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List of booksellers' abbreviations
Summary
This is a
list of abbreviations commonly used by
booksellers
.
ABA:
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
[1]
ABAA:
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
[1]
A.e.g.: All edges gilt.
[1]
[2]
A.e.s.: All edges stained.
[2]
A.L.s.: Autograph letter, signed.
[1]
ARC:
Advance reading copy
.
[2]
BCE: Book Club edition.
[2]
Bd.: Bound.
[1]
Bdg.: Binding.
[1]
[2]
Bds.: Boards.
[1]
B.e.p.:
Back endpaper
.
B.f.e.p.:
Back free endpaper
.
B.L.:
Blackletter
.
[1]
BOMC:
Book-of-the-Month Club
.
c.
or
ca.: Circa; around/about (referring to date)
[1]
[3]
C. & p.: Collated and perfect.
[1]
Cf.:
Calf
.
[1]
Cl.: Cloth.
[1]
CR
or
CPR
or
©: Copyright
CWO: Check or cash with order.
Dec.: Decorated.
[1]
D.j.: Dust jacket.
[1]
D.S.: Document signed.
[3]
DW: Dustwrapper (same as dust jacket, or book jacket)
[1]
Ed.: Edition or editor.
[1]
[2]
[3]
Endp. or e.p.:
Endpaper
.
[1]
[2]
Eng.
or
engr.: Engraved(ing).
[1]
Ex-lib: Ex-Library copy, a book once held in library.
[1]
[2]
Not to be confused with Ex Libris.
Ex Libris: From the library of, referring to previous owner—often found on
bookplates
.
[2]
F: Fine condition.
Facs.:
Facsimile
.
[1]
F.e.p.:
Front endpaper
.
[2]
F.f.e.p.:
Front free endpaper
.
[2]
FL: Flyleaf
Frontis. or front. or fp.:
Frontispiece
.
[1]
[2]
[3]
G: Good condition.
G.
or
gt.: Gilt.
[1]
G.e.: Gilt edges.
[1]
HC/HCV: Hardcover.
Hf. bd.: Half bound.
[1]
Illus.
or
ills.
or
ill.: Illustrated.
[1]
[2]
[3]
IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
Litho:
Lithograph
.
[3]
Ltd. Ed.: Limited Edition.
[2]
M.e.: Marbled edges.
[1]
Mco., mor.:
Morocco leather
.
[1]
MS(S). Manuscript(s).
[1]
[3]
N.d.: No date.
[1]
[2]
[3]
NF: Near Fine condition.
N.p.: No place, publisher, or printer.
[1]
[2]
[3]
N.p.c.: not price clipped (of the jacket).
NYR
or
NYP: Not Yet Released or Not Yet Published
OSI: Out of Stock Indefinitely
O.p.: Out-of-Print.
[1]
[3]
P.b.
or
p.p.b.: Paperback.
[2]
P.c.: price clipped (of the jacket).
[2]
Pl(s).: Plate(s).
[1]
P.P.: Privately printed.
[1]
[3]
pp: Pages; p (and then the number) for page; pp for plural pages.
[3]
PPD: Postpaid.
Pr.: Printing.
Pseud.:
Pseudonym
.
[1]
Pub(d).: Publisher/published.
[1]
REP:
Rear endpaper
.
[2]
RFEP:
Rear free endpaper
.
[2]
RET: Returnable
SLC or SC: Slipcase
SGD: Signed
T.e.g.: Top edge gilt.
[1]
[2]
[3]
T.L.s.: Typed letter, signed.
[1]
T.p.:
Title-page
.
[1]
[2]
TS.:
Typescript
.
[1]
Vol.
or
vols.: Volume/volumes.
[1]
[2]
VG: Very Good condition.
W.a.f.: With all faults.
[1]
[3]
See also
edit
Book size
List of used book conditions
References
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Carter, John (1991).
ABC for Book-Collectors
(5th, Revised ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 13–16.
ISBN
0394414039
.
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"Glossary of book terms".
AbeBooks
. Retrieved
2022-12-02
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Prytherch, Ray, ed. (2005).
Harrod's Librarian's Glossary and Reference Book
(PDF)
(10th ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate.
ISBN
978-1-4094-0124-7
.