Second Edition ISBNs

The MIT Press Hardcover

A periwinkle cover, the title in violet at the top right, 'Second Edition' in white on a pink-red block, and the original SICP engraved figures in white on a blue block, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a red λ sunburst, representing wizards, the authors' names at the foot.
1st print
A purple cover, the title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked 'Second Edition', the authors' names in white at the foot.
4th print
Title
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Edition
Second
Publisher
The MIT Press, under a joint production-distribution agreement with McGraw-Hill
ISBN
0-262-01153-0 / 978-0-262-01153-2
Format
Hardcover
Published
Pages
xxiii + 657 pp.
Copyright
© 1996
Registration
USCO [1]
Catalogue
Library of Congress
LCCN
96017756
LC class
QA76.6 (computer programming)
Dewey
005.13/3 (programming languages)
Errata
MIT Press errata page
Links
  1. MIT Press filed twice for the second edition: TX0004413352, the regular derivative-work registration, had publication as 1996-09-16; the later whole-work claim, TX0004441093, updated first publication to 1996-07-26. Dual filing was a recurring MIT Press pattern.
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McGraw-Hill Edition

A periwinkle cover, the title in violet at the top right, 'Second Edition' in white on a pink-red block, and the original SICP engraved figures in white on a blue block, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a blue λ sunburst, representing wizards, the authors' names at the foot.
1st print
Title
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Edition
Second
Publisher
The MIT Press, under a joint production-distribution agreement with McGraw-Hill
ISBN
0-07-000484-6 / 978-0-07-000484-9
Format
Hardcover
Published
Pages
xxiii + 657 pp.
Copyright
© 1996
Registration
USCO
Catalogue
Library of Congress
LCCN
96017756
LC class
QA76.6 (computer programming)
Dewey
005.13/3 (programming languages)
Errata
MIT Press errata page
Links
Notes

McGraw-Hill were responsible only for the distribution of North-American textbook orders.

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The MIT Press Paperback

A purple cover, the title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked 'Second Edition', the authors' names in white at the foot.
26th print
Title
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Edition
Second
Publisher
The MIT Press, under a joint production-distribution agreement with McGraw-Hill
ISBN
0-262-51087-1 / 978-0-262-51087-5
Format
Paperback
Published
[1]
Pages
xxiii + 657 pp.
Copyright
© 1996
Registration
USCO
Catalogue
Library of Congress
LCCN
96017756
LC class
QA76.6 (computer programming)
Dewey
005.13/3 (programming languages)
Errata
MIT Press errata page
Links
Notes

From launch until at least mid-2009, the paperback was sold only outside North America; US and Canadian buyers were directed to the hardcover instead.

  1. MIT Press's own catalogue page dated the paperback September 1996; it was in UK trade by the end of August (The Bookseller, 30 August 1996, page 48).
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German Translation, 3. Auflage

A cover in charcoal and saffron-orange blocks, the title in white on the charcoal, the original SICP arrangement of engraved figures, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, on the orange, with a red '3. Auflage' flag at the left edge.
Image: Springer
Title
Struktur und Interpretation von Computerprogrammen
Subtitle
eine Informatik-Einführung (an introduction to computer science)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg
ISBN
3-540-63898-9 / 978-3-540-63898-8
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
German
Translator
Susanne Daniels-Herold
Pages
xxiii + 682 pp.
Series
Springer-Lehrbuch
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1993, 1998
Catalogue
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Links
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Japanese Translation, Pearson

A purple cover copying the English second edition's, the Japanese title, authors, and 'second edition' in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards.
Image: Amazon
Title
計算機プログラムの構造と解釈 第二版 (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition)
Edition
Second
Publisher
ピアソンエデュケーション (Pearson Education Japan), Tokyo
ISBN
4-89471-163-X / 978-4-89471-163-1
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Japanese
Translator
和田英一 (Wada Eiichi)
Pages
xviii + 409 pp.
Catalogue
National Diet Library
NDC
007.64 (computer programming)
NDLC
M159
Errata
Translator's errata page (正誤表)
Links
Notes

All three authors are given equal status and, unusually, Gerald Jay Sussman is listed first: ジェラルド・ジェイ・サスマン／ハロルド・エイブルソン／ジュリー・サスマン 共著 (Gerald Jay Sussman, Harold Abelson, Julie Sussman).

Wada knew Gerald Sussman from a year spent at MIT in 1973–74. During the translation he mailed his questions to 'Jerry', but the answers consistently came back from Julie, so he switched to corresponding with her directly, and she commented on every draft as the work progressed (translator's afterword).

All figures were redrawn in PostScript by Wada, except figure 5.16, which stayed a bitmap.

The colophon misprints the publisher's name as ピアソンエ・デュケーション (for ピアソン・エデュケーション), as noted by the CiNii cataloguer.

The errata page keys each correction to the printing that fixed it, showing the book had at least three printings by spring 2003.

The digitised version in NDL Digital Collections is viewable only on-site at the National Diet Library.

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German Translation, 4. Auflage

A cover in yellow and petrol-teal blocks, the title in white on the teal, the original SICP arrangement of engraved figures, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, on the yellow, with a red '4. Auflage' flag at the left edge.
Image: Springer
Title
Struktur und Interpretation von Computerprogrammen
Subtitle
eine Informatik-Einführung (an introduction to computer science)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg
ISBN
3-540-42342-7 / 978-3-540-42342-3
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
German
Translator
Susanne Daniels-Herold
Pages
xxiii + 682 pp.
Series
Springer-Lehrbuch
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001
Catalogue
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Links
Notes

The German 4., durchgesehene Auflage is the fourth, checked-through Auflage: a corrections pass on the 3. Auflage.

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Polish Translation

A dark brown faux-leather cover with the series name 'Klasyka Informatyki' in gold capitals across the top, the authors' names in white, and the title in gold at the lower right.
Image: Poczytaj
Title
Struktura i interpretacja programów komputerowych
Edition
Second
Publisher
Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne (WNT), Warsaw
ISBN
83-204-2712-6 / 978-83-204-2712-7
Format
Hardcover
Published
Language
Polish
Translator
Marcin Kubica
Pages
xxvii + 647 pp.
Series
Klasyka Informatyki
Catalogue
Biblioteka Narodowa (JSON)
Links
Notes

Kubica's colleague Krzysztof Diks persuaded him to translate the book, and the translation became the starting point for the functional-programming course at the University of Warsaw in its first years (Kubica's lecture notes, p. 4).

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Chinese Translation

A dark marbled cover, the Chinese title in gold, a gold 'original 2nd edition' ribbon across the top-right corner, and an inset image of the MIT second edition cover.
Image: Douban
Title
计算机程序的构造和解释（原书第2版） (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Original 2nd Edition)
Edition
Second
Publisher
机械工业出版社 (China Machine Press), Beijing, jointly with 中信出版社 (CITIC Publishing House)
ISBN
7-111-13510-5 / 978-7-111-13510-4
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
Chinese (Simplified)
Translator
裘宗燕 (Qiu Zongyan)
Pages
xvi + 473 pp.
Series
计算机科学丛书 (Computer Science Series)
Catalogue
国家图书馆 (National Library of China)
Errata
Translator's errata page (勘误表)
Links
Notes

The copyright page has the English source edition with a misprinted ISBN, 0-262-01553-0 instead of the MIT Press hardcover's 0-262-01153-0.

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Indian Edition

A cover split into a gold left panel and a red right panel over a dark green foot, bearing the original SICP arrangement of engraved figures, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, the title in gold and 'Second Edition' in white.
Image: Internet Archive
Title
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Edition
Second
Publisher
Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad
ISBN
81-7371-527-0 / 978-81-7371-527-3
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
English
Pages
xxiii + 657 pp.
Errata
MIT Press errata page
Links
Notes

A reduced-price, territorially restricted edition: about ₹425 (≈US$10) in India in 2007, against US$42.00 for the MIT Press paperback.

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Russian Translation, Dobrosvet

A purple cover copying the English second edition's, the Russian title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked «Второе издание», the authors' names in Russian at the foot.
Image: Russian State Library
Title
Структура и интерпретация компьютерных программ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Добросвет (Dobrosvet), Moscow; printed by Книжный дом «Университет» (KDU)
ISBN
5-7913-0072-7 / 978-5-7913-0072-0[1]
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Russian
Translator
Г. К. Бронников (Georgy Bronnikov)
Pages
608 pp.
Catalogue
Российская государственная библиотека (Russian State Library)
BBK
З973.2-018.2,0 (computer programming)
Notes

Bronnikov announced the finished book on 2006-07-20 on the ru-scheme LiveJournal, calling it the product of "долгой-долгой возни и задержек" (long-long toils and delays). The PDF version was available online in 2007; the source is now on GitHub.

He also translated Pierce's Types and Programming Languages (with Alex Ott) and Okasaki's Purely Functional Data Structures into Russian.

  1. The Russian State Library has the wrong ISBN, 5-9713-0072-7. 5-7913 (Dobrosvet) is transposed to 5-9713 (AST Moscow). This incorrect ISBN is often used by retailers to find the book.
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Russian Translation, KDU

A purple cover copying the English second edition's, the Russian title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked «Второе издание», the authors' names in Russian at the foot.
Image: Russian State Library
Title
Структура и интерпретация компьютерных программ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Добросвет (Dobrosvet), Moscow; printed by Книжный дом «Университет» (KDU)
ISBN
5-98227-191-8 / 978-5-98227-191-4
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Russian
Translator
Г. К. Бронников (Georgy Bronnikov)
Pages
608 pp.
Catalogue
Российская государственная библиотека (Russian State Library)
BBK
З973.2-018.2,0 (computer programming)
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Korean Translation

An off-white cover with a novel arrangement of the original SICP engraved figures in teal, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull representing wizards, and a λ sunburst, the Korean title in black on a teal block, and the English title in white on a darker teal stripe down the left edge.
Image: Aladin
Title
컴퓨터 프로그램의 구조와 해석 (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
인사이트 (Insight), Seoul
ISBN
89-91268-32-3 / 978-89-91268-32-6
Format
Hardcover
Published
Language
Korean
Translators
김재우 (Kim Jaewoo), 안윤호 (An Yunho), 김수정 (Kim Sujung), and 김정민 (Kim Jeongmin); supervised by 이광근 (Lee Kwang-keun)
Pages
xxxv + 792 + lix pp.
Series
프로그램 프로그래밍 프로그래머 (Program Programming Programmer), vol. 3
Catalogue
국립중앙도서관 (National Library of Korea)
KDC
005.133 (programming languages)
Errata
Publisher's errata page (정오표)
Links
Notes

The supervisor, Lee Kwang-keun, used the book as the text for his Principles of Programming (프로그래밍의 원리) course at Seoul National University.

To make the ideas easier to follow, the translators took the unusual step of rendering technical terms in plain, everyday Korean rather than the hard Sino-Korean vocabulary scholars traditionally use. Critics held that the everyday words' plain meaning often diverged from the technical sense, causing confusion (e.g. 'abstraction' was translated as 요약, meaning 'summary'); in 2024 the lead translator, Kim Jaewoo, said "I do not recommend my translation … read the [English] original."

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Korean Translation, Volume 1

An off-white cover with a novel arrangement of the original SICP engraved figures in blue, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull representing wizards, and a λ sunburst, the Korean title in black on a blue block, marked Volume Ⅰ, and the English title in white on a darker blue stripe down the left edge.
Image: Aladin
Title
컴퓨터 프로그램의 구조와 해석 Ⅰ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, vol. 1)
Edition
Second
Publisher
인사이트 (Insight), Seoul
ISBN
89-91268-49-8 / 978-89-91268-49-4 (two-volume set: 978-89-91268-48-7)
Format
Paperback[1]
Published
Language
Korean
Translators
김재우 (Kim Jaewoo), 안윤호 (An Yunho), 김수정 (Kim Sujung), and 김정민 (Kim Jeongmin); supervised by 이광근 (Lee Kwang-keun)
Pages
466 + lix pp.
Series
프로그램 프로그래밍 프로그래머 (Program Programming Programmer), 003-1
Catalogue
국가자료종합목록 (KOLISNET, Korean union catalogue)
KDC
005.133 (programming languages)
Errata
Publisher's errata page (정오표)
Notes

Volume 1 covers chapters 1–3, with pages numbered from 1 to 466.

  1. Binding is recorded differently across sources: the union catalogue (KOLISNET) lists the set as paperback (페이퍼백), Yes24 as semi-hard (반양장), and Aladin as hardcover (양장본).
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Korean Translation, Volume 2

An off-white cover with a novel arrangement of the original SICP engraved figures in green, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull representing wizards, and a λ sunburst, the Korean title in black on a green block, marked Volume Ⅱ, and the English title in white on a darker green stripe down the left edge.
Image: Kyobobook
Title
컴퓨터 프로그램의 구조와 해석 Ⅱ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, vol. 2)
Edition
Second
Publisher
인사이트 (Insight), Seoul
ISBN
89-91268-50-1 / 978-89-91268-50-0 (two-volume set: 978-89-91268-48-7)
Format
Paperback[1]
Published
Language
Korean
Translators
김재우 (Kim Jaewoo), 안윤호 (An Yunho), 김수정 (Kim Sujung), and 김정민 (Kim Jeongmin); supervised by 이광근 (Lee Kwang-keun)
Pages
vi + 325 + lix pp.
Series
프로그램 프로그래밍 프로그래머 (Program Programming Programmer), 003-2
Catalogue
국가자료종합목록 (KOLISNET, Korean union catalogue)
KDC
005.133 (programming languages)
Errata
Publisher's errata page (정오표)
Notes

Volume 2 covers chapters 4 and 5, with pages numbered from 468 to 792.

  1. Binding is recorded differently across sources: the union catalogue (KOLISNET) lists the set as paperback (페이퍼백), Yes24 as semi-hard (반양장), and Aladin as hardcover (양장본).
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Russian Translation, KDU (2010 reprint)

Title
Структура и интерпретация компьютерных программ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Добросвет (Dobrosvet) and Книжный дом «Университет» (KDU), Moscow
ISBN
978-5-98227-708-4
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Russian
Translator
Г. К. Бронников (Georgy Bronnikov)
Pages
608 pp.
Catalogue
Российская государственная библиотека (Russian State Library)
BBK
З973.2-018.2,0 (computer programming)
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Russian Translation, KDU (2012 reprint)

A purple cover copying the English second edition's, the Russian title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked «Второе издание», the authors' names in Russian at the foot.
Image: KDU
Title
Структура и интерпретация компьютерных программ (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Добросвет (Dobrosvet) and Книжный дом «Университет» (KDU), Moscow
ISBN
978-5-98227-829-6
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Russian
Translator
Г. К. Бронников (Georgy Bronnikov)
Pages
608 pp.
Catalogue
Российская государственная библиотека (Russian State Library)
BBK
З973.2-018.2,0 (computer programming)
Links
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The MIT Press e-book

A purple cover, the title in white above a red block bearing the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, marked 'Second Edition', the authors' names in white at the foot.
Image: MIT
Title
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Edition
Second
Publisher
The MIT Press
ISBN
0-262-31091-0 / 978-0-262-31091-8
Format
eBook (PDF)
Published
[1]
Copyright
© 1996
Catalogue
WorldCat[2]
OCLC
827009361
Errata
MIT Press errata page
Links
Notes

This is a commercial e-book with the same content as the Creative Commons MIT and Sarabander versions.

  1. Released with the IEEE/MIT Press eBooks collection, launched in IEEE Xplore in September 2012.
  2. The work SICP is available under a Creative Commons licence, but WorldCat's suggestion that this manifestation (the e-book) is available under OAPEN is unsupported.
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German Translation, 3. Auflage eBook

A cover in charcoal and saffron-orange blocks, the title in white on the charcoal, the original SICP arrangement of engraved figures, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, on the orange, with a red '3. Auflage' flag at the left edge.
Image: Springer
Title
Struktur und Interpretation von Computerprogrammen
Subtitle
eine Informatik-Einführung (an introduction to computer science)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg
ISBN
978-3-642-97727-5
DOI
Format
eBook (PDF)
Published
Language
German
Translator
Susanne Daniels-Herold
Pages
xxiii + 682 pp.
Series
Springer-Lehrbuch
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1993, 1998
Catalogue
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Links
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German Translation, 4. Auflage eBook

A cover in yellow and petrol-teal blocks, the title in white on the teal, the original SICP arrangement of engraved figures, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards, on the yellow, with a red '4. Auflage' flag at the left edge.
Image: Springer
Title
Struktur und Interpretation von Computerprogrammen
Subtitle
eine Informatik-Einführung (an introduction to computer science)
Edition
Second
Publisher
Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg
ISBN
978-3-642-56706-3
DOI
Format
eBook (PDF)
Published
Language
German
Translator
Susanne Daniels-Herold
Pages
xxiii + 682 pp.
Series
Springer-Lehrbuch
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1993, 1998, 2001
Catalogue
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Links
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Japanese Translation, Shoeisha

A purple cover copying the English second edition's, the Japanese title and 'second edition' in white above a red block bearing the authors' names and the original SICP engraved figures on a black floor, Hermes Trismegistus with an eval/apply globe and Ramon Llull by a λ sunburst, representing wizards.
Image: Shoeisha
Title
計算機プログラムの構造と解釈 第2版 (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Second Edition)
Edition
Second
Publisher
翔泳社 (Shoeisha), Tokyo
ISBN
978-4-7981-3598-4
Format
Unknown
Published
Language
Japanese
Translator
和田英一 (Wada Eiichi)
Pages
xviii + 409 pp.
Catalogue
National Diet Library
NDC
007.64 (computer programming)
NDLC
M159
Errata
Translator's errata page (正誤表)
Links
Notes

The cover has the authors' names in the Roman alphabet with Harold Abelson first, where the Pearson issue used katakana with Gerald Jay Sussman first.

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Korean Translation (2016 reissue)

An off-white cover with the series name 'Program Programming Programmer' and the English title 'Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs 2/E' set large in cream, a single black minimalist wizard silhouette holding a staff and raising a radiant λ at the centre left, and the Korean title with the author and translator byline in black at the top right.
Image: Aladin
Title
컴퓨터 프로그램의 구조와 해석 (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
Edition
Second
Publisher
인사이트 (Insight), Seoul
ISBN
89-6626-170-1 / 978-89-6626-170-3
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
Korean
Translators
김재우 (Kim Jaewoo), 안윤호 (An Yunho), 김수정 (Kim Sujung), and 김정민 (Kim Jeongmin); supervised by 이광근 (Lee Kwang-keun)
Pages
xxxv + 792 + lix pp.
Series
프로그램 프로그래밍 프로그래머 (Program Programming Programmer)
Catalogue
국립중앙도서관 (National Library of Korea)
KDC
005.133 (programming languages)
Errata
Publisher's errata page (정오표)
Links
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Chinese Translation (2019 reissue)

A dark marbled cover with gold floral ornament, the Chinese title in gold, a gold 'original 2nd edition' ribbon, and an inset image of the MIT second edition cover with a gold 'collector's edition' seal.
Image: Tenlong
Title
计算机程序的构造和解释（典藏版） (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Collector's Edition)
Edition
Second
Publisher
机械工业出版社 (China Machine Press), Beijing
ISBN
978-7-111-63054-8
Format
Paperback
Published
Language
Chinese (Simplified)
Translator
裘宗燕 (Qiu Zongyan)
Pages
xiv + 473 pp.
Series
计算机科学丛书 (Computer Science Series)
Catalogue
国家图书馆 (National Library of China)
Errata
Translator's errata page (勘误表)
Notes

This is called a 'Collector's Edition' and a 'new first edition'. It is the same translation as the original edition.

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