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I have been gratified by the success achieved by Introduction to complex analysis since it first appeared in 1985, and have been pleasantly surprised by the range of users it has attracted. But any textbook shows its age in time and, nearly twenty years after its first publication, this one was certainly due for a make-over. The new edition is substantially different, from the revised edition published in 1990. I believe that the changes will enhance the book's suitability for a present-day readership. My overall aims, however, remain unchanged: 'to provide a text for a first course in complex analysis which is practical without being purely utilitarian and rigorous without being over-sophisticated or fussy.' The new edition is considerably longer than the previous one, with additional discussion of key issues and extra examples and exercises. Extensive teaching experience has pinpointed for me where expanded or simplified explanations would particularly assist students. There is now a more protracted development of the early material, to take account of the likely knowledge base and mathematical experience of potential readers. Certain topics are treated in greater detail, to give students a thorough grounding in techniques that are used repeatedly