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