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Abbreviations
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add'l
additional
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ex-libris
bookplate present
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plt(s)
plate(s)
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aeg
all edges guilt
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facs
facsimile
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pg/pp
pages(s)
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adv
advance
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fep
free end paper, front end paper, front free end paper, flyleaf
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port(s)
portrait(s)
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als
autograph letter, signed
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fig(s)
figure(s)
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promo
promotional
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assoc
association
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fldg
folding, fold-out, folded
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pseud
pseudonym
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bd(s)
board(s)
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fr
front
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ptd
printed
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bkpl(s)
bookplates
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frontis
frontispiece
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ptg
printing
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brn
brown
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grn
green
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ptr
printer
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b/w
black and white
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hb
hardback, hardcover
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pub's
publisher's
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ca
circa
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hist
historical
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rev
revised, reviser
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cat(s)
catalog(s)
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illus
illustration(s), illustrated, illustrator
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rev copy
review copy
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cent
century
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imp
impression
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rep
rear end paper, rear free end paper
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cl
cloth
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incl
included, including
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rt
right
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comp
compiler, complimentary
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inscrip
non-authorial inscription
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rmdr mk
remainder mark
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contemp
contemporary
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lib
library
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rpt
reprint
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cvr(s)
cover(s)
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litho
lithograph, lithographic
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rptd
reprinted
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cvrd
covered
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lg
large
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sig(s)
non-authorial signature(s); signatures(s) (gathering of book pages)
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dbl
double
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ll
leaves
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sl
slight, slightly, minor, marginally
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dec
decorative, decorated
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ltd
limited
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sm
small
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diag(s)
diagram(s)
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lt
light, lightly, moderately
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soc
society
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dj
dust jacket, dust wrapper
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mk(s)
mark(s), marking(s)
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subs
subscription
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dk
dark
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mkd
marked
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supp
supplement
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dknd
darkened
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mod
modern
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teg
top edge guilt
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dkng
darkening
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ms
manuscript
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tls
typed letter, signed
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dup
duplicate
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mtd
mounted
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tp
title page
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dwgs
drawings
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n.d.
no date
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trans
translated, translator, translation
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eds(s)
editor(s), edited by, edition(s)
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n.p.
no place, no publisher
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univ
university
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emb
embossed
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NF
near fine
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unptd
unprinted
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engr(s)
engraving(s), engraved
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o/w
other wise
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VF
very fine
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enlgd
enlarged
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orig
original
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VG
very good
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ep(s)
endpaper(s)
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pb
paperback
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vol(s)
volume(s)
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esp
especially
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perf
perforated
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w/
with
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et al
and others
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pict
pictorial
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w/o
without
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ex-lib
ex-library
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prelims
preliminary pages
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