ACRONYMS, INITIALISMS & ABBREVIATIONS DICTIONARY: Three Volume Set--Vol. 1, Part 1: A-F; Vol. 1, Part 2: G-0; Vol. 1, Part 3: P-Z/A Guide to Acronyms, Abbreviations, Contractions, Alphabetic Symbols, and Similar Condensed Appellations

Bonk, Mary Rose (Editor)/Carlton, Reginald; Carson, Thomas; Dear, Pamela; Merta, Matt; Raffaelle, Gerda-Ann; Reade, Michael (Associate Editors)

ISBN 10: 0810322196 / ISBN 13: 9780810322196

Published by Gale & Polden Ltd., Detroit, MI, 1997

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Original black boards, lightly soiled. Spine ends slightly bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Vol. 1, Part 1 has a small ink stain (?) to outer margin. Otherwise, contents nice.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ACRONYMS, INITIALISMS & ABBREVIATIONS DICTIONARY: Three Volume Set--Vol. 1, Part 1: A-F; Vol. 1, Part 2: G-0; Vol. 1, Part 3: P-Z/A Guide to Acronyms, Abbreviations, Contractions, Alphabetic Symbols, and Similar Condensed Appellations
• Publisher: Gale & Polden Ltd., Detroit, MI
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810322196
• ISBN 13: 9780810322196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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Synopsis

The ultimate authority on alphabet soup. Cited in BCL3 , Sheehy , and every competent bibliography on the topic. Volumes 2 & 3 cover "New acronyms ..." & "Reverse Acronyms." Beware the BiP PLUS data: this ISBN is priced at "$28.00", and under a fanciful ISBNumber, one can find it at $335.00. Here are some 18,000 new entries bringing the work to a total of 64,000. With such growth and no attrition (any entry of any age may be needed to interpret a reference of that time) the obvious choice is, or soon will be, the electronic version; Gale offers both magnetic tape and disk (800-877-4253). Whatever the medium every collection needs access to data in such diverse fields as atomic physics and New Age, politics and virtue. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.