The New International Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language

The New International Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition. 1070 pages. Hardback without jacket system. Copyright 2002 Typhoon International. Copyright under the Universal Copyright Convention: the International Copyright Union; Pan-American Conventions of Montevideo, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Havana. Published by Trident Press International. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN 1582794499 (Standard). * Over 85,000 Entries * Grammar & Usage Handbook * 970 Illustrations, Maps & Charts * Foreign Words & Phrases. "DICTIONARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE": Albert H. Marckwardt (Chairman) Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics, Princeton University. Harold B. Allen, Professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics, University of Minnesota. S. I. Hayakawa, President Emeritus, San Francisco State University. Rudolph C. Troike, Director, Center for Applied Linguistics. H. Rex Wilson, Associate Professor of English (Linguistics), University of Western Ontario. "EDITORIAL STAFF": Editor In Chief Sidney I. Landau. Managing Editor Ronald J. Bogus. Editors Sheila C. Brantley, Samuel Davis, Barbara Nolan, Kathleen D. Shafer. Contributing Editors Myrna Breskin, Olga Coren, Helene MacLean, Harold A. Rodgers, Karin Whiteley. Clerical Assistants Lurlene Scott, Lynn Tricarico, Martha Adams. Art Director Marian Hurd Manfredi. Cartographer Rafael Palacios. Artists Robert Byrd, Kiyoshi Kanai, Mary Suzuki, Jean Taylor. SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT is greatefully made of the contributions of Diana Klemin, Associate Art Director of Doubleday & Company, Inc., in acquiring new illustrations for this work. (from book)