One of the biggest problems with C++ books older than 1999/2000 is that they do not recognise alot of modern Standard C++ content. A problem commonly found with "revised" books after 1999/2000 (Books which were originally published long before C++ was standardised, but have been updated) is that the Standard C++ content has very much been added as an afterthought, with little or no reflection upon the rest of the book. So many books suffer from this lack of exertion on the part of the author, that these books end up being very unhelpful to someone learning modern C++

C++ really took a whole new direction since the Standard was finalised, and any book which has ignored the progress made by the ISO committee really isn't worth buying for someone who is new to C++.
The comparitively small number of books (sic*) which do follow the direction of C++ are generally found reviewed and rated "Recommended" or "Highly Recommended" at the ACCU website.


*Compared with the vast number of truly awful ones