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A

Advance reading copy All edges gilt (aeg)Americana Annuals Armorial binding Artificial leather As issued As new Association copy

C

Calf Cancel Chapbook Chipped Chromolithography Cloth Cocked Cockled Collated Colophon Compartments Contemporary Cracked Crimped Cropped Cut

D

De luxe edition Deckle edges Dedication copy Dedication page Dentelle Device Disbound Doctored Dummy Dust jacket (dj)Dust wrapper

E

Edges Edition Edition de luxe Embossed leather Endpapers (ep)Engraving Ephemera Errata Errata slip Ex-library (ex-lib; x-lib)

G

Galley Gilt edges Glassine Gnawed Good Gouge Gutter

H

Half cloth Half-title Hardbound (hb)Hardcover (hc)Headband Headpiece Heads High spot Highlighting Hinge Holograph

I

Illuminated Illustrated wraps Illustration Imitation leather Impression Imprint Incunabula Index Inscribed copy Inscription by previous owner Insect damage International edition Issue

J

Japon vellum Joint Journal Juvenile Juvenile picture book binding

L

Label Laid in Laminated Large paper edition Large print edition Leaf (ll)Leather bound Leatherette Leaves Levant Library binding Library edition Limitation Limited edition Limp cover Lithograph Loose Loose-leaf

M

Made-up Manuscript (ms, mss)Marbled paper Margin Mint Misbound Modern firsts Morocco Mottled calf Mounted

N

No date (nd)No place (np)

O

Octavo Offprint Offset Out of print (op)Out-of-series

Q

Quality paperback Quarter-bound Quarto

T

Text block Three-quarters binding Tight back Tipped-in Tissue Title page Tooling Top edge gilded (t.e.g.)Trade cloth Trade edition Trade paperback Typescript

U

Unbound Uncorrected proof Uncut Underlining Unopened Unpaginated (unpag)Unsophisticated

V

Variant Vellum Verso Very good Volume

W

Warped Washed Watermark Waterstained Wire coil Wire comb With all faults (w.a.f.)Wood engraving Woodcut Worming Wove paper Wrappers

Y

Yapp Yellowback Yellowed

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