List of booksellers' abbreviations

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.