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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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