List of booksellers' abbreviations
This is a list of abbreviations commonly used by booksellers.
- ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
- AEG: All Edges Gilt
- ALS: Autographed Letter Signed
- ARC: Advance Readers Copy
- BCE: Book Club Edition
- BDS: Boards
- BOMC: Book-of-the-Month Club
- BPT: Bumped
- C.: Small c. before date, meaning circa; around/about (referring to date)
- CR or CPR or ©: Copyright
- CWO: Check or cash with order
- DEC: Decorated
- DJ: Dust jacket
- DS: Document signed
- DW: Dustwrapper (same as dust jacket, or book jacket)
- ED: Edition or Editor
- EP: Endpaper
- EX LIB: Ex-Library copy
- EX LIBRIS: From the library of, referring to previous owner—often found on bookplates
- F: Fine
- FFEP: Front free endpaper
- FL: Flyleaf
- FRONTIS: Frontispiece
- G: Good
- HC: Hardcover
- IL or ILLUS: Illustrated
- IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
- LITHO: Lithograph
- LTD ED: Limited Edition
- ND or n-d: No Date
- NP or n-pl: No Place
- NYR or NYP: Not Yet Released or Not Yet Published
- OSI: Out of Stock Indefinitely
- OP or OOP: Out-of-Print
- POI: Prior Owner Inscription
- POS: Publisher Out of Stock
- PP: Pages; p (and then the number) for page; /pp for printed pages – to
- PPB or PB: Paperback
- PPD: Postpaid
- PR: Printing
- PSEUD: Pseudonym
- PUB: Published/publisher
- RFEP: Rear free endpaper
- RET: Returnable
- SLC or SC: Slipcase
- SGD: Signed
- SP: Spelling
- TEG: Top Edge Gilt
- TLS: Typed letter signed
- TP: Title Page
- V. or VOL or VOLS: Volume/Volumes
- VG: Very Good
- WAF: With All Faults
- W/O: Without
See also
References
- Prytherch, Ray (2000). Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and reference book. -9th ed. Gower Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 0-566-08018-4
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