Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:32:16 +0000, the renowned Guido
wrote:



Mine (the 2-volume "Compact" version with 4 of the previous pages on
each page (photographically reduced) came with a magnifying glass and
I think it cost around $200 25 years ago. It's great except for
relatively new words (for example "quisling").


Yep that's the one. Retailed over here at £50 ($100) but
there were bookclubs that offered it as a joiner for £10.

Useless as a day to day dictionary. But good if you want to
look up usages and such like, or trace the changes in its
meaning.