The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

Aluminum Book
 n.

    [MIT] Common LISP: The Language, by Guy L. Steele Jr. (Digital Press, first
    edition 1984, second edition 1990). Note that due to a technical screwup
    some printings of the second edition are actually of a color the author
    describes succinctly as ?yucky green?. See also book titles.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Aluminum Book
CLtL2

   

   ["Common LISP: The Language, 2nd Edition", Guy L. Steele
   Jr., Digital Press 1990, ISBN 1-55558-041-6].

   Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second
   edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green".

   On-line version
   (http://cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/cltl2.html).

   See also book titles.

   [Jargon File]

   (1997-06-25)