The phrase "a second edition was" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the existence or publication of a second edition of a book, document, or other work.
Example: "The author announced that a second edition was released to include updated information and corrections."
Alternatives: "a second edition has been" or "a second edition exists".
A second edition was released a few weeks ago.
Unofficially, many CBS executives expressed disappointment with the show -- but never so much that a second edition was threatened.
Technology has played a major role in increasing awareness of relationship options for a new generation, said Janet W. Hardy, who wrote, with Dossie Easton, "The Ethical Slut," a 1997 book advocating nonmonogamous relationships that has sold more than 100,000 copies (a second edition was published in 2009).
A second edition was produced on the day the pulping took place, virtually unaltered, and Harnden paid tribute to Quercus, suggesting few other publishers would have displayed the same Orwellian commitment to "telling powerful people things they don't want to hear".
In 1740 she published her Institutions de physique (The Foundations of Physics) ostensibly a textbook in physics for her son, but in reality a highly original work in natural philosophy (a second edition was published in 1742 under the slightly altered title Institutions physique).
Copernicus's fame and book made its way across Europe over the next fifty years, and a second edition was brought out in 1566.[13] As Gingerich's census of the extant copies showed, the book was read and commented on by astronomers.
The popularity of the book led to a second edition being called for only a year later.
If a second edition were needed, this could be printed on good paper and well bound.
A second edition is nearing publication, but for now all we have to go on is the first, which covers figures for 2010.
According to the BBC, the first Chinese printing of "Finnegan's Wake" sold out in a month, and a second edition is being printed to meet demand.
The first is a standard DVD release consisting of the theatrical version of the film, a selection of bonus features and a second disc with a digital copy; a second edition is a 2D combo pack that includes an unrated Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy of the film.
