List of booksellers' abbreviations
# 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.
