TERMS: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A.D.: Autograph document
A.D.s.: Autograph document, signed
Ads, adverts: Advertisements
A.E.G.: All Edges Gilt
A.L.: Autograph letter
A.L.s.: Autograph letter, signed
A.M.s.: Autograph manuscript, signed
auth: author
B:bce: book club edition
bd.: bound
bdg.: binding
bk: book
bks: books
bkpl: bookplate
bkstrp: backstrip
BMC: British Museum Catalog
brk/brok: broken
buck: buckram
C:C. & p.: Collated and perfect
ca.: circa, approximately
cat: catalog
CBEL: Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
chip/chp: chipped
cl: cloth
col: color
conts: contents
cpy: copy
cv: cover
D:DAB: Dictionary of American Biography
dec/decor: decorated, decoration
dict: dictionary
disb: disbound
dj: dustjacket
DNB: Dictionary of National Biography (British)
doc.: document
dw: dustwrapper
E:ea: each
ed: editor
edn: edition
Eng./Engl.: English
eng./engr.: engraved
ex-lib/x-lib: ex-library
ep: endpaper
F:F./ff.: Folio, folios (leaves)
facs: facsimile
f/o: fold out
front: rontispiece
fwd: foreword
fx: foxing (also foxed)
G:grn: green
hc: hardcover
H:hf.: half (as in half sheets)
hist: history
hndbk: handbook
hng: hinge
I:ill/illus: illustrated, illustration<
Imp.: Imperial
impft: imperfect
ins: inside
inscr: inscribed
intro.: introduction
Ital.: italic letter
J:...
K:...
L:lea.: leather
lf: leaf
lge.: large
lith: lithograph
L.p.: large paper
LS: letter, signed
ltd: limited
M:mag: magazine
M.e.: marbled edges
Ms/Mss: manuscript(s)
mssg: missing
mrbld: marbled
N:N.d.: no date
N.F.: Near Fine
N.p.: no place
N.s.: Note, signed
N.V.G: .: Near Very Good
O:Ob./obl.: oblong
oct: octavo
OED: Oxford English Dictionary
op: out-of-print
orig.: original
o/w: otherwise
pamph: pamphlet
P:pb: paperback
pc: price clipped
P./pp.: page, pages
pg: page
photo: photograph
pict: pictorial
Pl, pls: plate, plates
po: previous owner
pol.: polished
port: portrait
p., pp.: page, pages
prc clpd: price clipped (from dustjacket)
pref: preface
prelims: preliminary leaves
pres: presentation copy
prev: previous
priv prntd: privately printed
pseud: pseudonym(ous)
pt.: part
pub: published or publisher
Q:...
R:rbkd: rebacked
reprd: repaired
rev: revised
S:sc: soft cover
sgd: signed
sig: signature
slpcs: slipcase
sl: slight
sm: small
sp: spine
sq: square
STC: Short-Title Catalog
stns: stains
swd: sewed
T:T.E.G: top edges gilt
T.L.s: Typed letter, signed
tp: title page
trans: translator
TS: typescript
U:unb/unbd: unbound
V:vd/vy: various dates, various years
vol/vols: volume(s)
W:w.a.f: .:with all faults
w/: with
w/o: without
wn: worn
wr: wear
wrap(s): wrappers, paperback
wt: weight
X:...
Y:yr: year
Z:...