Book Abbreviation
ABA -- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
ABAA -- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
ABPC -- American Book-prices Current
A.D. -- Autograph Document
A.D.s. -- Autograph Document Signed
Ads., advts. -- Advertisements
A.E.G. -- All Edges Gilt
A.L. -- Autograph Letter, not signed
A.L.s. -- Autograph Letter, signed
A.M.s. -- Autograph Manuscript, signed
A.N.s. -- Autograph Note, signed
auth. -- Author
BAR -- Book Auction
Records
lea. -- leather
bce -- book club
edition
lge -- large
bd. --
bound
lf. -- lear
bdg. --
binding
lith. -- lithograph
bds. --
boards
ltd. -- limited
bk(s) -- book(s)
bkpl --
bookplate
mag -- magazine
bkstrp -- backstrip
Mco, mor --Morocco
BMC -- British Museum
Catalogue
M.E. -- Marbled Edges
BPC -- Book Prices
Current
MS -- Manuscript
brk --
broken
mssg. -- missing
buck -- buckram
C., ca.--
Circa
n.d. -- no date
Cat. --
Catalogue
N.F. -- Near Fine
Cent. --
Century
N.p. -- No place, publisher or printer
Cf. -- Calf
chp --
Chipped
ob. -- oblong
cl. --
cloth
Oct. -- Octavo
col. --
color
OED -- Oxford English Dictionary
cont. --
contemporary
o.p. -- out of print
cpy --
copy
or., orig -- original
cv -- cover
dec. --
decorated
pamph -- pamphlet
doc. --
document
photo -- photograph
dj, dw -- dustjacket, dustwrapper p., pp -- page
pict. -- pitorial
ea. --
each
P.P. -- Printed
Privately
ed. -- edition, editor,
edited
pref. -- preface
edn. --
edition
prev. -- previous
endp., e.p. -- endpaper(s)
pseud. -- pseudonym
eng., engr -- Engraved, engraving pt. -- part
Engl. --
English
ptd. -- printed
ex-lib, x-lib --
ex-library
pub(d) -- publish(ed)
f. --
Fine
Q -- Quotation
facs. --
facsimile
Qto -- Quarto
F., ff -- Folio, folios
Fo. -- Folio, as pertaining to book size reprd -- repaired
fp, frontis --
frontispiece
rev. -- revised
fwd -- foreward
fx. -- foxed or
foxing
sc -- softcover
sgd. -- signed
g. --
Good
sig. -- signature
G., gt --
Gilt
slpcs -- slipcase
sl. -- slight
hc. --
hardcover
sm. -- small
Hf. --
half
sp. -- spine
hf. bd. -- half
bound
sq. -- square
hndbk --
handbook
swd. -- sewed
hng. -- hinge
ILAB -- International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Ill., Ills -- Illustrated,
illustrations
T.E.G. -- Top Edges Gilt
impft. --
imperfect
tp -- title page
inscr. -- inscribed,
Inscription
TS -- Typescript
introd. --
introduction
ital. -- italic
letter
unb., unbd. -- Unbound
v.g. -- very good
vo(s) -- volume(s)
w/o -- without
wraps -- wrappers
wt. -- weight
yr. -- year
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