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Language and Mind first appeared from Harcourt, Brace & World in New York in 1968, and the enlarged edition followed from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, in 1972. UK library catalogues and the British National Bibliography record only New York imprints for those editions. The first edition published in Britain is the Cambridge University Press third edition of 2006, xviii plus 190 pages, issued in hardback (ISBN 978 0 521 85819 9) and paperback (ISBN 978 0 521 67493 5). For a first printing look for the Cambridge imprint, the 2006 date and no later reprint dates on the verso. Collectors of the work itself will usually want the 1968 Harcourt first.
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in 2006, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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