I would rather get the new edition, but my repatriation leave to the U.S. will end about newyear and I'll be back in Saudi for many months.

So if I could find a current 2nd edition for original new price or not much more (I think new price was about $40 USD) I would go ahead and buy it and have it shipped to my Texas address.

Then if the new edition is available in December, I would get that also and leave the 2nd edition in storage in Texas. But if the new editon is delayed, as is usually the case, I still have the 2nd edition to read until my 2009 repat leave (probably in July).

Brazos Jack
still Lost in Arabia