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This is a list of abbreviations commonly used by booksellers.

• ABA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
• ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
• A.e.g.: All edges gilt.
• A.e.s.: All edges stained.
• A.L.s.: Autograph letter, signed.
• ARC: Advance reading copy.
• BCE: Book Club edition.
• Bd.: Bound.
• Bdg.: Binding.
• Bds.: Boards.
• B.e.p.: Back endpaper.
• B.f.e.p.: Back free endpaper.
• B.L.: Blackletter.
• BOMC: Book-of-the-Month Club.
• c. or ca.: Circa; around/about (referring to date)
• C. & p.: Collated and perfect.
• Cf.: Calf.
• Cl.: Cloth.
• CR or CPR or ©: Copyright
• CWO: Check or cash with order.
• Dec.: Decorated.
• D.j.: Dust jacket.
• D.S.: Document signed.
• DW: Dustwrapper (same as dust jacket, or book jacket)
• Ed.: Edition or editor.
• Endp. or e.p.: Endpaper.
• Eng. or engr.: Engraved(ing).
• Ex-lib: Ex-Library copy, a book once held in library. Not to be confused with Ex Libris.
• Ex Libris: From the library of, referring to previous owner—often found on bookplates.
• F: Fine condition.
• Facs.: Facsimile.
• F.e.p.: Front endpaper.
• F.f.e.p.: Front free endpaper.
• FL: Flyleaf
• Frontis. or front. or fp.: Frontispiece.
• G: Good condition.
• G. or gt.: Gilt.
• G.e.: Gilt edges.
• HC/HCV: Hardcover.
• Hf. bd.: Half bound.
• Illus. or ills. or ill.: Illustrated.
• IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
• Litho: Lithograph.
• Ltd. Ed.: Limited Edition.
• M.e.: Marbled edges.
• Mco., mor.: Morocco leather.
• MS(S). Manuscript(s).
• N.d.: No date.
• NF: Near Fine condition.
• N.p.: No place, publisher, or printer.
• 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.
• P.b. or p.p.b.: Paperback.
• P.c.: price clipped (of the jacket).
• Pl(s).: Plate(s).
• P.P.: Privately printed.
• pp: Pages; p (and then the number) for page; pp for plural pages.
• PPD: Postpaid.
• Pr.: Printing.
• Pseud.: Pseudonym.
• Pub(d).: Publisher/published.
• REP: Rear endpaper.
• RFEP: Rear free endpaper.
• RET: Returnable
• SLC or SC: Slipcase
• SGD: Signed
• T.e.g.: Top edge gilt.
• T.L.s.: Typed letter, signed.
• T.p.: Title-page.
• TS.: Typescript.
• Vol. or vols.: Volume/volumes.
• VG: Very Good condition.
• W.a.f.: With all faults.

See also

• Book size
• List of used book conditions

References

1. ^ Carter, John (1991). ABC for Book-Collectors (5th, Revised ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0394414039.
2. ^ "Glossary of book terms". AbeBooks. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
3. ^ Prytherch, Ray, ed. (2005). Harrod's Librarian's Glossary and Reference Book (PDF) (10th ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-0124-7.

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