Sentence examples for compact edition from inspiring English sources

Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan, Compact Edition.

She uses a steak knife and a magnifying glass from a compact edition of the O.E.D.

The first chapter of the compact edition is typical of the Orion approach.

Under Thomson, The Times issued a compact edition and intensified its focus on business, sports, politics, and international affairs.

The compact edition of Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures (Hardie Grant, £16.99) is published next month.

When I was 19, my father gave me an Oxford English Dictionary, the 1971 compact edition with the 1987 supplement.

The real lesson of the compact editions is not that vandals shouldn't be let loose on masterpieces but that masterpieces are inherently a little loony.

Last fall, however, the British publisher Orion, going against the tide, launched a series of "compact editions," promising "great books in half the time".

The first form to consider is subtraction, or what might more grandly be called the aesthetic of abridgment, as illustrated by a new and ambitious series of "compact editions" produced by the British publisher Orion.

"The Hemingses of Monticello," despite the inviting Pulitzer gold star on the cover and compact paperback edition, looks endless.

On 4 July Guardian Weekly is launched to provide a compact weekly edition of the newspaper, aimed at an international audience.