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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3533156, member: 74282"]I just got my copy of this reprint in. As has already been mentioned, the plates are overall better than I expected and I was pleasantly surprised though a few are noticeably lighter than average, in particular XVIII. The text however seems to have been nearly perfectly reproduced. I spent a good bit of time flipping through each volume looking for any problems with the how the text was scanned or printed and it is very crisp and well printed throughout. The paperback binding also seems to be of reasonably high quality. My previous copy was an old hardback reprint with completely failing binding so I'll be interested to see how this reprint holds up in that regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm overall very impressed with Cambridge for offering RRC in this format at this price point and I can recommend it to other collectors without reservation. I've previously recommended Sear as a good beginner's handbook for these types for collectors for whom RRC was too large an outlay but given how affordable this paperback set is, I'd recommend just going straight for RRC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below I've attached a couple of pictures showing the average quality of the text and plates. The darker area in the second picture is just a shadow and not anything on the page itself</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938804[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]938805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 3533156, member: 74282"]I just got my copy of this reprint in. As has already been mentioned, the plates are overall better than I expected and I was pleasantly surprised though a few are noticeably lighter than average, in particular XVIII. The text however seems to have been nearly perfectly reproduced. I spent a good bit of time flipping through each volume looking for any problems with the how the text was scanned or printed and it is very crisp and well printed throughout. The paperback binding also seems to be of reasonably high quality. My previous copy was an old hardback reprint with completely failing binding so I'll be interested to see how this reprint holds up in that regard. I'm overall very impressed with Cambridge for offering RRC in this format at this price point and I can recommend it to other collectors without reservation. I've previously recommended Sear as a good beginner's handbook for these types for collectors for whom RRC was too large an outlay but given how affordable this paperback set is, I'd recommend just going straight for RRC. Below I've attached a couple of pictures showing the average quality of the text and plates. The darker area in the second picture is just a shadow and not anything on the page itself [ATTACH=full]938804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]938805[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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