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Book Description Abbreviations
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
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What is a First Edition ?
Condition can be in the eye of the beholder to some extent, but the following terms are often employed on a relative quality scale from best to worst:
M Mint, F/NF Fine/Near Fine, VG Very Good, G Good, Fr Fair, P Poor, Reading Copy Only
Other terms and abbreviations include:
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A AEG All edges gilt
B BCE Book Club Ed
BD Bound
Bdg Binding
Bds Boards
BOMC Book of the Month Club
C Cf Calf
Cl Cloth
Cont Contemporary
Cr 8vo Crown Octavo
D DJ Dust Jacket
DW dust wrapper
E Ed Edition/editor
Endp Endpaper
Ep/s Endpaper/s
Engr Engraving
Ex-lib Ex-library
F Facs Facsimile
Fcp Foolscap
ffep front free ep
Fp Frontispiece
G Gt Gilt
H HB Hardback
HC Hardcover
Hf Half
I Imp Imperial
Impr Impression
Impft Imperfect
Inscr Inscribed
L Lge Large
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M Mco Morocco
Mor Morocco
MS Manuscript
N Nd No date
O Ob Oblong
Oct Octavo
OP Out of print
Or Original
P P,pp Pages(s)
PB/pbk Paperback
Pl(s) Plates
PO Previous owner
PON Prev. owner name
Port Portrait
Pseud Pseudonym
Pt Part
Ptd Printed
Pub Published
Q Qto Quarto
R Rev Signed
S SC Softcover (pbk)
Sm Small
T TEG Top edge gilt
Thk Thick
TL Typed letter
TP Title page
U Unb Unbound
V Vol Volume
W WAF With all faults
Wraps Wrappers i.e paperback
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"First edition" refers to the first impression of the first edition in the country of origin of the dealer eg. a book may have been published first in the UK but a US dealer will refer to their own country's first and the other as "first UK ed." The term "trade" (ed./pbk) usually refers to a book intended for conventional sale through bookshops rather than via mail order or book club or some other specially printed edition.
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