| 单词 | colonial edition |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolonial edition colonial edition n. an edition of a book issued in a cheap binding for export to a colony (see quot. 1960). ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > edition > [noun] > other types of edition critical edition1721 trade edition1819 colonial edition1825 share book1853 stall-edition1854 Aldine1862 library edition1869 Kelmscott1920 cheaps1930 quickie1933 1825 in W. Hilhouse Indian Notices Advice to Readers (front matter) The Author, at the pressing instigation of numerous friends, has been induced to print a small Colonial Edition, without Plates, in the interim attending the production of the complete Work, at home. 1907 B. M. Croker Company's Servant x. 92 The battered ‘colonial edition’ of a popular novel. 1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 76/1 Colonial editions, originally, editions of novels bought in sheets from English publishers by exporting firms who issued them in cheap bindings for sale in the Colonies. Subsequently, publishers produced their own colonial editions, bound in cheap boards, and with a title-page indicating that they were solely for export sale. 2001 Australian (Nexis) 4 Apr. 41 Australian booksellers kept the colonial edition alive long after it had fulfilled any particularly useful purpose for British publishers. < as lemmas |
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