60.00. Postage for US delivery is $3.50, $1 for each additional book.

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Now including statements from over 4,200 trade and academic publishers and publishers’ imprints, this new edition has been greatly expanded. More comprehensive, this fourth edition of “First Editions: A Guide to Identification” is the essential reference for book collectors, book dealers, book scouts, librarians, bibliographers, and scholars. “First editions, one knows, are tricky beasts. Zempel and Verkler, beating a path, presumably, for bibliographers and book collectors everywhere, do not set out to identify first `editions’ as such, but first `printings,’ or first `impressions’ of the first edition.” Antiquarian Book Monthly Review.

This updated and expanded edition of “First Editions: A Guide to Identification” provides a wide inventory of the first edition designation practices of nearly 4,200 trade and academic publishers and publishers’ imprints in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The publishers included range from the very large to the small. The publishers’ statements printed here are from the years 1928 to 2001

Very cool!

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Some of us have a great sense of direction, and others find themselves, well, a little lost at times. For those in the latter camp, you can thank Cingular for launching the BlackBerry® 8800, the latest open GPS-enabled device from a major U.S. carrier. That means that when you use Google Maps for mobile, your location automatically shows up on the map.

When you download Google Maps for mobile and fire it up, you’ll notice something quite unusual: a blinking blue dot showing you exactly where you are!

I hate carrier-specific tools like this and the iPhone. The blue dot is pretty cool, but also pretty Orwellian.

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om Arnold is officially pulling the plug on his third marriage — again.

TMZ obtained divorce papers filed yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which Arnold blames his split with political consultant Shelby Roos on irreconcilable differences.

The couple, who married in 2002, split briefly in August 2006 after Arnold filed a petition for legal separation. Six months later, Tom asked a judge to dismiss that request while the couple attempted to work things out.

The couple has no children. This will be Arnold’s third divorce.

I’m one of the three people who read Tom Arnold’s autobiography so I know that he feels like crap about this. When you get divorced three times, you’re a big part of the problem, as I’m sure he knows, butI still feel bad for him.

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