There are some fist editions floating around out there, you can find them here for about the same price as the current 3rd edition. http://www.bookfinder.com/s

There are some fist editions floating around out there, you can find them here for about the same price as the current 3rd edition. http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=John+R.+Trimble&title=Writing+With+Style%3A+Conversations+on+the+Art+of+Writing&lang=en&st=xl&ac=qr http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=John+R.+Trimble&#38... I just got "as new" 1974 copy. You guys can have the rest ;-)