Glossary of book terms

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Don't let the jargon get in the way of finding and buying books.</h2> <div class="Page-content" data-modulewell><div class="DirectoryList"> <div class="DirectoryList-jumplinks"> <a class="Link" href="#A" data-cms-ai="0">A</a> <a class="Link" href="#B" data-cms-ai="0">B</a> <a class="Link" href="#C" data-cms-ai="0">C</a> <a class="Link" href="#D" data-cms-ai="0">D</a> <a class="Link" href="#E" data-cms-ai="0">E</a> <a class="Link" href="#F" data-cms-ai="0">F</a> <a class="Link" href="#G" data-cms-ai="0">G</a> <a class="Link" href="#H" data-cms-ai="0">H</a> <a class="Link" href="#I" data-cms-ai="0">I</a> <a class="Link" href="#J" data-cms-ai="0">J</a> <a class="Link" href="#L" data-cms-ai="0">L</a> <a class="Link" href="#M" data-cms-ai="0">M</a> <a class="Link" href="#N" data-cms-ai="0">N</a> <a class="Link" href="#O" data-cms-ai="0">O</a> <a class="Link" href="#P" data-cms-ai="0">P</a> <a class="Link" href="#Q" data-cms-ai="0">Q</a> <a class="Link" href="#R" data-cms-ai="0">R</a> <a class="Link" href="#S" data-cms-ai="0">S</a> <a class="Link" href="#T" data-cms-ai="0">T</a> <a class="Link" href="#U" data-cms-ai="0">U</a> <a class="Link" href="#V" data-cms-ai="0">V</a> <a class="Link" href="#W" data-cms-ai="0">W</a> <a class="Link" href="#Y" data-cms-ai="0">Y</a> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups"> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="A"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">A</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=advance-reading-copy-arc> <span class="Link ">Advance Reading Copy (ARC)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A copy for reviewers and/or booksellers, usually bound in paperwraps and usually with either the finished cover art or possibly trial cover art. Generally, this copy is as it will appear in the bookstores and differs from the Uncorrected Proof. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/advance-reading-copy/" data-cms-ai="0">Find advance reader copies</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=advertisements-ads-advts-adverts> <span class="Link ">Advertisements (ads, advts, adverts)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Advertisements placed in the binding of the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=all-edges-gilt-aeg> <span class="Link ">All Edges Gilt (A.E.G.)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The top, fore-edge and foot of the book are colored in gold. See <a class="Link " href="#gilt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Gilt Edges</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=all-edges-stained-aes> <span class="Link ">All Edges Stained (A.E.S.)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The top, fore-edge and foot of the book are colored with a decorative stain.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=antiquarian-books> <span class="Link ">Antiquarian Books</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A loose term implying collectible books rather than used books. Refers to old, rare, and <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/docs/community/featured/out-of-print.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">out-of-print books</a>. Some sellers say antiquarian books are published before 1900. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=apocryphal> <span class="Link ">Apocryphal</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A work whose authenticity or authorship is in doubt.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=appendix> <span class="Link ">Appendix</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Additional or supplementary material generally found at the end of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=as-issued> <span class="Link ">As Issued</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term indicating a given book is in the same condition as when originally published.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=association-copy> <span class="Link ">Association Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that belonged to or was annotated by the author, someone close to the author, a famous or noteworthy person, or someone especially associated with the content of the work. Should have documentary evidence of its association, such as the author's bookplate. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&n=100121503&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=20&tn=%22Association+Copy%22&xpod=off&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics&rollup=on&xdesc=off" data-cms-ai="0">Find association copies</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=as-new> <span class="Link ">As New</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The book is in the exact condition as when it left the print shop. <a class="Link " href="#mint" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>See Mint</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=as-usual> <span class="Link ">As Usual</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A favorite term to describe defects that probably occur only on copies of the book the particular dealer often handles, such as "lacks endpapers, as usual".</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=audio-book> <span class="Link ">Audio Book</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A cassette, LP, CD, audio file or other recording of a voice actor reading the text of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=autograph-letter-al> <span class="Link ">Autograph Letter (al)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A handwritten letter.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=autograph-letter-signed-als> <span class="Link ">Autograph Letter, Signed (als)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A handwritten letter signed by the writer.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=autograph-manuscript-signed-ams> <span class="Link ">Autograph Manuscript, Signed (ams)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A manuscript handwritten by the author.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="B"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">B</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=backstrip> <span class="Link ">Backstrip</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The covering on the book's spine.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bastard-title> <span class="Link ">Bastard Title</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The page carrying nothing but the title of the book, usually preceding the title page. Also known as: Mock Title, Fly title, half-title.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=biblio> <span class="Link ">Biblio</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>From the Greek; signifying or pertaining to books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=biblioclast> <span class="Link ">Biblioclast</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A destroyer of books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliognost> <span class="Link ">Bibliognost</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Having a deep knowledge of books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliography-bibl> <span class="Link ">Bibliography (bibl)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A systematic list of books and other works that pertain to a certain subject. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/bibliography/" data-cms-ai="0">Find bibliographies</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=biblioklept> <span class="Link ">Biblioklept</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book thief.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliomaniac> <span class="Link ">Bibliomaniac</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A bibliophile in whom the love of books has become an obsession; includes many bookdealers and certain collectors.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliophile> <span class="Link ">Bibliophile</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A lover of books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliophobia> <span class="Link ">Bibliophobia</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A fear of books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bibliopole> <span class="Link ">Bibliopole</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A dealer of rare books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=binding-bdg> <span class="Link ">Binding (bdg)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The cover of the book surrounding the book block. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/understanding-bindings.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Learn more about book bindings.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=binding-copy> <span class="Link ">Binding Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that needs to be rebound and is worth rebinding. In a copy like this the leaves are intact and the book block itself is still square but the binding may be in tatters.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=blindstamping> <span class="Link ">Blind-stamping</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An impressed mark, decoration, or lettering, not colored or gilded, usually appearing on the binding. One way that the Book Clubs have marked their editions when they are otherwise identical to trade editions is to use a small square, round or sometimes leaf-shaped blind stamp in the bottom right corner of the rear board.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=block-books> <span class="Link ">Block Books</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Books made around the mid-1400s in Germany and the Netherlands in which pictures and explanatory text were printed from woodblocks; not to be confused with a "Book Block".</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=blurb> <span class="Link ">Blurb</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A comment from a review (often by another author praising the particular book) printed on the dust wrapper or covers of a proof copy, or on a wrap-around band.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=boards-bds> <span class="Link ">Boards (bds)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The stiff binding material for most modern books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=book-block> <span class="Link ">Book Block</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that has been printed, folded, gathered and sewn, but not yet bound; not to be confused with "Block Books". See <a class="Link " href="#textblock" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Text-block</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=book-club-edition-bc-bce> <span class="Link ">Book Club Edition (bc, bce)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A separate edition of a book usually printed especially for a book club such as "The Book of the Month Club" or "The Literary Guild." These copies will usually have the words "Book Club Edition" printed on the bottom right corner of the front flap of the dust wrapper. Occasionally, if the book club does not wish to do a separate edition they will have a publisher <a class="Link " href="#blind" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">blind stamp</a> on the rear board and print a supply of dust wrappers without a price on the front flap and now without the bar code on the rear panel. Book Clubs are not solely an American phenomenon as there have been numerous British Book Clubs over the years. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&kn=%22Book+Club+Edition%22&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&xpod=off&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics&rollup=on&xdesc=off" data-cms-ai="0">Find book club editions.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=book-label> <span class="Link ">Book Label</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A label indicating the ownership of a book. Generally smaller than a <a class="Link " href="#bookplate" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>bookplate</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bookplate-bkpl> <span class="Link ">Bookplate (bkpl)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A pasted-in sign of ownership. Modern bookplates are pressure sensitive (peel-and-stick) as opposed to the older bookplates that were made with water-activated adhesive (lick-and-stick). Some bookplates from the 19th century were quite elaborate with engravings.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/7khICi5xgbM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Bookplate Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bound> <span class="Link ">Bound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book with a cover of any type, or a periodical that has a cover other than its published wraps.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=bowed> <span class="Link ">Bowed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A condition of the covers or boards of a hardcover book. Bowed covers may turn inward toward the leaves or outward away from the leaves. The condition generally results from a rapid change in the level of moisture in the air and is caused by different rates of expansion or contraction of the paste-down and the outer material covering the board.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=breaker> <span class="Link ">Breaker</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A person who breaks up books to sell the plates separately, or the book itself when the covers are so bad that it either has to be rebound or broken up.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=broadside> <span class="Link ">Broadside</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A single sheet of paper usually printed on one side only.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=buckram> <span class="Link ">Buckram</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="C"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">C</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cancel> <span class="Link ">Cancel</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A tipped-in (i.e., pasted in) page to replace a page removed after a book has been bound.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=casebound> <span class="Link ">Case-Bound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A case-bound book is a hardcover book where the boards have been covered before being adjoined with the text block as opposed to afterwards; which is defined as bound.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=chapbook> <span class="Link ">Chapbook</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A cheaply printed book sold by street vendors in the 18th and 19th centuries.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=chipped> <span class="Link ">Chipped</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Used to describe where small pieces are missing or where fraying has occurred on a dust jacket or the edge of a paperback.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cloth> <span class="Link ">Cloth</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A cloth-bound book. The covering can be linen, <a class="Link " href="#buckram" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>buckram</dfn></a> or another textile.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cocked> <span class="Link ">Cocked</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Also shelf-cocked. A condition resulting from storing a book on a shelf so that it leans and rests against its neighbor or the side of a bookcase. Gravity deforms the book binding. Cocked also refers to a book where the spine no longer remains at right angles to the covers.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=codex> <span class="Link ">Codex</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The gathering of leaves of paper, parchment or  other similar material; or a book by another name.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=collation> <span class="Link ">Collation</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Technically, the examination and notation of the physical make-up of a book. By checking for the presence of every leaf or page originally in the volume when issued, a book may be collated as complete.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=colophon> <span class="Link ">Colophon</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An identifying inscription or emblem from the printer or publisher appearing at the end of a book. Also the emblem at the bottom of the spine on both the book and dust wrapper as well as a logo on the title or copyright page.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=comb-binding> <span class="Link ">Comb Binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book binding similar to a spiral binding but using a round tubular plastic piece with many teeth which fit through small rectangular holes punched into the binding edge of the book. The plastic piece, if laid flat, would resemble a comb.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=conjugate-leaf> <span class="Link ">Conjugate Leaf</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The un-severed second half of a printed page.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=contemporary> <span class="Link ">Contemporary</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Refers to the time at which an action happened to the book in relation to its printing. For instance, a contemporary binding is a book that has been re-bound shortly after being published.  A contemporary inscription would have been signed and dated in the year of publication.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=corners> <span class="Link ">Corners</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The right angles on the unbound edges of the front and back covers of a hardcover book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cosway-bindings> <span class="Link ">Cosway Bindings</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p><a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/cosway-bindings" data-cms-ai="0">Cosway Bindings</a> are beautiful books with miniature paintings inset into fine leather bindings. They are named after miniaturist portrait painter Richard Cosway. Bookselling firm Sotheran's invented the concept with Miss C.B. Currie providing the art. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/rarebooks/cosway-bindings" data-cms-ai="0">Learn more about Cosway Bindings</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=covers> <span class="Link ">Covers</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The binding of the book, particularly the front and back panels.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=covers-boundin> <span class="Link ">Covers bound-in</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The original cloth covers, usually including the spine, bound into the book when a new binding is made. Normally they are mounted as pages at the end of the book. Also refers to the covers of books originally issued in boards or paper wraps, but in these cases the covers are usually bound in their proper positions.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=crease> <span class="Link ">Crease</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A permanent bend to a page or dust jacket.  Somewhat common from times when collectors used to remove the dust jacket and fold it for safe storage.  When these jackets have been resurrected, they will contain a crease.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=crown> <span class="Link ">Crown</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The very top edge of the spine.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cut> <span class="Link ">Cut</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Many modern books are smooth-trimmed after binding so that all edges are even, or flush. This is described as having been cut.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=cuts> <span class="Link ">Cuts</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Illustrations printed in the text pages are called cuts, whole page illustrations that have been printed separately are called Plates.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="D"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">D</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dampstained> <span class="Link ">Dampstained</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A light stain on the cover or on the leaves of a book caused by moisture such as a piece of food or perspiration. Generally not as severe as <a class="Link " href="#waterstain" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>waterstains</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=darkening> <span class="Link ">Darkening</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When book covers are exposed to light, the color darkens or becomes more intense. See <a class="Link " href="#fading" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Fading</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=deckle-edges> <span class="Link ">Deckle Edges</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Another term for uncut or untrimmed edges.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/Um91tmvCgC8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Deckle Edges Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=decorative-stamped-binding> <span class="Link ">Decorative Stamped Binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A highly detailed impression stamped into the cover and/or spine of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dedication-copy> <span class="Link ">Dedication Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The copy of the book inscribed by the author to the person to whom the book is dedicated.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=definitive-edition> <span class="Link ">Definitive Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The most authoritative version of a work.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dents> <span class="Link ">Dents</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Damage to the edges of the cover of hardcover books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=device> <span class="Link ">Device</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A printer's ornament. Also an insignia that is the publisher's identifying mark. Now interchangeable with <a class="Link " href="#colophon" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>colophon</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=diecut> <span class="Link ">Die-Cut</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A process where shapes are cut out of paper allowing publishers to put "windows" or change the shape of a page/book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=disbound> <span class="Link ">Disbound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>This term refers to a book or pamphlet, once bound, from which the binding has been removed.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dogeared> <span class="Link ">Dog-Eared</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Book pages that have been folded over in the corners. Some readers do this to mark their place in a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dosados> <span class="Link ">Dos-a-dos</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Two separate books bound together so that each cover represents the cover for a different title. Ace paperbacks and many science fiction books were issued this way.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dummy> <span class="Link ">Dummy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A mock-up of a book used by salesmen in the late 19th and early 20th century to show prospective buyers what the book would look like. It usually had a title page, 10 or 20 pages of text, and then blank pages to fill out the rest of the binding.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=duodecimo-12mo> <span class="Link ">DuoDecimo (12mo)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book approximately seven to eight inches tall.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Formats</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dust-jacket-dj> <span class="Link ">Dust Jacket (dj)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term synonymous with Dust Wrapper, indicating the usually decorative paper wrapper placed around a book to protect the binding. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/features/vintage-dust-jackets.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">See vintage dust jackets</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=dust-wrapper-dw> <span class="Link ">Dust Wrapper (dw)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>See <a class="Link " href="#dustjacket" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Dust Jacket</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="E"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">E</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=ebook> <span class="Link ">E-Book</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Short for Electronic Book, this is a computer file that contains the entire text of a book. There are many different types of e-book files and some can be read only with a specific e-reader (Amazon's Kindle etc) while others can be read on any computer, personal digital assistant or e-reader.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=edges> <span class="Link ">Edges</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The outer surfaces of a book's leaves.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=edgeworn> <span class="Link ">Edgeworn</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Wear along the edges of hardback book covers.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=edited-ed> <span class="Link ">Edited (ed)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Prepared for publication, a book that has been worked on by an editor.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=edition-ed> <span class="Link ">Edition (ed)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>All the copies of a book printed from the same plates or typesetting. Additions, changes and revisions are made with each new edition. Also see <a class="Link " href="#reprint" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Reprint</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=editor-ed> <span class="Link ">Editor (ed)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A person who gathers material for a book, oversees text written by others, and/or makes the text more readable.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=elephant-folio> <span class="Link ">Elephant Folio</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A large book about 23 inches tall.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Formats</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=end-papers-ep> <span class="Link ">End Papers (ep)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The sheets of paper pasted onto the inner covers, joining the book block to the covers. One side of the sheet is pasted to the inside cover, the other is left free.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=ephemera> <span class="Link ">Ephemera</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Printed or written items produced with a short intended lifetime that are now collectible. Examples include posters, postcards, tickets, maps and pamphlets.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=erosion> <span class="Link ">Erosion</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Loss of paper or cloth caused by a slow and steady wear, as opposed to a chipping or tearing.  See <a class="Link " href="#loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Loss</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=errata> <span class="Link ">Errata</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Mistakes or errors. Generally encountered in the term "errata slip," a small sheet of paper laid into a book by a publisher who discovered errors prior to publication.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=example-ex> <span class="Link ">Example (ex)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A particular copy of an edition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=exlibrary> <span class="Link ">Ex-Library</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term used to indicate a book was once in a public library. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&cm_sp=SearchF-_-Advs-_-Result&ds=30&kn=%22ex-library%22&n=100121503&recentlyadded=all&rollup=on&sortby=17&sts=t&xdesc=off&xpod=off" data-cms-ai="0">Ex-library books</a> are usually identified with one or more markings of the library such as stampings, card pockets, cataloging numbers, etc. Frequently they are marked as "discarded" or "withdrawn" when sold by a library.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/dSeUnTsvydw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Ex-Library Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=exlibris> <span class="Link ">Ex-Libris</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A bookplate printed with the owner's name or initials. Latin for "From the library of..."<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/dSeUnTsvydw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Ex-Libris Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=extra-illustrated> <span class="Link ">Extra Illustrated</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A copy of a book with additional illustrations.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="F"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">F</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=facing-page> <span class="Link ">Facing Page</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The page opposite the page being referred to.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=fading> <span class="Link ">Fading</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The color of some book covers fade or become less intense when exposed to light. See <a class="Link " href="#darkening" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Darkening</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=figured-cloth> <span class="Link ">Figured Cloth</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A cloth binding decorated with embossed patterns.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=first-amp-second-printing-before-publication> <span class="Link ">First & Second Printing before Publication</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>This indicates the publisher was successful in promoting the book and had more orders before the actual publication date than the first printing quantity would cover, therefore a second printing was ordered. Not a first edition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=first-edition> <span class="Link ">First Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Generally used by book dealers and collectors to mean the first appearance of a work in book or pamphlet form, in its first printing. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/first-printing-collectible-modern-books/first-editions.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">Search for first editions</a>.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/what_books_collect/collecting-first-editions.shtml#video" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch First Editon Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=first-separate-edition> <span class="Link ">First Separate Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The first appearance as a complete book or pamphlet of a work that has previously appeared as part of another book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=first-thus> <span class="Link ">First Thus</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Means not a first edition, but something that is new. It may be revised, have a new introduction by the author or someone else, be the first publication in paperback form, or first by another publisher.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=first-trade-edition> <span class="Link ">First Trade Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The edition produced for general commercial sale, as distinguished from a limited edition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=florilegium> <span class="Link ">Florilegium</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Direct translation from Latin is "a gathering of flowers". In the literary sense, a florilegium (plural florilegia) is a volume of writing gathered from other sources; a compilation of full pieces or passages from other works.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=flyleaf> <span class="Link ">Flyleaf</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A blank leaf, sometimes more than one, following the front free endpaper or at the end of a book where there is not sufficient text to fill out the last few pages.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=fly-title> <span class="Link ">Fly Title</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The page carrying nothing but the title of the book, usually preceding the title page.  See <a class="Link " href="#Bastard" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Bastard Title</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=folding-plates> <span class="Link ">Folding Plates</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A plate or illustration that is too big to fit into the book and therefore has been folded neatly into the book.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/ruYsROZ6FGY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Folding Plates Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=folio> <span class="Link ">Folio</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Has several meanings: (1) a leaf numbered on the front; (2) the numeral itself; and (3) a folio-sized book. <br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Formats</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=foreedge> <span class="Link ">Fore-Edge</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The front edge of the text block, which opposes the spine or bound edge.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=foreedge-painting> <span class="Link ">Fore-Edge Painting</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The front page edges of the book are bent back to expose a greater area and a watercolor painting is applied to this surface. After completion the book is closed and the painting cannot be seen. The opposite is also true. The painting is done on the edge of the pages so it can be seen when the book is closed but is not visible when the book was open.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=foxed-foxing> <span class="Link ">Foxed, Foxing</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Brown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=free-endpaper> <span class="Link ">Free Endpaper</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>(also Front Free Endpaper ffep and Rear Free Endpaper rfep) - The first or last movable leaf of paper in a book aka Front or Rear Fly; often blank.  See <a class="Link " href="#endpapers" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>End Papers</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=from-english-sheets> <span class="Link ">From English Sheets</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When the pages for an American/Canadian edition of a book that was originally published in the UK have been imported from England. (If an English book were bound with American pages, it would read "From American Sheets", etc)</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=frontis-frontispiece> <span class="Link ">Frontis, Frontispiece</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An illustration at the beginning of a book, usually facing the title page.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=front-matter> <span class="Link ">Front Matter</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The pages preceding the text of a book, in the following order:<br></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="G"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">G</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=galleys> <span class="Link ">Galleys</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Sometimes called "galley proofs" or "loose galleys" to distinguish them from bound galleys. Long sheets of paper bearing the first trial impression of the type.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=gathering> <span class="Link ">Gathering</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A group of sheets folded together for sewing or gluing into the binding.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=gauffered> <span class="Link ">Gauffered</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An 'engraved' design on the edges of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=gilt-gt> <span class="Link ">Gilt (gt)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A thin application of gold decoration or lettering has been applied. Gilt can be applied to the boards, spine, and even edges.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=gilt-edges-ge> <span class="Link ">Gilt Edges (ge)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The application of gilt to various edges on a book. The abbreviation ge means gilt edges; aeg means all edges gilt; gt means gilt top; teg means top edge gilt.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=glassine> <span class="Link ">Glassine</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A transparent paper dust wrapper.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=gutter> <span class="Link ">Gutter</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The inner margin of the leaves of a bound book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="H"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">H</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=half-binding> <span class="Link ">Half Binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book in which the spine and corners are bound in a different material (frequently leather) than the rest of the covers.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=half-cloth> <span class="Link ">Half Cloth</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Paper-covered boards with the spine bound in cloth.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=half-leather> <span class="Link ">Half Leather</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term indicating that the spine and the corners of a book are bound in leather, while the rest of the binding may be cloth or paper. See <a class="Link " href="#quarterleather" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Quarter Leather.</dfn></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=halftitle-page-htp> <span class="Link ">Half-Title Page (htp)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The page carrying nothing but the title of the book, usually preceding the title page.  See <a class="Link " href="#Flytitle" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Fly title</dfn></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=hardboiled> <span class="Link ">Hard-Boiled</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Term used to describe a type of fiction, usually crime, where the tone is gritty, pessimistic or hard.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=head> <span class="Link ">Head</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The upper margin of a leaf, cover or endpaper. Also referred to as the top.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=headband> <span class="Link ">Headband</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A decorative cloth band, sometimes colored or multi-colored, appearing inside the backstrip at the top (and sometimes bottom) of the spine of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=headpiece> <span class="Link ">Headpiece</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A decorative type ornament found at the start of a chapter or division of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=highlighting> <span class="Link ">Highlighting</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The use of transparent and brightly colored markers to draw attention to particular text. Frequently done by students. See <a class="Link " href="#underlining" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Underlining</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=hinge> <span class="Link ">Hinge</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The inside portion of the flexible area where book cover meets the book spine.  Often used in conjunction with the term Joint which describes the exterior portion.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=holograph> <span class="Link ">Holograph</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term indicating the handwriting of the author. See <a class="Link " href="#autograph" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Autograph</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=hors-texte-versos-blank> <span class="Link ">Hors Texte, versos blank</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>"Hors texte" is French for "outside of the text," and the term usually refers to plates, without printing on the reverse sides. The plates may be tipped in to paper of a different stock from that of the text.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=hypermodern> <span class="Link ">Hypermodern</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Collected first editions published within last 10 years or so. Most were published so recently that there is no track record for the author or book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="I"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">I</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=illum> <span class="Link ">Illum</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Referring to polychrome illustrations. It usually means an illuminated manuscript.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=illumination> <span class="Link ">Illumination</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Decoration applied by hand in gold, silver or colored paint.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=illustrated-ill-ills-illus> <span class="Link ">Illustrated (Ill, Ills, Illus)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A design, picture, plate, plan, diagram, chart, or map printed within the text. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/40-influential-illustrated-books" data-cms-ai="0">See 40 influential illustrated books</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=impression> <span class="Link ">Impression</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A much misused term, but one that, when accurately employed, means the number of copies printed during any given press run.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=imprint> <span class="Link ">Imprint</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A term that can refer either to the place of publication or to the publisher.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=incunabula> <span class="Link ">Incunabula</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Books, pamphlets, calendars, and indulgences printed, not handwritten, before 1501 in Europe. The date 1501 holds not distinct significance other than being a convenient round figure directly after Johannes Gutenberg's development of the printing press in mid 15th century, as such works printed shortly after the 1501 cut-off are often described as "post- incunable". <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&kn=incunabula&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&xpod=off&yrh=1500&cm_sp=pan-_-srp-_-pics&rollup=on&xdesc=off" data-cms-ai="0">Find incunabula</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=index> <span class="Link ">Index</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An alphabetical listing of names or topics mentioned in the book, with their page numbers. For serials and journals, the index is usually published after the volume is completed and is found in the last issue.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=india-paper> <span class="Link ">India Paper</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An extremely thin, yet relatively opaque paper, used to help reduce the bulk of what would otherwise be a book of unwieldy size.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=inscribed-insc> <span class="Link ">Inscribed (insc)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Usually indicates a book signed by the author with a personalized message, either with an inscription to a specific person or bearing some brief notation along with his signature. (ie: "John, Had a whale of a time in Portland. Herman Melville")</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=integral> <span class="Link ">Integral</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A leaf or page is said to be integral when it is one that was sewn and bound into a book during its manufacture.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=interleaved> <span class="Link ">Interleaved</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When blank leaves alternate with the printed leaves a book is said to be interleaved.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=international-edition> <span class="Link ">International Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A textbook that has been published outside of the USA. The publishers of international editions generally do not authorize the sale and distribution of international editions in the United States and Canada and such sale or distribution may violate the copyrights and trademarks of the publishers of such works. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/textbooks/international-editions.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">Learn more</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=issue> <span class="Link ">Issue</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Synonymous with State, referring to the priority of copies within the first edition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=issue-points> <span class="Link ">Issue points</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Noted changes between various copies of the same book. Since collectors generally prefer the earliest issue they often use small changes (such as a spelling correction) to determine priority, any such difference is described as an issue point.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="J"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">J</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=jacket> <span class="Link ">Jacket</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The printed or unprinted cover, usually paper, placed around the bound book. Sometimes called <a class="Link " href="#dustjacket" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Dust Jacket</dfn></a> (dj), Dust Wrapper (dw), dust cover or book jacket.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=japan-vellum> <span class="Link ">Japan Vellum</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A smooth, glossy paper, made in imitation of vellum, generally a light tan color. Also called Japon or Japanese Vellum.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=joint> <span class="Link ">Joint</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The exterior flexible portion where the book cover meets the spine. Often used in conjunction with the term <a class="Link " href="#hinge" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Hinge</dfn></a> which describes the interior portion.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=juveniles> <span class="Link ">Juveniles</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Books originally or primarily written to be read by (or to) children.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=juvenilia> <span class="Link ">Juvenilia</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Work written when an author was extremely young, often as a child. For example Eragon was written by Christopher Paolini when he was a school-age teenager.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="L"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">L</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=laid-in> <span class="Link ">Laid In</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A letter or other sheet(s) inserted but not glued into a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=laid-paper> <span class="Link ">Laid Paper</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Paper that was originally made in a frame or mould. The paper paste is spread out on sieves whose bottom is tightened with wires which leave a mark on the paper, the laid. These lines are called wire lines or chain lines and are visible on the finished paper when held up to the light.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=large-paper-copy> <span class="Link ">Large Paper Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A type of special edition typically printed in smaller quantities and sold at a higher price than the standard print run. In these runs a larger paper (often of superior quality) was used. In the 17th and 18th century these copies were often called "Fine Paper Copy", "Royal Paper Copy", "Imperial Paper Copy", "Thick Paper Copy" or some other variation of special paper copy.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=large-print> <span class="Link ">Large Print</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book printed with large type for the visually impaired. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/LargePrint/" data-cms-ai="0">Find large print books</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=leaf> <span class="Link ">Leaf</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A single sheet in a book; each leaf contains two printed pages, one on each side.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=ledgit> <span class="Link ">Ledgit</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A label or memo slip projecting from a book's pages.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=library-binding> <span class="Link ">Library Binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Reinforced bindings used by many public libraries.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=limited-edition-ltd> <span class="Link ">Limited Edition (Ltd)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Any book whose publication is deliberately restricted to a comparatively small number of copies, usually numbered and often signed by the author and/or illustrator.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/fXqOi7SxG3M" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Limited Edition Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=limp> <span class="Link ">Limp</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An adjective describing a flexible binding in suede or imitation leather such as that used on the early titles of the Modern Library.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=loose> <span class="Link ">Loose</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The binding of a new book is very tight; that is, the book will not open easily and generally does not want to remain open to any given page. As the book is used, the binding becomes looser until a well-used book may lay flat and remain open to any page in the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=loss> <span class="Link ">Loss</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Parts of the paper of cloth that has worn away. A lighter form of <a class="Link " href="#erosion" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>erosion</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="M"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">M</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=madeup-copy> <span class="Link ">Made-up Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A copy of a book whose parts have been assembled from one or more defective copies.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=manuscript-ms-mss> <span class="Link ">Manuscript (ms mss)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The original form of a work as it was created by the author. This could be typed, handwritten, or computer generated.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=marbled> <span class="Link ">Marbled</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Paper or bindings decorated with an imitation marble pattern.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/understanding-bindings.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Bindings page</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=margin> <span class="Link ">Margin</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The space surrounding the text on a page. In antiquarian book collecting, bindings often have a wide range in margin sizes due to variant bindings, often copies with wider margins are deemed more desirable.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=marginalia> <span class="Link ">Marginalia</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Notes written in the margins of a page around the text. Frequently used by students and others when studying a text. See <a class="Link " href="#highlighting" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Highlighting</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=married> <span class="Link ">Married</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When a dust jacket from one copy of a book is used with another copy of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=massmarket-paperback-mmpb> <span class="Link ">Mass-Market Paperback (mmpb)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The most common paperback book, about four inches wide and seven inches high. Seen most often as mystery, science fiction and romance. See <a class="Link " href="#trade" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Trade Edition</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=mint-copy> <span class="Link ">Mint Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An absolutely perfect copy, As New; as perfect as the day it was issued.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-conditions.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Book Conditions</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=misbound> <span class="Link ">Misbound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Pages or signatures sewn together in an improper order.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=modern-firsts> <span class="Link ">Modern Firsts</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>All books published since 1901 but this date is not fixed in stone - a rule of thumb.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=monograph> <span class="Link ">Monograph</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A work, generally short, dealing with a single subject and usually issued in pamphlet form.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=morocco> <span class="Link ">Morocco</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A type of leather made from goatskin, especially suitable for book bindings because of its durability and beauty.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/understanding-bindings.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Bindings page</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="N"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">N</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=no-date-nd> <span class="Link ">No Date (nd)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>No date of publication mentioned within the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=no-place-np-> <span class="Link ">No Place (np )</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>No place of publication listed in the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=number> <span class="Link ">Number</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An issue of a periodical.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="O"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">O</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=obverse> <span class="Link ">Obverse</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The right-hand page of a book, more commonly called the <a class="Link " href="#recto" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Recto</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=octavo-8vo> <span class="Link ">Octavo (8vo)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book of about five inches wide and eight inches tall to about six by nine inches. Octavo is the most common size for current hardcover books. To make octavo books, each sheet of paper is folded to make eight leaves (16 pages).<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Sizes page</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=offprint> <span class="Link ">Offprint</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A separate printing of a section of a larger publication; i.e, a periodical.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=offset> <span class="Link ">Offset</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The transfer of ink from one page to another, either as a printed page or an engraving.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=original-boards> <span class="Link ">Original Boards</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The original binding that the book was published in, as opposed to contemporary binding or rebound.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/understanding-bindings.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Bindings page</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=outofprint-oop-op> <span class="Link ">Out-of-Print (oop, op)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book no longer being printed. It is worth noting that an OOP book can be brought back into print at any time. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/docs/community/featured/out-of-print.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">Find out-of-print books</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=outofseries> <span class="Link ">Out-of-Series</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Refers to overruns or extra copies of limited editions.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=oversized-wraps> <span class="Link ">Oversized wraps</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A bound book where the soft covers (or wraps) extend beyond the edges of the text block.  These extended covers are more susceptible to wear. See <a class="Link " href="#yapped" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Yapped</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=owners-bookplate> <span class="Link ">Owner's Bookplate</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>See <a class="Link " href="#bookplate" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Bookplate</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="P"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">P</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=page> <span class="Link ">Page</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>One side of a leaf. The front side of a leaf is called the recto or obverse and the back side of the leaf is called the verso or the reverse.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=pamphlet> <span class="Link ">Pamphlet</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A small separate work issued in paperwraps.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=panel> <span class="Link ">Panel</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The front or back of a dust jacket, as opposed to the spine or flaps.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=paper> <span class="Link ">Paper</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>There are many different kinds of paper of various qualities.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-paper-types.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Paper</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=paperback-pb-ppr> <span class="Link ">Paperback (pb, ppr)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Books in paper wraps published since the 1930s, although <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/paperback-books" data-cms-ai="0">paperback</a> can describe any book with a paper cover. <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/paperback-books" data-cms-ai="0">Find paperback books</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=paperback-grading> <span class="Link ">Paperback Grading</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A letter grade system is sometimes used for describing the condition of a paperback:<br></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=paperback-original-pbo> <span class="Link ">Paperback original (pbo)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A paperback that is a real genuine first edition of a particular title. William Burrough's <em><a class="Link " href="/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=1278500667&searchurl=bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&kn="Paperback+original"&pics=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=1&sts=t&x=0&y=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Junkie</a></em> was a paperback original.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=paper-boards> <span class="Link ">Paper Boards</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Stiff cardboard covered in paper.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=parts> <span class="Link ">Parts</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The practice of publishing novels in separate monthly instalments in magazine format.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=pastedown> <span class="Link ">Paste-Down</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The portion of the end-paper pasted to the inner cover of a book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=perfect-binding> <span class="Link ">Perfect binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Used in paperback books, trade paperbacks and magazines that have too many pages to be stapled. The page edges are glued together, then placed in the covers. This is a less expensive process than traditional bookbinding and stapling.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=pictorial> <span class="Link ">Pictorial</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Describes a book with a picture on the cover.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=pirated-edition> <span class="Link ">Pirated Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Any edition of a work issued without permission of the author and without payment of royalties to the author or copyright holder.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=plates-pl-pls> <span class="Link ">Plates (pl, pls)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Whole-page illustrations printed separately from the text. Illustrations printed in the text pages are called cuts.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/SVRpjCiuQtM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Plates in Illustrated Books Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=points> <span class="Link ">Points</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Distinguishing characteristics, usually errors, that occur within a first edition and indicate the priority of copies.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=preface-prefs> <span class="Link ">Preface (prefs)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Author's introductory statement.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=presentation-copy> <span class="Link ">Presentation Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A copy of a book actually given by the author to someone of his acquaintance, usually with an inscription of some sort testifying to this. "Presented by the Author -- Houdini -- to the Magician Artist who made all the drawings, Oscar S. Teale."</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=price-clipped-pc> <span class="Link ">Price Clipped (pc)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The price has been cut off from the corner of the dust jacket.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=printed-cover> <span class="Link ">Printed Cover</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Used to describe a dust wrapper or paper cover that is only lettered.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=print-on-demand-pod> <span class="Link ">Print on Demand (POD)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A digital printing technology that allows a complete book to be printed and bound individually, as opposed to traditional publishing that produces several hundred or thousand books in a lot. Print on Demand books are printed when the order is placed. In this photo the book on the left is an original copy and the book on the right is a POD.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=printing> <span class="Link ">Printing</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Another word for <a class="Link " href="#impression" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Impression</dfn></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=prior-owner-signature-pos> <span class="Link ">Prior Owner Signature (pos)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The last person to own the book wrote their name in it.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=private-press> <span class="Link ">Private Press</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A small press, often operated by one person, usually devoted to the production of small quantities of finely printed books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=privately-printed> <span class="Link ">Privately Printed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>This term refers to a book or pamphlet whose printing was paid for by an individual or a group, and which is meant for private circulation, not public sale.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=proofs> <span class="Link ">Proofs</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Precede the published book. The normal course of events would be galley proof, uncorrected bound proof and advance reading copy bound in paperwraps.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=prospectus> <span class="Link ">Prospectus</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A publisher's announcement of a forthcoming book, set, or periodical, with information about the price, contributors or authors, date of publication, and binding.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=provenance> <span class="Link ">Provenance</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The history of ownership or possession of a given book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=publication-date> <span class="Link ">Publication Date</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The date a book is formally placed on sale.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="Q"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">Q</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=quarter-binding> <span class="Link ">Quarter Binding</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book whose spine is covered in a different and generally fancier material than the covers.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=quarter-leather> <span class="Link ">Quarter Leather</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book with a leather spine. See <a class="Link " href="#halfleather" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Half Leather</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=quarto-4to> <span class="Link ">Quarto (4to)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book between octavo and folio in size; approximately 11 to 13 inches tall. To make a quarto, a sheet of paper is folded twice, forming four leaves (eight pages).<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Guide to Book Formats</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="R"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">R</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=raised-bands> <span class="Link ">Raised Bands</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The raised areas on the spine concealing a cord that is attached to the covers. In earlier leather books cords were rarely used. In some modern books the raised bands are purely decorative and conceal no underlying cord.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rare> <span class="Link ">Rare</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Implies the book is extremely scarce.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=reading-copy> <span class="Link ">Reading Copy</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A complete and readable copy of a book that is worn or used to such a degree that it is not considered to be collectible.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rebacked> <span class="Link ">Re-backed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that has been repaired by replacing the spine and mending the joints.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rebound> <span class="Link ">Rebound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p><strong>Rebound</strong></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=recased> <span class="Link ">Re-cased</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that has been glued back into its covers after having been shaken loose.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=recommendation> <span class="Link ">Recommendation</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A small positive review from an author or commentator. Recommendations can also act as a way to determine the edition or printing. See <a class="Link " href="#issuepoint" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Issue Point</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rebound> <span class="Link ">Rebound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When the boards of a book have been replaced. This can occur as a result of damage or because the owner simply likes the new boards better.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rejointed> <span class="Link ">Re-jointed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Means the book has been repaired preserving the original covers, including the spine.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=remainder-rem> <span class="Link ">Remainder (rem)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>When a book has ceased to sell, a publisher may get rid of his overstock by "remaindering" the title to booksellers who specialize in selling this kind of book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=remainder-marks-rm> <span class="Link ">Remainder Marks (rm)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The publisher will mark the bottom edges of books sold as remainders with a stamp, a black marker, or spray paint, which speckles the bottom.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=reprint> <span class="Link ">Reprint</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A subsequent press run of an edition of a book. The text usually remains unchanged for each re-print, but may be updated for a new edition. See <a class="Link " href="#edition" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Edition</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=reverse> <span class="Link ">Reverse</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The rear side of a leaf in a bound book; in other words, the left-hand page of an opened book. Also called the <a class="Link " href="#verso" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Verso</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=review-slip> <span class="Link ">Review Slip</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A piece of paper that is attached or tipped in to a book that includes a note from the publisher to a potential reviewer in an effort to drum up interest in the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=rubbing> <span class="Link ">Rubbing</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Wear caused to the edges of the book or dust jacket as a result of shelf friction.  See <a class="Link " href="#shelfwear" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Shelf Wear</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="S"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">S</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=scuffed> <span class="Link ">Scuffed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Like rubbed, but more damage has occurred.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=secretarial-inscription> <span class="Link ">Secretarial inscription</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A signature that was made by someone other than the author. This however differs from a forgery in that the signature was made with the author's knowledge and usually by a secretary or some other agent.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=selfwraps> <span class="Link ">Self-Wraps</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Wrappers that have vestigial flaps that imitate a dust jacket.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=series-ser> <span class="Link ">Series (ser)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A group of volumes with a common theme issued in succession by a single publisher.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=sextodecimo-16mo> <span class="Link ">Sextodecimo (16mo)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A small book, approximately four inches wide and six inches tall. To make it, each sheet of paper is folded four times, forming 16 leaves (32 pages).<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="/books/RareBooks/collecting-guide/understanding-rare-books/guide-book-formats.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Book Formats page</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=shadow> <span class="Link ">Shadow</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A discoloration of a leaf or cover caused by the use of stickers, tape, etc. The discoloration can be caused by a chemical reaction from the adhesive or from a difference in sun exposure. This is sometimes referred to as Tape Shadow or Sticker Shadow.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=shaken> <span class="Link ">Shaken</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An adjective describing a book whose pages are beginning to come loose from the binding.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=shelf-wear> <span class="Link ">Shelf Wear</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The wear that occurs as a book is placed onto and removed from a shelf. It may be to the tail (bottom) edge of the covers as they rub against the shelf, to the dust jacket or exterior of the covers (when no dust jacket is present) as the book rubs against its neighbors, or to the head of the spine which some use to pull the book from the shelf. See <a class="Link " href="#rubbed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Rubbing</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=sheet> <span class="Link ">Sheet</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The piece of paper on which the printer prints. The sheet is folded one or more times to form the leaves of the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=signed> <span class="Link ">Signed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that the author has autographed. See <a class="Link " href="#inscribed" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Inscribed.</a> <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/books/inscribed-autographed-signature-collectible/signed-books.shtml" data-cms-ai="0">Find signed copies</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=signature> <span class="Link ">Signature</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>In bookmaking, this does not mean the author's name written in his hand. It refers rather to the group of pages produced by folding a single printed sheet, ready for sewing or gluing into a book</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=slipcase> <span class="Link ">Slipcase</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A cardboard case covered in paper, cloth or leather that holds a book(s) with only the spine exposed.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=sliver> <span class="Link ">Sliver</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A small narrow chip, nick or tear usually at the edge of a dust jacket.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=soiling> <span class="Link ">Soiling</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A gathering of dust or dirt usually caused by handling.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=sophisticated> <span class="Link ">Sophisticated</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that has been restored or worked on in order to increase its apparent value, this is often seen as a undesirable quality among collectors.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=spine> <span class="Link ">Spine</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The book's backbone, where the signatures are gathered. The spine is covered with the backstrip.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=spiral-bound> <span class="Link ">Spiral Bound</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that is held together at the spine by a metal or plastic spiral which is threaded through holes punched though the leaves.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=square> <span class="Link ">Square</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book which has kept its original shape and shows no rounding of the spine.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=state> <span class="Link ">State</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Closely allied to the definition of <a class="Link " href="#issue" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Issue</dfn></a>. State generally refers to a change other than a correction of a misprint.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=stub> <span class="Link ">Stub</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A narrow strip of paper usually remaining where a leaf has been cut away.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=sunned-or-sunning> <span class="Link ">Sunned or Sunning</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Faded from exposure to light or direct sunlight.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="T"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">T</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=til> <span class="Link ">Til</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The lower margin of a leaf, cover or endpaper. Sometimes referred to as the bottom.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tailpiece> <span class="Link ">Tailpiece</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Decorative typography ornament on the lower part of a page at the end of a chapter or a poem.  See <a class="Link " href="#headpiece" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Headpiece</dfn></a>, and then place it at the end.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tanning> <span class="Link ">Tanning</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>See <a class="Link " href="#fading" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Fading</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tarnished> <span class="Link ">Tarnished</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A darkening of the book's gilt though oxidation.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=textblock> <span class="Link ">Text-block</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>If you take a book and remove the binding, you are left with the text-block. See <a class="Link " href="#bookblock" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Book Block</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=thousands> <span class="Link ">Thousands</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Some publishers in the 19th century added a notice on the title page stating, for instance "Eighth Thousand" to indicate a later printing. These are not <a class="Link " href="#firstedition" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>first editions</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=thus> <span class="Link ">Thus</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A reissue of a book that contains new material or is published by a new publisher. Often seen as "First Edition Thus"</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=threedecker> <span class="Link ">Three-decker</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book in three volumes, almost exclusively used to describe Victorian novels of the late 19th century.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tight> <span class="Link ">Tight</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The binding of a new book is very tight; that is, the book will not open easily and generally does not want to remain open to any given page. As the book is used, the binding becomes looser until a well-used book may lay flat and remain open to any page in the book.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tissue> <span class="Link ">Tissue</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A thin, protective sheet laid over an illustration.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tippedin> <span class="Link ">Tipped-in</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Means the <a class="Link " href="#plate" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>plate</dfn></a>, autograph, letter, photo, etc., is actually attached to the book but is not integral to the binding.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tirage> <span class="Link ">Tirage</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>French for "a printing." Usually used for a limited edition, often numbered and dated.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=title-page-tp> <span class="Link ">Title Page (tp)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The title page, near the beginning of the book, lists the title and subtitle of the book, the authors, editors, and/or contributors, the publisher or printer, and sometimes the place and date of publication. The title page information should be used for cataloging (not the half-title page or covers).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=title-page-index-tpi> <span class="Link ">Title Page Index (tpi)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Used in describing periodicals to indicate that the title page and index are present; without a title page and index, the volume is incomplete.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=tooling> <span class="Link ">Tooling</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Work or ornamentation done with tools, especially stamped or gilded designs on leather.<br> <span class="carat">›</span> <a class="Link " href="http://youtu.be/gVV6xpnUsYM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0">Watch Tooling on a Book Video</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=top-edge-gilt-teg> <span class="Link ">Top Edge Gilt (T.E.G.)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Usually abbreviated teg, it means that the top edges of the pages have been covered with gold leaf or gilt material.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=trade-edition> <span class="Link ">Trade Edition</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The edition of a book intended for the public, as opposed to a limited edition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=trimmed> <span class="Link ">Trimmed</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>An adjective indicating that the pages have been cut down to a size smaller than when originally issued.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=true-first> <span class="Link ">True First</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The correct first edition for any given title, usually denoted by the original country of origin the earliest publishing date.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=typed-letter-signed-tls> <span class="Link ">Typed Letter Signed (TLS)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A typewritten letter signed by hand.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="U"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">U</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=uncut> <span class="Link ">Uncut</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The pages of the completed book have not been shaved down to a uniform surface.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=underlining> <span class="Link ">Underlining</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Using a pencil or pen to underline passages in a book to draw attention to the underlined text. See <a class="Link " href="#highlighting" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Highlighting</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=unopened> <span class="Link ">Unopened</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The leaves of the book are still joined at the folds, not slit apart.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=unpaginated-unpag> <span class="Link ">Unpaginated (unpag)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The pages are not numbered (although each signature may be designated by letter).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=unsophisticated> <span class="Link ">Unsophisticated</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Pure, genuine, unrestored. If a book is so described, it can mean trouble as far as condition is concerned.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="V"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">V</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=variant> <span class="Link ">Variant</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A book that differs in one or more features from others of the same impression, but a positive sequence has not been established. Taschen is famous for producing <a class="Link " href="https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/variant/publisher/taschen/" data-cms-ai="0">variants</a> of its art books.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=vellum> <span class="Link ">Vellum</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A thin sheet of specially prepared skin of calf, lamb, or kid used for writing or printing, or for the cover.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=verso> <span class="Link ">Verso</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The second, or rear, side of a leaf in a book; in other words, the left-hand page of an opened book. Also called the <a class="Link " href="#reverse" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Reverse.</dfn></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=volume-vol> <span class="Link ">Volume (vol)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A single book in a series (ie volume two of six).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="W"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">W</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=wartime-paper-stock> <span class="Link ">Wartime paper stock</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>During WWII conservation of materials was encouraged and publishers opted towards highly acidic (cheaper) paper. Books made with this cheaper material tend to degrade faster and subsequently are harder to find in fine condition.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=watermark> <span class="Link ">Watermark</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>A distinguishing mark incorporated into Laid Paper, it is created by incorporating a design into the wire mesh tray which the pulp settles into. The watermark is then visible when the paper is held up to the light (much the same way that Chain Lines or Wire Lines are visible in Laid Paper).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=waterstain> <span class="Link ">Waterstain</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Stain on a book cover or leaves from water or other liquids. May cause discoloration and perhaps actual shrinking, has also been known to be referred to as Tidemark.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=worming-wormholes> <span class="Link ">Worming, Wormholes</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Small holes resulting from bookworms (the larvae of various beetles).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=wraparound-band> <span class="Link ">Wrap-around Band</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The band of printed paper the length of the dust wrapper of a book. Wrap-around bands contain favorable reviews and are put around some copies of books. Obviously fragile, they are of interest to collectors.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=wrappers-wr-wrs> <span class="Link ">Wrappers (wr, wrs)</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>The outer covers of a paperbound book or pamphlet. Not to be confused with <a class="Link " href="#wrapper" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Dust Wrapper</dfn>.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryList-groups-group" id="Y"> <div class="DirectoryGroup"> <div class="ModuleHeader"><h2 class="ModuleHeader-title">Y</h2> <div class="ModuleHeader-divider"></div></div> <ul class="DirectoryGroup-items"> <li class="DirectoryGroup-items-item"> <div class="DirectoryItem"> <div class="DirectoryItem-title" id=yapped> <span class="Link ">Yapped</span> </div> <div class="DirectoryItem-content"> <div class="RichTextModule" data-module > <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><p>Refers to the edges of the cover of a book bound in paper or another soft material. These yapped edges are not flush with the pages but extend beyond the edges of the book and are fragile by nature.  See <a class="Link " href="#oversizedwraps" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cms-ai="0"><dfn>Oversized Wraps</dfn></a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </article> <div class="CreativeWorkPage-tags"> <div class="ListTags"> <div class="ListTags-title">Tags</div> <div class="ListTags-items"> <a class="Link button-tag" href="https://www.abebooks.com/tag/book-collecting" data-cms-ai="0">Book collecting</a> <a class="Link button-tag" href="https://www.abebooks.com/tag/collecting-guides" data-cms-ai="0">Collecting guides</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="DirectoryPage-actions-below"> <div class="DirectoryPage-actions-below-title"> Share </div> <div class="ActionBar"> <ul class="ActionBar-items"> <li class="ActionBar-items-item"> <a class="ActionLink" 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