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As fate would have it I ordered this book from the publisher May 19th and received it the May 23rd. (You can laugh.) I could not believe I had just missed the new edition announcement. I was ready to ship it back today and called Willmann-Bell to see if they would accept a return. Mr. Willmann answered the phone and talked to me at length about the changes in this book. He could not have been nicer. He told me that they decided to print a new edition because they were running low on copies. Rather than reprint the old edition, he asked the author (Crossen) to review the content for improvements. He said he also gave him a very heavy, large aperture WWII warship binoculars. Much of the new information centers around use of those binoculars. The cover and some of the pictures have been changed, but essentially the content of the book is the same. They decided not to do a major overhaul of the book since it has received such good reviews. They were fearful that a major re-write could ruin it.

He would have been happy for me to return the book, but his personal opinion was that I would not have any advantages with the new edition. He promised me that if I looked at the new edition and was sorry I had not returned mine, he would take it any time in the future and make the exchange. So, I'm taking him at his word and keeping the one I have.

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This information seems to conflict with what I've been told by the author.

edz

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