Green's Dictionary of Slang

[Victor Steinbok]

  On 9/23/2010 1:09 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
> £130 from amazon.co.uk here, though the price on the publisher's site may be
> closer to the $450 quoted by Michael above.  24th September is probably
> optimistic -- originally amazon were flagging it (when I preordered it) as
> out on the 21st, but now they're saying "expected to be sent on the 29th
> September."

AmazonUS still has no internal record. There is an Out Of Print entry
claiming the publication date of Sept 24, 2009 with the picture of the
Chambers copy. There is no question that this is the same publication,
just a screwed up record.

AmazonUK still has a pre-pub order with price guarantee of £130.
(presumably to change any day now)

> Mind you, online would be cherry on the cake for Jonathan Green's new
> [cited] historical dictionary of slang [and cant].  How will it be
> acronymed?  GDS? DHS? HDS

Given the title and the fact that the volumes are physically green, GDS
or GDOS seem most natural.  "Historical" does not appear in the main title.

     VS-)

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