Love Letters of Great Men and Women: From Eigteenth Century to Present

"I have just bought and read this book, having heard about it on Sex and The City the Movie..
I suspect that the publisher rushed this edition of the book ( published June 2008) in order to meet the demands of the public after the movie release date (May 2008). You can tell it was a rush job - there are many typographical errors throughout and the general quality is not what I was expecting. It's a really slim soft-bound edition. It also claims that the letters are all from the 18th century onwards, when quite clearly some of them are from the 1200s, 1400s...overall, it looks quite sloppy. I was going to give it as a gift, but don't think the quality is good enough.
Now I wish I'd checked out the slightly more expensive, original edition - though I can't vouch for the quality of that as I haven't seen it!
The page count for this volume is also half that of the original (which is 300+ pages) - so perhaps the content isn't quite the same? Again, I have no proof of that - just a suspicion.
The content makes for great reading - but I find it annoying that there are so many errors throughout. A shame! "
~ Written on 2008-11-25