For example, the last number in the row of numbers in the 2nd printing is 2, and so on. The printing history is a row of numbers that-at the 1st printing-looks like this: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 At each subsequent printing, one number is removed from the end of this row of numbers to indicate which printing of the book you have. On the copyright page (facing the first page of the Preface), there is a printing history of the book. Big Java Errata Big Java Early Objects, 5th ed.
