Black's Law Dictionary: Deluxe Thumb-Index (Black's Law Dictionary) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bryan A. Garner
Publisher: West Group Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $108.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 28756
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8 Dlx Thm
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1810
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.5
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.8 x 2.6
ISBN: 0314152342
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.03
EAN: 9780314152343
ASIN: 0314152342
Publication Date: July 30, 2004
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Book Description
This deluxe edition has more than 43,000 definitions, plus almost 3,000 quotations. Alternative spellings or equivalent terms and expressions are provided for more than 5,300 terms and senses, serving a thesaurus-like function. The extensive appendix on legal abbreviations is a major addition. It's the first time such a comprehensive guide has been included in a modern law dictionary, and is an invaluable aid to the legal researcher.
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 excellent resource for law students January 23, 2008
This book is great for students studying law. I recently bought it for my boyfriend and he absolutely loved it. I highly recommend this book. Pay the extra money for the deluxe edition, the hard cover and the thumb-index are well worth the money.
Black's Law Dictionary July 10, 2006
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Nice Look; Very Useful June 24, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this dictionary along with the pocket version for school. Although I do agree with the prior rating that the cover could be slightly nicer, I am happy with my purchase. My cover has not scratched nor bent. I find the tabs very helpful.
The book looks very nice on my bookshelf, and the other hardbacks that I have viewed are not much cheaper. If you are looking to save money, buy the pocket edition. But, if you are going to spend the money for a hardback, I would suggest something that is not only useful but looks nice as well.
 Not all that deluxe December 17, 2004
85 out of 88 found this review helpful
I have to preface my review with a caveat: Black's is indispensible and if you're reading this, you need it. Also, I haven't looked through it extensively and so don't purport to rate this edition over the last one, just this deluxe version.
Having said that, I can't recommend this particular version with cheap-ish vinyl/leatherette cover and thumb indexing.
I just bought this deluxe version a few days ago for my sister who is going to enter law school in the fall. I decided that though the regular 7th version has served me well, she deserves the best. While this is surely the best, it is certainly not worth $40+ more than the regular version.
I feel like this $100 book will look like a pretty weak stand-alone present for her now that I've taken a close look at it; it's just a little underwhelming.
The cover, whatever it is, looks a little cheap and scratches and indents very easily. It already looks used and did not come sealed.
The binding and overall workmanship seems to be on par with the regular edition I looked at (and the one I own), which is to say mediocre.
The thumb indexing is a plus, and I guess that some people could desire that option enough to warrant the higher price.
Also, the paper is of noticeably higher quality, more like a nice library quality Webster's than a regular book. But I never noticed that the paper in my previous edition was lacking until Barrister Books told me.
The only other noteworthy thing about this particular version is the double take the cashier did when the price came up.
Really, I don't think you can justify that jump in price, if they could do something special for an additional $40-50 (i.e. leather, better binding, jewel encrusted carrying case) it would be worth looking into. There is a deluxe edition in a slipcase for $30 more, but there is no picture of it online and my school's bookstore didn't stock it and I'm sure it is the same book otherwise.
Al in all, a great reference with a marginal upgrade.
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