List of booksellers' abbreviations

This is a list of abbreviations commonly used by booksellers.

• ABA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association[1]
• ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America[1]
• A.e.g.: All edges gilt.[1][2]
• A.e.s.: All edges stained.[2]
• A.L.s.: Autograph letter, signed.[1]
• ARC: Advance reading copy.[2]
• BCE: Book Club edition.[2]
• Bd.: Bound.[1]
• Bdg.: Binding.[1][2]
• Bds.: Boards.[1]
• B.e.p.: Back endpaper.
• B.f.e.p.: Back free endpaper.
• B.L.: Blackletter.[1]
• BOMC: Book-of-the-Month Club.
• c. or ca.: Circa; around/about (referring to date)[1][3]
• C. & p.: Collated and perfect.[1]
• Cf.: Calf.[1]
• Cl.: Cloth.[1]
• CR or CPR or ©: Copyright
• CWO: Check or cash with order.
• Dec.: Decorated.[1]
• D.j.: Dust jacket.[1]
• D.S.: Document signed.[3]
• DW: Dustwrapper (same as dust jacket, or book jacket)[1]
• Ed.: Edition or editor.[1][2][3]
• Endp. or e.p.: Endpaper.[1][2]
• Eng. or engr.: Engraved(ing).[1]
• Ex-lib: Ex-Library copy, a book once held in library.[1][2] Not to be confused with Ex Libris.
• Ex Libris: From the library of, referring to previous owner—often found on bookplates.[2]
• F: Fine condition.
• Facs.: Facsimile.[1]
• F.e.p.: Front endpaper.[2]
• F.f.e.p.: Front free endpaper.[2]
• FL: Flyleaf
• Frontis. or front. or fp.: Frontispiece.[1][2][3]
• G: Good condition.
• G. or gt.: Gilt.[1]
• G.e.: Gilt edges.[1]
• HC/HCV: Hardcover.
• Hf. bd.: Half bound.[1]
• Illus. or ills. or ill.: Illustrated.[1][2][3]
• IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
• Litho: Lithograph.[3]
• Ltd. Ed.: Limited Edition.[2]
• M.e.: Marbled edges.[1]
• Mco., mor.: Morocco leather.[1]
• MS(S). Manuscript(s).[1][3]
• N.d.: No date.[1][2][3]
• NF: Near Fine condition.
• N.p.: No place, publisher, or printer.[1][2][3]
• 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.[1][3]
• P.b. or p.p.b.: Paperback.[2]
• P.c.: price clipped (of the jacket).[2]
• Pl(s).: Plate(s).[1]
• P.P.: Privately printed.[1][3]
• pp: Pages; p (and then the number) for page; pp for plural pages.[3]
• PPD: Postpaid.
• Pr.: Printing.
• Pseud.: Pseudonym.[1]
• Pub(d).: Publisher/published.[1]
• REP: Rear endpaper.[2]
• RFEP: Rear free endpaper.[2]
• RET: Returnable
• SLC or SC: Slipcase
• SGD: Signed
• T.e.g.: Top edge gilt.[1][2][3]
• T.L.s.: Typed letter, signed.[1]
• T.p.: Title-page.[1][2]
• TS.: Typescript.[1]
• Vol. or vols.: Volume/volumes.[1][2]
• VG: Very Good condition.
• W.a.f.: With all faults.[1][3]