title: List of booksellers' abbreviations
text: # 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.
  