The phrase "a good edition of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a particular version or publication of a book, article, or other written work that is considered to be of high quality.
Example: "I recently found a good edition of Shakespeare's plays that includes helpful annotations and commentary."
Alternatives: "a quality version of" or "a fine publication of".
It also misspells Henry Wheatley, who was responsible for a good edition of the diary, as Wheatly.
As the great 19th-century economist Alfred Marshall wrote, "A government could print a good edition of Shakespeare's works, but it could not get them written".
So, for amateur Freudians in the media world, there has been an easy assumption that James's professional choice of the theatre rather than newspapers was a rebellion against the male (and Mail) family line but, as in a good edition of Who Do You Think You Are?, the truth turns out to be more complicated.
Few programmes spark the satisfaction a particularly good edition of Desert Island Discs does.
This cheap reprint of a scarce and very good edition of a great work is a thing to be welcomed.
After running away to New York in 1967, at the age of 17, with dreams of becoming a writer, Mr. Hell collected some good editions of favorite books.
When Oxford University Press recently published this, I bought it at once, partly because I try to collect the good editions of Coleridge (an expensive hobby) and partly to see whether the text as it comes down to us could conceivably be performed on stage.
With good editions of early English texts unavailable in America, "it has been deemed best to recommend to American contributors the study of a later period, and for that purpose the entire body of English literature belonging to the 18th century has been reserved for their perusal" (emphasis in original).
A collector can buy "a good condition first edition of a James Bond book by Ian Fleming anywhere between £100 ($160) and £15,000 ($24,500) depending on whether it's one of the first or last stories in the series".
Try Emma Loves Retro (www.emmalovesretro.co.uk) for a good selection of limited-edition vintage textiles and cushions: the Atomic cushion, £49.50, has a real Festival of Britain aesthetic.
